Historic New England

Paperweight

Heart-shaped; red Morocco leather paperweight.

Date: 1800-1830

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 252686

Accession Number: 1949.1071

Traveling Mirror with Case

Chinese traveling mirror with printed paper case.

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 252690

Accession Number: 1949.1072

Curling Iron Burner

Traveling curling iron burner.

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 252691

Accession Number: 1949.1073

School Bell

Brass "school" beel with wooden handle.

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 252693

Accession Number: 1949.1074

Commemorative Medal from the World's Columbian Exposition

Brown metal commemorative medal from the World's Columbian Exposition of Chicago. Representation of Christopher Columbus on the heads side and text box with writing on the tails side. Two female figures, a ship, and two torches surround the text box.

Date: 1892-1893

Maker: unknown

Material: alloy

GUSN: 252695

Accession Number: 1949.1103

Tinsel Picture

Tinsel picture; depicts bird carrying Mexican; framed.

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 252952

Accession Number: 1966.658

Portrait of William Hogarth

Engraved copy of William Hogarth self portrait.

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 252953

Accession Number: 1961.269

Colored Print

Print depicting school entrance; framed

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 252954

Accession Number: 1966.649.1

Colored Print

Colored print depicting school.

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 252955

Accession Number: 1966.649.2

Photograph

Photographic print of woman and dog; grained and gilt oval frame.

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 252956

Accession Number: 1966.742

Woodcut Print

Woodcut print; depicts gingerbread cottage, Oak Bluffs; signed by maker, Petronie Ortiz.

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 252957

Accession Number: 1966.880.1

Woodcut Print

Wodcut print; depicts "West Chop"; signed by maker, Petronie Ortiz.

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 252958

Accession Number: 1966.880.2

Print

Print; depicts New Hampshire scene, by C. L Fox.

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 252959

Accession Number: 1953.445

Lithographic Print

Lithograph; depicts Minot's Ledge Light House.

Date: ca. 1860

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 252961

Accession Number: 1966.877

Picture Frame

No description

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 252966

Accession Number: 1993.514

Picture Frame

Framed daguerreotypeportrait of Ralph Waldo Emerson made by J.J. Hawes, 19 Tremont Row.

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 252968

Accession Number: 1920.321

Colored Lithographic Print

Colored lithograph depicting a breezy day.

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 252970

Accession Number: 1966.711

Colored Print

Colored print; depicts ship.

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 252971

Accession Number: 1966.867

Lithographic Print

Colored lithograph; depicts whaling.

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 252972

Accession Number: 1966.672

Picture Frame

No description

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 252975

Accession Number: 1983

Oil Painting

Oil painting; depicts mother with sleeping child.

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 252978

Accession Number: 1934.2040

Watercolor Painting

Original watercolor of a woman; head and shoulders profile; framed.

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 252981

Accession Number: 1934.2856

Engraving

Engraving; from an original work by Pugh; published by J. Wesson; framed.

Date: 1771

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 252982

Accession Number: 1935.861

Watercolor Painting

Watercolor painting; depicts sumack leaves; framed.

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 252983

Accession Number: 1953.248

Templum Veneres

Engraving; depicts "Templum Veneres,"

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 253041

Accession Number: 1990.214

Hera

Pastel portrait depicts woman with pomegranates and peacock.

Date: Late 1880s

Maker: Stillman, Marie Euphrosyne, 1844-1927 (Artist)

Material: pastels (crayons), panels (wood)

GUSN: 253042

Accession Number: 1990.202

Italian Riviera Watercolors

Three watercolor paintings framed together; depict Italian Riviera Bordaglisa, by Meta Gaskell (daughter of English novelist, Elizabeth Gaskell).

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 253043

Accession Number: 1990.194

Il Molino di Claudio

Engraving by Carl Friderich.; depicts "Il Molino di Claudio" after the original "The Mill" by Claude Lorrain in the Palazzo Doria Pamphilj in Rome. In black wood frame with gilded sight edge.

Date: 1804

Maker: unknown

Material: paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 253044

Accession Number: 1990.215

Portrait of Major General Benjamin Lincoln

Engraved portrait of Major General Benjamin Lincoln, in wood frame.

Maker: unknown

Material: engravings (prints), paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 253045

Accession Number: 1990.213

Engraved Portrait of C.E. Norton

Engraving of C.E. Norton.

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 253047

Accession Number: 1990.209

Engraved Portrait of C.E. Norton

Engraving of C.E. Norton.

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 253048

Accession Number: 1990.210

Painting of Bordighera, Italy

Watercolor of Bordighera, Liguria, Italy, showing view over green valley with a few houses, with mountains in distance. Painted by Meta Gaskell (daughter of English novelist, Elizabeth Gaskell); in plain black frame, no window mat.

Maker: unknown

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

GUSN: 253049

Accession Number: 1990.197

Painting of the Italian Riviera, Bordighera

Watercolor painting of a large sail boat on the beach, with figures on the boat, and barrels on and adjacent to the boat, on the Italian Riviera, Bordighera; by Meta Gaskell (daughter of English novelist, Elizabeth Gaskell).

