Historic New England

Mademoiselle S. N. [Portrait of Sara Norton (1864-1922)]

Three-quarter length portrait of Sara Norton in a black dress and plumed black hat. She is wearing Black, Starr, & Frost earrings, 1990.13AB.

Date: 1910

Maker: Glazebrook, Hugh (Maker)

Material: oil paint (paint)

GUSN: 6660

Accession Number: 1990.92

Sara Norton (1864-1922)

Half-length portrait of Sara Norton as a young woman in profile facing right, holding a violin.

Date: 1884

Maker: Burne-Jones, Edward, 1833-1898 (Artist)

Material: oil paint (paint), canvas

GUSN: 6661

Accession Number: 1990.93

Portrait of Sara Norton (1864-1922)

Half length portrait of Sara Norton as a young woman, near profile to left, holding violin.

Date: 1884

Maker: Burne-Jones, Edward, 1833-1898 (Maker)

GUSN: 6662

Accession Number: 1990.94

Portrait of Sara Price Ashburner Sedgwick (1839-1902)

Bust length charcoal portrait of a young woman with short hair, three-quarter view facing left.

Date: 1850-1870

Maker: Rowse, Samuel Worcester, (American painter and engraver, 1822-1901) (Artist)

Material: charcoal (plant material)

GUSN: 6663

Accession Number: 1990.95

Portrait of Sara Norton

Bust-length portrait of a young woman, three-quarter view to left, short hair.

Date: 1845-1900

Maker: Stillman, Lisa, Miss (Maker) Capen, L. R. (Maker)

Material: pencils (drawing and writing equipment)

GUSN: 6664

Accession Number: 1990.98

Portrait of Catherine Eliot Norton

Oval portrait of Catherin Eliot Norton in a white bonnet, three-quarter view to right. Oval gilt frame.

Date: 1845-1855

Maker: Cheney, Seth Wells, 1810-1856, Cheney (Maker)

Material: chalk, charcoal (plant material), printing (process)

GUSN: 6665

Accession Number: 1990.99

Portrait Samuel Norton

Half-length portrait of a gray haired man in black coat, three-quarter view to left.

Date: 1816

Maker: Ordway, Alfred, 1819-1897, Ordway (Maker) After Frothingham, James (American painter, 1786-1864)

Material: oil paint (paint), canvas, painting (coating)

GUSN: 6666

Accession Number: 1990.100

Portrait of a Samuel Norton's Father

Bust-length portrait of a man in gray coat, gray hair, three-quarter view facing right. Father of Samuel Norton.

Date: 1800-1899

Maker: unknown

Material: oil paint (paint), canvas

GUSN: 6667

Accession Number: 1990.101

Portrait of Sally

Bust-length portrait of a young girl, wearing a gray hat with black bow, white lace collar, brown dress.

Date: 1870

Maker: unknown

Material: oil paint (paint), canvas, pencils (drawing and writing equipment)

GUSN: 6668

Accession Number: 1990.97

Portrait of Susan Ridgely Sedgwick Norton (1838-1872)

Bust-length portrait of a young woman, hair in bun, three-quarter view facing right. Charcoal drawing on paper. Companion to portrait of her husband Charles Eliot Norton (1827-1908) located in the Portrait Collection at Harvard University.

Date: 1855-1865

Maker: Rowse, Samuel Worcester, (American painter and engraver, 1822-1901) (Artist)

Material: charcoal (plant material)

GUSN: 6669

Accession Number: 1990.96

Portrait of Catherine Eliot Norton

Half-length portrait of a woman in white dress with red shawl, with curly brown hair.

Date: 1800-1815

Maker: Frothingham (Maker) Frothingham, James, 1786-1864 (Maker) Jones, P. Burne (Maker)

Material: oil paint (paint), canvas

GUSN: 6670

Accession Number: 1990.105

Richard Norton (1872-1918)

Impressionistic half-length portrait of a seated balding man, surrounded by flowers.

Date: c. 1905

Maker: Mancini, Antonio, 1852-1930 (Artist)

Material: oil paint (paint), canvas

GUSN: 6671

Accession Number: 1990.104

Jamb hook

Rectangular back plate with rounded top and bottom; screws to wall. C-shaped hook terminates in lemon-shaped finial with knopped projection or secondary finial above.

Date: 1800-1833

Maker: unknown

Material: brass (alloy), knops

GUSN: 7685

Accession Number: 1949.400.1

Jamb hook

Rectangular back plate with rounded top and bottom; screws to wall. C-shaped hook terminates in lemon-shaped finial with knopped projection or secondary finial above.

