Historic New England

Phonograph Record

Prades Festival/Pablo Casals, director; square cover for long playing record; front cover with green tone photo of mountains overlooking several towns; light blue tinted squared off center with penciled bust-length drawing of Bach (man with white wig); record inside plastic sleeve inside cover.

Date: 1950

Maker: Columbia Records Inc.

Material: vinyl, cardboard, plastic (organic material)

GUSN: 257908

Accession Number: 1998.37

Phonograph Record

MUSIC FROM MARLBORO, MOZART, CONCERTO IN E FLAT FOR TWO PIANOS K. 365; BACH, CONCERTO IN C MAJOR FOR THREE PINOA; front cover photo depicts concert hall interior; orchestra bottom center; lettering in white and gold; back cover lists pieces and summarizes concerti; record inside cover.

Date: 1940-1970

Maker: unknown

Material: vinyl, paper (fiber product), cardboard

GUSN: 257911

Accession Number: 1998.38

Phonograph Record

CORELLI, CONCERTO GROSSO NO. 8 IN G MINOR; CONCERTO GROSS NO. 3 IN C MINOR; PERGOLESI, CONCERTINO NO. 2 IN G MAJOR; VIVALDI, CONCERTO ALLA RUSTICA; square cover for 33 1/3 RPM long playing record; front cover with dark green vinyl-like ground; inscription impressin gilt; back cover with white ground...

Date: 1950

Maker: Vox Productions, Inc.

Material: vinyl, cardboard

GUSN: 257912

Accession Number: 1998.39

Phonograph Record

WIR MUSSEN/ CURCH VIEL TRUBSAL/ in das Reich Gottes ein gehen/ 9Through bitter tribulation/ we enter into God's Kingdom)/ CANTATA NO. 146; front cover pink and black background with all over cross decoration; title and artists on blue backgroud, white lettering; image of a church bottom right corner...

Date: 1953

Maker: Vanguard Recording Society Inc.

Material: vinyl, paper (fiber product), cardboard

GUSN: 257913

Accession Number: 1998.40

Phonograph Record

HANDEL DIXIT DOMINUS; square cover for 33 1/3 RPM record; front cover with white background and photo of painting "The Archangel Michael Fighting Satan"; scene in the clouds with angels, Michael with long spear jousting at beasts coming from below; god in upper right; Mary and baby Jesus in upper le...

Date: 1966

Maker: Angel Records

Material: vinyl, cardboard, paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 257914

Accession Number: 1998.41

Phonograph Record

BOCCHERINI CHAMBER MUSIC, VOLUME II; front cover depict Parliament right, twin towers of Westminster Abby behind; label of company top center in white lettering on brown background; gold sticker with black lettering; title and pieces listed center left edge; back cver similar to front; more buidings...

Date: 1940-1970

Maker: Westminster Recording Sales Corp.

Material: vinyl, paper (fiber product), cardboard

GUSN: 257915

Accession Number: 1998.42

Phonograph Record

Carl Stamitz (1746-1801) Concerto in D Major for Flute and Orchestra; square paper cover for 33 1/3 RPM long playing record; front cover with blue background and white drawing of bird with long tail feathers; back cover with white background and black inscriptions; record inside.

Date: ca. 1950

Maker: London

Material: vinyl, paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 257916

Accession Number: 1998.43

Needlework Coat of Arms

Framed needlework coat of arms on silk satin with silk and metallic threads. Foliate forms in cream, gold, green and red silk threads surround a central shield rendered in black silk and metallic threads. Shield surmounted by helmet and lion. Shield depicts March family coat of arms on the left, a g...

Maker: Possibly March, Dorcas, 1746-1820 (Embroiderer)

Material: silk (textile)

GUSN: 257918

Accession Number: 2006.44.3596

Pair of Andirons

Pair of brass andirons with tapered and stepped spire over a ridged ball; faceted shaft; conforming stepped log log stops; pad feet; curved log supports.

