Historic New England

Portrait of C. Malcolm Watkins (1911-2001)

Portrait of C. Malcolm Watkins as a young boy. Subject is seated on a chair and is wearing a white suit jacket, white short pants, white collared shirt, and a floral tie. Small green velvet covered table at sitter's left decorated with a toy elephant, green glass bottle, and a toy boat. Oil on canva...

Date: 1920

Maker: George, Vesper Lincoln, 1865-1934 (Artist)

Material: oil paint (paint), canvas

GUSN: 310706

Accession Number: 2015.62.1

Portrait of Lura Burgess Woodside (1887-1982)

Portrait of Lura Woodside as a young girl. Sitter is standing and leaning against the arm of a floral upholstered settee. She is wearing a white dress, black stockings, and black boots. She is holding a white bonnet in her right hand and has a gold heart shaped locket around her neck. Oil on canvas ...

Date: 1892

Maker: George, Vesper Lincoln, 1865-1934 (Artist)

Material: oil paint (paint), canvas

GUSN: 310707

Accession Number: 2015.62.2

Color print of Harvard University

Color print of Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts. Plain wood frame. Paper. Boston, MA.

Date: 1810-1830

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 310708

Accession Number: 2015.62.3

Print of the Cambridge Common

Print of the Cambridge Common, Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts. Hand colored full-tone collotype. Black wood frame with gilt edges. Drawn by D. Bell. Printed by the Meriden Gravure Company. Meriden, CT, 1942.

Date: 1942

Maker: Meriden Gravure Company (Printer)

Material: paper (fiber product), collotypes (prints), hand coloring

GUSN: 310709

Accession Number: 2015.62.4

Hooked rug of a man loading a kiln with wood. Mounted on a rectangular frame. Wool. United States, 1937

Hooked rug of a man loading a kiln with wood. The rug is mounted on a rectangular frame. The date "1937" appears in upper right.

Date: 1937

Maker: unknown

Material: wool (hair)

GUSN: 310710

Accession Number: 2015.62.5

Fabric Picture

Silk picture of a peacock. Reverse painted glass frame.

Date: 1830-1850

Maker: unknown

Material: silk (fiber)

GUSN: 310711

Accession Number: 2015.62.6

Watercolor Painting of Strawberries

Painting of a yellow and green basket of strawberries. Plain wood frame. Watercolor paints and paper.

Date: 1840

Maker: unknown

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

GUSN: 310712

Accession Number: 2015.62.7

Engraving of Reverend John Murray (1742-1793)

Engraving of Reverend John Murray (1742-1793). Plain wood frame.

Date: 1795

Maker: Hill, Samuel, ca. 1766-1803 (Engraver)

Material: paper (fiber product), engravings (prints), wood (plant material)

GUSN: 310713

Accession Number: 2015.62.8

Painting

Watercolor painting on paper. Painting is a memorial for G.W. Mansir, aged three years. Depicts a woman draped in dark clothing kneeling beside a memorial and a willow tree, with trees and hills in background. Gilt frame and glass.

Date: 1817

Maker: unknown

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

GUSN: 310714

Accession Number: 2015.62.9

Painting of the Nathaniel Thayer Homestead, Lancaster, Massachusetts

Oil on canvas painting of the Nathaniel Thayer Homestead, Lancaster, Massachusetts. Gilt frame.

Date: 1860-1900

Maker: unknown

Material: canvas, oil paint (paint)

GUSN: 310715

Accession Number: 2015.62.10

Print of Madonna and Child

Print of Madonna and Child. Block-printed and hand-colored with vibrant red and gilt detailing on a black background. Plain black frame, gray matting.

Date: 1940-1980

Maker: Crite, Allan Rohan (American painter, illustrator, 1910-2007) (Artist)

Material: paper (fiber product), block printing (relief printing process)

GUSN: 310716

Accession Number: 2015.62.11

Photograph of Bride

Full-body portrait of Lura Burgess Woodside Watkins (1887-1982) in wedding dress and veil, holding flower bouquet. Plain black frame, cream-colored matting.