Date: 1800-1833

Maker: unknown

Material: brass (alloy), knops

GUSN: 7686

Accession Number: 1949.400.2

Hearth brush

Turned wood shaft with acorn finial. String around finial for hanging. Shaft has vase- shaped terminus at join to oval, domed bristle head. Blue clumped bristles.

Date: 1868-1899

Maker: unknown

Material: hair, wild pigs, turning (shaping process), wood (plant material)

GUSN: 7687

Accession Number: 1949.401

Doorstop (Paperweight)

Spherical transparent green body with flat bottom and unpolished pontil; numerous trapped air bubbles.

Date: 1900-1933

Maker: unknown

Material: glassblowing, soda lime glass, glass (material)

GUSN: 7688

Accession Number: 1949.403

Figurine

Classical or madonna-like figure wears green drapery and mantle secured with yellow wreath on head and holds jar filled with rose petals (?). Magenta/rose underskirt; mottled greens and brown circular base.

Date: ca. 1890

Maker: unknown

Material: earthenware, glazing (coating), mineral, tin (metal)

GUSN: 7689

Accession Number: 1949.565

Candlestick

Green; block-like form. Nubby texture on sides; smooth top with rounded corners with central hole slightly off center.

Date: 1900-1933

Maker: unknown

Material: soda lime glass, glass (material)

GUSN: 7690

Accession Number: 1949.625.1

Candlestick

Green; block-like form. Nubby texture on sides; smooth top with rounded corners with central hole slightly off center.

Date: 1900-1933

Maker: unknown

Material: soda lime glass, glass (material)

GUSN: 7691

Accession Number: 1949.625.2

Candlestick

Green; block-like form. Nubby texture on sides; smooth top with rounded corners with central hole slightly off center.

Date: 1900-1933

Maker: unknown

Material: soda lime glass, glass (material)

GUSN: 7692

Accession Number: 1949.625.3

Candlestick

Green; block-like form. Nubby texture on sides; smooth top with rounded corners with central hole slightly off center.

Date: 1900-1933

Maker: unknown

Material: soda lime glass, glass (material)

GUSN: 7693

Accession Number: 1949.625.4

Salt dish liner

Cylindrical body with scalloped rim; cut flutes. Transparent cobalt blue overlay on colorless body with star or sunburst cut from blue to clear on bottom.

Date: 1845-1875

Maker: unknown

Material: overlays, cutting (dividing), glassblowing, glass (material)

GUSN: 7694

Accession Number: 1949.637.1

Salt dish liner

Cylindrical body with scalloped rim; cut flutes. Transparent cobalt blue overlay on colorless body with star or sunburst cut from blue to clear on bottom.

Date: 1845-1875

Maker: unknown

Material: overlays, cutting (dividing), glassblowing, glass (material)

GUSN: 7695

Accession Number: 1949.637.2

Plate

Wide rim and sharp cavetto terminating in dished bottom. Decorated with incised lines around outer edge and inside bowl.

Date: 1768-1899

Maker: unknown

Material: incising, pewter (tin alloy), tin (metal)

GUSN: 7696

Accession Number: 1949.706.1

Plate

Wide rim and sharp cavetto terminating in dished bottom. Decorated with incised lines around outer edge and inside bowl.

Date: 1768-1899

Maker: unknown

Material: incising, pewter (tin alloy), tin (metal)

GUSN: 7697

Accession Number: 1949.706.2

Tray

Olive-colored oval with pierced gallery sides and two cut-out oval handholds. Cavetto has gilded line border as do contours of piercings. Underside painted black.

Date: 1900-1991

Maker: unknown

Material: gilding, painting (coating), piercing, tin (metal)

GUSN: 7698

Accession Number: 1949.735

Candlestick

Transparent vaselin-colored two-part molded body. Square base surmounted by column in form of dolphin. Six-sided bulbous petal blossom socket with conforming vasiform neck terminating in large beads. Socket joined to column with free-blown glass wafer.

Date: ca. 1840

Maker: Attributed to Boston & Sandwich Glass Co. (Glassmaker)

Material: glass (material), pressing

GUSN: 7699

Accession Number: 1949.772.1

Candlestick

Transparent vaselin-colored two-part molded body. Square base surmounted by column in form of dolphin. Six-sided bulbous petal blossom socket with conforming vasiform neck terminating in large beads. Socket joined to column with free-blown glass wafer.

