White porcelain saucer with hand-painted gold pineapple and flower basket border, gold bands, and starburst in center.
Date: 1830-1850
Maker: unknown
Material: glazing (coating), porcelain
GUSN: 304472
Accession Number: 1962.70.10
GUSN: 304473
Accession Number: 1962.70.11
Material: porcelain, glazing (coating)
GUSN: 304474
Accession Number: 1962.70.12
Porcelain saucer. Interior painted blue and pick band with a centrally located floral design.
Material: porcelain, hand-painted
GUSN: 304475
Accession Number: 1969.13.2
White porcelain demitasse saucer with gold bands.
Date: 1900-1920
Maker: Gerard, Dufraisseix & Abbot (Maker)
Material: porcelain, gilding
GUSN: 304487
Accession Number: 1990.237.6
GUSN: 304488
Accession Number: 1990.237.7
GUSN: 304489
Accession Number: 1990.237.8
Material: gilding, porcelain
GUSN: 304490
Accession Number: 1990.237.9
GUSN: 304491
Accession Number: 1990.237.10
Porcelain tea bowl. Hand painted interior floral border and exterior garden scene.
Date: 1820-1830
GUSN: 304492
Accession Number: 1946.457.2
GUSN: 304493
Accession Number: 1946.457.3
GUSN: 304494
Accession Number: 1946.457.4
Porcelain saucer. Hand painted interior floral border and garden scene.
Date: 1800-1820
GUSN: 304495
Accession Number: 1946.458.2
GUSN: 304496
Accession Number: 1946.458.3
White porcelain saucer with hand-painted butterflies, sprays of leaves and flowers, with gold band on rim.
Date: 1879
Maker: Haviland & Co. (Maker)
Material: gilding, hand-painted, porcelain
GUSN: 304517
Accession Number: 1965.61.13
GUSN: 304518
Accession Number: 1965.61.14
GUSN: 304519
Accession Number: 1965.61.15
GUSN: 304520
Accession Number: 1965.61.16
GUSN: 304521
Accession Number: 1965.61.17
GUSN: 304522
Accession Number: 1965.61.18
GUSN: 304523
Accession Number: 1965.61.19
Pair of gold cufflinks. Oval head with engraved monogram "C.M.W." running in the widest direction, diagonally slanting lines above and below. Toggle closure.
Date: 1940-1970
Material: gold (metal)
GUSN: 310824
Accession Number: 2015.62.119
Pair of cufflinks. Gold-painted metal with twisted, swirl engraving around the cuff link face. Amber glass face in rounded rectangular shape. Profile of a classical-looking bearded man with curly hair cut into the glass. Round fixed backing.
Material: metal, glass (material)
GUSN: 310825
Accession Number: 2015.62.120
Gold-painted metal lapel pin. Circular with molded spread-wing eagle.
Material: metal
GUSN: 310826
Accession Number: 2015.62.121.1
Gold charm, shaped like a gold nugget. Given to Lura Burgess Thomas by a relative who took part in the gold rush. United States, 1850-1880
Date: 1850-1880
GUSN: 310827
Accession Number: 2015.62.122
LIFE "I Saw It All" pin-back button commemorating Apollo 11 Lunar Landing. Round shape, print of moon with illustration of Apollo 11 Lunar Module.
Date: 1969
GUSN: 310828
Accession Number: 2015.62.123
Handmade wooden sign on tall post reading "Exhibit of early lighting" in black letters.
Date: 1940-1950
Material: wood (plant material)
GUSN: 310829
Accession Number: 2015.62.124
Turned wooden salt with circular foot. From Highfields, George Adam's House.
Date: 1760
GUSN: 310830
Accession Number: 2015.62.125
Copper engraving plate of a man operating a fire pump. Original plate for framed fire pump print in Library and Archives.
Date: ca. 1800
Maker: Hill, Samuel, ca. 1766-1803 (Engraver)
Material: copper alloy
GUSN: 310831
Accession Number: 2015.62.126
Copper engraving plate of a Hunneman & Co Boston Engine [fire engine].
GUSN: 310832
Accession Number: 2015.62.127
Powder horn engraved with detailed hunting scenes, including hunter on horseback, men with spears, wild boar.
Date: 1750-1780
Material: horn (animal material)
GUSN: 310833
Accession Number: 2015.62.128
Powder horn painted with images of dogs, attached leather strap [broken].
