Historic New England

Strainer

Clear, bell-shaped body with narrow cylindrical funnel, red gasket, strainer insert

Date: 1875-1924

Maker: unknown

Material: rubber (material), steel (alloy), cloth

GUSN: 359009

Accession Number: 1969.19147A-C

Trunk

Black, rectangular trunk with a hinged lid. Interior decorated with a blue and white diamond motif. Cloth strap supports, reinforced cornerns, end handles.

Date: 1850-1872

Maker: McDonald, A., McDonald (Dealer)

Material: leather, paper (fiber product), cloth

GUSN: 359039

Accession Number: 1969.19148

Bed

Turned wooden bed frame with spherical knobs on the horizontal and vertical posts of the frame.

Maker: unknown

Material: turning (shaping process), wood (plant material)

GUSN: 359042

Accession Number: 2018.111.1

Table

Tall, slightly rectangular wooden table with turned legs.

Maker: unknown

Material: wood and wood products, cabinetmaking, side tables, turning (shaping process)

GUSN: 359064

Accession Number: 2018.111.21

Table

Wooden table with one drawer in the front, painted white with blue accents.

Maker: unknown

Material: side tables, paint (coating), turning (shaping process)

GUSN: 359066

Accession Number: 2018.111.23

Framed Photograph

Framed photograph of the S.H.L. Pierce Planing and Moulding Mill, 1025 Federal Street. Photographer is E.P. Smith of Boston.

Maker: unknown

Material: photographs, frames (furnishings)

GUSN: 359078

Accession Number: 2018.111.35

Blue on white; corner sprigs; oval border; biblical scenes: .1 Adam, Eve, Snake, Tree .2 Man, woman, child, distant city .3 Angel, Abraham, Isaac, Goat .4 Angels climbing ladder, Jacob sleeping .5 Jacob wrestling with angel .6 Joseph, Brothers pit .7 Moses, mother, bullrushes .8 Kneeling Mo...

Date: 1800-1849

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 359092

Accession Number: 1969.19149.1-.23

Wardrobe

Low triangular overlapping pediments, rectangular case; hinged doors; two drawers; flattened ball feet

Date: 1824-1849

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 359140

Accession Number: 1969.19150

Trinket box

Rectangular pink box with green border, floral and bird motifs, Asian figures. Removable lid.

Date: 1900-1949

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 359141

Accession Number: 1969.19151AB

Thermometer

Rounded top; rectangular body. Metal hook; recessed measuring tube.

Date: 1875-1924

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 359143

Accession Number: 1969.19153

Candlestick

Columnar form; rectangular base

Date: 1875-1899

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 359201

Accession Number: 1969.19154

Coal Hod

Crimped base, conical body with broad spout; bail handle; black

Date: 1875-1924

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 359202

Accession Number: 1969.19155.1

Stove shovel

Hollow, black, cylindrical handle; hooking hole; rectangular shovel with crimped back

Date: 1872-1924

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 359203

Accession Number: 1969.19155.2

Andirons

Ball and disk finial; cabriole legs; ball feet; rectangular log support

Date: 1835-1899

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 359204

Accession Number: 1969.19156.1-.2

Broom

Circular hook; cylindrical shaft; rounded wooded bristle base; black bristles

Date: 1924-1968

Maker: unknown

Material: wood and wood products, bristle

GUSN: 359205

Accession Number: 1969.1957.1

Dustpan

Circular hook; cylindrical black shaft; swiveling cross-piece; trapezoidal panel rear hood

Date: 1924-1968

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 359206

Accession Number: 1969.1957.2

Fireplace tongs

White scissor handles; black tongs with flat ends.

Date: 1900-1949

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 359207

Accession Number: 1969.19158

Linoleum

Linoleum fragment with pattern of L-shaped tiles in black, gray, and white with slight marbling detail, reused in woodshed at 291 Hillside Street, Milton, Massachusetts.

Date: c. 1880-1950

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 359697

Accession Number: 2022.32.1

Plate

Earthenware plate hand-painted with swirling floral designs and three butterflies. Signed and dated on the underside.

Date: 1890

Maker: Ware, Alice Cunningham, 1851-1937

Material: earthenware

GUSN: 359701

Accession Number: 2022.34.2

Portrait medallion \n Salem, Massachusetts, 1805-11\n Painted pine

Two-sided carved and painted George Washington profile portrait medallion, carved by Samuel McIntire. Composed of two medallions fastened back-to-back, the figures carved in high relief with George Washington facing to the right in a blue-painted military uniform with yellow-painted facings and epau...