Date: ca. 1800

Maker: Molineux, John (active ca. 1800-1820) (Founder)

Material: brass (alloy), wrought iron (iron alloy)

GUSN: 257921

Accession Number: 2012.1.1

Phonograph Record

Handel, THE ROYAL FIREWORKS; Purcell, TRUMPET VOLUNTARY; Berlioz, FAUST, and other shorter pieces; front cover black background; yellow, red and gray; black, white, red lettering; red, yellow, white firecracker design top right corner; left center, image of a man waving baton in right hand, pointing...

Maker: London

Material: vinyl, paper (fiber product), cardboard

GUSN: 257922

Accession Number: 1998.44

Phonograph Record

The Complete String Quartets of Ludwig Von Beethoven: Quartet No. 10 in E-Flat Major ("harp"), Op. 74; square cover for 33 1/3 RPM LP record; front cover with faded blue background and bust-length drawing of Beethoven; drawing shaded in blue with white crumpled border around it; record inside.

Date: ca. 1950

Maker: Columbia Records Inc.

Material: vinyl, cardboard

GUSN: 257923

Accession Number: 1998.45

Tea Cozy

Yellow and brown striped tea cozy, United States

Date: 1940-1970

Maker: unknown

Material: yarn, knitting (process)

GUSN: 256091

Accession Number: 2011.80.97

Alfred Willard Token

Circular token. Side 1 has an image of a hair comb encircled by Alfred Willard's address. Side 2 has printed text advertising Alfred Willard's goods and services.

Date: 1830-1844

Maker: unknown

Material: copper (metal)

GUSN: 256092

Accession Number: 2011.81.1

Teapot

Teapot [a] with removeable lid [b]. Oval form with spout and bent metal handle.

Date: 1810-1840

Maker: unknown

Material: copper (metal)

GUSN: 256093

Accession Number: 2011.82.1AB

Chocolate Pot

Chocolate pot [a] with removable lid [b] and wooden handle. Oval form, s-shaped spout.

Date: 1810-1840

Maker: unknown

Material: copper (metal), wood (plant material)

GUSN: 256094

Accession Number: 2011.82.2AB

Footed Vase

Footed vase with flared rim. Circular base.

Date: 1850-1880

Maker: unknown

Material: copper (metal)

GUSN: 256095

Accession Number: 2011.82.3

Vase

Vase with stepped base and flared rim.

Date: 1850-1880

Maker: unknown

Material: copper (metal)

GUSN: 256096

Accession Number: 2011.82.4

Pitcher

Pitcher with handle.

Date: 1810-1840

Maker: unknown

Material: copper (metal)

GUSN: 256097

Accession Number: 2011.82.5

Shawl

Paisley shawl, black with wide paisley border in orange, red, white, pale blue, and green. Multi-colored fringe.

Date: 1850-1865

Maker: unknown

Material: wool (hair)

GUSN: 256098

Accession Number: 2011.83.1

Pair of stockings

Pair of white hand knit stockings made of linen or possibly silk.

Date: 1830-1890

Maker: unknown

Material: linen (material), silk (textile)

GUSN: 256099

Accession Number: 2011.83.2AB

Pair of stockings

Pair of pale ecru colored hand knit stockings of linen or possibly silk.

Date: 1830-1890

Maker: unknown

Material: linen (material), silk (textile)

GUSN: 256100

Accession Number: 2011.83.3AB

Pair of stockings

Pair of gray and beige hand knit stockings.

Date: 1830-1890

Maker: unknown

Material: cotton (textile)

GUSN: 256101

Accession Number: 2011.83.4AB

Pair of stockings

Pair of white machine knit stockings with three beige stripes along top edge.

Date: ca. 1910

Maker: unknown

Material: cotton (textile)

GUSN: 256102

Accession Number: 2011.83.5AB

Duraglas bottle

One quart glass milk bottle, "Duraglas".

Date: 1940-1955

Maker: unknown

Material: glass (material)

GUSN: 256103

Accession Number: 2011.83.6

Ice Bucket

Hammered aluminum ice bucket [a] with cover [b]. Bucket has a scalloped edge. Attached handles have a flower and ribbon design. Cover has flower bud finial and engraved floral decoration.

