Historic New England

Shawl

Shawl - orange textile with fringe

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 368794

Accession Number: 1941.1940

Dainty Made Platform Peep-Toe Pumps

A pair of dark green, faux reptile skin platform peep-toe pumps with "knot bow" on top of toe and sling-back strap with gold colored buckle with original box.

Date: ca. 1948

Maker: Dainty Maid Shoe Company

Material: leather, metal, acrylic (plastic), wood (plant material), cardboard

GUSN: 369298

Accession Number: 2025.5.1A-D

"Cinderella" Shoes

A pair of "Cinderella" style clear vinyl, almond toe pumps with silver leather insole and heel seam, and conicle, clear rhinestone encrusted heel with plastic cap.

Date: ca. 1985

Maker: Stuart Weitzman for Mr. Seymour Shoes

Material: rhinestone, vinyl, leather, glue, acrylic (plastic)

GUSN: 369308

Accession Number: 2025.6.1AB

Limited edition Porcelain Cabbage Patch Doll, "Timothy David," with original certificate of authenticity, original (blank) registration certificate, tag, and cardboard box. Doll is comprised of a porcelain head and arms / hands from elbow forward and needle molded cloth upper arms, body, and legs...

Date: 1985

Maker: Original Appalachian Artworks, Inc.

Material: paper by composition or origin, porcelain, cotton (textile), cardboard, acrylic (plastic), velvet (fabric weave), leather

GUSN: 369343

Accession Number: 2025.8.1

Hannah Duston Novelty Jim Beam Liquor Bottle

A novelty ceramic Jim Beam liquor bottle in the shape of Hannah Duston (1657-1736).

Date: 1973

Maker: Royal China

Material: ceramic glaze, ceramic (material), paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 369344

Accession Number: 2025.8.2

Box

Paper box decoupaged with various rewards of merit, belonging to Sally Hubbard Hall (1801-1880). There are four rewards of merits on the top, front, and sides of a paper box bordered with blue paper given to Sally by her teachers: S. Miller, L. Fairchild, and Parnel Fairchild. The reward of merit on...

Date: 1810-1814

Maker: unknown

Material: paper (fiber product), glass (material), wood (plant material), découpage (image making technique)

GUSN: 369472

Accession Number: 2025.10.1A-D

Reproduction wallpaper sample

Reproduction wallpaper sample of Historic New England's 1948.738. "Campbell House - Chamber 10" pattern of floral spray of poppies, daisies, and cat-o-nine tail set within foliated frame; surrounded by wheat tied with a pink bow; edged with continuous floral vine and leaf in two pinks, yellow, brown...

Date: 2023

Maker: Trustworth Studio

GUSN: 369532

Accession Number: 2025.11.1

Reproduction wallpaper sample

Reproduction wallpaper sample of Historic New England's 1978.140A-F. Floral-trail pattern with meandering green vine spouting different flowers: carnations, clematis, and peony blossoms. Printed in orange, red, pink, white, and green on a light blue ground. (Double scale)

Date: 2016

Maker: Trustworth Studio

GUSN: 369533

Accession Number: 2025.11.2

Reproduction wallpaper sample

Reproduction wallpaper sample of Historic New England's 1959.130. "Oyster and Seaweed" wallpaper with amorphous design alternating with stylized foliate vine on striped paper. Printed in black, white, and green on blue ground.

Date: 2016

Maker: Trustworth Studio

GUSN: 369534

Accession Number: 2025.11.3

Reproduction wallpaper sample

Reproduction wallpaper sample of Historic New England'S 1966.462 A, Star and Ribbon wallpaper with black wavy lines framing orange circles and black dots ona blue ground.

Date: 2016

Maker: Trustworth Studio

GUSN: 369535

Accession Number: 2025.11.4

Wallpaper border sample

A wallpaper border sample with various and differently sized horiztonal bands of shades and hues of gray.

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 369536

Accession Number: 2025.11.5

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A wallpaper border sample with various and differently sized horiztonal bands of shades and hues of gray.

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 369537

Accession Number: 2025.11.6

Reproduction wallpaper border sample

A reproduction wallpaper border sample with various and differently sized horiztonal bands of shades and hues of gray.

Date: 20th century

Maker: Trustworth Studio

GUSN: 369538

Accession Number: 2025.11.7

Reproduction wallpaper border sample

A reproduction wallpaper border sample with various and differently sized horiztonal bands of shades and hues of gray.

Date: 20th century

Maker: Trustworth Studio

GUSN: 369539

Accession Number: 2025.11.8

Cannonball

Cannonball with base.

Date: 1770s

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 369568

Accession Number: 2025.12.1

Model of Brattle Square Church, unknown maker, Boston, 1800s

Wooden model of the Brattle Square Church.

