Historic New England

Bellows

Wooden bellows done with pyrographic decoration. The decoration is a foliate design which is painted in shades of greens and red. Leather air pouch and around the edges is leather.

Date: ca. 1900

Maker: unknown

Material: wood (plant material), pyrography

GUSN: 223695

Accession Number: 2004.37.3

Soap box

Wooden soap box, made of nailed coarse planks. It bears the mention "IVORY" in bold characters on one its side.

Maker: unknown

Material: wood (plant material), metal

GUSN: 223696

Accession Number: 2006.44.2040

Lady finger pan

Lady finger baking pan with six individual molds, each with fluted ends.

Maker: unknown

Material: metal

GUSN: 223697

Accession Number: 2006.44.1637

Outer box, dovetail joints. Top has metal handle. Pointsettias flower and leaves. Front the metal clasp to secure opening. Top portion of metal clasp is broken on the PR side, big pointsettia flower in center of front with leaves branching out. PR side leaves and wilted flower. No design on two met...

Maker: Flemish Art Co. (Maker)

Material: wood (plant material)

GUSN: 223699

Accession Number: 2004.37.4

Soap box

Wooden soap box with a heraldic crowned lion stamped on one of its sides.

Maker: unknown

Material: wood (plant material), metal

GUSN: 223701

Accession Number: 2006.44.2039

Mixing bowl

Small white mixing bowl with crackle glaze.

Maker: unknown

Material: ceramic (material)

GUSN: 223702

Accession Number: 2006.44.1639

Laundry stove

Iron laundry stove. It stands on four short legs. Each leg has a heart design on it and the base that the legs connect to is round with pinched in sides. Pear shaped body with eight prongs to hold irons against the heat of the stove. At the top and bottom are doors. The top surface allows for two se...

Maker: unknown

Material: iron (metal)

GUSN: 223709

Accession Number: 2006.44.2023

Pyrography Kit

Outer box: cherry branches. Front design is not complete the image was stamped on the top and sides and then the person worked on the outline. Hinges on the front will fold down giving easier access. Inside: Oval can filled wiht absorbant material to use with benzine; rubber hand bulb, cork point ha...

Maker: Flemish Art Co. (Maker)

Material: wood (plant material)

GUSN: 223710

Accession Number: 2004.37.5

Pyrography Kit

Outside box: dovetail joints, top completed wood burn, burnches of cherries on branches. Front stamped pattern visible, started background shading, metal upward u-shaped latch. PR side stamped cherry pattern visible no attempt to finish. Back plain wiht two hinges for top. PL side stamped cherry pat...

Maker: Flemish Art Co. (Maker)

Material: wood (plant material)

GUSN: 223711

Accession Number: 2004.37.6

Basket

Large wide wicker basket. It has one lid and two handles at the end. At the frond edge of the lid are two rings sticking out that begs can be put through to hold the lid in placep

Maker: unknown

Material: wicker

GUSN: 223712

Accession Number: 2006.44.2007

Ironing board

Sleeve ironing board. Narrow wooden ironing board on footed base.

Maker: unknown

Material: wood (plant material), cotton (textile), metal

GUSN: 223713

Accession Number: 2006.44.2002

Basket

Large wicker backet. There are two handles on the sides and one handle has a rope hanging down from it.

Maker: unknown

Material: wicker

GUSN: 223715

Accession Number: 2006.44.2008

Clothes wringer

Clothes wringer with a wooden bar at top and two spindles at the ends that are in the shape of key heads. There is a handle to crank and that turns the two rollers. On the right side is a ledge. Underneath the ledge are two clamps on each end.

Maker: unknown

Material: wood (plant material), metal

GUSN: 223716

Accession Number: 2006.44.2014

Pyrography Kit, "Pyrex"

A box with pyrographic decoration has tools for making pyrographic designs. This one is form the "pyrex". There are ten objects inside. Pyro benzine bottle empty - Favor, Rund & Co., Boston; NY; Chicago -Brown Pyrography Art stain with instruction label peeling, wax stopper on top- green pyrography ...

Maker: unknown

Material: wood (plant material), metal

GUSN: 223860

Accession Number: 2004.37.7

Clothes wringer

Clothes wringer with a wooden bar at top and two spindles at the ends that are in the shape of key heads. There is a handle to crank and that turns the two rollers. On the right side is a ledge. Underneath the ledge are two clamps on each end.

Maker: unknown

Material: wood (plant material), metal

GUSN: 223861

Accession Number: 2006.44.2017

Drying rack

Small wooden drying rack.