Date: 1950-1960

Maker: unknown

Material: aluminum (metal)

GUSN: 256104

Accession Number: 2011.83.7AB

Mixing Bowl

Pink Pyrex mixing bowl with attached handles.

Date: ca. 1940

Maker: Pyrex (Manufacturer)

Material: glass (material)

GUSN: 256105

Accession Number: 2011.83.8

Wooden screen

Wooden fretwork screen, Removed from the Samuel Clarke House, built 1840, 5 Winter Street, Salem, Massachusetts.

Date: 1875-1895

Maker: Cutting & DeLaney (Manufacturer)

Material: pine (wood)

GUSN: 256107

Accession Number: 2011.85.1

Collection of stencils

Collection of stencils, Copied by Ruth Douglas, Paper and paint, New England

Date: 1960s-2010

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 256109

Accession Number: 2011.86.1A-O

Photograph of Elizabeth Tracy Crehore

Framed black and white photograph of Elizabeth Tracy Crehore (1859-1938). Elizabeth is wearing a scoop neck dress with ruffled edge and has a feathered aigrette in her hair. Round brass frame.

Date: 1880-1890

Maker: unknown

Material: photographs

GUSN: 256160

Accession Number: 2011.111.9

Set of Pyrex Mixing Bowls

Set of four 400 Series Primary Color glass mixing bowls manufactured by Pyrex. All bowls are molded white glass with exterior colors as follows: blue (.4) = pint; red (.3) = 1.25 quart; green (.2) = 2.5 quart; yellow (.1) = 4 quart.

Date: 1940-1950

Maker: Pyrex (Manufacturer)

Material: Pyrex (TM)

GUSN: 256163

Accession Number: 2011.112.2.1-.4

Lemonade Set

Green glass hand-painted lemonade set of pitcher and five glasses.

Date: 1916

Maker: unknown

Material: glass (material), hand-painted

GUSN: 256164

Accession Number: 2011.112.3.1-.6

Wallpaper

Wallpaper fragment, Rocco-revival pattern, vertical purple and tan floral vined stripe with red central accents on gloss cream ground.

Date: ca. 1901

Maker: M.H. Birge & Sons Co.

Material: paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 256173

Accession Number: 2011.114.2

Wallpaper

Wallpaper fragment, dark blue ribbon and orange star pattern on light blue ground.

Date: ca. 1948

Maker: Nancy McClelland, Inc.

Material: paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 256175

Accession Number: 2011.114.4

Wallpaper

Rolled wallpaper fragment, "Longfellow Frieze", border for ribbon and star paper. Gathered pink floral and and blue rope tassle, covered by greenery on a blue ground.

Date: ca. 1948

Maker: Nancy McClelland, Inc.

Material: block printing (relief printing process)

GUSN: 256176

Accession Number: 2011.114.5

Wallpaper Border

Rolled border sample, green curtain swags with green rosettes and gray tassels, egg and dart border above in gray, gilt accents. Copy of an original 1870s Zuber et Cie border, Waterhouse Wallhangings Inc., 1970s-1980s

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 256191

Accession Number: 2011.116.9

Portrait of a Mi'kmaw Person

Watercolor on paper portrait of a Native American (Mi'kmaq) man in a brimmed hat, blue tunic, silver gorget around his neck, blue leggings and quilled moccasins steps over the rim of his birch bark canoe on to the shore. He carries a gun in his right hand. He smokes a pipe and looks into the distanc...

Date: ca. 1848

Maker: Sprague, Isaac, 1811-1895 (Artist)

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

GUSN: 256197

Accession Number: 2011.117.1

Cans of drinking water

Seven cans of Emergency Drinking Water [.1-.7], Cylindrical metal can, painted gray green with black painted labels.

Date: 1955-1965

Maker: MacDonald-Bernier Co. (Manufacturer)

Material: metal, drinking water

GUSN: 256202

Accession Number: 2011.119.2.1-.7

Can Opener

Metal can opener with folding corkscrew in handle.

