Historic New England

Hooked Rug

Rectangular hooked rug picturing two cats facing a tree. Hooked in pink, green, blue, and yellow.

Date: 1920-1940

Maker: unknown

Material: yarn

GUSN: 310866

Accession Number: 2015.62.160

Hooked Rug

Rectangular hooked rug with intertwining leaf pattern. Hooked in black, white, green, pink and orange.

Date: 1880-1900

Maker: unknown

Material: yarn

GUSN: 310867

Accession Number: 2015.62.161

Hooked Rug

Rectangular hooked rug with multicolored rosette pattern on dark blue ground.

Date: 1920-1940

Maker: unknown

Material: yarn

GUSN: 310868

Accession Number: 2015.62.162

Beaded Tuscarora Purse

Beaded Tuscarora purse.

Date: 1850-1860

Maker: unknown

Material: beads (pierced objects), cloth

GUSN: 310869

Accession Number: 2015.62.163

Embroidered Bookmark

Embroidered bookmark with image of a cat and "Lura" in green thread.

Date: 1885-1900

Maker: unknown

Material: thread

GUSN: 310870

Accession Number: 2015.62.164

Placemats

Pair of linen placemats printed with a pattern depicting cats. Probably "Zaidee and Her Kittens" by Virginia Lee Burton Demetrios, Folly Cove Designers. Gloucester, MA.

Date: 1938-1969

Maker: Burton Demetrios, Virginia Lee, 1909-1968

Material: linen (material), ink

GUSN: 310871

Accession Number: 2015.62.165.1-.2

Child's Jacket

Red wool boy's jacket with brass buttons. Belonged to Charles Hadley Watkins (1886-1957).

Date: 1890-1900

Maker: unknown

Material: wool (hair)

GUSN: 310872

Accession Number: 2015.62.166

Vest

Woman's cream-colored vest made from quilt scraps. Rust-colored interior. Belonged to Joan Jockwig Pearson Watkins (1924-2013).

Date: 1970-1990

Maker: unknown

Material: cloth, quilts

GUSN: 310873

Accession Number: 2015.62.167

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Date: 1920-1940

Maker: unknown

Material: cloth

GUSN: 310874

Accession Number: 2015.62.168.1-.3

Embroidery

Partially embroidered panel, silk on cotton. Central design of two women facing each other surrounded by ribbons and large flowers.

Date: 1770-1790

Maker: unknown

Material: silk (fiber), cotton (textile)

GUSN: 310875

Accession Number: 2015.62.169

Sampler

Sampler embroidered with alphabets, birds, plants, and other animals. Abigail Fuller Kimball.

Date: 1820-1840

Maker: unknown

Material: silk (fiber), cotton (textile)

GUSN: 310876

Accession Number: 2015.62.170

Handkerchief in Box

Blue paper box with cover [.1ab] stamped "Whitney's Holiday Handkerchiefs, Boston." The box containing a white handkerchief [.2] with embroidered edges and a violet sachet [.3] from Larkin Soap Co. Perfumers (Buffalo, N.Y.) with painted image of violet flowers.

Date: 1900-1910

Maker: Whitney's Linen Store (Retailer)

Material: paper (fiber product), linen (material)

GUSN: 310877

Accession Number: 2015.62.171.1AB-.3

Cream-colored handkerchief with lace-trimmed edges.

Date: 1860-1890

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 310883

Accession Number: 2015.62.177

Necktie

Child's necktie, red with white polka dots. Worn by Charles Malcolm Watkins (1911-2001).

Date: 1910-1920

Maker: unknown

Material: cloth

GUSN: 310884

Accession Number: 2015.62.178

Child's Cape

Child's red cape with floral embroidery. Belonged to Charles Malcolm Watkins' mother, Lura Woodside Watkins (1887-1982).

Date: 1885-1900

Maker: unknown

Material: cloth

GUSN: 310885

Accession Number: 2015.62.179

Cake Basket

No description

Maker: unknown

Material: silver (metal)

GUSN: 311593

Accession Number: 1998.5900

Watch Box

Watch box with dedication to William Eustis printed on cover.

Date: February 3, 1825

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 311594

Accession Number: 1943.347B

Lantern

No description

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 311595

Accession Number: 1943.471

Ruler

No description

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 311596

Accession Number: 1943.778

No description

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 311602

Accession Number: 1944.227

Box

No description

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 311603

Accession Number: 1944.233

Matchbox

No description

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 311604

Accession Number: 1944.283

Spectacles

No description

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 311605

Accession Number: 1944.294

Riding Crop

No description

Maker: unknown

Material: metal, wood (plant material), string (fiber product)

GUSN: 311606

Accession Number: 1998.5959

Cooling Rack

No description

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 311607

Accession Number: 1944.312

Sewing Kit

No description

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 311609

Accession Number: 1944.527

Apple Peeler

No description

Maker: unknown

Material: metal

GUSN: 311610

Accession Number: 1998.5972

Chopper

No description

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 311611

Accession Number: 1944.587

Spectacles

No description

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 311612

Accession Number: 1944.596

Bowl

No description

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 311613

Accession Number: 1944.683

Crock

Gray stoneware crock with lid. Blue bird on front. Stamped "Bullard and Scott, Cambridgeport, Mass."

Date: 1850-1859

Maker: unknown

Material: stoneware (pottery)

GUSN: 311614

Accession Number: 1945.171A

Spectacles

No description

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 311616

Accession Number: 1945.219

Bottle

No description

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 311618

Accession Number: 1945.247

Dominoes

No description

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 311620

Accession Number: 1945.84

Comb

An ivory comb with two different sizes of tines.

Maker: unknown

Material: ivory (tooth component)

GUSN: 311621

Accession Number: 1946.346.2

Hairbrush

A small brush with an ivory handle and horsehair bristles.

Maker: unknown

Material: ivory (tooth component), horsehair

GUSN: 311622

Accession Number: 1946.346.4

Purse

No description

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 311623

Accession Number: 1946.522

Scale

No description

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 311624

Accession Number: 1946.535

Tray

One of three nesting trays.

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 311625

Accession Number: 1933.1049B

Apple Peeler

No description

Maker: unknown

Material: metal

GUSN: 311626

Accession Number: 1998.5973

Apple Peeler

No description

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 311628

Accession Number: 1998.5974

Cast Iron Glue Pot and Box of Glue

No description

Maker: unknown

Material: cast iron, glue, cardboard

GUSN: 311629

Accession Number: 1998.5975.1-.2AB

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