Maker: unknown

Material: wood (plant material)

GUSN: 223862

Accession Number: 2006.44.2009

Soap saver

Soap saver with lid. The back edge is flat and the rest of it arches away from it. There is a lid that has a ring on the edge for opening the lid.

Maker: unknown

Material: tin (metal)

GUSN: 223863

Accession Number: 2006.44.2022

Drying rack

Large wooden drying rack.

Maker: unknown

Material: wood (plant material)

GUSN: 223864

Accession Number: 2006.44.2019

Fireplace tile

Square earthenware tile. Painted decoration divides surface of tile into nine squares with flowers and vines within. Painted in green, black, and purple on a cream ground.

Date: ca. 1870

Maker: unknown

Material: earthenware

GUSN: 223870

Accession Number: 2009.47

Fireplace tile

Square fireplace tile with polychrome glaze and hand painted central floral design in blue, yellow and green. Fleur-de-lis decoration in the corners. Probably Dutch.

Date: ca. 1700

Maker: unknown

Material: earthenware

GUSN: 224564

Accession Number: 2009.48

Pyro-Ceramic Art Magazine

This magazine is devoted to information on wood burning, china painting, wood carving, home decoration. Brown paper cover, twenty-four pages and brown page of advertisements at back. Backside of front cover all advertisemetns, entire back cover also advertisements. Bound by staples.

Maker: G. Harry Abbott (Publisher)

Material: paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 224568

Accession Number: 2004.37.8

Shelf

Wooden shelf, painted in black, with fours narrow shelves

Maker: unknown

Material: wood (plant material), paint (coating)

GUSN: 224573

Accession Number: 2006.44.2015

Iron

Electric iron, with a plastic black handle and a wire attached to a plug. A temperature-control button in black plastic is fixed on the top of the iron body.

Maker: unknown

Material: metal, plastic (organic material), wire

GUSN: 224577

Accession Number: 2006.44.2035

Sink

Soapstone sink, with four basins of the same size and eight copper faucets (one unattached and one is smaller than the others), distributed in pairs above each basin. The sink is framed in a wooden frame, and mounted on three feet.

Maker: unknown

Material: soapstone (metamorphic rock), copper alloy, wood (plant material)

GUSN: 224590

Accession Number: 2006.44.2011

Table

Round wooden tables, with two mobile wings and a drawer. It is covered with a plastic/vinyl napcloth

Maker: unknown

Material: wood (plant material), vinyl, metal

GUSN: 224593

Accession Number: 2006.44.2034

Ironing board

Wooden ironing board with three feet, and covered with a gray cloth.

Maker: unknown

Material: wood (plant material), cloth, metal

GUSN: 224595

Accession Number: 2006.44.2018

Pencil holder

Nail shaped pencil holder with a broad flat head.

Maker: unknown

Material: metal

GUSN: 222701

Accession Number: 2006.44.2681.2

Third Liberty Loan button

Round blue and white Third Liberty Loan button with red trim. Button has image of cracked Liberty Bell surrounded by text and a pin fastener.

Date: 1914-1918

Maker: unknown

Material: metal

GUSN: 222702

Accession Number: 2006.44.3396

Third Liberty Loan button

Round blue and white Third Liberty Loan button with red trim. Button has image of cracked Liberty Bell surrounded by text and no fastener.

Date: 1914-1918

Maker: unknown

Material: metal

GUSN: 222703

Accession Number: 2006.44.3405

Red Cross button

Round button with white background and Red Cross symbol in center. Pin fastener.

Date: 1914-1918

Maker: The Whitehead & Hoag Co. (Manufacturer)

Material: metal

GUSN: 222705

Accession Number: 2006.44.3378

Pocket knife

Sterling silver pocket knife with a single blade on one side a pointed stick on the other. At the opposite end from the base of the blade is a cirlce.

Date: 1832

Maker: unknown

Material: sterling silver

GUSN: 222706

Accession Number: 2006.44.2680

Hockey Jacket

Red wool, waist-length jacket with black quilted silk lining; white leather patches on shoulders and along edges of pockets; white painted metal snaps; red wool collar; white stripes on cuffs and along bottom; white stitching on left bicep reads "Bobby" and stitching on left breast reads "Burlington...

Date: ca. 1982

Maker: unknown

Material: wool (textile), leather, silk (textile)

GUSN: 222708

Accession Number: 2003.13

Red Cross button

Round button with white background and blue trim. Image of Red Cross symbol in center with date printed below in blue. Pin fastener.

