Historic New England

Serving dish with ladle

Serving dish [A] with pyrex liner [B] and ladle [C]. Circular serving dish with beaded edge and bun feet. Curved handle with notch at top center that ladle sits in. Clear pyrex liner, divided into two sections. Ladle has a looped handle with beaded end. With original hang tag [D].

Date: 1936-1969

Maker: Buehner, Frederic, 1908-1971 (Designer)

Material: aluminum (metal), glass (material)

GUSN: 241761

Accession Number: 2010.31.1A-D

Casserole dish with pyrex liner

Hammered aluminum casserole dish with cover and pyrex liner with cover.

Date: 1936-1969

Maker: Buehner, Frederic, 1908-1971 (Designer)

Material: aluminum (metal), glass (material)

GUSN: 241762

Accession Number: 2010.31.2

Casserole dish

Casserole dish [A] with cover [B]. Circular shape with flat bottom and beaded edge. Hammered aluminum cover has loop finial with beaded end.

Date: 1936-1969

Maker: Buehner, Frederic, 1908-1971 (Designer)

GUSN: 241763

Accession Number: 2010.31.2.1ab

Pyrex liner

Clear glass pyrex liner [A] with cover [B]. Fits inside aluminum casserole holder.

Date: 1936-1969

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 241764

Accession Number: 2010.31.2.2ab

Hooked Rug

Rectangular hooked rug bound with wide striped twill; blue and white variegated border. Polychrome striped background with a two-masted ship at left and a three-masted ship at right, both with full sails. Large bird, probably a gull, at center and far left; smaller bird flies at right.

Date: 1875-1899

Maker: unknown

Material: wool (textile), hooking

GUSN: 241765

Accession Number: 1949.1054

Sampler

Unframed sampler with nine iterations of the alphabet, two verses, two urns of flowers and two baskets of fruit; separated by red horizontal bands; yellow oval at bottom with maker's name and date inside, "Mary Perrin May/February 1825."

Date: February 1825

Maker: May, Mary Perrin, 1815-1877 (Embroiderer)

Material: linen (material), embroidering, cross stitch

GUSN: 241768

Accession Number: 1969.5411

Desk box

Rectangular mahogany desk box with brass inlay. Hinged lid with brass corners and engraved nameplate. Box interior has a red leather writing surface and three small compartments. The short sides of the box have a small narrow drawer with a brass pull handle.

Date: 1820-1845

Maker: unknown

Material: mahogany (wood), brass (alloy)

GUSN: 241772

Accession Number: 2010.32.1

Storage box

Unadorned rectangular pine storage box with hinged lid. Keyhole in center of front panel. Box exterior has been stained a dark brown.

Date: 1750-1800

Maker: unknown

Material: pine (wood)

GUSN: 241773

Accession Number: 2010.32.2

Pie plate extractor

Wood and metal kitchen implement. Spring loaded tongs mounted on a wooden rod. Used to pull hot pie plates out of the oven. According to the donor this device was invented by Charles C. Barrell.

Date: 1860-1870

Maker: Barrell, Charles Colburn, 1817- (Patent holder)

Material: wood (plant material), metal

GUSN: 241774

Accession Number: 2010.32.3

Sauceboat

Pewter, hand-hammered, bowl-shaped sauceboat with C-shaped handle.

Date: 1880-1920

Maker: Whitney, L. (Pewterer)

Material: pewter (tin alloy), tin (metal), tin alloy

GUSN: 241776

Accession Number: 2001.251

Mercury Infra-red defroster

Infra-red defroster, rectangular shape with slotted top and solid bottom. Black bakelite handle and legs. Attached electric cord.

Date: ca. 1963

Maker: Merit Enterprises Inc. (Manufacturer)

Material: aluminum (metal), Bakelite (TM), electrical system components

GUSN: 241781

Accession Number: 2010.33.1

Sampler

Alphabet and numbers sampler; three complete alphabets, two upper case, one lower case; numbers 1-10; cross stitch; silk thread on ivory linen.

