Historic New England

Small Box with Hinged Cover

Small silver box with hinged cover engraved with medallions, crosshatch pattern and flowers. Inside the box is a second hinged gold cover with leaf-shaped filigree cut-out. In the box are four, round silver tokens engraved with the numbers 1 through 4 on one side and with a heart, spade, clover and ...

Maker: unknown

Material: silver (metal), gold (metal)

GUSN: 314351

Accession Number: 1916.161

Medicine Bottle

No description

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 314402

Accession Number: 1922.356.2

Portrait of Nina Jarvie Fletcher (1903-1993)

Portrait of Nina Jarvie Fletcher as a young girl wearing a white dress, stockings, and shoes. Nina has a small gold bracelet on her left arm and is holding an armful of long stemmed pink roses. Watercolor on ivory.

Date: 1908

Maker: Newell, Claude Potter, 1870- (Artist)

Material: watercolor (paint), ivory (tooth component)

GUSN: 314481

Accession Number: 2015.105.1

Bathrobe

Men's bathrobe with patch pockets, rope trim, and original rope tie, purple, white, and red plaid. Beacon Manufacturing Company.

Date: 1950-1970

Maker: unknown

Material: cellulose acetate, cotton (textile)

GUSN: 314532

Accession Number: 2015.106.1

Women's cap

Women's cap made from white cotton dimity. Crown is formed from wide band of dimity gathered into a 4.5" diameter round. A shaped band to cover the ears and sides of the head is set into the crown with a decorative band of embroidered cutwork set at the base of the skull. A plain-weave cotton ruffle...

Date: 1800-1820

Maker: Pierce, Hannah Cummings (Maker)

Material: dimity, stamping (marking), cotton (textile)

GUSN: 314534

Accession Number: 2015.108.1

Peg Lamp

No description

Maker: unknown

Material: glass (material)

GUSN: 314551

Accession Number: 1980.72

Wallet Containing Appointment Book

Brown leather folding wallet with metal shell-shaped clasp. Interior of light tan leather, contains a small combination calendar-ledger-address- appointment book, pencil, stamp pockets, and coin purse with hinged, metal clasp.

Date: 1884

Maker: unknown

Material: leather, metal, paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 314613

Accession Number: 1936.865

Balance Scale in Box

Dis-assembled balancing scale missing base. Stored inside box 1936.353b with another scale (1936.353) and set of weights (1936.354a-m). Missing base.

Maker: unknown

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

GUSN: 314632

Accession Number: 1936.352A-F

Saltcellar

No description

Maker: unknown

Material: glass (material)

GUSN: 314711

Accession Number: 1932.2106.1-.2

Wine glass

No description

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 314712

Accession Number: 1956.90

Butter Chip

Small earthenware plates with mulberry colored transfer-print pattern. Central scene of Asian sailing vessel passing in front of buildings with spires. A spray of flowers in the foreground. The scene is encircled by a chain of lozenge figures. On the rim is a chevron and floral spray border pattern.

Date: 1830-1850

Maker: unknown

Material: earthenware, transfer printing

GUSN: 314730

Accession Number: 1980.357.5

Commemorative Saucer

Small porcelain plate with black on white image of the Aspinwall House. Metallic gold trim.

Maker: unknown

Material: porcelain

GUSN: 314731

Accession Number: 1934.1043

Sauce Dish

Pressed glass sauce dish.

Maker: unknown

Material: glass (material)

GUSN: 314748

Accession Number: 1941.518.1

Portrait of Rebecca Dudley Gerrish (1726-1809)

Half length portrait of Rebecca Dudley Gerrish. Sitter is wearing a brown dress with white ruffled bodice, and a blue shawl. A strand of pearls is woven through her brown hair. Gilt frame.

Date: ca. 1763-1766

Maker: Copley, John Singleton, 1738-1815 (Artist)

Material: oil paint (paint), canvas

GUSN: 314751

Accession Number: 2015.109.1

Box

Small rectangular paper box and dettached lid with glass panel. Painted color outdoor scene of man leading mule with woman seated atop and white dog walking aside. Box and lid are trimmed with gilt paper strips, embossed with row of dots. Interior lined with teal paper.

Maker: unknown

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

GUSN: 314765

Accession Number: 1964.85

Dish

Pressed glass dish.

