Historic New England

Box

No description

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 312171

Accession Number: 1978.53.1AB

Wooden portable desk with a lacquered finish and a mother of pearl inlay. Interior writing surface with a felt inlay. Surface is hinged to the spine and can be lifted to expose a storage compartment. There are three additional storage compartments and a glass inkwell.

Maker: unknown

Material: wood (plant material), mother of pearl, lacquering, felt (textile)

GUSN: 312172

Accession Number: 1978.98

Sauce Dish

Opalescent, pressed glass sauce dish with bullseye and ring pattern.

Maker: unknown

Material: glass (material)

GUSN: 312173

Accession Number: 1927.1959

Tongs

No description

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 312174

Accession Number: 1979.743

Dish

No description

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 312175

Accession Number: 1982.226

Drinking Glass

No description

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 312176

Accession Number: 1982.2298

Skewer

No description

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 312177

Accession Number: 1982.38

Fire Bucket

No description

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 312178

Accession Number: 1982.54.2

Sauce Dish or Toddy Plate

Pressed glass sauce dish or toddy plate in peacock feather pattern.

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 312179

Accession Number: 1927.1961

Basin

No description

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 312180

Accession Number: 1982.83.1

Pitcher

No description

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 312181

Accession Number: 1982.83.2

Plate

No description

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 312182

Accession Number: 1984.1686

Roaster

No description

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 312183

Accession Number: 1984.1820A

Cup Plate

Pressed glass cup plate with pierced arrow pattern.

Maker: unknown

Material: glass (material)

GUSN: 312184

Accession Number: 1927.1963

Manual

No description

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 312185

Accession Number: 1984.1831

Vacuum Bag

No description

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 312186

Accession Number: 1984.1832.1

Vacuum Bag

No description

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 312187

Accession Number: 1984.1832.2

Vacuum Bag

No description

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 312188

Accession Number: 1984.1832.3

Vacuum Bag

No description

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 312189

Accession Number: 1984.1832.4

Cup Plate

Deep blue pressed glass cup plate with wheel design at center.

Maker: unknown

Material: glass (material)

GUSN: 312190

Accession Number: 1927.1975

Cup Plate

Greenish pressed glass cup plate in "The Valentine" pattern.

Maker: unknown

Material: glass (material)

GUSN: 312191

Accession Number: 1927.1976

Dish

Glass dish.

Maker: unknown

Material: glass (material)

GUSN: 312192

Accession Number: 1927.1979

Container with lid

Tall, cylindrical clear glass jar with metal cover.

Maker: unknown

Material: glass (material), metal

GUSN: 312193

Accession Number: 1927.2059AB

Candlestick

Adjustable candlestick.

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 312194

Accession Number: 1927.2383

Tin Kitchen

Tin kitchen.

Maker: unknown

Material: tin (metal)

GUSN: 312195

Accession Number: 1927.2494.6

Fur Muff

Brown fur hand muff.

Maker: unknown

Material: fur

GUSN: 333436

Accession Number: 1969.5646

Fur Cuff

Fur cuff with light brown shearling and black silk lining, hook and eye closure.

Maker: unknown

Material: fur, silk (fiber)

GUSN: 333437

Accession Number: 1969.5647

Fur Cuff

Unlined fur cuff.

Maker: unknown

Material: fur

GUSN: 333438

Accession Number: 1969.5648

Fur Collar

Fur collar.

Maker: unknown

Material: fur

GUSN: 333439

Accession Number: 1969.5649

Fur Headband

Brown fur headband.

Maker: unknown

Material: fur

GUSN: 333440

Accession Number: 1969.5650

Fur Cuff

Unlined fur cuff.

Maker: unknown

Material: fur

GUSN: 333441

Accession Number: 1969.5651

Print of a Ship

Print of a painting of a ship. Mounted on board. Hangs by a ribbon. Printed backing paper states: "Homeward Bound" by Bernard Gribble, printed by Raphael Tuck and Sons, London England.

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 333444

Accession Number: 1931.801

Chest

Six panel chest with straight feet and unusual carving on the front panels and the top rail, the front legs and rails are molded. "WW" is carved on the front panel.

Date: 1660-1710

Maker: unknown

Material: oak (wood)

GUSN: 333446

Accession Number: 2018.46.1

Carved Bed

Twin bed frame of carved wood. Headboard has two rounded posts with carved decoration of three panels with carved curtains bracketed by a row of connected circles with a four-spoke design. The footboard has similar rounded posts with etched vertical lines and an arched pattern in the slat between ...

Maker: unknown

Material: wood (plant material), metal

GUSN: 333450

Accession Number: 2018.47.1A-D

Walter Gropius Birthday Card

A collage composed of a grey paper strip on the right and fabric with sections cut out to frame a photographic print of a woman, a picture, and typed inscription.

Date: 1953

Maker: Ehrman, Marli, 1904-1982 (Artist)

Material: cloth, ink, photographic prints, paper (fiber product), pictures (two-dimensional representations)

GUSN: 333504

Accession Number: 1984.54.4

Portrait of Mary Gordon Barker by Lucy Hayward Barker

Portrait (A) of Mary Gordon Barker by Lucy Hayward Barker. The painting is of a seated woman, with short hair, holding a red book on her lap. She is wearing and ivory colored blouse, with a loosely tied bow, brownish suit jacket, and a ring on her left finger. Oil on canvas with gold frame (B)

Maker: unknown

Material: oil paint (paint), canvas

GUSN: 333680

Accession Number: 2018.57.1AB

Portrait of Mary Gordon Barker by Lucy Hayward Barker

Half-length portrait, in charcoal on paper, of a girl in three quarter view. She is wearing a Peter Pan collar and her hair is pulled back with a bow.