Maker: unknown

Material: linen (material), silk (fiber), embroidery (visual works), cross stitch

GUSN: 241787

Accession Number: 2007.4

Needlework

Needlework fragment decorated with flowers. Cross-stitched in red and brown on a natural linen backing that may be the top shoulder and yoke of a garment.

Maker: unknown

Material: cross stitch, linen (material), needleworking (process)

GUSN: 241788

Accession Number: 2007.3

Chamber pot

Cream-colored stoneware chamber pot with handle and banding.

Maker: unknown

Material: stoneware (pottery)

GUSN: 241789

Accession Number: 1992.373

Cloth Fragment

Framed fragment of green, pink, orange, black, blue jacquard woven silk textile.

Maker: unknown

Material: silk (textile), jacquard, wood (plant material), glass (material)

GUSN: 241790

Accession Number: 2007.5

Saltcellar

No description

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 241792

Accession Number: 1958.630

Saltcellar

No description

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 241793

Accession Number: 1958.651

Floor lamp

Iron floor lamp with three short legs supporting a vertical rod; scrolled iron arm supports a small glass globe, possibly an oil lamp, with a yellow lamp shade. Electrified.

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 241794

Accession Number: 1992.667

Sampler

Alphabet/verse sampler; floral border; one verse worked at each of four sides around the outside edges; another verse is worked below th alphabets; four alphabets, three without "J"; one alphabet complete; numbers 1-7; 1-11; on wooden stretcher.

Maker: Bussey, Sally D. (Embroiderer)

Material: linen (material), embroidery (visual works), wool (textile), cross stitch, wood (plant material)

GUSN: 241796

Accession Number: 1980.403

Berlinwork sampler

Unfinished Berlinwork sampler; linen canvas and wool yarn; two bands; a continuous seed and diamond pattern in red, tan, teal, yellow on black background; overlapping line design with geometric shapes underneath in black, red, green, purple, yellow to brown hues for line design; fine canvas includes...

Date: late 19th century

Maker: unknown

Material: linen (material), wool (textile)

GUSN: 241802

Accession Number: 2001.204

Berlinwork sampler

Unfinished needlepoint sampler; Berlinwork; linen canvas ground; diaper pattern: orange yellow, gold, tan; rose, pink, white; four shades of blue; three shades of red, pink multicolored squares surrounded by four diamond clusters, green at the tip fading into gold to white; black background; linen i...

Date: late 19th century

Maker: unknown

Material: linen (material), wool (textile)

GUSN: 241803

Accession Number: 2001.205

Sampler

Alphabet and numbers sampler; brown and henna silk thread on unrefined linen; black-painted frame under glass; cross stitch, eyelet, two-sided line stitch; three complete upper case alphabets, one lower case alphabet; numbers 1-9; simple cross stitch border.

Date: March 10, 1828

Maker: Homer, Eliza Bennett (Embroiderer)

Material: linen (material), silk (fiber), embroidery (visual works), cross stitch

GUSN: 241804

Accession Number: 2004.39

Needlework Picture

Framed needlework picture with a reverse-painted (eglomise) mat, depicting a map of Europe surrounded by a floral wreath. It is worked on a silk ground with gold silk thread with all countries labeled in ink. Stitches used include: stem, satin, long and short satin, fern, bullion, and filling sitich...

Maker: unknown

Material: silk (textile), ink

GUSN: 241805

Accession Number: 2007.1

Dessert Service

48-piece dessert service; white with mauve banding and gilt decoration. Includes an urn-shaped fruit cooler, pair of footed sauce tureens, pair of pierced baskets, and 48 dessert plates.

Date: 1815-1825

Maker: Possibly Sevres Porcelain Manufactory

Material: porcelain, enamel (fused coating), gilding

GUSN: 241809

Accession Number: 1990.156

Dessert plates

Forty-three porcelain dessert plates with mauve and gold bands surrounding a gold medallion.

Date: 1815-1825

Maker: Possibly Sevres Porcelain Manufactory

Material: porcelain, glazing (coating)

GUSN: 241811

Accession Number: 1990.156.1-.43

Fruit baskets

Pair of porcelain pierced baskets. White with mauve banding and gilt decoration.

