Historic New England

Prom dress

Aqua taffeta prom dress [a] with removable shoulder rosettes [b-e]. Full-length with ruffled, double-V neckline, shoulder rosettes, accent bow and rosette, basque waist, gathered skirt, puffed elbow sleeves, fitted bodice. Made from Butterick pattern 3014 in size 12.

Date: 1989

Maker: Carr, Kathleen E. (Dressmaker)

Material: taffeta

GUSN: 223678

Accession Number: 2010.15.2.1a-e

Slip

White half slip in taffeta with tie waist closure.

Date: 1989

Maker: Carr, Kathleen E. (Dressmaker)

Material: taffeta

GUSN: 223679

Accession Number: 2010.15.2.2

Dress pattern

Butterick #3014 dress pattern, US women's size 8-10-12. For evening-style dress with fitted bodice, gathered skirt, basque waist, options for tea or full length.

Date: ca. 1989

Maker: (Publisher)

Material: paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 223680

Accession Number: 2010.15.2.3

Varsity jacket

Red and white varsity jacket with letter. Worn by Susannah Carr, Hingham High School, 1990-1991.

Date: 1990-1991

Maker: unknown

Material: wool (textile)

GUSN: 223681

Accession Number: 2010.15.3.1

Varsity pin

Brass pin shaped like a field hockey stick.

Date: 1990-1991

Maker: unknown

Material: brass (alloy)

GUSN: 223682

Accession Number: 2010.15.3.2

Crock

American salt-glazed stoneware crock with blue bird image. Crock has molded handles and interior is dark brown.

Maker: unknown

Material: stoneware (pottery)

GUSN: 223683

Accession Number: 2006.44.1581

Wallpapered board

Wall board with several wallpaper fragments adhering. Side one has two wallpaper fragments: (1) Grid of white vines with stylized black floral motifs on dark green ground. (2) Alternating stripes of pink and blue eight-petalled stylized flowers, interspersed with green four-petalled flowers; pink, b...

Date: 1790-1810

Maker: unknown

Material: wallpapers, softwood

GUSN: 223684

Accession Number: 2004.36

Pot

White enamel iron pot with black handles.

Maker: unknown

Material: iron (metal), enamel (fused coating)

GUSN: 223685

Accession Number: 2006.44.2016

Boardman House

Oil painting of the Boardman House in ornate gilt frame. Brown house with second floor overhang and steeply sloped back roof. Board fence, rocks and tree at back right. Gilt frame with scrolled leaf border.

Date: 1899

Maker: Page, Edward A., 1850-1928 (Artist)

Material: oil paint (paint), canvas

GUSN: 225732

Accession Number: 2010.16.1

Washboard

Medium size washboard. The wooden frame bears inscriptions on both sides. It frames a ridged metal board

Maker: unknown

Material: hardwood, iron (metal)

GUSN: 223689

Accession Number: 2006.44.2013

Tall Case Clock

Basswood, designed with leaf shaped scroll work. A central medallion depicting John Alden and Priscilla Mullins. PR side top is an hour glass . PR side middle is a windmill house. PL side top hour glass, PL side middle windmill with a small house in the front of it.

Date: ca. 1904

Maker: unknown

Material: pyrography

GUSN: 223690

Accession Number: 2004.37.1

Fire extinguisher

Tall and cylindrical fire extinguisher with a large turn handle at the top. On the right side is a rubber hose with a nozzle at the end.

Maker: unknown

Material: metal, rubber (material)

GUSN: 223691

Accession Number: 2006.44.2033

Washboard

Large washboard. The wooden frame bears an inscription on the back, now faded. It frames a ridged metal board

Maker: unknown

Material: wood (plant material), iron (metal)

GUSN: 223692

Accession Number: 2006.44.2012

Mixing bowl

Large yelloware mixing bowl with white band around top.

Maker: unknown

Material: ceramic (material)

GUSN: 223693

Accession Number: 2006.44.1638

Bellows

Wooden bellows done with pyrographic decoration. Front- a blond women in profile with hair in low loose bun. Red background designed to look like cracks intentional missing pieces. Sunburst patterns surround figure and handle on front. Back is solid color brown with striations. Leather air pouch and...

Date: 1900

Maker: unknown

Material: wood (plant material), leather

GUSN: 223694

Accession Number: 2004.37.2

Bellows

Wooden bellows done with pyrographic decoration. The decoration is a foliate design which is painted in shades of greens and red. Leather air pouch and around the edges is leather.

Date: ca. 1900

Maker: unknown

Material: wood (plant material), pyrography

GUSN: 223695

Accession Number: 2004.37.3

Soap box

Wooden soap box, made of nailed coarse planks. It bears the mention "IVORY" in bold characters on one its side.

Maker: unknown

Material: wood (plant material), metal

GUSN: 223696

Accession Number: 2006.44.2040

Lady finger pan

Lady finger baking pan with six individual molds, each with fluted ends.

