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

Chair Upholstery

Needlepoint chair seat upholstery with a green background, two roses in shades of pink at the center, surrounded by leaves and other flowers. Paper clipped to the back of one side is a piece of paper that reads "Florence Bixby / worked this Removed / needlepoint from / #2 Gothic back Chip chair"

Maker: unknown

Material: needlepoint (needleworking), textiles

GUSN: 370535

Accession Number: 2016.188.239

Silver Cloth

Brown flannel-like material.

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 370536

Accession Number: 2016.188.241

Shoe Horn

Shoe horn made up of a long piece of black curved metal, with a tube of black foam around one end as a handle.

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 370537

Accession Number: 2016.188.242

Toy Snake

Handmade snake made by applying clay to a strip of cloth in segments of graduated sizes. Painted primarily green, with some white on the underside, a red mouth and red and yellow eyes.

Maker: unknown

Material: metal, paint (coating)

GUSN: 370538

Accession Number: 2016.188.243

Faucet Handles

Pair of white ceramic "Hot" and "Cold" faucet handles in a rounded off "X" shape.

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 370539

Accession Number: 2016.188.244AB

Pastry Blender

Pastry blender with shaped, unfinished wooden handle, metal plates to hold the wires and connect to the handle, and seven blending wires.

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 370540

Accession Number: 2016.188.245

Tongs

Silver-colored metal tongs with black plastic hanging circle and hand grips, and scalloped edges to the tongs.

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 370541

Accession Number: 2016.188.246

Winged Corkscrew

Gold-colored metal (brass) winged corkscrew with a Napoleon coin at the top.

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 370542

Accession Number: 2016.188.247

Measuring Cup

Straight-sided silver-metal measuring cup with a copper-covered bottom, black handle, and marks for increments of one cup pressed into the sides.

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 370543

Accession Number: 2016.188.248

Scarf

Maroon wool scarf woven in a twill weave and with 3/8" of fringe at each end. The tag has "The Firehouse / Damariscotta, Maine" woven into the tag in red thread.

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 370544

Accession Number: 2016.188.249

Placemats

Set of three round placemats or hot dish mats made from braided coils of natural fiber.

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 370545

Accession Number: 2016.188.250.1-.3

Mold

Two part round tin mold with a handled cover and fluted sides.

Maker: unknown

Material: metal

GUSN: 370546

Accession Number: 2016.188.251

Pewter Whale Oil Lamp

Pewter oil lamp with saucer base and double wick. There is a white sticky label on the bottom of the lamp well with "Chamber Whale / Oil Lamp / American Boston / c. 1850" printed on it.

Maker: unknown

Material: pewter (tin alloy)

GUSN: 370547

Accession Number: 2016.188.252

Pewter Plate

Round pewter plate with 1 1/4" rim that turns up in the 3/4" nearest the outer edge.

Maker: unknown

Material: pewter (tin alloy)

GUSN: 370548

Accession Number: 2016.188.253

Pewter Warming Plate

Round pewter plate with a hinged flap in the rim and a 1 1/4" deep smooth outside wall to which two handles are attached on opposite sides. About 1/4" from the front of the plate, a 1/2" wide loop of metal extends out about 1/2" on each side of the plate. From the loop, a 2" wide U-shaped metal han...

Maker: unknown

Material: pewter (tin alloy)

GUSN: 370549

Accession Number: 2016.188.254

Pewter Plate

Round pewter plate with 1 5/16" wide plain rim.

Maker: unknown

Material: pewter (tin alloy)

GUSN: 370550

Accession Number: 2016.188.255

Pewter Plate

Round pewter plate with 1 5/16" wide plain rim.

Maker: unknown

Material: pewter (tin alloy)

GUSN: 370551

Accession Number: 2016.188.256

Pewter Warming Plate

Round pewter plate with a flap in the rim and a 1 1/8" deep smooth outside wall to which two handles are attached on opposite sides. Near the front of the plate, a 1/2" wide loop of metal extends out about 3/8" on each side of the plate. From the loop, a 2" wide U-shaped metal handle moves freely, ...

Maker: unknown

Material: pewter (tin alloy)

GUSN: 370552

Accession Number: 2016.188.257

Wire Fruit Basket

Footed wire round basket made up of wire that is twisted to look like rope.

Maker: unknown

Material: wirework

GUSN: 370553

Accession Number: 2016.188.258AB

Crystal Jar

Clear glass jar with molded design to imitate cut glass. The exterior of the body bulges out in the bottom inch.

Maker: unknown

Material: glass (material)

GUSN: 370554

Accession Number: 2016.188.259

Framed Document

Letter in a black wooden frame with gold trim in the inner-most section of the frame. The letter, written on February 27, 1996, is to Bill Waters from Rose Simon, Curator of the Hattie Carnegie Exhibition, and Dorothy Twining Globus, Director, of The Museum at the Fashion Institute of Technology in...

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 370555

Accession Number: 2016.188.262

Framed Document

Letter in a black wooden frame with gold trim in the inner-most section of the frame. A beige mat is cut into two windows to feature two items, a letter and a smaller comment. The typewritten letter, written on September 30, 1960 to Bill Waters of the Chapman-Hall Preservation Society, Inc., is fr...

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 370556

Accession Number: 2016.188.263

Framed Document

Black plastic-coated wood frame with gold trim at the inner edge. An exhibition label from the Hattie Carnegie Exhibition has been mounted on a beige woven fabric. The exhibition label is in black ink, in an italic font, on off-white matboard with a beveled edge. The label reads "This line-up of h...

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 370557

Accession Number: 2016.188.264

Framed Document

Black plastic-coated wooden frame around a pay stub for "W. Waters" for the period ending "9/9" for $50.00 (less taxes) from Hattie Carnegie, Inc., New York, New York. The document has 2 1/2 small holes on the left side of the paper, and serration dots 2/3 of the way up the center of the document. T...

Date: 1949

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 370558

Accession Number: 2016.188.265

Framed Document

Letter in a black wooden frame with gold trim in the inner-most section of the frame. The letter, written on April 29, 1996, is to Bill Waters from Rose Simon, Curator of The Hattie Carnegie Exhibition at The Museum at the Fashion Institute of Technology in New York City. The letter indicates that ...

Date: 1996

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 370559

Accession Number: 2016.188.266

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