Historic New England

Shoes

Pair of white summer shoes

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 316815

Accession Number: 1993.54.1-.2AB

Shoes

Pair of patent black tap dancing shoes.

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 316816

Accession Number: 2008.12.108AB

Women's Shoes

Pair of beige fabric covered shoes with pointed toes.

Date: 1965-1975

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 316817

Accession Number: 2008.12.27.1AB

Women's Shoes

Pair of women's cream colored satin shoes (.1ab) with rhinestones in original cardboard box (.2ab).

Date: 1938

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 316818

Accession Number: 2008.12.4.1AB-.2AB

Shoes

A pair of child's brown shoes.

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 316819

Accession Number: 2008.12.94.1AB

Shoes

Pair of child's brown shoes

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 316820

Accession Number: 2008.12.94.2AB

Hat

Navy canvas hat, no brim

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 316822

Accession Number: 2008.12.88

Bonnet

Straw bonnet with a black velvet ribbon

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 316823

Accession Number: 2008.12.99

Bonnet

Cream colored baby bonnet

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 316825

Accession Number: 1988.354

Bonnet

A gray colored baby bonnet with a wide brim

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 316826

Accession Number: 1988.228

Bonnet

Rust colored child's bonnet with a black ribbon

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 316827

Accession Number: 1988.227

Hat

Women's red twill cap.

Date: 1979

Maker: unknown

Material: cotton (textile)

GUSN: 316828

Accession Number: 2008.12.48.2

Bonnet

Rain bonnet in a blue plastic case. Middlesex Institution for Savings.

Date: 1950-1980

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 316829

Accession Number: 2008.12.37.2AB

Bonnet

Rain bonnet in a plastic red case, Lexington Trust Company.

Date: 1950-1980

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 316830

Accession Number: 2008.12.37.1AB

Dragon Figure

Chinese dragon figure.

Maker: unknown

Material: porcelain

GUSN: 316831

Accession Number: 1937.760

Oval, porcelain enameled platter with green tendrils, pink peonies, and butterflies around six medallions depicting figures engaged in various activities and birds, insects, and flowers. A central circular medallion depicts a floral decoration. This design is sometimes known as Rose Medallion.

Date: 1825-1850

Maker: unknown

Material: porcelain, enameling, painting (coating)

GUSN: 316832

Accession Number: 1963.323.1

Shoe Box

No description

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 316833

Accession Number: 1941.239AB

Needlework sampler

This square needlework is an alphabet and verse sampler worked in cross, queen, and satin stich on a plainwoven linen (by eye) ground in green, blue, and (formerly red) buff-colored silk floss. Three sets of alphabets are worked between bands of geometric designs. The central band between the small...

Date: 1763

Maker: unknown

Material: linen (material), silk (fiber), embroidering

GUSN: 316834

Accession Number: 2015.190.1

Dress

Homemade blue velvet dress, Plymouth, Massachusetts.

Date: ca. 1930

Maker: Cunningham, Lois, 1916-1996 (Maker)

GUSN: 316836

Accession Number: 2016.1.1

Tureen

Tureen with lid. Oval shaped silver tureen has two loop handles and a footed base. Tureen body has engraved bands of intertwining circles around top rim and base of foot. Engraved monogram "MM" below three faces. Lid has a decorative knop of a pinecone encircled by ivy leaves.

Date: 1907-1936

Maker: Tiffany & Co. (Maker)

Material: sterling silver

GUSN: 316837

Accession Number: 2016.2.1AB

Gym Shoes

Pair of women's 'acrobatic' gym shoes. Black suede and leather.

Date: 1930-1934

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 316843

Accession Number: 2008.12.46AB

Flower Vase

Ceramic flower vase shaped like a deer.

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 316871

Accession Number: 1996.143.900

Gathering Basket

Large oval gathering basket with rectangular base. Made of woven wood splints, carved wood handle.

Maker: unknown

Material: wood (plant material)

GUSN: 316874

Accession Number: 1919.1321

Mug

Red glass mug with etched decoration, "Remember me."

Maker: unknown

Material: glass (material)

GUSN: 316876

Accession Number: 1970.357

Tea Bowl

Tea bowl, cylindrical form with small footed base. Stoneware with red glaze. Maker's stamp on bottom.