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 314766

Accession Number: 1927.1204

Card Table

Federal card table with a rectangular top, tapering legs.

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 314767

Accession Number: 1949.259

Mustard Pot

Colorless glass mustard pot on three legs in daisy and button pattern.

Maker: unknown

Material: glass (material)

GUSN: 314811

Accession Number: 1941.459

Curtain tiebacks

Five pairs of curtain tiebacks made of gilded, pressed tin formed in the shape of a rose with leaves.

Date: 1890-1950

Maker: unknown

Material: tin (metal), gilding

GUSN: 314812

Accession Number: 1958.248.1AB-.5AB

Goblet

Coloress, pressed glass goblet with bell-shaped flowers, fruit and vines.

Maker: unknown

Material: glass (material)

GUSN: 314819

Accession Number: 1941.403

Box of Checkers

Cardboard box with lid containing 15 red and 15 black wooden checkers. Box printed in beige and red.

Date: 1890-1950

Maker: unknown

Material: wood and wood products, cardboard, paint (coating)

GUSN: 314821

Accession Number: 1958.462.1-.31

Figure

No description

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 314823

Accession Number: 1931.144B

Cake Stand

Colorless glass cake stand with molded thistle pattern.

Maker: unknown

Material: glass (material)

GUSN: 314825

Accession Number: 1941.440

Card Table

Mahogany Federal card table with satinwood panels and tapered, reeded legs.

Date: 1790-1818

Maker: unknown

Material: mahogany (wood)

GUSN: 314845

Accession Number: 1932.2154

Tablespoon

Silver tablespoon with a spatulate handle and a pointed oval bowl.

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 314885

Accession Number: 1969.780

Pair of Card Tables

Pair of Federal card tables. Made in Portsmouth, New Hampshire.

Date: 1800-1815

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 314886

Accession Number: 1992.166.1-.2

Ladle

Silver ladle with a fiddle handle.

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 314894

Accession Number: 1993.688

Teaspoon

One of a set of six. Silver teaspoon with an upturned spatulate handle and an oval bowl. Beaded and floral design.

Maker: unknown

Material: silver (metal)

GUSN: 314903

Accession Number: 1971.1855.6

Platter

Blue transfer-printed pearlware platter. Floral border with cherub and goats in scroll medallions. Central scene depicting St. Peters College.

Date: 1827-1831

Maker: William Adams & Sons (Maker)

Material: pearlware, transfer printing

GUSN: 316175

Accession Number: 1926.406

Ceramic Egg

A ceramic egg with floral polychrome decoration.

Maker: unknown

Material: ceramic (material)

GUSN: 371520

Accession Number: 2016.188.1316

Small Vase

A small blue Nailsea style vase.

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 371521

Accession Number: 2016.188.1317

Cross-stitched Textile

A cross stitched textile fragment showing a floral arrangement shaped like a lute.

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 371522

Accession Number: 2016.188.1318

Paperweight

A Perthshire paper weight with a central figure of St. Joseph and a millifiore border in a faceted body.

Maker: unknown

Material: glass (material)

GUSN: 371523

Accession Number: 2016.188.1319

Paperweight

A vintage rectangular glass paperweight with a photograph of Dresden church.

Maker: unknown

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

GUSN: 371524

Accession Number: 2016.188.1320

Rug

An antique Serapi oriental rug with a large central ivory medallion and an inner blue medallion in shades of coral with a primary dark blue border, with a stylized floral design and an inner and outer ivory border.

Maker: unknown

Material: textiles

GUSN: 371525

Accession Number: 2016.188.1321

Pair of Electric Lamps

A pair of nineteenth century celadon vases with blue bird and floral decoration converted to table lamps with wooden bases and black paper shades. A decorative glass polychrome finial showing the bust of a man is affixed to the top.

Date: 1800-1899

Maker: unknown

Material: ceramic (material), wood and wood products, metal, paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 371526

Accession Number: 2016.188.1322AB

Candle Stand

A Queen Anne mahogany candle stand with a shaped square top and an urn turned shaft on a tripod base with snake feet.

Date: 1740-1780

Maker: unknown

Material: maple (wood), carving (processes)

GUSN: 371527

Accession Number: 2016.188.1323

Camel Back Sofa

A federal style camel back sofa with a loose single cushion, green fabric upholstery, scrolled arms outlined with brass tacks, molded mahogany tapered front legs, canted rear legs, and H-shaped stretcher with secondary rear stretcher.