Date: 1910

Maker: unknown

Material: photographs

GUSN: 310717

Accession Number: 2015.62.12

Whale Oil Chamber Lamp

Colorless, blown glass whale oil chamber lamp with scroll handle.

Maker: unknown

Material: glass (material), tin (metal), cork disc burners

GUSN: 310391

Accession Number: 2000.1957

Whale Oil Lamp

Colorless glass whale oil lamp with blown glass font and pressed base.

Maker: unknown

Material: glass (material), tin (metal), cork disc burners

GUSN: 310392

Accession Number: 2000.1954

Whale Oil Chamber Lamp

Colorless, blown glass whale oil chamber lamp with scroll handle and pewter collar.

Maker: unknown

Material: glass (material), pewter (tin alloy)

GUSN: 310393

Accession Number: 2000.1970

Whale Oil Hand Lamp

Colorless, blown glass whale oil hand lamp with scroll handle.

Maker: unknown

Material: glass (material)

GUSN: 310394

Accession Number: 2000.1963

Whale Oil Lamp

Colorless glass whale oil lamp with blown glass font and pressed base.

Maker: unknown

Material: glass (material)

GUSN: 310395

Accession Number: 2000.1955

Glycerin Bottle

Molded brown glass bottle with plastic screw cap. Paper label held in place with clear tape. Label indicates the bottle contents are glycerin from the Richardson Drug Co, Concord, Massachusetts.

Date: 1953-1975

Maker: unknown

Material: glass (material), plastic (organic material), paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 310396

Accession Number: 1984.1835

Whale Oil Lamp

Colorless, blown glass whale oil footed lamp.

Maker: unknown

Material: glass (material), tin (metal), cork disc burners

GUSN: 310397

Accession Number: 2000.1968

Flour Tin

Large, cylindrical-shaped tin with cover and opposing, hinged wire loop handles on sides. Tin exterior is light tan with blue bands on upper and lower body and blue "Flour" on side. Manufactuered by the Empeco Corporation of New York, the Flour tin would have originially been part of a set of counte...

Date: 1930-1950

Maker: unknown

Material: tin alloy

GUSN: 310398

Accession Number: 1998.6010AB

Whale Oil Hand Lamp

Colorless, blown glass whale oil hand lamp.

Maker: unknown

Material: glass (material), tin (metal), cork disc burners

GUSN: 310400

Accession Number: 2000.1964

Tinder Pouch

Cast brass, leather and steel tinder pouch with cast decoration.

Maker: unknown

Material: brass (alloy), leather, alloy steel

GUSN: 310401

Accession Number: 2000.2131

Tinder Pouch

Leather and steel tinder pouch with silver repousse decorative panels of Foo Dogs.

Maker: unknown

Material: silver (metal), brass (alloy), leather

GUSN: 310402

Accession Number: 2000.2130

Match Holder

Lacquer pocket match holder with faux tortoise shell. Contains matches.

Maker: unknown

Material: lacquerware

GUSN: 310403

Accession Number: 2000.2132

Instantaneous Light Box

Tin instantaneous light box. Contains blown glass bottle for sulfuric acid, with cork.

Date: 1810-1835

Maker: unknown

Material: tin (metal), glass (material), corks (stoppers)

GUSN: 310404

Accession Number: 2000.2133AB

Wick Pick

Wick pick with turned wooden handle, brass ferrule, and steel pick.

Maker: unknown

Material: wood (plant material), brass (alloy), alloy steel

GUSN: 310405

Accession Number: 2000.2135

Match Holder

Glass vial with metal lid, containing four split pine matches. Sulfur dips.

Maker: unknown

Material: glass (material), tin (metal), wood (plant material)

GUSN: 310406

Accession Number: 2000.2134

Wick Trimmer

Steel kerosene burner wick trimmer.

Date: 1864

Maker: unknown

Material: alloy steel

GUSN: 310407

Accession Number: 2000.2128

Wick Trimmer

Steel kerosene burner wick trimmer.