Date: 1700-1820

Maker: unknown

Material: stoneware (pottery)

GUSN: 316877

Accession Number: 1942.5208

Candle Stand

A mahogany Queen Anne candle stand with a round top, an urn turned shaft and a tripod base with snake feet, probably Massachusetts.

Date: 1750-1780

Maker: unknown

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

GUSN: 371561

Accession Number: 2016.188.1359

Portrait of Sally Lilly

An early nineteenth century three-quarter length portrait of Sally Lilly, born in Woolwich, Maine 1792, daughter of Captain Converse Lilly, depicting a young woman with brown eyes facing slightly to the left, wearing a white dress with a high waist and a ruffled collar and a necklace, with brown cur...

Maker: unknown

Material: canvas, wood and wood products, gold (metal), ebony (color)

GUSN: 371562

Accession Number: 2016.188.1360

Portrait of Converse Lilly

An early nineteenth century three-quarter length portrait of Converse Lilly, born in Pownalborough, Maine, January 8 1766, d. 1855, depicting a gentleman with brown eyes and hair wearing a white vest and black waist coat. Painted with oil on canvas, it has been relined and restored, and placed in a ...

Maker: unknown

Material: canvas, wood and wood products, oil paint (paint), ebony (color), gold (metal)

GUSN: 371563

Accession Number: 2016.188.1361

Portrait of Sarah Lincoln Reed

An early nineteenth century three-quarter length portrait of Sarah Lincoln Reed, born at Woolwich, Maine August 22, 1773, d. 1870, depicting a woman with brown hair and eyes, wearing a ruffled white cap, a black coat with buttons at each side and a white ruffled jabot.

Maker: unknown

Material: canvas, wood and wood products

GUSN: 371564

Accession Number: 2016.188.1362

Runner

A semi-antique Hamadan oriental runner with a barber pole center, wide a primary ivory border with a stylized floral design, worked in brown, gold, green, dark blue and ivory colors.

Maker: unknown

Material: textiles

GUSN: 371565

Accession Number: 2016.188.1363

Candle Stand

A mahogany tilt top candle stand with a round dish, an urn turned shaft, three snake feet.

Date: 1750-1780

Maker: unknown

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

GUSN: 371566

Accession Number: 2016.188.1364

Trunk

A nineteenth century antique hide covered pine trunk with brass nail heads, a monogram "D C" at the dome lid with a heart below, the interior lined with original blue Federal wall paper with a Neoclassical design, from Newfane, Vermont. Tag with accession number placed inside trunk.

Date: 1800-1899

Maker: unknown

Material: pine (wood), brass (alloy), wallpapers, leather

GUSN: 371567

Accession Number: 2016.188.1365

Tilt-top Table

A mahogany tilt-top table, with a scalloped rectangular top, and a heavy ring and urn turned shaft with three snake feet at the base.

Date: 1750-1780

Maker: unknown

Material: mahogany (wood), carving (processes)

GUSN: 371568

Accession Number: 2016.188.1366

Side Chair

A mahogany Chippendale side chair, shaped crest with scrolled ears, carved central shell, pierced splat, a yellow wool upholstered slip seat, seat frame has routed front corners and bracketed skirt, cabriole front legs with a carved shell, and ball and claw feet, probably Philadelphia.

Date: 1750-1780

Maker: unknown

Material: mahogany (wood), carving (processes)

GUSN: 371569

Accession Number: 2016.188.1367

Side Chair

A mahogany Chippendale side chair with a narrow serpentine crest, carved scrolled ears, a pierced splat, a yellow wool upholstered seat with brass tacs, a scalloped skirt in front, carved knees, cabriole legs on ball and claw feet, and turned stretchers.

Date: 1760-1790

Maker: unknown

Material: mahogany (wood), carving (processes), upholstered seats, upholstery

GUSN: 371570

Accession Number: 2016.188.1368

Trunk

A rectangular leather covered pine trunk with brass nail head decoration, "J P B" in an oval cartouche at the top, a plain interior, and metal handles at the side. Tag with accession number placed inside trunk on top of sweater in plastic bag.

