Historic New England

Brooch

Triangular brooch with raised parabolic arc applied to front surface. Closure is pin with safety clasp on back. Marked.

Date: 1950-1970

Maker: Sklar, Phyllis, 1924-2010 (Jeweler)

Material: sterling silver

GUSN: 317354

Accession Number: 2016.5.3

Finger ring made from silver band with oxidized silver concavity soldered to top of band. Inside cone is a prong-set malachite bead. Marked and inscribed. Resizing cut through inscription, rendering it illegible.

Date: 1940-1960

Maker: Steig, Henry, 1906-1973 (Jeweler)

Material: sterling silver, malachite (mineral)

GUSN: 317355

Accession Number: 2016.5.4

Jar

No description

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 317361

Accession Number: 1930.605

Pulley

Glass sash pulley.

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 317362

Accession Number: 1970.27

Jar

Wide-mouth glass jar with the letters CKJ.

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 317368

Accession Number: 1930.606

Bottle

No description

Maker: unknown

Material: glass (material)

GUSN: 317369

Accession Number: 1924.237

Card Case

No description

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 317382

Accession Number: 1941.975AB

Spectacles

No description

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 317383

Accession Number: 1944.340

Hatbox

Hatbox decorated wtih multi-color paper depicting colonial men and women in white wigs, outside at a party. Grey lids and red cords.

Date: 1920-1940

Maker: Atkins, Ethel (Retailer)

GUSN: 317386

Accession Number: 2004.27.2AB

Hatbox

Hatbox decorated wtih multi-color paper depicting colonial men and women in white wigs, outside at a party. Grey lids and red cords.

Date: 1920-1940

Maker: Atkins, Ethel (Retailer)

GUSN: 317387

Accession Number: 2004.27.3AB

Hatbox

Hatbox decorated with green, blue, beige and pink paper depicting road with horse-drawn stagecoach and bicyclists. Lids are faded gray. Red cord.

Maker: Atkins, Ethel (Retailer)

GUSN: 317388

Accession Number: 2004.27.5AB

Hatbox

No description

Date: 1900-1930

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 317389

Accession Number: 2006.44.1387.2AB

Caster stand

Carved wood caster stand.

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 317398

Accession Number: 1933.1645.4

Needlework Picture

Needlework picture of Cornelia Presenting Her Children, the Gracchi, as her Treasures. Worked by Mary Beach (1786-1843). White reverse painted glass, carved gilt frame. Based on a stipple engraving by Francesco Bartolozzi, published in November 1788, after Angelica Kauffman's 1785 original painting.

Date: 1804-1805

Maker: Beach, Mary, 1786-1843 (Embroiderer) Saunders and Beach Ladies Academy Possibly Doggett, John (American mirror manufacturer, active 1809) (Framer)

Material: silk (fiber), watercolor (paint)

GUSN: 317399

Accession Number: 2016.6.1

Cap

Lace baby cap with wide lace cap strings.

Date: 1847-1853

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 317400

Accession Number: 1927.754

Cap

Black mesh and lace day cap with satin bow trim.

Date: 1865-1870

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 317401

Accession Number: 1990.186

Cap

Mesh boudoir cap with lace trim pink satin ribbon, and tiny pink rosettes. Wired ear covers on front of cap.

Date: 1915

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 317402

Accession Number: 1990.57

Cap

Mesh boudoir cap with lace trim wide blue satin ribbon, and multicolored rosettes.

Date: 1915

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 317403

Accession Number: 1990.58

Fanchon

lace fanchon

Date: 1840-1890

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 317408

Accession Number: 1927.900C

Card Table

Mahogany Federal card table with satinwood panels and tapered, reeded legs.

Date: 1790-1818

Maker: unknown

Material: mahogany (wood)

GUSN: 314845

Accession Number: 1932.2154

Tablespoon

Silver tablespoon with a spatulate handle and a pointed oval bowl.

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 314885

Accession Number: 1969.780

Pair of Card Tables

Pair of Federal card tables. Made in Portsmouth, New Hampshire.

Date: 1800-1815

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 314886

Accession Number: 1992.166.1-.2

Ladle

Silver ladle with a fiddle handle.