Date: ca. 1840

Maker: Attributed to Boston & Sandwich Glass Co. (Glassmaker)

Material: glass (material), pressing

GUSN: 7700

Accession Number: 1949.772.2

Dining chair

Slightly raked frontal ring turned legs on ball feet enclose turned foot rests. Saddle-shaped seat. Painted gold with gilt and black string decoration. Flattened arms curving downward form single arm support.

Date: 1805-1820

Maker: unknown

Material: chamfering, gilding, painting (coating), rush (material), turning (shaping process), wood (plant material)

GUSN: 7701

Accession Number: 1949.890.1

Dining chair

Slightly raked frontal ring turned legs on ball feet enclose turned foot rests. Saddle-shaped seat. Painted gold with gilt and black string decoration. Flattened arms curving downward form single arm support.

Slightly raked frontal ring turned legs on ball feet enclose turned foot rests. Saddle-shaped seat. Painted gold with gilt and black string decoration.

Date: 1805-1820

Maker: unknown

Material: chamfering, gilding, painting (coating), rush (material), turning (shaping process), wood (plant material)

GUSN: 7712

Accession Number: 1949.890.13

Dining chair

Slightly raked frontal ring turned legs on ball feet enclose turned foot rests. Saddle-shaped seat. Painted gold with gilt and black string decoration.

Date: 1805-1820

Maker: unknown

Material: chamfering, gilding, painting (coating), rush (material), turning (shaping process), wood (plant material)

GUSN: 7713

Accession Number: 1949.890.3

Ladle

Metal ladle has C-shaped hook at end of flattened handle. Round shaft bends downward sharply joining round deep bowl.

Date: 1868-1899

Maker: unknown

Material: iron (metal), wrought

GUSN: 7714

Accession Number: 1949.696

Print

Hand colored print glued to glass. Classical woman draped in red, seated in chariot pulled by two lions, holding a horn of fruit in one hand and with the other reaching out to an arriving dove. A winged putto rides one of the tigers as they ride through grain field and by fruit trees.

Date: ca. 1800

Maker: unknown

Material: gesso, gilding, glass (material), hand coloring, printing (process), varnishing, wood (plant material)

GUSN: 7715

Accession Number: 1949.766

Waste Basket

Cylindrical body of natural colored woven straw with recessed circular bottom. Exterior with rich brown stylistically painted animal motif (possibly a beaver or bear) and stepped geometric borders.

Date: 1900-1991

Maker: Possibly Plains Indians (Maker)

Material: grass (plant material), painting (coating), straw (plant material), weaving

GUSN: 7716

Accession Number: 1949.902

Framed Print, "Bark Catalpa of New Bedford"

Large three masted ship with sails up, flying four flags: at stern: American flag; on masts: white flag with circle of stars; white banner with "C"; white flag with "J.T.R." Two ships in background, rowboat at front filled with people. Molded wood frame, painted black. Under glass.

Date: 1901-2000

Maker: Russell, E. N. (Artist)

Material: glass (material), paper (fiber product), printing (process), wood (plant material)

GUSN: 7717

Accession Number: 1949.974

Hooked Rug

Rectangular hand hooked and shirred rug with central oval enclosing a three masted ship in blue, red and brown on white. Oval is surrounded by leaves and red flowers with a blue scalloped border. Unbound.

Date: 1868-1899

Maker: unknown

Material: burlap, hooking, shirring, wool (textile)

GUSN: 7718

Accession Number: 1949.1019

Hooked Rug

Rectangular hand hooked and shirred rug has overall multicolored diamond pattern--each enclosing a masonic symbol or floral element. Bound with black cotton; burlap backing.

Date: 1868-1899

Maker: unknown

Material: burlap, cotton (textile), hooking, shirring, wool (textile)

GUSN: 7719

Accession Number: 1949.1035

Jamb Hooks

"C" scroll arm extending from oval wall bracket, attached by a short faceted stem. No finial terminus.

Date: ca. 1800

Maker: unknown

Material: brass (alloy)

GUSN: 7720

Accession Number: 1949.542

Fireback

Rectangular form with rounded top. Cast relief design extremely worn--some kind of figure, surrounded by a scrolled border, possibly religious subject.

Date: 1734-1799

Maker: unknown

Material: casting (process), iron (metal), relief (sculpture techniques)

GUSN: 7721

Accession Number: 1949.556

Print

Colored lithograph of water celebration on Boston Common. Includes circular seal of Boston. Molded gilt and gesso wood frame.

Date: 1848

Maker: unknown

Material: coloring, gesso, gilding, glass (material), lithography, paper (fiber product), wood (plant material)

GUSN: 7722

Accession Number: 1949.428

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