Historic New England

Box

Leather-covered wooden box with hinged and locking lid. Box exterior is decorated with a leather handle and tacks. A crack in the leather across the left side of the lid has been stablized with small tacks. The interior is lined with a large-scale pineapple pattern wall or bandbox paper. The paper...

Date: 1825-1830

Maker: unknown

Material: paper (fiber product), wood (plant material), leather, metal, block printing (relief printing process), varnish

GUSN: 287752

Accession Number: 2001.281.552

Box

Leather-covered wooden box with hinged and locking lid. Box exterior is decorated with a leather handle and tacks. "John B. Bradford, Gardner" is written faintly on the lid. The interior is lined with a wallpaper with a delicate, all-over sprig pattern block-printed in white on blue ground. The pa...

Date: 1840-1850

Maker: unknown

Material: paper (fiber product), wood (plant material), leather, metal, block printing (relief printing process)

GUSN: 287761

Accession Number: 2001.281.553

Box

Leather-covered wooden box with hinged and locking lid. Box exterior is decorated with a leather handle, leather strapping, and tacks. The interior is lined with an all-over floral wallpaper block-printed in green. Paper ground color cannot be determined (possibly buff, pale yellow or white).

Date: 1815-1835

Maker: unknown

Material: paper (fiber product), wood (plant material), leather, metal, block printing (relief printing process)

GUSN: 287762

Accession Number: 2001.281.554.1

Tracing of a Wallpaper Pattern

Three tracings of the same floral wallpaper pattern. Found inside a leather covered box (2001.281.554.1). Traced pattern is not the same as the wallpaper lining the box.

Maker: unknown

Material: tracing paper

GUSN: 287770

Accession Number: 2001.281.554.2A-C

Table Lamp

Electric table lamp, white ceramic painted with gold stars. Tiered shaft with circular dish shaped base. Lamp has a Slvania Capsylite 72W bulb in the socket. Shade is missing.

Date: 1950-2000

Maker: unknown

Material: earthenware

GUSN: 287800

Accession Number: 2013.4.104

Bed Frame

Headboard [a] and footboard [b] have brass ball finials. Pair of brass rails [c and d]. Each foot has a brass castor.

Date: 1950-2000

Maker: unknown

Material: brass (alloy)

GUSN: 287819

Accession Number: 2013.4.105AB

Basket

Woven basket with handle, rectangular shape. Stamped metal leaves decorate base of each handle.

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 287820

Accession Number: 2013.4.106

Mug

Mug with red, black, blue, and white text on a yellow ground. "San Francisco Cable Car". Cost Plus, Inc.

Date: 1950-2000

Maker: unknown

Material: earthenware

GUSN: 287821

Accession Number: 2013.4.107

Partial Dinner Plate Set

Transfer printed blue and white scene of a willow tree, pagoda, bridge. Geometric border. Partial set of fifteen blue and white transfer printed "Semi China" plates. Seven 6" plates; Three 7" plates; Five 9" plates. Earthenware. Ridgway, Engraved 1832 for Wridgway & Co., England, Made in Great Br...

Date: 1880-1980

Maker: unknown

Material: earthenware

GUSN: 287822

Accession Number: 2013.4.108

Bowl

Blue and white transferprinted decoration of birds, pagoda, three men on a bridge. Two shallow bowls with blue and white transfer printed decoration.

Date: 1880-1980

Maker: Johnson Bros.

Material: earthenware, transfer printing

GUSN: 287824

Accession Number: 2013.4.110

Plate

Plate with blue and white transfer printed decoration, "willow ware" pattern.. Royal China.

Date: 1880-1980

Maker: unknown

Material: earthenware

GUSN: 287825

Accession Number: 2013.4.111

Lithograph

Framed black and white print of a lithograph. "The Crescent, Buxton". Lithographed by Newman & Co., 48 Watling St. London. Black and gold molded plastic frame.

Maker: unknown

Material: lithographs

GUSN: 287826

Accession Number: 2013.4.112

Photograph

Framed sepia toned photograph of four girls playing croquet. Plain wood frame painted black.