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 314894

Accession Number: 1993.688

Teaspoon

One of a set of six. Silver teaspoon with an upturned spatulate handle and an oval bowl. Beaded and floral design.

Maker: unknown

Material: silver (metal)

GUSN: 314903

Accession Number: 1971.1855.6

Platter

Blue transfer-printed pearlware platter. Floral border with cherub and goats in scroll medallions. Central scene depicting St. Peters College.

Date: 1827-1831

Maker: William Adams & Sons (Maker)

Material: pearlware, transfer printing

GUSN: 316175

Accession Number: 1926.406

Women's suit

Jacket (A), blouse (B), and skirt (C), of a three-piece suit made from raw silk. Jacket is fitted, with a band collar, straight sleeves gathered into shoulder puffs at armscye, and quilted in wide vertical rows. The hems of collar, front, and sleeves are all edged in raw magenta-colored silk. An ...

Date: ca. 1983

Maker: Warren, Carol (Maker)

Material: silk (textile), quilting, appliqué (technique), satin

GUSN: 316258

Accession Number: 2015.124.1A-C

Dining Table

Rectangular dining table with wooden legs connected by a metal brace.

Date: 1937-1940

Maker: Hoover, Henry B. (Designer)

Material: maple (wood), carbon steel

GUSN: 316262

Accession Number: 2015.125.1

Coffee Table

Round cofee table with black marble top supported on three shaped wooden board legs.

Date: 1937-1940

Maker: Hoover, Henry B. (Designer)

Material: maple (wood)

GUSN: 316263

Accession Number: 2015.125.2

Sideboard

Maple sideboard stained reddish brown with three drawers inset over cabinet with two large doors.

Date: 1860-1890

Maker: unknown

Material: maple (wood)

GUSN: 316265

Accession Number: 2015.125.4

Pair of Chairs

Pair of ladder back chairs with turned spindles, legs, and stretchers, and woven rush seats.

Date: ca. 1930

Maker: unknown

Material: maple (wood)

GUSN: 316266

Accession Number: 2015.125.5.1-.2

Vacuum Cleaner

Electrolux Model Vacuum cleaner [.1a] with attachments: hose [.1b], tube [.1c], tube [.1d], brush [.1e], jar [.1f], cylinder [ .1g], flat attachment [.1h].

Date: 1937-1954

Maker: Electrolux (Manufacturer)

GUSN: 316281

Accession Number: 2015.126.1A-H

Wallpaper

Two pieces of wallpaper in scroll pattern. Wallpaper is painted with red and green accents on a cream background. The scroll pattern also includes some sections of white with a glittering effect. Wallpaper fragments were removed from a 1780 house in Mason, NH.

Date: 1800-1850

Maker: unknown

Material: paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 316283

Accession Number: 2015.127.1AB

Wallpaper

Wallpaper sample, diamonds, squares, and hooked crosses in blue and red on cream ground. Abel Chapin House, Chicopee, Massachusetts. Found behind the framing that raised the floor in the back section of the house.

Date: 1880-1910

Maker: unknown

Material: paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 316285

Accession Number: 2015.128.1

Linoleum

Linoleum fragment, all over floral pattern in blue, pink, and yellow on tan ground. Abel Chapin House, Chicopee, Massachusetts.

Date: 1930-1960

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 316286

Accession Number: 2015.128.2

Linoleum

Linoleum fragment, squares and rectangles in black, gray, and red, on cream ground. Abel Chapin House, Chicopee, Massachusetts.

Date: 1930-1960

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 316287

Accession Number: 2015.128.3

Painted Pillowcase

Painted pillow case, pair of white swans with water lilies, framed.

Date: 1905

Maker: Hasselgren, Albinus , 1880-1916

Material: silk (textile), satin, paintings (visual works)

GUSN: 316290

Accession Number: 2015.129.1

Printed textile

This piece of plainwoven textile is decorated with a hand-painted scene depicting a woman with an infant on her lap. Three men in tailcoats, breeches, and boots stand to her right. Each man holds a tray or stemmed plate with items stacked on it. To the woman's left are a pair of women holding everg...

Date: c. 1930

Maker: unknown

Material: painting (image-making), weaving, bast

GUSN: 316291

Accession Number: 2015.129.2

Plate

Small plate with transfer printed image of Hartwell Farm, Lincoln, Massachusetts. Walker China.