Date: 19th century

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 369569

Accession Number: 2025.12.2

Pilaster Capital

Carved pilaster capitalCorinthian; applied pilaster; white paint over yellow; foliate. From the John Hancock House.

Date: 1733-1746

Maker: unknown

Material: carving (processes), painting (coating), wood (plant material)

GUSN: 369570

Accession Number: 2025.12.3

Modillion

Carved modillion from the John Hancock House, unknown maker. Foliate, painted white, ogee trim.

Date: 1737-1746

Maker: unknown

Material: carving (processes), molding (forming), painting (coating), wood (plant material)

GUSN: 369571

Accession Number: 2025.12.4

Pilaster Capital

Stone pilaster capital from the Governor Hutchinson House.

Date: 1689-1692

Maker: unknown

Material: carving (processes), painting (coating), stone (rock)

GUSN: 369572

Accession Number: 2025.12.5

Modillion Block

Modillion block, Governor Hutchinson House, unknown maker, Boston, 1760s

Date: 1737

Maker: unknown

Material: carving (processes), molding (forming), painting (coating), wood (plant material)

GUSN: 369573

Accession Number: 2025.12.6

FOUND IN COLLECTION: Bonnet

FOUND IN COLLECTION:Green bonnet with pink trim and green ribbons. 3/18/2025 - SLC. Badly faded throughout, ribbons are fraying, strings are coming out on side. Found inside dark blue box of doll hats.

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 370201

Accession Number: FIC2025.1.77

Tea Table

A Queen Anne mahogany tea table with a rectangular top with molded edge and carved corners, a scalloped skirt, cabriole legs and pad feet, and candle slides at both ends. Probably Boston.

Date: 1745-1770

Maker: unknown

Material: mahogany (wood), carving (processes)

GUSN: 370309

Accession Number: 2016.188.1

Hedgehog Doorstop

Molded concrete hedgehog-shaped doorstop. Pointed nose with rounded tip, round inset eyes, a smiling inset mouth, large ears, and two front paws with four toes each.

Maker: unknown

Material: concrete

GUSN: 370310

Accession Number: 2016.188.2

Delft Tile

Blue and white ceramic tile depicting a bird flying toward a plant on the ground.

Maker: unknown

Material: ceramic tile, hand-painted

GUSN: 370311

Accession Number: 2016.188.3

Pair of Candlesticks

A pair of English antique brass Queen Anne candlesticks with petal detailed bases.

Maker: unknown

Material: brass (alloy)

GUSN: 370312

Accession Number: 2016.188.5.1-.2

Pair of Candlesticks

Pair of brass candlesticks with turned columns and square bases. Flat square base has depressed circle around the column that reaches out to the four sides of the square.

Date: 1800-1850

Maker: unknown

Material: brass (alloy), turning (shaping process)

GUSN: 370313

Accession Number: 2016.188.6.1-.2

Pair of Candlesticks

A pair of Queen Anne brass candlesticks with a scalloped base, a simple candle cup, and repaired push-ups.

Maker: unknown

Material: brass (alloy)

GUSN: 370314

Accession Number: 2016.188.7.1-.2

Pair of Candlesticks with Glass Peg Lamps

A pair of brass Queen Anne candlesticks with a scalloped bobeche and petal base along with clear blown glass peg lamps with burners.

Maker: unknown

Material: brass (alloy), glass (material)

GUSN: 370315

Accession Number: 2016.188.8.1-.2

Pair of Glass Oil Lamps

A pair of clear glass hand blown oil lamps with round bases, burners and wicks.

Maker: unknown

Material: glass (material), brass (alloy), cotton (fiber)

GUSN: 370316

Accession Number: 2016.188.9.1-.2

Delft Tile

A Delft tile with mulberry angel decoration.

Maker: unknown

Material: ceramic tile

GUSN: 370317

Accession Number: 2016.188.10

Delft Tile

A Delft tile with a mulberry genre scene.

Maker: unknown

Material: ceramic tile

GUSN: 370318

Accession Number: 2016.188.11

Delft Tile

A Delft tile with mulberry bird decoration.

Maker: unknown

Material: ceramic tile

GUSN: 370319

Accession Number: 2016.188.12

Silhouette of F. L. Bixby

Black paper silhouette profile of a head facing left, offset slightly from a similarly cut white paper silhouette, against a white paper background. "F. L. Bixby" is written in blue ink in tiny cursive writing below the neck of the silhouette. "surgeon" is printed in the same blue ink just below the...

Date: 1967

Maker: unknown

Material: paper (fiber product), wood and wood products

GUSN: 370320

Accession Number: 2016.188.13

Silhouette of F. L. Bixby

Black paper silhouette profile of a female head and shoulders, facing right against a white paper background. In a round wooden, painted black frame. There is a white rectangular sticker at the center of the backing cardboard with "F L Bixby 1917 San Francisco Fair" hand printed on it in blue ink.