Date: 1880-1900

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 287827

Accession Number: 2013.4.113

Photograph

Framed black and white photograph of Jane Tucker as a young woman with dark curly hair. Woman is wearing a dark v-neck blouse with pearls. Plain wood frame.

Date: 1930-1960

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 287834

Accession Number: 2013.4.114

Photograph

Framed black and white photograph of an elderly gentleman with a mustache. Man is wearing a suit, dress shirt, and tie. Plain wood frame.

Date: 1930-1960

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 287829

Accession Number: 2013.4.115

Photograph

Framed color photograph of a mountain top observatory. Gold painted wood frame.

Maker: unknown

Material: color photography

GUSN: 287830

Accession Number: 2013.4.116

Photograph

Framed color photograph of a coyote in the snow. Plain wood frame.

Maker: unknown

Material: color photography

GUSN: 287831

Accession Number: 2013.4.117

Certificate

Framed certificate "Independence Day 1992. Jane Tucker named Honorary Marshal, Wiscasset, Maine". Brown molded plastic frame.

Date: 1992

Maker: unknown

Material: paper by composition or origin

GUSN: 287832

Accession Number: 2013.4.118

Award

Framed certificate. State of Maine Historic Preservation Award presented to Jane Tucker by the Maine Historic Preservation Commission. Black painted wood frame. Label explaining award pasted on back.

Date: unknown

Maker: unknown

Material: paper by composition or origin

GUSN: 287833

Accession Number: 2013.4.119

Wallpaper

Roll of wallpaper with floral spring and fibbon stripe alternating with a band of silver accents over light blue and white stripes with a serpantine dot pattern and flowers.

Date: 1890-1920

Maker: York Card & Paper Co. (Manufacturer)

Material: paper (fiber product), mica (white pigment)

GUSN: 287838

Accession Number: 2013.106.1

Wallpaper

Roll of wallpaper with taupe or light tan background and featuring a square tile pattern including blue, Middle Eastern style "tiles."

Date: 1880-1900

Maker: unknown

Material: paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 287839

Accession Number: 2013.106.2

Wallpaper

Roll of wallpaper with beige or light tan background with alternating stripes of fruit and leaves on small dotted matrix and stripes of ivy in a faux jacquard print.

Date: 1890-1920

Maker: unknown

Material: paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 287840

Accession Number: 2013.106.3

Wallpaper

A roll of wallpaper with white background and light pink floral sprays with yellow green leaves.

Date: 1890-1920

Maker: unknown

Material: paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 287841

Accession Number: 2013.106.4

Wallpaper

Roll of wallpaper with yellow and silver circle and foliate pattern on a ochre background.

Date: 1880-1900

Maker: Janeway & Carpenter

Material: paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 287842

Accession Number: 2013.106.5

Wallpaper

Roll of wallpaper. Fern and floral pattern in muted greens, oranges, and yellows on a beige ground.

Date: 1890-1920

Maker: Robert Graves Co. (Manufacturer)

Material: paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 287843

Accession Number: 2013.106.6

Sweater

Letterman sweater, Swampscott High School. Dark blue knitted wool with white "S" emblem on front center. Belonged to Robert Donahue.

Date: 1948-1950

Maker: unknown

Material: wool (textile)

GUSN: 287850

Accession Number: 2013.101.4

Wallpaper

Wallpaper with grass pattern in blue, yellow, and brown.

Maker: unknown

Material: paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 309267

Accession Number: 2011.20.19

Lamp Tidy

Maple betty lamp stand or tidy.

Maker: unknown

Material: maple (wood)

GUSN: 309270

Accession Number: 2000.1783

Wallpaper

Three rolls of wallpaper with grass pattern in red and gray.

Maker: unknown

Material: paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 309276

Accession Number: 2011.20.20.1-.3

Betty Lamp with Reflector

Cast iron betty lamp with copper reflector, stamped "Gluck auf"

Maker: unknown

Material: wrought iron (iron alloy)

GUSN: 309286

Accession Number: 2000.1776

Oil Lamp

Bronze reproduction of Roman olive oil lamp with cross and bird, seven-pointed star around mouth, and hanging chain.

