Historic New England

Brooch

Brooch made from a "ribbon" of gold-plated metal mesh tied into a bow. The ends of the ribbon are finished with gold end caps. The brooch closes with a hinged-pin safety clasp attached at the back. Maker's mark in stamped metal oval soldered to center back of brooch. Gold-plated base metal. Henkel &...

Date: ca. 1965

Maker: Henkel & Grossé (Manufacturer)

Material: gold (metal), plating (metal coating)

GUSN: 321004

Accession Number: 2016.58.3

Quilt

This rectangular wholecloth quilt is made of a plainweave white cotton top and backing with a thin batting between the layers (unidentified fiber content). The quilting is in white cotton thread running stitch on the diagonal, creating a diamond pattern. The top is embellished with red embroidery fl...

Date: 1889

Maker: unknown

Material: cotton (textile), quilts, embroidering

GUSN: 321006

Accession Number: 2016.59.1

Fireplace Mantel

Carved arts and craft mantel. Deep overhanging shelf over decorated pilasters and frieze with carved leaves and berries.

Date: 1880-1900

Maker: Richardson, Ellen B. (Maker)

Material: mahogany (wood)

GUSN: 321007

Accession Number: 2016.60.1

Painting

Painting, "The Spirit of '76." Attributed to Tompkins Harrison Matteson (American painter, 1813-1884).

Date: 1846

Maker: Attributed to Matteson, Tompkins Harrison (American painter, 1813-1884) (Artist)

Material: oil paint (paint), panels (wood), panel painting (image-making)

GUSN: 321011

Accession Number: 2016.61.1

Painting

Painting, "Puritan Sunday in New England." George Henry Bougton (American painter and illustrator, 1833-1905).

Date: 1864

Maker: Boughton, George Henry (American painter and illustrator, 1833-1905) (Artist)

Material: oil paintings (visual works), canvas

GUSN: 321013

Accession Number: 2016.61.3

Wallpaper

No description

Date: 1920-1930

Maker: Zuber Et Cie (Maker)

GUSN: 321024

Accession Number: 2001.140

Collars

White celluloid front button collar with button opening in back. Worn by Charles Russell Peck (1889-1971).

Date: 1910-1920

Maker: unknown

Material: celluloid (cellulosic)

GUSN: 321049

Accession Number: 2015.147.11

Portrait of John Codman, III (1755-1803)

Painting, three-quarter length portrait of John Codman, III (1755-1803). The sitter is wearing a black jacket and white ruffled neckcloth. He is standing in front of a red damask curtain with a distant landscape visible in the lower left. Oil on canvas. Gilt frame.

Date: ca. 1800

Maker: Copley, John Singleton (American painter, 1738-1815) (Artist)

Material: oil paint (paint), canvas

GUSN: 321113

Accession Number: 2016.62.1

Collar

White celluloid front button collar with button opening in back. Worn by Charles Russell Peck (1889-1971)

Date: 1910-1920

Maker: unknown

Material: celluloid (cellulosic)

GUSN: 321222

Accession Number: 2015.147.12

Collar

White celluloid front button collar with button opening in back. Worn by Charles Russell Peck (1889-1971)

Date: 1910-1920

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 321267

Accession Number: 2015.147.13

Collar

White celluloid front button collar with button opening in back. Worn by Charles Russell Peck (1889-1971)

Date: 1910-1920

Maker: unknown

Material: celluloid (cellulosic)

GUSN: 321269

Accession Number: 2015.147.14

Collars

White celluloid front button collar with button opening in back. Worn by Charles Russell Peck (1889-1971)

Date: 1910-1920

Maker: unknown

Material: celluloid (cellulosic)

GUSN: 321270

Accession Number: 2015.147.15.1-.2

Photograph

Framed reproduction photograph of the twins, Frederic Augustus Eustis and Augustus Hemenway Eustis (b. 1877) sitting on the "twin" bench with their grandmother, Mary Porter Tileston Hemenway (1820-1894).

Date: 1879

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 321311

Accession Number: 2016.63.2

Needlework

Framed needlework picture of the Reed house in Hingham, Massachusetts. Probably New England

Date: 1860-1890

Maker: unknown

Material: needleworking (process)

GUSN: 321370

Accession Number: 2016.64.1

Woman Working in a Kitchen

Unframed painting, interior scene of a woman in a kitchen. Oil on board. "Russell's Canvas Board, Patented March 18, 1879." United States

Date: 1880-1900

Maker: unknown

Material: oil paint (paint), boards (flat objects)

GUSN: 321371

Accession Number: 2016.64.2

Bedchamber scene

Framed painting, interior scene of an older man in a bedroom/parlor. Oil on board. United States, 1850-1875

Date: 1850-1875

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 321372

Accession Number: 2016.64.3

Souvenir tea spoon, molded sterling silver with pointed and segmented bowl. Handle molded with dot and scroll pattern culminating in center with urn finial. Part of a souvenir spoon collection that was collected by Lura Woodside Watkins (1887-1982).