Maker: unknown

Material: charcoal pencils, paper by composition or origin

GUSN: 333681

Accession Number: 2018.57.2

Portrait of Mary Gordon Barker by Lucy Hayward Barker

Half-length portrait, in charcoal on paper, of a young woman with short hair and wearing a collard shirt.

Date: 1932

Maker: unknown

Material: paper by composition or origin

GUSN: 333682

Accession Number: 2018.57.4

Self portrait of Lucy Hayward Barker

Self portrait of the artist, charcoal on paper. She is wearing glasses, a tutleneck, and a hat with feather on one side.

Maker: unknown

Material: charcoal (plant material), paper by composition or origin

GUSN: 333683

Accession Number: 2018.57.3

Rhinestone Brooch

Blue and white rhinestone brooch. Pattern is leaf-like with blue stones as "leaves" and one stem, while white stones are the other two stems. Rhinestones are set in a silver plated backing with silver clasp on back.

Date: ca. 1950

Maker: unknown

Material: rhinestone, stainless steel

GUSN: 333684

Accession Number: 2018.58.1

Coro rose necklace

Coro goldtone necklace with corded chain. At center of chain is a rose surrounded on either side by four satin texured leaves.

Date: ca. 1950

Maker: Coro, Inc.

Material: gold alloy by composition or origin

GUSN: 333685

Accession Number: 2018.58.2

Campfire Girls ring

Symbolic vintage sterling silver ring, referred to as a Wood Gatherer ring from the youth organization the Camp Fire Girls. The piece is embellished with stud designs at the shoulders which represent work, health, and love (WOHELO). Bundled wood is depicted at the ring's center, by a columnar groupi...

Date: ca. 1950

Maker: unknown

Material: sterling silver

GUSN: 333686

Accession Number: 2018.58.3

Brooch

Grandmother's brooch has an intricate weave pattern with swirls on four sides of the pink paste stone in the center of the brooch. Alongside the swirls is an art deco like geometric interlacing pattern with raised edges and dots. Back of brooch has a simple pin.

Date: c. 1940

Maker: unknown

Material: alloy, paste (glass)

GUSN: 333687

Accession Number: 2018.58.4

Silver medallion necklace

Necklace with silver chain and medallion. Medallion has an incised edge radiating inward with a dots. The dots range in size, but are extremely small and reduce in size as they get closer to the center of the medallion. Etched in the center is the letter "G" with remnants of black paint.

Date: ca. 1950

Maker: unknown

Material: silver alloy

GUSN: 333688

Accession Number: 2018.58.5

"Dreams of the Past"

Genre scene showing a sleeping figure seated in a chair in red Cardinal's cloak with a second figure leaning over him speaking into his ear. The two are in front of a large fireplace in an Renaissance interior. Ornate gilded frame.

Date: c. 1885

Maker: Vibert, Jean Georges, 1840-1902 (Artist)

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

GUSN: 333705

Accession Number: 1966.372

Framed drawing, "A Picnic in New England"

Charming pencil on paper drawing entitled, "A Picnic in New England". American school, nineteenth century in a black-painted frame with gilt liner.

Date: 1840-1850

Maker: unknown

Material: paper by composition or origin, graphite pencils

GUSN: 333707

Accession Number: 2018.70.1

Pair of curtain panels

Each panel in this pair is made from glazed, roller-printed cotton in shades of red and purple (now shifted to brown) on a cream ground in repeating vertical stripes of alternating classical motifs. Stripe 1: roundels with centered Greco-Roman female head in a frame of leaves and flowers, alternatin...

Date: ca. 1876

Maker: Peck, Alice Russell, 1857-1925

Material: cotton (textile), printing (process), glazing (coating), brass (alloy)

GUSN: 333728

Accession Number: 2018.75.1AB

Portrait of a young girl, watercolor on paper, framed, artist unknown

Full length portrait of a young girl holding a hat embellished with floral decorations and a large bow with a ribbon trailing to the ground. She is wearing a tan frock with a lace edged scooped neckline, frilly pantaloons, and black tipped shoes. She is posed against a pastoral "Venetian" type setti...

Maker: unknown

Material: watercolor (paint), paper (fiber product), graphite pencils, glass (material), wood by composition or origin

GUSN: 333790

Accession Number: 2018.110.1

Portrait

Portrait of a young man facing left with light brown hair, mutton chops sideburns, and blue eyes. He is wearing a black coat with high wide collars, a cream colored waistcoat, and a dark brown paisley patterned stock with a multi jeweled stick pin. Portrait is set deep in a brown wood frame with pai...

Date: ca. 1830

Maker: unknown

Material: ivory (tooth component), watercolor (paint), wood by composition or origin, glass by composition or origin

GUSN: 333794

Accession Number: 2018.110.5

Portrait miniature of John Codman III (1755-1803), Rachel Caulfield, watercolor on ivory, England, 1912

Portrait miniature of John Codman III (1755-1803). He is facing left and has has grey hair and brown eyes. He is wearing a white cravat with a black jacket and grey lapels. The background is a red and brown swag curtain. Portrait is in a black wood frame with gold border around the miniature and a ...

Date: 1912

Maker: unknown

Material: ivory (tooth component), glass (material), watercolor (paint), wood (plant material)

GUSN: 333795

Accession Number: 2018.110.6

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