Historic New England

Funnel

Sterling silver funnel with the top rim rolled outward and a metal hanging loop attached below the rim. Impressed on the left side of the hanging loop, just below the rim is "Black, Starr & Frost". Engraved below the rim on the side opposite the hanging loop are the script letters "JRO" with "Feb. ...

Maker: unknown

Material: sterling silver

GUSN: 370430

Accession Number: 2016.188.123

Tea Strainer

Tea strainer with a wire handle, hook and top of the tea basket, and finer wire woven around spines to make the semicircular body of the tea basket.

Maker: unknown

Material: wire

GUSN: 370431

Accession Number: 2016.188.124

Biscuit Cutter

Wooden biscuit cutter, with handle, cut from one piece of wood.

Maker: unknown

Material: wood and wood products, turning (shaping process)

GUSN: 370432

Accession Number: 2016.188.125

Key

Gray metal key.

Maker: unknown

Material: metal

GUSN: 370433

Accession Number: 2016.188.126

Tea Strainer

Spoon-style metal tea strainer with a straight handle with a circle at the end of the handle. Two egg-shaped half-rounded compartments overlap slightly to make a whole round.

Maker: unknown

Material: silver (metal)

GUSN: 370434

Accession Number: 2016.188.127

Fork

Two-tine fork with a wooden handle.

Maker: unknown

Material: wood and wood products, metal

GUSN: 370435

Accession Number: 2016.188.128

Fork

Two-tine fork with a wooden handle.

Maker: unknown

Material: wood and wood products, metal

GUSN: 370436

Accession Number: 2016.188.129

Fork

Four-tine fork with a wooden handle.

Maker: unknown

Material: wood and wood products, metal

GUSN: 370437

Accession Number: 2016.188.130

Spoon

Dinner spoon with oval bowl and round ended handle divided into two arches at the end.

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 370438

Accession Number: 2016.188.131

Cake Tester

Metal wire cake tester with a single wire for most of its length and double wire around the circular handle.

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 370439

Accession Number: 2016.188.132

Fork

Three-tine fork with a bone handle.

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 370440

Accession Number: 2016.188.133

Babani Robe

Velvet robe attributed to the French fashion house, Babani in a kimono-style. Pink with interwoven black and gold embroidery.

Date: c. 1932

Maker: unknown

Material: velvet (fabric weave), embroidering, silk (textile)

GUSN: 357689

Accession Number: 2021.80.1

Darning Egg

Wooden darning egg.

Maker: unknown

Material: wood (plant material)

GUSN: 357713

Accession Number: 1937.1182

Set of Knitting Needles

Set of metal knitting needles.

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 357714

Accession Number: 1929.1082A-J

Measuring Tape

Wooden measuring tape holder shaped like a spool with an illustration of a lake and a boat house, with a bright pink tape.

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 357715

Accession Number: 1929.1090

Sewing Kit

Green suede sewing kit with yellow ribbon with pink embroidered flowers, a white suede lining with flaps for needles, and initials embroidered in pink.

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 357716

Accession Number: 1990.1417

Coffee cup, with handle (speckeld blue)

One speckled blue coffee cup designed by Russel Wright (1904-1976) in the Residential pattern. Marked on bottom: "100% / MELAMINE / MADE IN USA / BY NORTHERN / BOSTON 27."

Date: 1953

Maker: unknown

Material: melamine

GUSN: 357761

Accession Number: 2021.43.1.8

Steri-lite Cup (coral)

Plastic Steri-lite cup in coral. Marked on bottom: "Steri-lite / ® / UNITED PLASTIC CORP. / FITCHBURG, MASS. / USA".

Date: 1950s-1960s

Maker: unknown

Material: plastic by production method

GUSN: 357762

Accession Number: 2021.43.17.1

Steri-lite Cup (light-green)

Plastic Steri-lite cup in light-green. Marked on bottom: "Steri-lite / ® / UNITED PLASTIC CORP. / FITCHBURG, MASS. / USA".

Date: 1950s-1960s

Maker: unknown

Material: plastic by production method

GUSN: 357763

Accession Number: 2021.43.17.2

Steri-lite Cup (teal)

Plastic Steri-lite cup in teal. Marked on bottom: "Steri-lite / ® / UNITED PLASTIC CORP. / FITCHBURG, MASS. / USA".

Date: 1950s-1960s

Maker: unknown

Material: plastic by production method

GUSN: 357764

Accession Number: 2021.43.17.3

Pair of Stockings

Pair of cotton and silk stockings.

Maker: unknown

Material: silk (fiber), cotton (textile)

GUSN: 357908

Accession Number: 1992.284AB