Maker: unknown

Material: metal

GUSN: 223697

Accession Number: 2006.44.1637

Pyrography kit

Outer box, dovetail joints. Top has metal handle. Pointsettias flower and leaves. Front the metal clasp to secure opening. Top portion of metal clasp is broken on the PR side, big pointsettia flower in center of front with leaves branching out. PR side leaves and wilted flower. No design on two met...

Maker: Flemish Art Co. (Maker)

Material: wood (plant material)

GUSN: 223699

Accession Number: 2004.37.4

Soap box

Wooden soap box with a heraldic crowned lion stamped on one of its sides.

Maker: unknown

Material: wood (plant material), metal

GUSN: 223701

Accession Number: 2006.44.2039

Mixing bowl

Small white mixing bowl with crackle glaze.

Maker: unknown

Material: ceramic (material)

GUSN: 223702

Accession Number: 2006.44.1639

Laundry stove

Iron laundry stove. It stands on four short legs. Each leg has a heart design on it and the base that the legs connect to is round with pinched in sides. Pear shaped body with eight prongs to hold irons against the heat of the stove. At the top and bottom are doors. The top surface allows for two se...

Maker: unknown

Material: iron (metal)

GUSN: 223709

Accession Number: 2006.44.2023

Pyrography Kit

Outer box: cherry branches. Front design is not complete the image was stamped on the top and sides and then the person worked on the outline. Hinges on the front will fold down giving easier access. Inside: Oval can filled wiht absorbant material to use with benzine; rubber hand bulb, cork point ha...

Maker: Flemish Art Co. (Maker)

Material: wood (plant material)

GUSN: 223710

Accession Number: 2004.37.5

Pyrography Kit

Outside box: dovetail joints, top completed wood burn, burnches of cherries on branches. Front stamped pattern visible, started background shading, metal upward u-shaped latch. PR side stamped cherry pattern visible no attempt to finish. Back plain wiht two hinges for top. PL side stamped cherry pat...

Maker: Flemish Art Co. (Maker)

Material: wood (plant material)

GUSN: 223711

Accession Number: 2004.37.6

Basket

Large wide wicker basket. It has one lid and two handles at the end. At the frond edge of the lid are two rings sticking out that begs can be put through to hold the lid in placep

Maker: unknown

Material: wicker

GUSN: 223712

Accession Number: 2006.44.2007

Ironing board

Sleeve ironing board. Narrow wooden ironing board on footed base.

Maker: unknown

Material: wood (plant material), cotton (textile), metal

GUSN: 223713

Accession Number: 2006.44.2002

Basket

Large wicker backet. There are two handles on the sides and one handle has a rope hanging down from it.

Maker: unknown

Material: wicker

GUSN: 223715

Accession Number: 2006.44.2008

Clothes wringer

Clothes wringer with a wooden bar at top and two spindles at the ends that are in the shape of key heads. There is a handle to crank and that turns the two rollers. On the right side is a ledge. Underneath the ledge are two clamps on each end.

Maker: unknown

Material: wood (plant material), metal

GUSN: 223716

Accession Number: 2006.44.2014

Pyrography Kit, "Pyrex"

A box with pyrographic decoration has tools for making pyrographic designs. This one is form the "pyrex". There are ten objects inside. Pyro benzine bottle empty - Favor, Rund & Co., Boston; NY; Chicago -Brown Pyrography Art stain with instruction label peeling, wax stopper on top- green pyrography ...

Maker: unknown

Material: wood (plant material), metal

GUSN: 223860

Accession Number: 2004.37.7

Clothes wringer

Clothes wringer with a wooden bar at top and two spindles at the ends that are in the shape of key heads. There is a handle to crank and that turns the two rollers. On the right side is a ledge. Underneath the ledge are two clamps on each end.

Maker: unknown

Material: wood (plant material), metal

GUSN: 223861

Accession Number: 2006.44.2017

Salt glazed stoneware jar with lid

Salt-glazed stoneware jar with lid. Two-gallon capacity, with blue-painted floral and leaf decoration on side.

Date: 1855-1874

Maker: A.E. Smith's Sons Pottery Co. (Maker)

Material: stoneware (pottery)

GUSN: 222606

Accession Number: 2010.14.1AB

Salt glazed stoneware crock

Salt-glazed stoneware jar. Two-gallon capacity, with stamped maker's mark and painted floral decoration in blue.

Date: 1855-1874

Maker: A.E. Smith & Sons (Potter)

Material: stoneware (pottery)

GUSN: 222607

Accession Number: 2010.14.2

Salt glazed stoneware crock with handles

Salt-glazed stoneware jar with handles. Six gallon capacity with stamped maker's mark and painted floral decoration in blue.

Date: 1855-1874

Maker: A.E. Smith & Sons (Potter)

Material: stoneware (pottery)

GUSN: 222608

Accession Number: 2010.14.3

Salt glazed stoneware jar

Salt-glazed stoneware jar. One and a half gallon capacity, with stamped maker's mark and painted floral decoration in blue.