Date: 1917

Maker: unknown

Material: paper (fiber product), wood and wood products

GUSN: 370321

Accession Number: 2016.188.14

Bucket

A continental pewter bucket with a rolled rim, tapered body, round base, and a wide swing handle.

Maker: unknown

Material: pewter (tin alloy), casting (process)

GUSN: 370322

Accession Number: 2016.188.15

Painting, Sheepscott Community Church

A white church with two doors and triparte windows, set against a landscape of cloudy blue skies and barren trees. Depicts the Sheepscott Community Church in Newcastle, Maine.

Date: 1974

Maker: Green, Samuel M., 1910-1995

Material: oil paint (paint), canvas board

GUSN: 362693

Accession Number: 2023.66.1

Landscape

Painting of a pastoral landscape featuring swans and geese in the foreground and large trees in the background.

Date: 1870-1890

Maker: Bartlett Brown, Agnes Augusta, Mrs., 1847-1932 (Artist)

Material: oil paintings (visual works)

GUSN: 362747

Accession Number: 2023.68.1

Watercolor

Watercolor of a pink and white water lily and green buds on paper by Lucia Smith Carpenter Bliss with original ebonized Aesthetic Movement / Eastlake style frame with gold paint accents.

Date: 1873

Maker: unknown

Material: watercolor (paint), watercolors (paintings), wood (plant material), gouache (paint)

GUSN: 362755

Accession Number: 2023.70.1

Necklace

Nina Fletcher Little's Necklace, ceramic and macrame, signed "ET"

Maker: Little, Selina F. (Donor)

Material: ceramics (objects), macrame (needlework)

GUSN: 362777

Accession Number: 2023.79.1

Child's shoes

Pair of child's shoes, purple silk with leather soles.

Date: mid-nineteenth century

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 362865

Accession Number: 2017.155.1AB

Linoleum

Red linoleum fragment with white rose and leaf design, reused in woodshed at 291 Hillside Street, Milton, Massachusetts.

Date: c. 1880-1950

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 362907

Accession Number: 2022.32.2

Linoleum

Orange-brown linoleum fragment with tan and blue flower design; background is orange-brown with green and brown rectangles and brown and tan bubbling design, reused in woodshed at 291 Hillside Street, Milton, Massachusetts.

Date: c. 1880-1950

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 362908

Accession Number: 2022.32.3

Linoleum

Linoleum fragment with white and blue small stone or tile design; gray background, reused in woodshed at 291 Hillside Street, Milton, Massachusetts.

Date: c. 1880-1950

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 362909

Accession Number: 2022.32.4

Linoleum

Linoleum fragment with white, gray, and black tile design with larger brown, blue, and green marbled tiles, reused in woodshed at 291 Hillside Street, Milton, Massachusetts.

Date: c. 1880-1950

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 362910

Accession Number: 2022.32.5

Linoleum

Linoleum fragment with braided rug pattern, blue, pink, red, and white braids, reused in woodshed at 291 Hillside Street, Milton, Massachusetts.

Date: c. 1880-1950

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 362914

Accession Number: 2022.32.6

Linoleum

Linoleum fragment; white, tan, brown, and green marbled geometric tile design with dark brown edge, reused in woodshed at 291 Hillside Street, Milton, Massachusetts.

Date: c. 1880-1950

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 362915

Accession Number: 2022.32.7

Linoleum

Brown linoleum fragment with multicolored flower and arch design, brown vines and bricks in the background, reused in woodshed at 291 Hillside Street, Milton, Massachusetts.

Date: c. 1880-1950

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 362917

Accession Number: 2022.32.8

Linoleum

Blue and white marbled linoleum fragment; black, white, and red geometric design, reused in woodshed at 291 Hillside Street, Milton, Massachusetts.

Date: c. 1880-1950

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 362950

Accession Number: 2022.32.9

Souvenir Spoon

Massachusetts state souvenir spoon with hand etched bowl - "HAVERHILL, MASS / THE SHOE CITY" with image of a woman's heeled shoe at center.

Date: 20th century

Maker: unknown

Material: sterling silver, repoussé, etch

GUSN: 363002

Accession Number: 2024.2.1

Brooch

Haverhill "Slipper City" brass brooch. Woman's shoe reading "SLIPPER CITY" connected by two small chains to a scalloped edge medallion with a raised heart at center. Medallion reads: "HITCH YOU HEART TO HAVERHILL" / STATE FIREMEN'S ASSOCIATION SEPT. 29 TO OCT. 1.1915 HAVERHILL, MASS."

Date: c. 1915

Maker: Sherman, C. P.

Material: brass (alloy)

GUSN: 363066

Accession Number: 2024.3.1

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