Date: 1919

Maker: The American Art Works, Inc. (Manufacturer)

Material: metal

GUSN: 222709

Accession Number: 2006.44.3387

Wallpapered board

Board painted white on one side with a wallpaper fragment on the other. Alternating stripes (large vine and zig-zag) in brown and black on white ground.

Date: ca. 1810

Maker: unknown

Material: wood (plant material), paper (fiber product), wallpapers, paint (coating), painting (coating)

GUSN: 222711

Accession Number: 2003.14.1

Button

Round button with white background and seven European flags in color. Pin fastener.

Date: 1914-1918

Maker: Eagle Regalia Company (Manufacturer)

Material: metal

GUSN: 222712

Accession Number: 2006.44.2687

Dog collar

Brown leather dog collar with gold stitching down the sides. There is one buckle and a hook at the other end.

Maker: unknown

Material: leather, metal

GUSN: 222714

Accession Number: 2006.44.2674

I Own a Liberty Bond button

Round I own a Liberty Loan button with blue background and red trim with pin fastener. Image of the Statue of Liberty and text in white.

Date: 1914-1918

Maker: Ehrman Mfg. Co. (Manufacturer)

Material: metal

GUSN: 222715

Accession Number: 2006.44.3388

Dog collar

Dog collar with a wide rectangle buckle. There are six holes for the buckle and the color is a dark brown.

Maker: unknown

Material: leather, metal

GUSN: 222716

Accession Number: 2006.44.2675

Split lathe

Board, stained white from plaster on one side, with nail holes at both ends; large splits throughout length of board; some plaster remnants in splits.

Date: 1800-1830

Maker: unknown

Material: wood (plant material), plaster, metal

GUSN: 222717

Accession Number: 2003.14.2

I Own a Liberty Bond button

Round I Own a Liberty Bond button with blue background and red trim with pin fastener. Image of the Statue of Liberty and text in white.

Date: 1914-1918

Maker: Ehrman Mfg. Co. (Manufacturer)

Material: metal

GUSN: 222719

Accession Number: 2006.44.3377

Penny

1953 United States penny. The obverse has the head of President Lincoln. The reverse has two wheat ears down the edges of the penny.

Date: 1953

Maker: unknown

Material: copper (metal)

GUSN: 222720

Accession Number: 2006.44.2686.1

Serving Spoons

A pair of two serving spoons with a spatulate handles, rounded shoulders, and pointed oval bowls.

Date: 1856-1860

Maker: unknown

Material: silver (metal)

GUSN: 222721

Accession Number: 2003.15.1.1-.2

Coin

Coin decorated with stars and foliage along the edges

Maker: unknown

Material: metal

GUSN: 222722

Accession Number: 2006.44.2686.2

Liberty Loan button

Round Liberty Loan button with blue background and white text and a pin fastener.

Date: 1914-1918

Maker: The American Art Works, Inc. (Manufacturer)

Material: metal

GUSN: 222723

Accession Number: 2006.44.3385

Portrait of Anna Phillips

Framed photographic print of Anna Wheatland Phillips. Portrait of Anna as an older woman seated in profile. Her hair is white and pulled back and she is wearing a plaid dress with a white collar. Plain wood frame.

Date: 1920

Maker: unknown

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

GUSN: 222724

Accession Number: 2006.44.851

Calling card

Calling card with a written message. It has been torn into two pieces.

Maker: unknown

Material: paper (fiber product), ink

GUSN: 222725

Accession Number: 2006.44.2686.3

Liberty Loan button

Round Liberty Loan button with blue background and white text and a pin fastener.

Date: 1914-1918

Maker: The American Art Works, Inc. (Manufacturer)

Material: metal

GUSN: 222726

Accession Number: 2006.44.3386

Coin purse

Brown leather coin purse. The clasp is silver with two crossing balls. The inside has four pockets and the middle two have a clasp that is raised.

Maker: unknown

Material: leather, metal

GUSN: 222728

Accession Number: 2006.44.2686.4

Teaspoon

Set of six silver teaspoons with spatulate handles, rounded shoulders, and a pointed oval bowls.

Date: 1856-1860

Maker: unknown

Material: silver (metal)

GUSN: 222729

Accession Number: 2003.15.2

Fourth Liberty Loan button

Round Fourth Liberty Loan button with blue background and white text. Center image depicts a white flag with red trim and four vertical blue stripes. Pin fastener.

Date: 1914-1918

Maker: The American Art Works, Inc. (Manufacturer)

Material: metal

GUSN: 222730

Accession Number: 2006.44.3383

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