Date: 1855-1874

Maker: A.E. Smith & Sons (Potter)

Material: stoneware (pottery)

GUSN: 222609

Accession Number: 2010.14.4

Salt glazed stoneware churn

Salt-glazed stoneware churn with handles. Three gallon capacity, with stamped maker's mark and painted floral decoration in blue.

Date: 1855-1874

Maker: A.E. Smith & Sons (Potter)

Material: stoneware (pottery)

GUSN: 222610

Accession Number: 2010.14.5

Salt glazed stoneware crock

Stoneware crock with ear-shaped handles. Gray salt-glazed exterior, brown glazed interior. Stamped maker's mark and painted floral decoration in blue.

Date: 1855-1874

Maker: unknown

Material: stoneware (pottery), glazing (coating)

GUSN: 222611

Accession Number: 2010.14.6

Albany slip glazed earthenware chamber pot

Earthenware chamber pot with handle, brown slip glaze.

Date: 1883

Maker: Attributed to A.E. Smith's Sons Pottery Co. (Potter)

Material: earthenware

GUSN: 222612

Accession Number: 2010.14.7

Buttons

Two gold buttons with crests. The crest starts with a crown on top and two men standing alongside the shield. Beneath the shield is a banner with writing on it.

Maker: unknown

Material: gold (metal)

GUSN: 222615

Accession Number: 2006.44.2708

Shirt studs

Lot of black and white shirt studs. All but one of the studs have small rounded heads, tapering necks, and broad bottoms. The one that is different is black and has no rounded head. All of them have smooth bottoms, except for a white one. That one white stud has a ridged bottom.

Maker: unknown

Material: plastic (organic material), metal

GUSN: 222616

Accession Number: 2006.44.2707

Sash

Blue silk sash. At the shoulder corner there is a gold fabric that is sown on. The edges of the sash are scalloped

Maker: unknown

Material: cloth

GUSN: 222620

Accession Number: 2006.44.2764

Netsuke

Ivory netsuke in the shape of a wood carver, working on a plank of wood. The man is in motion; he has already smoothed the board several times and the remnants can be seen on the board and on the ground. He wears a headband and is dressed in Japanese traditional clothes.

Maker: unknown

Material: ivory (tooth component)

GUSN: 222622

Accession Number: 2006.44.2666

Napkin ring

Metal napking ring. On the part that would have faced upward is a leaf, and in the leaf a name is inscribed. The edges of the ring are raised.

Maker: unknown

Material: metal

GUSN: 222623

Accession Number: 2006.44.2677

Napkin ring

Metal napkin ring. The edges are rounded and there is a raised, flat oval on the top. In the center of the oval are initials. The sides have been etched with feather greenery.

Maker: unknown

Material: metal

GUSN: 222624

Accession Number: 2006.44.2678

Mercury Head dime

1924 Mercury Head dime.The obverse has the head of liberty with the word "liberty" arching around the edge. The reverse has a fasces with an olive branch.

Date: 1924

Maker: unknown

Material: silver (metal), copper (metal)

GUSN: 222626

Accession Number: 2006.44.2688.1

Penny

1952 Wheat penny. The obverse has the head of President Lincoln in the center and words at the top of his head. The reverse has two ears of wheat on either side, and words are between the two ears of wheat.

Date: 1952

Maker: unknown

Material: copper (metal)

GUSN: 222627

Accession Number: 2006.44.2688.2

Mercury Head dime

1944 Mercury Head dime. The obverse has the head of liberty with the word "liberty" arching around the edge. The reverse has a fasces with an olive branch.

Date: 1944

Maker: unknown

Material: silver (metal), copper (metal)

GUSN: 222628

Accession Number: 2006.44.2688.3

Penny

1915 Wheat penny The obverse has the head of President Lincoln in the center and words at the top of his head. The reverse has two ears of wheat on either side, and words are between the two ears of wheat.

Date: 1915

Maker: unknown

Material: copper (metal)

GUSN: 222629

Accession Number: 2006.44.2688.4

Columbian Exposition Half Dollar

1893 Columbus half dollar commemorating the Columbian Exposition. On the obverse side is a bust of Columbus, and the outer edge of the coin has words. The reverse has Columbus's flag ship ontop of two spheres of the world. There are also words on the outer edge.

Date: 1893

Maker: unknown

Material: silver (metal), copper (metal)

GUSN: 222630

Accession Number: 2006.44.2688.5

Sixpence

1922 British sixpence. It is a first design under King George V. On the obverse is the head of George V and a motto around his head on the outer edge of the coin. On the reverse side is a lion on top of a crown that is seperateing the date in half.

Date: 1922

Maker: unknown

Material: silver (metal)

GUSN: 222632

Accession Number: 2006.44.2688.6

Coin

Foreign coin. On one side is the figure of a horse.

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 222633

Accession Number: 2006.44.2688.7

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