Date: c. 1898

Maker: unknown

Material: sterling silver

GUSN: 321377

Accession Number: 2016.64.6.3

Souvenir spoon, molded sterling silver with image of Tiptop House molded on spoon handle. Scrolls surround from the neck of the handle to its finial. Part of a souvenir spoon collection that was collected by Lura Woodside Watkins (1887-1982).

Maker: unknown

Material: sterling silver

GUSN: 321384

Accession Number: 2016.64.6.9

Souvenir Spoon

Souvenir spoon, molded sterling silver with image of Plymouth pilgrim Priscilla Alden on the handle, in long skirt, cape, and cap knocking on a door. Above the door appears the phrase, Lord have mercy on us. Spoon handle depicts a diagonal banner with Priscilla molded below and bare branches dow...

Date: 1891

Maker: unknown

Material: sterling silver, gilding

GUSN: 321385

Accession Number: 2016.64.6.10

Souvenir Spoon

Souvenir spoon, molded sterling silver with image of pilgrims landing on Plymouth Rock molded on spoon bowl. Molded handle with scrolls on neck, terminating in a finial depicting an image of pilgrim couple. Part of a souvenir spoon collection that was collected by Lura Woodside Watkins (1887-1982).

Maker: unknown

Material: sterling silver

GUSN: 321386

Accession Number: 2016.64.6.11

Souvenir Spoon

Souvenir spoon, molded sterling silver with image of Notre Dame Cathedral in Montreal on spoon bowl. Handle depicts scroll pattern. Part of a souvenir spoon collection that was collected by Lura Woodside Watkins (1887-1982).

Maker: unknown

Material: sterling silver

GUSN: 321387

Accession Number: 2016.64.6.12

Souvenir Spoon

Souvenir spoon, molded sterling silver with image of The Soldier's Home on the molded spoon bowl. Handle depicts the Washington monument, terminating in an image of the Capital Dome surrounded by trees on the handle finial. Part of a souvenir spoon collection that was collected by Lura Woodside ...

Date: 1891

Maker: unknown

Material: sterling silver

GUSN: 321388

Accession Number: 2016.64.6.13

Souvenir Spoon

Souvenir spoon, molded sterling silver with image of the Portland Head Light on spoon bowl. Handle depicts pine cones, an observatory tower, and Longfellow's home. Finial depicts the face of a bearded man, a scroll, and a book. A tall pine tree, "Court House", and "Portland Headlight" are depicted o...

Maker: unknown

Material: sterling silver

GUSN: 321389

Accession Number: 2016.64.6.14

Souvenir Spoon

Souvenir spoon, molded sterling silver with image of Suspension and Catelever Bridges in St. John, New Brunswick on spoon bowl. Molded handle with small flowers in the center of flutes, culminating in blue and white enameled shield finial and crown. Part of a souvenir spoon collection that was colle...

Date: 1901

Maker: unknown

Material: sterling silver

GUSN: 321390

Accession Number: 2016.64.6.15

Souvenir Spoon

Tea spoon, molded sterling silver with columnar handle culminating in foliate scroll pattern. Part of a souvenir spoon collection that was collected by Lura Woodside Watkins (1887-1982).

Maker: unknown

Material: sterling silver

GUSN: 321391

Accession Number: 2016.64.6.16

Souvenir Spoon

Souvenir spoon, molded sterling silver with image of the Olympic Mountain range from the city of Seattle on gilt spoon bowl. Handle depicts the word Seattle, images of Snoqualmie falls, a totem pole, a man and a ship on the front and the back. A mineral nugget is attached to the handle. Part ...

Maker: unknown

Material: sterling silver, silver gilding

GUSN: 321392

Accession Number: 2016.64.6.17

Souvenir Spoon

Souvenir spoon, molded sterling silver depicting image of Cliff House on spoon bowl. Handle depicts a bear, the Santa Barbara Mission, the California State Seal, poppies, redwood trees, grapes, and the California State Capitol. Spoon bowl has gold wash. Part of a souvenir spoon collection that wa...

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 321393

Accession Number: 2016.64.6.18

Souvenir Spoon

Souvenir spoon, molded sterling silver depicting image of the Boardwalk in Asbury Park, New Jersey on gilt spoon bowl. Handle depicts image of a bag of golf clubs in front and back. Handle finial depicts image of golfer swinging club over tee with scroll surrounds. Part of a souvenir spoon collecti...

Date: 1891-1918

Maker: unknown

Material: sterling silver

GUSN: 321394

Accession Number: 2016.64.6.19

Souvenir Spoon

Souvenir spoon, molded sterling silver, with image of The Light, Digby, NS on spoon bowl. Handle depicts a knotted branch with beaver finial and enameled Nova Scotia coat of arms. Motto Honi soit qui mal y pense (Shame on whosoever would think badly of it) affixed to the handle below the finial....

