Historic New England

Percussion Caps

Tin box containing percussion caps for Colt's pistols.

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 317609

Accession Number: 1925.303

Sleigh

Old sleigh.

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 317610

Accession Number: 1925.598

Victoria

Victoria.

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 317621

Accession Number: 1931.237

Gun Wad

No description

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 317622

Accession Number: 1933.876

Straw Splitting Tool

Wood and metal straw splitting tool.

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 317624

Accession Number: 1922.36

Fishhook

Metal fishhook.

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 317637

Accession Number: 1933.826

Friendship Bracelet\n

A bracelet constructed from woven and knotted pink and blue embroidery floss.

Date: ca. 1989

Maker: Arnio, Megan Louise (Maker)

Material: cotton (fiber)

GUSN: 317652

Accession Number: 2016.11.1

Lightbulb

No description

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 317655

Accession Number: 1984.895

Mirror

No description

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 317676

Accession Number: 1990.230

Straight Razonr

Bone handled straight razonr.

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 317686

Accession Number: 1942.266P

Corkscrew

Bone handled cork screw.

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 317689

Accession Number: 1942.266Q

Folding Knife

Folding knife or jackknive with bone handle. "Corn Knife" is carved into handle.

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 317690

Accession Number: 1942.266R

Straight Razor

Bone handled straight razor.

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 317691

Accession Number: 1942.266S

Tweezers

No description

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 317692

Accession Number: 1942.266T

Wax Floral Boquet in Reed Basket on Wood Base

Floral boquet made of wax, wire and other materials in a reed basket. Basket sits on a wooden stand. Glass dome that once fit in stand is missing.

Date: ca. 1865

Maker: Vinal, James W., Mrs. (Maker)

Material: wax, wood (plant material)

GUSN: 317699

Accession Number: 1924.829

Basket with Wax Floral Boquet Under Dome

Brown basket filled with bright wax flowers contained withing glass dome with wood base.

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 317700

Accession Number: 1935.1209

Small Shell Obelisk with Inset Tin Type Photographs

Small scale obelisk made of wood and covered with small shells. Tin type photographs inset on three sides.

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 317701

Accession Number: 1936.82

Fabric Floral Arrangement Under Glass Dome

No description

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 317702

Accession Number: 1987.110AB

Fabric Floral Arrangment Under Glass Dome

No description

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 317703

Accession Number: 1987.200AB

Women's Hair Pieces

Two dark brunett hair pieces. One piece is a single long strand tied in the middle. The other is two strands held together with fabric, each strand with a small comb affixed to interior end.

Maker: unknown

Material: human hair

GUSN: 317704

Accession Number: 1987.873.1-.2

Lamp

No description

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 317749

Accession Number: 1969.416

Chimney

No description

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 317766

Accession Number: 1939.168

Betty Lamp

No description

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 317776

Accession Number: 1919.59

Pair of Lamp Chimneys

Pair of glass lamp chimneys.

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 317800

Accession Number: 1919.811.1-.2

Pair of Electric Lamps

Pair of electrified glass lamps.

Maker: unknown

Material: glass (material)

GUSN: 317849

Accession Number: 1954.188.1-.2

Hairpins

Six hairpins found in pocket of riding ensemble.

Date: 1890-1892

Maker: unknown

Material: metal

GUSN: 318048

Accession Number: 1969.6718.4A-F

Tobacco Box

Small yellow box filled with tobacco.

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 318051

Accession Number: 2000.2164

Matches

Set of four sheets of matches.

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 318063

Accession Number: 1940.1021A-D

Flint

No description

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 318064

Accession Number: 2000.2183

Tweezers

No description

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 318065

Accession Number: 2000.2184

Matches

Sheet of matches in a jar.

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 318147

Accession Number: 2000.2147

Sterno Canned Heat Kitchenette

"Sterno Canned Heat Kitchenette No 4042 for instant cooking" in original packaging. Two portable burners heated by cans of Sterno.

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 318150

Accession Number: 1998.6018

Candle mold

No description

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 318232

Accession Number: 1937.1172.2

Stand mixer

Stand mixer. Sunbeam Automatic Mixmaster Model 7B.

Date: 1930-1940

Maker: Sunbeam (Manufacturer)

GUSN: 318282

Accession Number: 2015.92.1.1a

Mixing Bowl

White glass mixing bowl for stand mixer.

Date: 1930-1940

Maker: Sunbeam (Manufacturer)

GUSN: 318283

Accession Number: 2015.92.1.1b

Sheet Music, "I Am Going There./ Or the / Death of Little Eva"

Single sheet-title page; at center is image (lithograph) of a little girl in bed with three adults standing over her and one kneeling at bedside; looking down on the scene are angels and clouds; lettering in many different fonts above and below image.

Date: 1852

Maker: Oliver Ditson (Firm) (Publisher) J.H. Bufford & Co. (Lithographer) Adams, John S. (Composer)

Material: paper (fiber product), ink, printing (process)

GUSN: 191288

Accession Number: 2005.23.13

Sheet Music, "Old Jessy"

Single sheet (title page); edges very ragged/torn; title and other lettering very ornate with many different fonts; lettering surrounded by scrolls and dashes; handwritten and embossed inscriptions at top.