Maker: unknown

Material: watercolor (paint)

GUSN: 253050

Accession Number: 1990.198

Venetian Landscape

Landscape watercolor painting; depicts Venice through the arch of a bridge; by Meta Gaskell (daughter of English novelist, Elizabeth Gaskell).

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 253052

Accession Number: 1990.199

Portrait of G. Francis Child

Engraving; G. Francis Child.

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 253053

Accession Number: 1990.216

"Isola Bella"

Watercolor painting of "Isola Bella".

Date: 1850-1880

Maker: Ruskin, John, 1819-1900 (Artist) After Turner, Joseph Mallord William (English painter and draftsman, 1775-1851)

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

GUSN: 253054

Accession Number: 1990.77

Portrait of Ralph Waldo Emerson

Portrait print of Ralph Waldo Emerson.

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 253055

Accession Number: 1990.207

Portrait of Charles Elliot Norton

Engraved portrait of Charles Elliot Norton.

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 253057

Accession Number: 1990.212

Venetian Landscapes

Two watercolors depicting a Venetian landscape framed together in one frame.

Date: ca. 1860

Maker: Gaskell, Margaret Emily, 1837-1913 (Artist)

Material: watercolor (paint)

GUSN: 253058

Accession Number: 1990.201

Italian Riviera

Three watercolors in one frame; depict Italian Riviera; by Meta Gaskell (daughter of English novelist, Elizabeth Gaskell).

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 253059

Accession Number: 1990.1466

Watercolor Landscaper

Watercolor painting; depicts gondola with buildings in the background.

Maker: Possibly Norton, Richard (Artist) Possibly Norton, Rupert (Artist)

GUSN: 253061

Accession Number: 1990.1461

Armchair

Armchair with carved crest, turned legs on castors. Part of a suite with a settee and a side chair.

Date: 1865-1885

Maker: unknown

Material: walnut (wood), burl veneer, upholstery

GUSN: 265357

Accession Number: 2012.43.2

Side chair

Side chair with carved crest, turned legs on castors.

Date: 1865-1885

Maker: unknown

Material: walnut (wood), burl veneer, upholstery

GUSN: 265358

Accession Number: 2012.43.3

Television

Television with antennae, 14" Panasonic CT-3003A. Made in Japan.

Date: ca. 1985

Maker: unknown

Material: plastic (organic material), metal, electric wiring

GUSN: 265359

Accession Number: 2012.44.1

Wedding Dress

Wedding dress, strapless with lace overlay across bust, around hips, and on edges of the train. Fabric covered buttons down back, zipper closure.

Date: 2011

Maker: Priscilla of Boston (Maker)

Material: silk (textile), polyester, lace (needlework)

GUSN: 265450

Accession Number: 2012.46.1

Wedding dress

Wedding dress, strapless with beaded decoration around bust, waist, and train. Sewn in multi-layer tulle underskirts; train has fabric covered buttons down entire length; dress has a double zipper closure at back, one zipper for inner corset, second exterior zipper decorated with cloth covered butto...

Date: 2011

Maker: Priscilla of Boston (Maker)

Material: silk (textile), satin, polyester, beading (process), sequins (spangles)

GUSN: 265451

Accession Number: 2012.46.2

Wedding Dress

Wedding gown, full length sheath dress with net, lace, and beaded overlay. Bodice has high neck with full length net sleeves with flared cuffs. Entire gown decorated with seed pearls. Bottom hem is weighted with rolled band of fabric edged with pearls.

Date: ca. 1970

Maker: Priscilla of Boston (Designer)

Material: silk (textile), beading (process)

GUSN: 265452

Accession Number: 2012.46.3

Wedding Dress

Wedding dress, white floral eyelet and net overlay over a white silk under layer. Sweetheart neckline. Full length net sleeves, with six fabric covered buttons at wrist. Thirty-three fabric covered buttons down back, small train. Worn by Marcia Merrow McCarthy.

Date: ca. 1947

Maker: Priscilla of Boston (Designer)

Material: cotton (textile), silk (textile), net (textile)

GUSN: 265453

Accession Number: 2012.46.4

Wedding Dress

Wedding dress, a-line shape with empire waist, high neck, and full length sleeves with fourteen fabric covered buttons at wrists. Full length train (three layers: chiffon with applique, plain chiffon, ivory/cream satin) attached with series of hooks and eyes at shoulder blades just below a pair of b...

Date: 1960-1970

Maker: Priscilla of Boston (Designer)

Material: silk (textile)

GUSN: 265454

Accession Number: 2012.46.5

Wedding dress with veil

Wedding dress [a] a-line with boat neck, full length lace sleeves, fifteen fabric covered buttons at wrist. Lace overlay over satin sheath accented with seed pearls and sequins. Lace veil [b] has floral applique, scalloped edges and seed pearl decoration. Two eye hooks at top end.

Date: 1945-1975

Maker: unknown

Material: silk (textile), lace (needlework), polyester

GUSN: 265455

Accession Number: 2012.46.6AB

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