Maker: unknown

Material: pine (wood), brass (alloy), leather

GUSN: 371571

Accession Number: 2016.188.1369

Mirror

A mid eighteenth century English walnut veneer and parcel gilt Chippendale mirror with flanking vines of fruit and leaf decoration at sides, a beveled edge mirror, a broken arch top with acanthus leaf decoration, a gold inner liner, and applied gilded decoration centrally below.

Date: 1725-1775

Maker: unknown

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

GUSN: 371573

Accession Number: 2016.188.1371

Side Chairs

Four reproduction mahogany Queen Anne side chairs with vasiform splats, slip seats upholstered in black leather, with cabriole legs and heavy pad feet and turned stretchers.

Maker: unknown

Material: mahogany (wood), carving (processes), leather

GUSN: 371574

Accession Number: 2016.188.1372.1-.4

Painting

A primitive painting depicting a steamboat and blazing sky and a naval battle.

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 371575

Accession Number: 2016.188.1375

Sword and Scabbard

A nineteenth century Naval Officer's sword with a shagreen and wire grip, an ormolu brass hilt, Horstmann, Philadelphia, with bright cut engraving at a curved steel blade along with a scabbard with brass rings.

Date: 1800-1899

Maker: unknown

Material: shagreen (leather), wire, brass (alloy)

GUSN: 371576

Accession Number: 2016.188.1376AB

Sword

A nineteenth century Officer's sword with black and brass rope turnings on its animal horn grip, a brass hilt with an American shield, a straight blade, and a steel scabbard with brass mounts.

Date: 1800-1899

Maker: unknown

Material: wire, brass (alloy), steel (alloy), horn (animal material)

GUSN: 371577

Accession Number: 2016.188.1377AB

Fur Blanket

A dark brown fur blanket.

Maker: unknown

Material: fur

GUSN: 371578

Accession Number: 2016.188.1378

Fur Blanket

A light brown fur blanket with white markings.

Maker: unknown

Material: fur

GUSN: 371579

Accession Number: 2016.188.1379

Barometer and Thermometer

A nineteenth century figured mahogany stick barometer and thermometer, with an applied lignum vitae urn at base, a glass dial, an ivory wheel, the text "Edinburgh, Scotland," and silver colored register plates. Attributed to Alexander Allen, Lothian Street.

Date: 1800-1899

Maker: unknown

Material: mahogany (wood), glass (material), ivory (tooth component), silver (color)

GUSN: 371580

Accession Number: 2016.188.1380

Dressing Table

A Queen Anne walnut dressing table with a shaped top with notched corners, a long narrow drawer above three small drawers with molding, a recessed arch at the central drawer, brass pulls and escutcheon, a shaped skirt, cabriole legs and pad feet, probably Massachusetts. Tag with accession number p...

Date: 1730-1760

Maker: unknown

Material: brass (alloy), walnut (wood)

GUSN: 371581

Accession Number: 2016.188.1381

Mirror Fragment

A Queen Anne walnut veneer mirror fragment with an engraved thistle flower at the glass, probably England.

Date: 1710-1750

Maker: unknown

Material: walnut (wood), glass (material), wood engraving (process)

GUSN: 371582

Accession Number: 2016.188.1382

Mezzotint

An eighteenth century mezzotint depicting a French woman with a pompadour, "The Singing Bird", published and sold by Carrington Bowles, London, 1781.

Date: 1700-1799

Maker: unknown

Material: paper (fiber product), ink, mezzotint (process)

GUSN: 371583

Accession Number: 2016.188.1383

Rug

A Caucasian scatter rug with four geometric medallions with an ivory field with geometric small figures and an ivory primary border with a geometric floral design.

Maker: unknown

Material: textiles

GUSN: 371584

Accession Number: 2016.188.1384

Chest

An eighteenth century walnut blanket chest with a rectangular top with molding, dovetailed construction, a brass escutcheon, interior till, and heavy bracket feet, possibly Pennsylvania.

Date: 1750-1780

Maker: unknown

Material: wrought iron (iron alloy), dovetail joints, walnut (wood)

GUSN: 371585

Accession Number: 2016.188.1385

Basket

A round woven rye basket with handles at the side.

Maker: unknown

Material: grass (plant material), weaving

GUSN: 371586

Accession Number: 2016.188.1386

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