Date: 1815-1825

Maker: Possibly Sevres Porcelain Manufactory

Material: porcelain, gilding

GUSN: 241812

Accession Number: 1990.156.44-45

Fruit Cooler

Porcelain fruit cooler. Urn-shaped footed fruit cooler with insert and lid. White with mauve and gilt banding with two neoclassical heads as handles.

Date: 1815-1825

Maker: Possibly Sevres Porcelain Manufactory

Material: porcelain, gilding

GUSN: 241813

Accession Number: 1990.156.46A-C

Sauce Tureen

Pair of porcelain footed sauce tureens with lids. White with mauve and gilt banding.

Date: 1815-1825

Maker: Possibly Sevres Porcelain Manufactory

Material: porcelain, gilding

GUSN: 241814

Accession Number: 1990.156.47AB-.48AB

Vase

Brass vase with stamped all-over decoration

Date: ca. 1849

Maker: unknown

Material: brass (alloy), stamping (marking)

GUSN: 241815

Accession Number: 1990.59

Sauceboat

Blue transfer-printed pearlware sauceboat. Scroll and floral motif surrounds a dominant scene featuring quadrupeds.

Date: 1814-1832

Maker: Hall & Sons, John

Material: earthenware, transfer printing, glazing (coating)

GUSN: 241816

Accession Number: 1969.610.143

Urn

Red toleware urn [A] with cover [B]. Circular foot. Red, gold, and antique verte decoration with classical motifs of dancing maids, swans, and lyres.

Date: 1800-1820

Maker: unknown

Material: tinware

GUSN: 241844

Accession Number: 1942.1712.1AB

Urn

Red toleware urn with cover. Circular foot. Red, gold, and antique verte decoration with classical motifs of dancing maids, swans, and lyres.

Date: 1800-1820

Maker: unknown

Material: tinware

GUSN: 241845

Accession Number: 1942.1712.2AB

Side Chair

Side chair. Mahogany with birch seat rails and white pine corner blocks. Serpentine crest rail with arched center and pierced central circle. Carved molded ears. Swag and tassel at top of vase shaped pierced splat. Center of splat has figure-eight with looped diamond overlay. Splat seated behind p...

Date: 1755-1775

Maker: unknown

Material: mahogany (wood), birch (wood), eastern white pine (wood)

GUSN: 241847

Accession Number: 1966.294A

Needlework picture

A needlework picture depicting a girl with a parrot, teacup, dog, and basket of flowers worked in wool yarn on wool ground in its original wood frame.

Maker: unknown

Material: wool (textile), crewel wool

GUSN: 241913

Accession Number: 1993.498

Sampler

Alphabet and number sampler on natural linen ground. Worked with silk thread. One complete alphabet, letters A-W, and numbers 1-6. Cross stitch, Gobelin, loose satin stitch, and buttonhole stitch.

Date: 1835

Maker: Page, Louisa (Embroiderer)

Material: linen (material), silk (fiber)

GUSN: 241914

Accession Number: 1993.496

Painting of Flowers in a Blue Staffordshire Vase

Watercolor still life of flowers arranged in a blue Staffordshire vase decorated with a view of an English country house. Plain black painted wood frame.

Date: ca. 1840

Maker: Perley, Maria S., d. 1895 (Artist)

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

GUSN: 241926

Accession Number: 1996.105

Landscape Painting

Oil painting by Alvan Fisher of the Thwing children in a landscape in a gold frame.

Date: 1834-1851

Maker: Fisher, Alvan, 1792-1863

Material: oil paint (paint), canvas

GUSN: 241972

Accession Number: 1936.1008

Coral and Bells

This child's coral and bells is constructed from silver in a baluster shape, decorated with elaborately chased scrolls and roses, and hung at the "waist" with four silver bells (two are missing) suspened from small triangular tabs, each decorated with a petaled flower. For the child's amusement the ...

Date: 1780-1820

Maker: unknown

Material: silver (metal), coral (material)

GUSN: 241974

Accession Number: 1932.225

Block-front Chest of Drawers

Mahogany, block-front chest of drawers; molded and shaped oblong top above a conforming case with upper slide, four blocked and grauated long drawers below, the molded base continuing to blocked bracket feet.