Date: 1940-1950

Maker: unknown

Material: transfer printing

GUSN: 316304

Accession Number: 2015.135.4

Coffee service set

Coffee service including: coffee pot, covered sugar bowl, cream pitcher, six cups and saucers, two cake plates with transfer printed scenes of "John and Priscilla Alden" and "The Hanging of the Crane."

Date: 1900-1910

Maker: unknown

Material: porcelain

GUSN: 316305

Accession Number: 2015.136.1-.17

Horseshoe Game

Horseshoe game in original box with instructions and warrantee certificate. "Royal" model with two silver colored horseshoes, two navy blue painted horseshoes, and two cylindrical aluminum stakes.

Date: 1950-1970

Maker: St. Pierre Manufacturing Corporation (Manufacturer)

Material: steel (alloy), cardboard, paper by composition or origin, aluminum (metal), paint (coating)

GUSN: 316320

Accession Number: 2015.140.1A-I

Pair of Earrings

Pair of plastic earrings with clip backs. Pale pink flower with clear faceted rhinestone center. Clear faceted rhinestone and white calla lily drops with faux pearl center are attached to the bottom of each flower. The flower and drops are glued to a flat disc of frosted white plastic.

Date: 1980-1990

Maker: unknown

Material: plastic (organic material), rhinestone

GUSN: 316321

Accession Number: 2015.141.1AB

Turned wood bowl

Turned wooden bowl.

Date: 1960-1990

Maker: Panosian, Stephen, 1919-1990 (Maker)

Material: turning (shaping process)

GUSN: 316322

Accession Number: 2015.142.1

Shallow wood dish

Shallow, turned, wooden dish.

Date: 1989

Maker: Panosian, Stephen, 1919-1990 (Maker)

Material: turning (shaping process)

GUSN: 316323

Accession Number: 2015.142.2

Small turned wooden bowl with footed base

Small turned wooden bowl with footed base.

Date: 1960-1990

Maker: Panosian, Stephen, 1919-1990 (Maker)

Material: turning (shaping process)

GUSN: 316324

Accession Number: 2015.142.3

Turned wood bowl

Tall turned wood bowl / vase with seven bands of wood comprising the body.

Date: 1960-1990

Maker: Panosian, Stephen, 1919-1990 (Maker)

Material: turning (shaping process)

GUSN: 316325

Accession Number: 2015.142.4

Placemat

"Collectors Treasures." Linocut block printed cotton. Folly Cove Designers. Gloucester, Massachusetts, 1961

Date: 1961

Maker: Natti, Lee Kingman, 1919- (Designer) Folly Cove Designers (Workshop, attributed)

Material: cotton (textile), linoleum-block printing

GUSN: 316326

Accession Number: 2015.142.5

Linoleum

Linoleum fragment, cross hatched diamond pattern. Brown on dark yellow ground. Used in the third floor attic bedroom, 5 Winter Street, Salem, Massachusetts.

Date: 1925-1935

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 316328

Accession Number: 2015.143.1

Linoleum

Linoleum fragment, zigzag pattern with floral sprays. Brown on dark yellow ground. Used in the third floor attic bedroom, 5 Winter Street, Salem, Massachusetts.

Date: 1925-1935

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 316329

Accession Number: 2015.143.2

Cradle

Brass cradle [.1a] with straight sidebars, each bar joined to bar with ball beneath; each corner of the frame with ball and rounded finial. Brass, unadorned rectangular frame for bed hangings. Rounded wishbone-shaped hanger to hold onto cradle stand. Blue and white striped mattress [.1b] with French...

Date: 1880-1890

Maker: unknown

Material: brass (alloy)

GUSN: 316332

Accession Number: 2015.144.1.1AB-.2

Gown

This one-piece column-style evening gown is made of red silk chiffon. The proper left shoulder is bare, with a long self-fabric scarf draped up and over the proper right shoulder strap. The chiffon is stitched and pleated so that it swirls around the body and curls up under the hem. The bodice is li...

Date: c. 1950

Maker: Cyreld (Designer)

Material: chiffon, silk (fiber)

GUSN: 316333

Accession Number: 2015.145.1

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