Date: 1805-1811

Maker: McIntire, Samuel, 1757-1811 (Carver)

Material: carvings (visual works), raised (form attribute), painting (image-making)

GUSN: 359704

Accession Number: 2022.36.1

Punch Bowl

Punch bowl, China, 1750-80. Hard-paste porcelain with scalloped body and colored enamel floral decoration. There is a hand written label on the base of the bowl.

Date: 1750-1780

Maker: unknown

Material: hard paste porcelain, enamel (fused coating)

GUSN: 359887

Accession Number: 2022.44.1

Bowl

Hard-paste porcelain bowl with underglaze blue and later overglaze red, green, and gilding decoration with flower baskets, China, 1740-50.

Date: 1740-1750

Maker: unknown

Material: hard paste porcelain

GUSN: 359888

Accession Number: 2022.44.2

Imari Dish

Hard-paste porcelain Imari dish with underglaze blue and overglaze iron-red and gilt floral decoration, China, 1730-1750.

Date: 1730-1750

Maker: unknown

Material: hard paste porcelain

GUSN: 359889

Accession Number: 2022.44.3

Imari Dish

Hard-paste porcelain Imari dish with underglaze blue and overglaze iron-red and gilt floral decoration. China, 1730-50

Date: 1730-1750

Maker: unknown

Material: hard paste porcelain

GUSN: 359890

Accession Number: 2022.44.4

Dish

Small hard-paste porcelain dish with colored enamesl and gilt decoration with an eagle in the center, from the Edward Carrington service, Salem, Massachusetts. China 1810-15

Date: 1810-1815

Maker: unknown

Material: hard paste porcelain

GUSN: 359891

Accession Number: 2022.44.5

Bottle

Double gourd-shaped bottle with stopper, earthenware with enamel and gilt decoration. Japan, 1850-1900.

Date: 1850-1900

Maker: unknown

Material: earthenware

GUSN: 359892

Accession Number: 2022.44.6AB

Crazy Quilt

Embroidered silk satin fabric patches edged with pink lace. Likely made by Helen E. Endicott (1868-1930) of Canton, Massachusetts.

Date: 1892

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 359894

Accession Number: 2022.46.1

Crazy Quilt

Patchwork quilt, known as "crazy quilts", made from velvet patches in a variety of colors and patterns. The quilt has the initials "H.E.E." embroidered on one of the patches, and another has the date "1892" inscribed in ink. Likely made by Helen E. Endicott (1868-1930) of Canton, Massachusetts.

Date: c. 1890s

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 359895

Accession Number: 2022.46.2

Side chair\n Isaac Vose and Son, Thomas Wightman carver\n Boston, 1824-25\n Mahogany, birch

Mahogany and birch side chair, 1824-1825, by Isaac Vose and Son, THomas Wightman carver in Boston. The chair is made in the Classical style.

Date: 1824-1825

Maker: Vose, Isaac (American cabinetmaker, ca. 1768-1823) (Cabinetmaker) Wightman, Thomas (Carver)

Material: mahogany (wood), birch (wood)

GUSN: 359899

Accession Number: 2022.47.1

Painting, Schooner "Wallace"

Framed painting depicting a ship with three masts, billowing sails, and several colorful flags including the American flag at the stern or back of the ship (right side of painting). Mountainous landscape to the bow or front (left side of painting). Mostly cloudy sky; waves.

Maker: unknown

Material: oil paint (paint), canvas

GUSN: 359900

Accession Number: 1958.503

Northeast Indigenous Basket

Large rectangular splint basket with stamped decoration

Date: 1850-1875

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 359953

Accession Number: 2022.74.1

Rocking Chair

Turned wooden rocking chair, caned back, missing seat, remnants of grey paint on legs and rockers.

Maker: unknown

Material: turning (shaping process), caning

GUSN: 359969

Accession Number: 1987.1146

Documents related to Florence Addison, William Sumner Appleton's long-time assistant, and Every Day Life in the Massachusetts Bay Colony by George Francis Dow.

No description

Maker: Anonymous (Donor)

GUSN: 359970

Accession Number: TR2511.1

Quilt

Patchwork quilt with front composed of various printed cotton pieces and backing in Bicentennial fabrics.

Date: c. 1876-1880

Maker: unknown

Material: cotton (textile)

GUSN: 359982

Accession Number: 2022.69.5

Paul Gaugin Letter to Schuffnecker

Three page letter and envelope, Paul Gaugin to Mon. Emile Schuffnecker regarding Gaugin's preparations for his departure to Tahiti; mentions receiving a message from Theo Van Gogh.

