Historic New England

Hair Comb

Tortoiseshell back comb with a plain shaped square top and six teeth.

Date: 1800-1860

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 102984

Accession Number: 1935.1533

Hair Comb

Tortoiseshell back comb with a plain shaped square top and six teeth.

Date: 1820-1850

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 102985

Accession Number: 1935.1534

Hair Comb

Tortoiseshell hair comb with trapezoid-shaped top and five teeth.

Date: 1820-1850

Maker: unknown

Material: tortoise shell

GUSN: 102986

Accession Number: 1942.786

Hair Comb

Dyed horn comb with a plain square top and twenty teeth (two missing).

Date: 1820-50

Maker: unknown

Material: horn (animal material), dyeing, carving (processes)

GUSN: 102987

Accession Number: 1930.1684

Hair Comb

Light colored horn back comb with a plain square top and twenty-six teeth

Date: 1820-1850

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 102988

Accession Number: 1934.2843

Hair Comb

Horn hair comb with a plain square top and nineteenth teeth.

Date: 1820-1850

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 102989

Accession Number: 1929.557

Hair Comb

Dyed horn back comb with a tapered square top, beveled edge and incised line along the rounded top, eight teeth.

Date: 1820-50

Maker: unknown

Material: horn (animal material), dyeing, carving (processes)

GUSN: 102990

Accession Number: 1943.372

Hair Comb

Horn hair comb with a plain square top with rounded corners and seventeenth teeth (one missing).

Date: 1820-1850

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 102991

Accession Number: 1935.1035

Hair Comb

Light colored horn hair comb with a plain square top and nineteenth teeth.

Date: 1800-1850

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 102992

Accession Number: 1935.1036

Hair Comb

Dyed horn back comb with a plain square top and twenty teeth.

Date: 1820-1850

Maker: unknown

Material: horn (animal material)

GUSN: 102993

Accession Number: 1936.881

Hair Comb

Dyed horn back comb with a plain square top and sixteen teeth

Date: 1820-1850

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 102994

Accession Number: 1920.529

Hair Comb

Dyed horn back comb with a high plain square top and twenty-three teeth (one missing).

Date: 1820-1850

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 102995

Accession Number: 1934.505

Hair Comb

Dyed horn back comb with a oval top and ten teeth (one missing).

Date: 1820-1850

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 102996

Accession Number: 1930.1685

Hair Comb

Dyed horn back comb with a oval top and ten teeth (one missing).

Date: 1820-1850

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 102997

Accession Number: 1930.1686

Hair Comb

Dyed horn back comb with a plain curved top with rounded corners and sixteen teeth (missing two).

Date: 1820-1850

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 102998

Accession Number: 1933.398

Hair Comb

Horn back comb with a square top and dyed abstract flower and sun design, twenty-six teeth (two missing).

Date: 1820-1850

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 102999

Accession Number: 1936.472

Hair Comb

Horn back comb with a square top and dyed abstract floral design, twenty-four teeth.

Date: 1820-1850

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 103000

Accession Number: 1936.565

Hair Comb

Tortoiseshell back comb with carved pierced decoration featuring an urn at the center and surrounded by scrolling leaves, twenty teeth (one missing).

Date: 1780-1830

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 103001

Accession Number: 1955.22

Hair Comb

Tortoiseshell back comb with carved and pierced top featuring floral and foliate decoration, twenty teeth.

Date: 1810-1840

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 103002

Accession Number: 1946.19

Hair Comb

Tortoiseshell back comb with a carved and pierced top featuring roundels and flowers at top, palms at the center and a chain of leaves and flowers at the bottom, twenty-four teeth.

Date: 1810-1840

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 103003

Accession Number: 1946.20

Hair Comb

Tortoiseshell back comb with a carved and pierced top featuring a scrolling foliate design, sixteen teeth.

Date: 1810-1840

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 103004

Accession Number: 1936.564

Hair Comb

Horn back comb with a large flared top featuring molded arched rays and fourteen teeth.

Date: 1800-1840

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 103005

Accession Number: 1912.79

Hair Comb

Horn back comb with a carved and pierced top featuring an urn at center and scrolled abstract foliage, seventeen teeth.

Date: 1780-1830

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 103006

Accession Number: 1968.136

Hair Comb

Horn back comb with a carved and pierced top featuring scrolling foliage, twelve teeth (three missing).

Date: 1810-1840

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 103007

Accession Number: 1944.843

Hair Comb

Horn back comb with a pierced and carved top featuring an urn at the center and scrolling foliage and abstract flowers, thirteen teeth.