Maker: unknown

Material: sterling silver

GUSN: 321395

Accession Number: 2016.64.6.20

Souvenir Spoon

Souvenir spoon, molded sterling silver, depicting image of the Citadel in Halifax on spoon bowl. Pattern of dots up the handle, smallest at the middle, culminating at the top finial with scrolls. Finial depicts enameled salmon and thistle coat of arms of Nova Scotia and crown. Part of a souvenir spo...

Maker: unknown

Material: sterling silver

GUSN: 321396

Accession Number: 2016.64.6.21

Souvenir Spoon

Souvenir spoon, molded sterling silver depicting the New York State Capitol in Albany molded on spoon bowl. Handle depicts molded images of a sturgeon, a Native American in feather headdress, the face of Henry Hudson, the ship Half Moon, and the Statue of Liberty. Part of a souvenir spoon collect...

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 321397

Accession Number: 2016.64.6.22

Souvenir Spoon

Souvenir spoon, molded sterling silver with image of the Old Man in the Mountain molded on spoon bowl. Handle depicts flowers on front and back. Part of a souvenir spoon collection that was collected by Lura Woodside Watkins (1887-1982).

Date: 1890

Maker: unknown

Material: sterling silver

GUSN: 321398

Accession Number: 2016.64.6.23

Souvenir Spoon

Souvenir spoon, molded sterling silver with image of the city of Savannah, Georgia with Heart of Savannah GA molded on spoon bowl interior. Handle depicts Georgia and the symbols of the state. Handle culminates in rounded finial with scrolling border. Part of a souvenir spoon collection that was...

Maker: unknown

Material: sterling silver

GUSN: 321399

Accession Number: 2016.64.6.24

Souvenir Spoon

Souvenir spoon, molded sterling silver with image of Bunker Hill monument molded on spoon bowl. Handle depicts monument and symbols and landmarks of the city, including a bean pot, Paul Revere on horseback, the Washington Elm, the Old State House, and the Old South Church. Part of a souvenir spoon c...

Date: ca. 1890

Maker: Alvin Manufacturing Co.

Material: sterling silver

GUSN: 321400

Accession Number: 2016.64.6.25

Souvenir Spoon

Souvenir spoon, molded sterling silver with image of De Cathedral De Mexico on spoon bowl. Molded handle depicts Recuerdo de Mexico, a man with a donkey, and the Mexican Coat of Arms with an eagle with a snake in its beak. Part of a souvenir spoon collection that was collected by Lura Woodside Watki...

Maker: unknown

Material: sterling silver

GUSN: 321401

Accession Number: 2016.64.6.26

Dress

Dress with long sleeves and single button cuffs, inseam pockets and 9 1/2" side slits. Five button neck opening with a collar. Color blocks of plum, purple, black and navy with red intersecting lines. Size 12.

Date: 1960-2000

Maker: Marimekko (Manufacturer)

Material: cotton (textile)

GUSN: 322896

Accession Number: 2016.99.24

Dress with Two Belts

Dress [a] with two belts: [b] solid gray belt and [c] belt patterned with blocks of color. Collarless dress has five gray button neck opening, short sleeves, and inseam pockets. Gray ground with abstract geometric pattern in orange, red, brown, and black. Size 12.

Date: 1960-2000

Maker: Marimekko (Manufacturer)

Material: cotton (textile)

GUSN: 322897

Accession Number: 2016.99.25A-C

Dress

Dress, short sleeves, A-line, rounded neck, button closure at shoulder, pleating where skirt attaches to bodice, and square patch pockets. Cream ground with blue diamond cross-hatch pattern. Size 12.

Date: 1960-2000

Maker: Marimekko (Manufacturer)

Material: cotton (textile)

GUSN: 322898

Accession Number: 2016.99.26

Dress with Belt

Sundress [a] with green fabric belt [b]. Narrow straps, square neckline, and pleated bodice. Green ground with green polka dots. Size 12.

Date: 1960-2000

Maker: Marimekko (Manufacturer)

Material: cotton (textile)

GUSN: 322899

Accession Number: 2016.99.27AB

Dress with Belt

Dress [a] with belt [b]. Three-quarter length sleeves, rounded neckline, wide horizontal pleats across bodice and sleeves, inseam pockets. Purple ground with black, red, and white stripes. Size: Medium.

Date: 1974

Maker: Marimekko (Manufacturer) Rinta, Pentti (Finnish, born 1946) (Designer) Design Research (Retailer)

Material: cotton (textile)

GUSN: 322900

Accession Number: 2016.99.28AB

Dress

Dress with full length sleeves, gathered shoulders, single button cuff. Standup collar and twelve button front. Red with pairs of narrow black vertical stripes. Size: Medium.

Date: 1960-2000

Maker: Marimekko (Manufacturer)

Material: cotton (textile)

GUSN: 322901

Accession Number: 2016.99.29

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