Maker: unknown

Material: alloy steel

GUSN: 310408

Accession Number: 2000.2129

Candlesnuffer

Painted wrought iron candlesnuffer.

Maker: unknown

Material: wrought iron (iron alloy)

GUSN: 310409

Accession Number: 2000.2127

Candlesnuffer

Tin candlesnuffer with scrolls, foliate, and floral motifs.

Maker: unknown

Material: tin (metal)

GUSN: 310410

Accession Number: 2000.2125

Candlesnuffer and Tray

Silver candlesnuffer and tray with scrolls and floral motifs.

Maker: unknown

Material: silver (metal)

GUSN: 310411

Accession Number: 2000.2123.1-.2

Seed Packet Collection

A collection of vegetable and flower seed packets and a canister of grass seed. Includes: "My Best Cosmos Collection put up by William D. Burt, Dalton, N.Y"; Asgro Lawn Seed, New Haven, Connecticut; peas from John Shea Light Hardware and Household Supplies, Lawrence, Massachusetts; flower packets se...

Date: 1900-1950

Maker: unknown

Material: seed, paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 310412

Accession Number: 1998.6037

Fruit Knife

One of a set of eleven. Silver fruit knife with a bone handle and a rounded blade.

Maker: unknown

Material: silver (metal), bone (material)

GUSN: 310413

Accession Number: 1971.278.7

Reed Gathering Basket

Wicker weave gathering basket. Basket is oval with tall sides and single, loop carrying handle. A paper tag is tied to the handle with red printing that reads "Cape Cod Summer Fete." "Mrs David Crocker" is handwritten below the printing.

Maker: unknown

Material: wicker, reed (grass, material)

GUSN: 310414

Accession Number: 1933.6146

Nursery Lamp

Tin whale oil nursery lamp with double boiler food heater and stenciled decoration.

Maker: unknown

Material: tin (metal), stencils (images)

GUSN: 310429

Accession Number: 2000.1947A-E

Chopping Bowl

Oblong, oval chopping bowl made of carved wood. Two areas have been carved into the the exterior sides to provide finger holds.

Maker: unknown

Material: wood (plant material)

GUSN: 310430

Accession Number: 1998.6021

Pig Lamp

Tin pig lamp with three burners, cylindrical body and handle.

Maker: unknown

Material: tin (metal)

GUSN: 310431

Accession Number: 2000.1938

Whale Oil Lantern

Tin and glass triangular whale oil lantern.

Maker: unknown

Material: tin (metal), glass (material)

GUSN: 310438

Accession Number: 2000.1941

Wood Turned Chopping Bowl

Turned wooden bowl. Incised exterior band one inch below rim and around base.

Maker: unknown

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

GUSN: 310440

Accession Number: 1998.6022

Chopping Bowl

Oblong, oval chopping bowl made of carved wood. Two areas have been carved into the the exterior sides to provide finger holds.

Maker: unknown

Material: wood (plant material)

GUSN: 310441

Accession Number: 1998.6023

Chopping Bowl

Large, carved wooden bowl. Rectangular shape with one side slightly shorter than the other and slanting sides.

Maker: unknown

Material: wood (plant material), carving (processes)

GUSN: 310442

Accession Number: 1998.6024

Milk Pan

Broad, shallow redware pan with light brown interior glaze, unglazed exterior.

Maker: unknown

Material: earthenware, redware, glazing (coating)

GUSN: 310443

Accession Number: 1998.6032

Bull's Eye Lens

Pewter and glass bull's eye lens for reflecting lamp.

Maker: unknown

Material: glass (material), pewter (tin alloy)

GUSN: 310444

Accession Number: 2000.1937

Music Box

Cylinder music box made in Zurich, Switzerland. The music box plays eight airs (or songs). Original tune card listing songs is attached to interior lid. Cylinder is six inches long and in the original black lacquer case with hinged lid and lock plate. Case exterior is decorated with incised borders...

Date: 1890-1900

Maker: unknown

Material: wood (plant material), metal, paper (fiber product), ribbon (material)

GUSN: 310445

Accession Number: 1998.6078