Date: 1800-1840

Maker: unknown

Material: horn (animal material)

GUSN: 103008

Accession Number: 1936.882

Hair Comb

Horn back comb with a top in three sections each featuring a carved and pierced floral design, ten teeth.

Date: 1780-1820

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 103009

Accession Number: 1934.202

Hair Comb

Horn back comb with a carved and pierced top featuring an urn and flower at center and radiating abstract foliage, ten teeth (center eight are a replacement).

Date: 1780-1830

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 103010

Accession Number: 1955.115

Hair Comb

Horn back comb with a rectangular curved top featuring a bright cut and incised line border, ten teeth.

Date: 1780-1830

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 103011

Accession Number: 1935.1528

Hair Comb

Horn back comb with a large flared square top, seven teeth remain.

Date: 1825-1836

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 103012

Accession Number: 1951.140

Hair Comb

Tortoiseshell back comb with a large carved and pierced top featuring abstract floral and foliate designs, twelve teeth.

Date: 1810-1840

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 103013

Accession Number: 1935.1529

Hair Comb

Tortoiseshell hair comb with a pierced and carved top featuring an abstract floral design, twenty teeth (two missing).

Date: 1810-1840

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 103014

Accession Number: 1935.1530

Napkin

One of twelve napkins. Matching napkins have drawnwork border all around, triangular motif at corner and small loops around edge.

Maker: unknown

Material: linen (material), cotton (textile), embroidery (visual works), drawn thread work, filet lace

GUSN: 173565

Accession Number: 1993.802.13

Black and white etching of Chestnut Street. Treelined street in center, with housed lined right to left, and two large trees on left side. The artist's name signed in pencil in lower right border, and print number (31/100) written in pencil in lower left border. Frame is brown stained wood, very na...

Date: ca. 1950

Maker: Chamberlain, Samuel (1895-1995) (Artist)

Material: paper (fiber product), ink

GUSN: 173570

Accession Number: 2006.44.543

Ship "Cynthia"

A watercolor of a masted ship with an American flag waving off the back. Distant mountains along the coast behind the ship. Pale blue sky along the top, with a whitish sky across middle of piece. Frame is painted gold, with a beaded inner border. Name of artist of original painting (Sunqua) is in b...

Date: 1902

Maker: Macpherson, M (Artist)

Material: watercolor (paint), paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 173578

Accession Number: 2006.44.546

Sheperdess and Her Flock

A pastel drawing of a sheperdess herding her flock of sheep out of a stone building, into a pasture. The doorway lies in the middle of the scene, with the woman and sheep exiting through it. A small brown bucket appears in lower left corner. Frame is painted gold, plain smooth sides.

Date: 19th Century

Maker: Ceramano, Charles Ferdinand, 1829-1909 (Artist)

Material: pastels (crayons), paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 173585

Accession Number: 2006.44.550

House, Evening

An oil painting of a white house, at night. Top half of piece is dark blue, the bottom half is dark green. Frame is deep set, gold painted. Carved texture on inside of both the outer and inner edges of frame.

Date: 1904

Maker: Murphy, Hermann Dudley, 1867-1945 (Artist)

Material: canvas, oil paint (paint)

GUSN: 173603

Accession Number: 2006.44.552

Tulips in a Chinese Vase

An oil painting of red and white striped flowers in a blue and white vase. The vase has an oriental look, with male figures and trees. The vase and flowers are sitting on a light brown table, in front of a dark brown background. Butterflies are perched in the left side of the bouquet. The frame is d...

Date: 19th Century

Maker: unknown

Material: oil paint (paint), wood (plant material)

GUSN: 173606

Accession Number: 2006.44.589

Girl with Firewood and Basket of Vegetables

An oil painting of a girl carrying produce in a basket. She is wearing a dark dress and a rust colored apron. In her basket are tomatoes and a head of lettuce, in her arms she carries kindling, the street is gray, the wall behind her is red. Frame is gold painted wood with carved designs. Back bord...

Date: 187?

Maker: unknown

Material: canvas, oil paint (paint)

GUSN: 173611

Accession Number: 2006.44.590

Lady in a Flowered Gown Holding Flowers

A portrait of a well-dressed woman on a picnic in the country. She is wearing a black dress with white flowers and has a white cloth on her lap. She holds flowers in her hands as she looks directly at the viewer. The picnic basket sits at bottom right corner, a country road winds along the left si...

Maker: Jacquet, Gustave Jean, 1846-1909 (Artist)

Material: oil paint (paint), wood (plant material)

GUSN: 173613

Accession Number: 2006.44.591