Date: 1745-1760

Maker: unknown

Material: mahogany (wood), eastern white pine (wood)

GUSN: 241975

Accession Number: 1981.4

Linoleum Floorcloth

Pink floral linoleum.

Date: 1940-1950

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 241986

Accession Number: 1997.28

Side Chair

Side chair. Mahogany with maple loose seat frame. Serpentine crest rail. Pierced splat with Gothic tracery, carved columnar scrolls and central leaf motif H-pattern stretcher. Brackets under seat rail. Rests on Marlborough legs. Original web, linen, stuffing, and cover linen remain beneath twe...

Date: 1770

Maker: Bright, George, 1726-1805 (Furniture maker)

GUSN: 241989

Accession Number: 1980.75.2

"Palais-Royal" Wallpaper Panel

French Scenic wallpaper panel "Palais-Royal" pattern. Panel depicts a woman pulling a four wheeled wicker carriage with a small child seated inside. Greek temple facade and flat topped fluted column in background. Panel framed by a leafy arch at top and tree like columns on sides. Block printed in g...

Date: 1805-1810

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 242026

Accession Number: 2010.27.1.1

Dining Room wallpaper

Wallpaper fragments and two rolls [one partially used, one unused]. Chinoiserie pattern with purple skinned figures climbing and sitting on a dark gold and purple vine with gilt accents. Man with decorative umbrella stands near two men with nets and a seated man smoking a pipe. A woman stands on a b...

Date: 1890-1910

Maker: Zuber & Cie (Manufacturer) Guichard, Victor Poterlet et Zipelius (Designer)

Material: paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 225637

Accession Number: 2006.44.3487

Hall wallpaper

Wallpaper fragments and several unused rolls, ashlar pattern of gray, white, and beige blocks with horses pulling a man in a chariot, accompanied by a flying cherub. Fragments from envelope marked "Paper from #34 at the Restoration". Removed from the 1st and 2nd floor Hall by Betty Phillips during t...

Maker: unknown

Material: paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 225638

Accession Number: 2006.44.3488

Library wallpaper

Wallpaper fragments and unused rolls, tan grasscloth printed with dark green leaves. From envelope marked "Paper from #34 at the Restoration". Removed from the Library by Betty Phillips during the 1971-1974 restoration. Additional unused rolls were found on the third floor during inventory. This pap...

Maker: unknown

Material: paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 225639

Accession Number: 2006.44.3489

Bridal Veil

White toile veil, no decoration; attached at nape to turban headpiece of French silk; adorned with applied white embroidered flowers, to match wedding dress; plastic comb inside headpiece.

Date: 1972

Maker: unknown

Material: toile (textile material), silk (textile), plastic (organic material)

GUSN: 225660

Accession Number: 2003.19.2.1

"Art Royal" Parlor Stove

"Art Royal" parlor stove with ceramic tile decoration. Model No. 20.

Date: 1885

Maker: Phillips & Clark Stove Company (Manufacturer)

Material: cast iron, mica (mineral), ceramic tile

GUSN: 225663

Accession Number: 2010.21.1

Portable oven

Small black painted metal oven with open bottom. Rectangular shape with pressed circle decoration on front and sides. Hinged front panel with turned wooden handle locking mechanism. Two interior metal rack shelves, one adjustable, one fixed. Hinged handle with turned wooden grip at top of each side....

Date: 1895-1910

Maker: unknown

Material: steel (alloy), wood (plant material), embossing

GUSN: 225664

Accession Number: 2010.21.2

Bandbox

Oval pasteboard bandbox (A) with lid (B). Box and lid are covered with block printed wallpaper with a floral stripe of morning glories, roses, and other flowers. Printed in blues, greens, browns, oranges and white on ungrounded paper. Rim of lid is covered in block printed wallpaper. Pattern appears...

Date: 1840-1860

Maker: unknown

Material: paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 225665

Accession Number: 2010.21.3AB

Roller window shade

No description

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 225666

Accession Number: 2010.21.4

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