Date: 1800-1830
GUSN: 310834
Accession Number: 2015.62.129
Jon-Jon brand wooden pants hanger with two clothespin-like clips.
Date: 1940-1955
Material: wood (plant material), metal
GUSN: 310835
Accession Number: 2015.62.130
Wooden loom shuttle. Made by Seth Peabody for Sally Shaklee.
Date: 1780-1800
GUSN: 310836
Accession Number: 2015.62.131
Roll of wallpaper. Pattern of stripes and oval medaillions with bead and ribbon swags. Birds in oval medallions. Printed in gray and yellow on cream moiré ground.
Date: 1870-1890
Material: paper (fiber product)
GUSN: 310837
Accession Number: 2015.62.132
Roll of wallpaper. Floral bouquet with pink and blue flowers, rococo scrolls in beige on glazed white ground.
Date: 1855-1870
GUSN: 310838
Accession Number: 2015.62.133
Roll of wallpaper printed with pastoral scene of woman and boy with sheep and goat, printed in pink and green on cream ground.
Date: 1900-1915
GUSN: 310839
Accession Number: 2015.62.134
One roll of uncut ceiling borders and corners [.1] and one roll of straight borders [.2]. Floral design with large pink and purple flowers and smaller yellow, blue, and orange red flowers on white ground with light gray borders.
GUSN: 310840
Accession Number: 2015.62.135.1-.2
Roll of wallpaper. Pattern of white branches sprouting green shoots, pink berries and flowers. Blue and white birds and butterflies among branches. Beige ground.
Date: 1940-1960
Maker: Hobe Erwin Editions (Manufacturer)
GUSN: 310841
Accession Number: 2015.62.136
Cast iron parlor stove with detached arched top piece. Molded floral designs throughout base and top with molded women on front opening doors. Henry Stanley, West Poultney, Vermont.
Date: 1847
Material: cast iron
GUSN: 310842
Accession Number: 2015.62.137
Box containing curls of hair. Cut from Lura Burgess Woodside (1887-1982) in December 1892.
Date: 1892
Material: human hair
GUSN: 310843
Accession Number: 2015.62.138
Bronze cooking pot. Made in the United States or Europe.
Date: 1650-1750
GUSN: 310845
Accession Number: 2015.62.139
Pierced brass bedwarmer with etched flower design, flat metal handle. Used at Highfields, Byfield, MA.
Date: ca. 1785
Material: brass (alloy)
GUSN: 310846
Accession Number: 2015.62.140
Kodak Signet 35mm camera with Kodak Ektar Lens [.1] in brown leather Kodak Field Case [.2] with woven black strap.
Date: 1951-1958
Maker: Eastman Kodak Company (Manufacturer)
Material: leather, metal
GUSN: 310847
Accession Number: 2015.62.141.1-.2
Portable Record Player in white plastic case [no latch]. Plays 16, 33, 45, and 78 speed records.
Date: 1955-1970
Maker: General Electric Company (Manufacturer)
Material: plastic by composition or origin
GUSN: 310848
Accession Number: 2015.62.142
Boston Fire Department badge belonging to Charles H. Watkins (1886-1957) [.1]. The badge allowed Watkins to pass fire lines. The badge is gold-plated and bears the seal of the city of Boston. In brown leather case [.2] with two snap closures.
Date: 1910-1940
Material: metal, leather
GUSN: 310849
Accession Number: 2015.62.143.1-.2
Narrow comb with black-painted wood back and black and white bristles in leather case. Case has snap closure and is stamped with the owner's initials "CMW". The case is also stamped "W.E. Blanchard" a retailer in Gloucester, Massachusetts.
Date: 1940-1980
Material: wood (plant material), leather
GUSN: 310850
Accession Number: 2015.62.144.1-.2
Twelve upholstery clips stamped with an abstract floral pattern. Stored inside of an old pocket watch case [see 2015.62.145.2].
Date: 1920-1940
GUSN: 310851
Accession Number: 2015.62.145.1.1-.12
Set of four wooden nesting dolls painted with the figure of a young boy.
Date: 1910-1920
GUSN: 310852
Accession Number: 2015.62.146.1-.4
Plastic rattle in form of young girl crying, twisted loop handle.
GUSN: 310853
Accession Number: 2015.62.147