Date: 1955-1965

Maker: Turner & Seymour Mfg. Co. (Manufacturer)

Material: metal

GUSN: 256203

Accession Number: 2011.119.3

Fire Bucket

Fire bucket, green painted body with black painted rim. Leather handle is missing.

Date: 1815

Maker: unknown

Material: leather, paint (coating)

GUSN: 256204

Accession Number: 2011.120.1

"vogel greif"

Black and white print of mixed geometric forms.

Date: 1937

Maker: Schawinsky, Xanti (American painter, photographer, and illustrator, 1940-1979) (Artist)

Material: paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 256210

Accession Number: 2011.122.1

Tankards

Pair of tulip/baluster shaped ale tankards.

Date: ca. 1750

Maker: unknown

Material: britannia metal

GUSN: 256220

Accession Number: 1999.489

Tankard

Tulip/baluster shaped ale tankard. Domed and hinged lid with slightly scrolled thumbpiece. Hinge has decorative plate with tear drop end. 'S' scroll handle with decorative molded lower knop. Single raised rib around waist. Concave ring beneath body, low molded foot. Marked to left of upper han...

Date: ca. 1750

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 256221

Accession Number: 1999.489.1

Tankard

Tulip/baluster shaped ale tankard. Domed and hinged lid with slightly scrolled thumbpiece. Hinge has decorative plate with tear drop end. 'S' scroll handle with decorative molded lower knop. Single raised rib around waist. Concave ring beneath body, low molded foot. Marked to left of upper han...

Date: ca. 1750

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 256222

Accession Number: 1999.489.2

Coffee pot

Flat hinged lid fitted inside of neck, urn finial. 'C' scroll handle with spur at top. Ribbed serpentine spout. Bell shaped body with footed bowl form base. No markings.

Date: 1840-1880

Maker: unknown

Material: britannia metal

GUSN: 256224

Accession Number: 1999.490

Coffeepot

Tapered cylindrical body with 3 ribs on waist, flared neck fitted inside with hinged domed lid and conical finial. 'C' scrolled cast handle painted black. Facted serpentine spout.

Date: 1800-1825

Maker: unknown

Material: britannia metal

GUSN: 256226

Accession Number: 1999.491

Teapot

Squat squarish oval body with heavily molded shoulders. Broadly overhung top fitted with hinged lid having rectangular wooden finial. Spurred 'C' scroll wooden handle and serpentine spout. Four ball feet.

Date: 1825-1850

Maker: unknown

Material: britannia metal

GUSN: 256227

Accession Number: 1999.492

Pitcher

Pear shaped body with broad, slightly convex foot. Holes punched for strainer behind spout. 'C'-shaped handle with decorative molding at top. Possibly once had a hinge for cover, but now missing.

Date: 1730-1760

Maker: unknown

Material: pewter (tin alloy)

GUSN: 256228

Accession Number: 1999.493

Pipe box

Three tiered elaborate cut-out at top of backboard and face boards of both compartments. Each has tear drop at center: back has crown-like shape above this, 2 others have horned scroll cut-out. Dovetailed drawer in base with thumbnail molding of top and side edges of maple front, turned wooden pul...

Date: 1725-1775

Maker: unknown

Material: pine (wood), maple (wood)

GUSN: 256229

Accession Number: 1999.494

Chest of Drawers

Paneled end chest of four graduated drawers. Walnut top with double layer of dentils under edge. Hung, nail constructed drawers have heavily molded walnut veneer facing, each drawer having two raised panels with replaced pull at center, lock fitted in space between panels. Molded drawer dividers....

Date: 1680-1710

Maker: unknown

Material: walnut (wood), chestnut (wood), elm (wood), softwood

GUSN: 256230

Accession Number: 1999.495

Table

"Sawbuck" crossed legged base. Legs have elaborate edge profile. stretcher with molded edges tenons through center of leg crossing. Simple 2 board top attached to legs by bracing dovetailed through edge of top, exact method of original construction unknown due to series of later alterations. Ref...

Date: 1700-1800

Maker: unknown

Material: pine (wood), spruce (wood)

GUSN: 256231

Accession Number: 1999.496

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