Date: October 9, 1890

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 354337

Accession Number: 2006.44.1131.2

Memorandum of Debts

Two and a half page autograph "Memorandum of Debts" by Daniel Webster. Lists debts and monies owed to him; see draft of Webster's will (2006.44.1131.1a) for reference to debts to be paid and monies collected after his death.

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 354338

Accession Number: 2006.44.1131.1B

Tennis Racket, "The Club"

Wooden tennis racket. Dark brown handle with red material band. Racket head lighter in color. Labelled "The Club" at the top of the racket head and "Wright & Ditson Boston" above handle.

Maker: Wright & Ditson

Material: wood and wood products, gut

GUSN: 354497

Accession Number: 1951.216

Souvenir Plate

Souvenir plate with Jewett House image, marked "R. B. Rideout."

Maker: unknown

Material: porcelain

GUSN: 354948

Accession Number: 2020.11.2

Souvenir Plate

Souvenir plate with Jewett House image, marked "R. B. Rideout."

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 354949

Accession Number: 2020.11.3

Child's dress

White cotton child's dress with long sleeves. Gathered front. Lace detail at collar, around the bib, and on cuffs.

Maker: unknown

Material: cotton (textile), lace (needlework)

GUSN: 355027

Accession Number: 2020.18.1

Needlework

Needlework depicting Anne Boleyn consulting with Archbishop Cranmer just before her beheading. Created by Amelia Grant Schwarz .

Date: 1845

Maker: (Maker)

Material: needleworking (process)

GUSN: 355028

Accession Number: 2020.19.1

Wicker trunk

(a) Trunk with a hinged lid, (b) stand, and (c) canvas insert cover. Wicker exterior with TJE painted in black on side, beneath wicker handle. Interior lined with canvas. Wooden stand.

Maker: unknown

Material: wicker, linen (material)

GUSN: 355065

Accession Number: 2020.21.1A-C

Quincy Family Blockfront Chest of Drawers

Four drawer blockfront chest, conforming top, original brasses, old finish, central drop, ogee bracket feet.

Date: 1769

Maker: unknown

Material: mahogany (wood), eastern white pine (wood), brass (alloy)

GUSN: 355066

Accession Number: 2020.22.1

Radio

Philco Highboy, Model no. 95. Exterior veneered paneling with fleur-de-lis on both sides. Double doors open up to display radio dial, contraols, speaker, and embroidered "tapestry" scene depicting trees, covering the speaker.

Date: 1929

Maker: Philco (Manufacturer)

Material: walnut (wood), bird's-eye maple, embroidering

GUSN: 355068

Accession Number: 2020.24.1

Board Game, Du-Ration

Du-Ration board game produced by The Veep Company, Inc. Label on cover reads: "The Game of Today / Learn How to Get the Most Out of Your Food Ration Coupons."

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 355100

Accession Number: 2020.25.1

T-shirt

Grey tee-shirt with a printed image of a pilgrim man wearing a medical face mask from Next Level Apparel. Printed inscription below the image reads, "Ptown 400." Size small.

Date: 2020

Maker: Next Level Apparel (Manufacturer) Hook Provincetown (Designer)

Material: cotton (textile), polyester (fiber), screen prints

GUSN: 355101

Accession Number: 2020.26.1

T-shirt

Cream-colored tee-shirt with a printed image of a pilgrim woman wearing a medical face mask. Shirt is from Next Level Apparel. Printed inscription below image reads, "Ptown 400." Size Small.

Date: 2020

Maker: Next Level Apparel (Manufacturer) Hook Provincetown (Designer)

Material: cotton (textile), polyester (fiber), screen prints

GUSN: 355102

Accession Number: 2020.26.2

Sign

Rectangular plastic yard sign reading, "We Love You Provincetown!" in red letters. Additional inscriptions below read, "sticking together while we're six feet apart" in gradient rainbow letters and "#PTownStrong / #MyHeartBelongsToPTown" in black letters. Background is alternating blue stripes in a ...

Date: 2020

Maker: unknown

Material: plastic by composition or origin, corrugating

GUSN: 355103

Accession Number: 2020.26.3

Plaque

Wooden plaque depicting a dog's face with quotation: "Blessed are those who expect nothing; for they shall not be disappointed," Hallmark, United States. Circular metal handle attached to the top.

Maker: Hallmark Cards, Inc.

Material: wood (plant material)

GUSN: 355104

Accession Number: 2020.26.4

Bustle Support

No description

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 355118

Accession Number: 1940.393

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