Date: 1852

Maker: Lee & Walker (Publisher) Converse, Charles C. , 1832-1918 (Composer) Sedgewick, C. C. (Lyricist) Higgins Brothers (Vendor)

Material: paper (fiber product), ink

GUSN: 191293

Accession Number: 2005.23.14

Sheet Music, "Glee/ Drink to me only with thine eyes" and "The Peasant's Joy"

Single sheet, double-sided; "Glee" on one side and "The Peasant's Joy" on the other; pages numbered thirteen and fourteen; "Glee" consists of music, lyrics and three verses at bottom; "The Peasant's Joy" consists of only music.

Date: 1840-1870

Maker: Blake, G. E. (Publisher)

Material: paper (fiber product), ink, printing (process)

GUSN: 191296

Accession Number: 2005.23.15

Sheet Music, "C.E. Roy's New and Complete Method for the Cornet a Pistons"

Title page to music instructional book; fancy lettering in several different fonts, surrounded by scrolls and dots.

Date: 1843

Maker: Roy, C. E. (Author) W. B. Bayley (Publisher) Apollo Hall (Vendor)

Material: paper (fiber product), ink, printing (process)

GUSN: 191298

Accession Number: 2005.23.16

Vase

Porcelain vase with cylindrical body, straight neck, round flared rim and decorated with a polychrome Rose Medallion pattern featuring reserves of Asian men and women in interior and exterior scenes alternating with reserves of flowers, birds and butterflies.

Date: 1800-1850

Maker: unknown

Material: porcelain

GUSN: 191310

Accession Number: 2006.44.1801.2

Vase

Porcelain vase with cylindrical body, straight neck, round flared rim and decorated with a polychrome Rose Medallion pattern featuring reserves of Asian men and women in interior and exterior scenes alternating with reserves of flowers, birds and butterflies.

Date: 1800-1850

Maker: unknown

Material: porcelain

GUSN: 191314

Accession Number: 2006.44.1801.1

Shawl

Long black silk shawl with printed and embroidered flowers. The body of the shawl is a black silk crepe. There is a large inner rectangle that has a printed floral pattern. Over the entire surface there are black flowers and leaves embroidered on with silk threads. Within the printed rectangle there...

Maker: unknown

Material: silk (textile)

GUSN: 191317

Accession Number: 2006.44.1370

Shawl

Cream colored wool shawl with colorful embroidered border and motifs. The shawl is rectangular with a narrow frayed fringe around all four sides. The cream wool is finely woven and has a sheer quality. There is heavy and colorful decorative cotton embroidery that forms an interior rectangle. The bor...

Maker: unknown

Material: wool (hair), cotton (textile), embroidery (visual works)

GUSN: 191318

Accession Number: 2006.44.1351

Shawl

Long black and white silk shawl with geometric patterns. The shawl is narrow and rectangular. The pattern consists of alternating rectangles that have one of two designs inside them. One design has a daisy-like flower with stem and leaves on two sides and is inside of an oval. In the four corners of...

Maker: unknown

Material: silk (textile)

GUSN: 191321

Accession Number: 2006.44.1371

Ginger jar

Covered Satsuma ginger jar with ovoid body, short straight neck, domed cover with rim that extends over the neck surmounted by a round gilt finial. Painted polychrome decoration of Asian men in a landscape scene with a tiger around the body and painted polychrome geometric and floral patterns aroun...

Date: 19th century

Maker: unknown

Material: porcelain

GUSN: 191322

Accession Number: 2006.44.1800.1AB

Shawl

Long, wide ivory silk shawl with painted floral designs and metallic embroidery. The shawl is rectangular and at both short ends the hem was done by folding the edge over and sewing in a chain link pattern for the seam. All around the four edges there is a wide border of painted floral and leaf patt...

Maker: unknown

Material: silk (textile)

GUSN: 191324

Accession Number: 2006.44.1372

Shawl

Square black cotton shawl with medium length fringe on all four sides. The fringe has two rows of decorative knotting which crisscrosses the threads into diamond patterns and the fringe then extends from the last row of knots. On one end there is a band composed of single olive green threads that ar...

Maker: unknown

Material: cotton (textile)

GUSN: 191326

Accession Number: 2006.44.1352

Shawl

Narrow black silk shawl with embroidered flowers and long fringe. The majority of the shawl is a plain black silk, but at both ends there are four embroidered flowers. The outer most two flowers are the largest and are red flowers with greenery surrounded by smaller yellow and red flowers on one sid...

Maker: unknown

Material: silk (textile)

GUSN: 191328

Accession Number: 2006.44.1373

Shawl

Long narrow gray silk shawl with white stripes on both ends and white silk fringe on both ends. The primary color is a silver gray and is slightly sheer. On both ends there is a wide white silk stripe and on either side of the stripe are three more bands that are made up of multiple narrow stripes. ...

Maker: unknown

Material: silk (fiber)

GUSN: 191330

Accession Number: 2006.44.1353

Ginger jar

Covered Satsuma ginger jar with ovoid body, short straight neck, domed cover with rim that extends over the neck surmounted by a round gilt finial. Painted polychrome decoration of Asian men in a landscape scene with a tiger around the body and painted polychrome geometric and floral patterns aroun...

Date: 19th century

Maker: unknown

Material: porcelain

GUSN: 191331

Accession Number: 2006.44.1800.2AB

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