Date: 1755-1780

Maker: unknown

Material: upholstery, mahogany (wood)

GUSN: 371528

Accession Number: 2016.188.1324

Looking Glass

A Chippendale mahogany veneer scroll frame mirror with a gilded cartouche with scrolling foliate design and an inner gilded liner. American or English.

Date: 1760-1790

Maker: unknown

Material: glass (material), mahogany (wood), gilding

GUSN: 371529

Accession Number: 2016.188.1325

Side Chair

A Queen Anne maple side chair with a vase-shaped splat, a bulbous front stretcher, block and vase turned front legs with Spanish feet, plain side and rear stretchers, raking rear legs.

Date: 1900-1999

Maker: unknown

Material: rush (material), carving (processes), turning (shaping process), maple (wood), varnish

GUSN: 371530

Accession Number: 2016.188.1326

Candle Stand

A mahogany Queen Anne style candle stand with a custom square top inset with nine Delft tiles, on an urn turned shaft and a tripod base with snake feet.

Date: 1950-1990

Maker: unknown

Material: carving (processes), mahogany (wood), ceramic tile

GUSN: 371531

Accession Number: 2016.188.1327

Stool

An eighteenth century English walnut joint stool with a rectangular top and a molded edge, block, ring and vase turned splayed legs and stretchers at the base.

Maker: unknown

Material: walnut (wood), turning (shaping process), carving (processes)

GUSN: 371532

Accession Number: 2016.188.1328

Easy Chair

A Queen Anne style easy chair upholstered in green linen, mahogany cabriole front legs terminating in pad feet, turned vase and ring H-shaped stretchers, and molded splayed rear legs.

Date: 1900-1999

Maker: unknown

Material: mahogany (wood), upholstery

GUSN: 371533

Accession Number: 2016.188.1329

Side Chair

A Queen Anne mahogany side chair with a vase-shaped splat, a slip seat upholstered in green linen, a scalloped skirt, turned H-shaped stretcher, cabriole legs and pad feet. Probably Boston.

Date: 1735-1755

Maker: unknown

Material: carving (processes), turning (shaping process), mahogany (wood), upholstery

GUSN: 371534

Accession Number: 2016.188.1330

Engraving

A nineteenth century Rowlandson hand colored engraving, "Rum Characters In the Shrubbery" with a gin barrel at the left and a bartender and ladies at the right, in a black and gold frame.

Maker: unknown

Material: ink, paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 371535

Accession Number: 2016.188.1331

Barometer and Thermometer

A nineteenth century mahogany mercury stick barometer and thermometer, Frederick Pool, Boston, with a hinged door at the top.

Date: 1800-1899

Maker: unknown

Material: mahogany (wood), mercury, brass (alloy)

GUSN: 371536

Accession Number: 2016.188.1333

Foot Stool

An English mahogany Queen Anne foot stool with a rectangular green upholstered top, cabriole legs and pad feet.

Date: 1900-1999

Maker: unknown

Material: mahogany (wood), upholstery

GUSN: 371537

Accession Number: 2016.188.1334

Tea Table

A mahogany Queen Anne tea table, shaped top with rounded corners, shaped skirt, straight rounded tapering legs, and pad fee in tall discs. Rhode Island.

Date: 1740-1780

Maker: unknown

Material: maple (wood), stain (coating)

GUSN: 371538

Accession Number: 2016.188.1335

Windsor Bow-back Arm Chair

A bow-back Windsor arm chair, nine rear spindles, carved knuckle arms, turned arm supports, a saddle shaped seat, bulbous turned splayed legs, turned H-shaped stretcher. Traces of green paint under seat.

Date: 1780-1800

Maker: unknown

Material: carving (processes), turning (shaping process), wood and wood products

GUSN: 371539

Accession Number: 2016.188.1336

Windsor Bow-back Arm Chair

A bow-back Windsor arm chair, seven rear spindles, carved knuckle arms, turned arm supports, a saddle shaped seat, bulbous turned splayed legs, turned H-shaped stretcher.

Date: 1780-1800

Maker: unknown

Material: carving (processes), turning (shaping process), wood and wood products

GUSN: 371540

Accession Number: 2016.188.1337

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