Historic New England

Ladle

Silver ladle with a squared handle and an elliptical bowl. Corsican pattern.

Maker: Reed & Barton

Material: silver (metal)

GUSN: 309730

Accession Number: 1969.98

Whale Oil Lamp

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

Maker: unknown

Material: glass (material)

GUSN: 309740

Accession Number: 2000.2031

Candlestick

Colorless glass molded candlestick with octagonal base.

Maker: unknown

Material: glass (material)

GUSN: 309742

Accession Number: 2000.2018

Whale Oil Lamp

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

Maker: unknown

Material: glass (material)

GUSN: 309745

Accession Number: 2000.2015

Kerosene Hand Lamp

Colorless glass Lomax kerosene hand lamp with brass collar.

Date: 1870

Maker: unknown

Material: glass (material), brass (alloy)

GUSN: 309749

Accession Number: 2000.2029

Kerosene Lamp

Colorless glass kerosene lamp with molded font with etched floral decoration and pressed milk glass base.

Maker: unknown

Material: glass (material), brass (alloy), gilding

GUSN: 309750

Accession Number: 2000.2033

Whale Oil Lamp

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

Maker: unknown

Material: glass (material)

GUSN: 309751

Accession Number: 2000.2051

Whale Oil Lamp

Opaque white glass whale oil lamp with pressed lion head and flower basket base with frosted glass shade.

Maker: unknown

Material: glass (material), brass (alloy), tin (metal)

GUSN: 309752

Accession Number: 2000.2020AB

Decanter

Decanter (stopper missing), with faceted body and band at neck. Glass.

Maker: unknown

Material: glass (material)

GUSN: 309753

Accession Number: 2015.1.50

Decanter

Decanter with stopper. Fluted sides with three bands at neck, teardrop shaped stopper. Glass.

Maker: unknown

Material: glass (material)

GUSN: 309754

Accession Number: 2015.1.51AB

Vase

Vase, wide base tapers to a narrow neck. Cut-glass.

Maker: unknown

Material: glass (material)

GUSN: 309755

Accession Number: 2015.1.52

Float Lamp

Float lamp insert, cup shape with pointed base. Red glass.

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 309756

Accession Number: 2015.1.53

Pair of red glass float lamps

Pair of red glass float lamps squat, cylindrical form. Glass.

Maker: unknown

Material: glass (material)

GUSN: 309757

Accession Number: 2015.1.54.1-.2

Cover

Cover (bottom missing), dome shape with repeating oval pattern of "thumbprints." Molded foliate finial. Yellow glass.

Maker: unknown

Material: glass (material)

GUSN: 309759

Accession Number: 2015.1.56

Cake Stand

Cake stand with pressed floral motif. Dome shaped base with fluted sides. Glass.

Maker: unknown

Material: glass (material)

GUSN: 309760

Accession Number: 2015.1.57

Decanter

Decanter (stopper missing), pressed diamond and herringbone pattern on base, faceted neck. Glass.

Maker: unknown

Material: glass (material)

GUSN: 309761

Accession Number: 2015.1.58

Decanter

Decanter with stopper. Cut floral design around neck, leaf band around body. Teardrop shaped stopper. Glass.

Maker: unknown

Material: glass (material)

GUSN: 309762

Accession Number: 2015.1.59AB

Decanter

Decanter (stopper missing), facted sides with three bands at neck. Glass.

Maker: unknown

Material: glass (material)

GUSN: 309763

Accession Number: 2015.1.60

Whale Oil Lamp

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

Maker: unknown

Material: glass (material), brass (alloy), tin (metal)

GUSN: 309764

Accession Number: 2000.2028

Whale Oil Night Lamp

Colorless, blown, and molded glass whale oil night lamp with chimney and pewter collar.

Maker: unknown

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

GUSN: 309765

Accession Number: 2000.2030AB

Whale Oil Lamp

Pewter whale oil lamp.

Maker: Reed & Barton (Maker)

Material: pewter (tin alloy)

GUSN: 309766

Accession Number: 2000.1855

Burning Fluid Chamber Lamp

Pewter burning fluid chamber lamp with cast scroll handle and thumb rest.

Maker: N.G. Wood & Sons (Maker)

Material: pewter (tin alloy), brass (alloy)

GUSN: 309767

Accession Number: 2000.1832

Whale Oil Lamp

Pewter whale oil lamp.

Maker: unknown

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

GUSN: 309768

Accession Number: 2000.1841

Bust of George Peabody (1795-1869)

Parian bust of George Peabody, the philanthropist. Marked on the front of the pedestal "Peabody".

Date: 1870

Maker: unknown

Material: parian (porcelain)

GUSN: 309769

Accession Number: 1927.518

Chamberstick

Pewter chamberstick with removable bobeche.

Maker: Capen & Molineaux (Maker)

Material: pewter (tin alloy)

GUSN: 309770

Accession Number: 2000.1835AB

Whale Oil Chamber Lamp

Pewter whale oil chamber lamp.

Maker: unknown

Material: pewter (tin alloy)

GUSN: 309771

Accession Number: 2000.1844

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: ca. 1915

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 359697

Accession Number: 2022.32.1

Queen Anne drop-front desk with; slant drop-front hinged above with four drawers on cabriole legs; inside is fitted with seven pigeon holes and twelve drawers of various sizes, symmetrically arranged. Two compartments camouflaged by pilaster carvings on either side of center-most pigeon hold and dra...

Maker: unknown

Material: brass (alloy)

GUSN: 359698

Accession Number: 2022.33.1

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: Endicott, Helen E., 1868-1930

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: ca. 1890

Maker: Endicott, Helen E., 1868-1930

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

Quilt

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

Date: ca. 1878

Maker: unknown

Material: cotton (textile)

GUSN: 359982

Accession Number: 2022.69.5

Painting

Framed oil on canvas painting of the barn on the Cuthbertson family farm, Revere, Massachusetts, by Nathaniel Rudd, 1886, with fruit trees on the right, haystacks on the left and chickens in the foreground. Signed and dated lower left corner.

Date: 1886

Maker: Rudd, Nathaniel

Material: oil paint (paint), canvas, gilding

GUSN: 359984

Accession Number: 2022.1.1

Painting

Framed oil on canvas painting of the barn on the Cuthbertson family farm, Revere, Massachusetts, by Nathaniel Rudd, 1886. The painting depicts the Greek Revival house on the right and barn on the left from the road with cows, workers, and two individuals riding bicycles. Signed and dated lower left ...

Maker: Rudd, Nathaniel

Material: oil paint (paint), canvas, gilding

GUSN: 359985

Accession Number: 2022.1.2

Wallpaper Sample Book

W.H.S.Lloyd sample book of "Japanese Grass Cloths for Wall Coverings"

Date: ca. 1915

Maker: unknown

Material: grass (plant material), weaving

GUSN: 360040

Accession Number: 2022.99.1

"Green Worm" Wallpaper

Vermiculated light green pattern on darker green ground.

Date: ca. 1808

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 360042

Accession Number: 1971.2180

Webelos Scouts of America uniform

Blue long sleeve uniform shirt with blue buttons, Webelos scout decorated with patches, ribbons, and pins.

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 360460

Accession Number: 2023.3.1

Screened Cake Stand

Screened cake stand. Stands on four legs with hinged door. One door in front. Solid wood back and wire screen at each end and at each side of the door. Shelf has a half-circle cut out in front.

Maker: unknown

Material: wood and wood products, wire

GUSN: 360537

Accession Number: 1938.1384

Trunk

Large wooden trunk. Interior lined with London newspaper.

Date: 17th century

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 360538

Accession Number: 1945.447

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