Maker: unknown

Material: bronze (metal)

GUSN: 309290

Accession Number: 2000.1747AB

Horsehair Sieve

Small sieve made of black horsehair in unpainted, bentwood frame held together with metal tacks. A horsehair band held together with string encircles the frame. Per accession notes, the sieve was made in a factory located in Oakham, Massachusetts dating to 1806.

Date: 1806

Maker: unknown

Material: horsehair, wood (plant material)

GUSN: 309296

Accession Number: 1935.285

Double Crusie Lamp

Wrought iron, pear-shaped, double crusie lamp with wick pick.

Maker: unknown

Material: wrought iron (iron alloy)

GUSN: 309297

Accession Number: 2000.1864AB

Lard Oil Can

Tin lard oil can with spout, cover and handle.

Maker: unknown

Material: tin (metal)

GUSN: 309298

Accession Number: 2000.1710

Wick Channel Lamp

Pair of brass grease wick channel lamps.

Maker: unknown

Material: brass (alloy)

GUSN: 309299

Accession Number: 2000.1785.1-.2

Betty Lamp

Wrought iron betty lamp.

Maker: unknown

Material: wrought iron (iron alloy)

GUSN: 309300

Accession Number: 2000.1788

Whale Oil Petticoat Hand Lamp

Tin whale oil petticoat hand lamp with handle.

Maker: unknown

Material: tin (metal)

GUSN: 309301

Accession Number: 2000.1722

Lard Oil Lamp

Tin lard oil lamp.

Maker: unknown

Material: tin (metal)

GUSN: 309303

Accession Number: 2000.1795

Grease Hand Lamp

Tin grease hand lamp.

Maker: unknown

Material: tin (metal)

GUSN: 309304

Accession Number: 2000.1724AB

Kettle Lamp

Wrought iron kettle lamp. Round base and slender stem split to accommodate a cylindrical font supported by trunnions that allow the font to swing.

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 309305

Accession Number: 2000.1732

Pan Lamp

Wrought iron pan lamp with hanging hook.

Maker: unknown

Material: wrought iron (iron alloy)

GUSN: 309306

Accession Number: 2000.1746

Whale Oil Spout Lamp

Brass ovoid whale oil spout lamp with strap handle, cover for spout attached to the body by a chain, and circular cover for fill hole.

Maker: unknown

Material: brass (alloy)

GUSN: 309307

Accession Number: 2000.1761

Betty Lamp

Wrought iron betty lamp.

Maker: unknown

Material: wrought iron (iron alloy)

GUSN: 309308

Accession Number: 2000.1738

Whale Oil Chamber Lamp

Brass, whale oil trunnion mounted chamber lamp.

Maker: unknown

Material: brass (alloy)

GUSN: 309309

Accession Number: 2000.1763

Miniature Whale Oil Lamp

Miniature whale oil cast brass lamp.

Maker: unknown

Material: brass (alloy), casting (process)

GUSN: 309310

Accession Number: 2000.1753

Miniature Whale Oil Lamp

Cast Brass miniature whale oil lamp.

Maker: unknown

Material: brass (alloy), casting (process)

GUSN: 309312

Accession Number: 2000.1756

Lamp, Crusie

Wrought iron crusie.

Maker: unknown

Material: wrought iron (iron alloy)

GUSN: 309314

Accession Number: 2000.1780

Pan Lamp

Wrought iron pan lamp.

Maker: unknown

Material: wrought iron (iron alloy)

GUSN: 309316

Accession Number: 2000.1742

Betty Lamp

Wrought iron betty lamp.

Maker: unknown

Material: wrought iron (iron alloy)

GUSN: 309318

Accession Number: 2000.1739

Grease Lamp

Tin, pear-shaped grease lamp with long flat handle.

Maker: unknown

Material: tin (metal)

GUSN: 309319

Accession Number: 2000.1784

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