Historic New England

Ostrich Egg with Tassel

No description

Maker: unknown

Material: egg

GUSN: 311269

Accession Number: 1990.282

Lazy Susan

No description

Maker: unknown

Material: ironstone (pottery)

GUSN: 311270

Accession Number: 1990.283

Symmetroscope

No description

Maker: unknown

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

GUSN: 311271

Accession Number: 1990.284

Ruler

No description

Maker: unknown

Material: wood (plant material)

GUSN: 311272

Accession Number: 1990.285

Piece of Wedding Cake in Box

Piece of wedding cake in cardboard box coverd in paper.

Maker: unknown

Material: cardboard, cake (food)

GUSN: 311273

Accession Number: 1990.297

Pottery Fragment

No description

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 311275

Accession Number: 1933.1838

Pottery Fragment

No description

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 311276

Accession Number: 1933.1840

Pottery Fragment

No description

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 311277

Accession Number: 1933.1847

Pottery Fragment

No description

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 311278

Accession Number: 1933.1849

Flower Pot Saucer

No description

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 311280

Accession Number: 1933.1867

Bottle

Tiny, round glass bottle with cork once used to hold pottery glaze color.

Maker: unknown

Material: glass (material), corks (stoppers)

GUSN: 311281

Accession Number: 1933.1871

Kiln Stilt

No description

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 311282

Accession Number: 1933.1878

Thread Winder

No description

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 311283

Accession Number: 1933.188

Pottery Fragment

No description

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 311284

Accession Number: 1933.1886

Pottery Fragment

No description

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 311285

Accession Number: 1933.1888

Pottery Fragment

No description

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 311286

Accession Number: 1933.1890

Pottery Fragment

No description

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 311287

Accession Number: 1933.1892

Pottery Fragment

No description

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 311288

Accession Number: 1933.1898

Pottery Fragment

No description

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 311289

Accession Number: 1933.1912

Kiln Stilt

No description

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 311293

Accession Number: 1933.1914

Clasp

No description

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 311294

Accession Number: 1933.1927

Pottery Fragment

No description

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 311295

Accession Number: 1933.1937

Lid

No description

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 311296

Accession Number: 1933.1938

Pottery Kiln Furniture

Ring-shaped kiln furniture. Wachusett Pottery.

Maker: unknown

Material: redware

GUSN: 311297

Accession Number: 1933.1939A-H

Pottery Fragment

No description

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 311298

Accession Number: 1933.1944

Textile Remnant

Printed white fabric with black scrolling design. Paper safety pinned to it that reads, "Modern material - sent to me by daughter of Bill Rooney".

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 362067

Accession Number: 2001.281.1294

Small fabric fragment, appears to be painted with flocking. Scene of a river with a house and/or mill with a water wheel. Sticker on the back reads, "Mrs. Carl C. Forsaith The Tollgate Auburn, New Hampshire".

Maker: unknown

Material: flocking, cloth

GUSN: 362068

Accession Number: 2001.281.1295

Textile Remnant

Blue fabric with large printed red, white, green, and blue floral design.

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 362069

Accession Number: 2001.281.1296

Textile Remnant

Printed cotton, slightly padded. Red background with blue and white foliage and bird design.

Maker: unknown

Material: cotton (textile), printed textile materials

GUSN: 362070

Accession Number: 2001.281.1297

Curtains

Brown glazed cotton curtains with metal rings. Tan dotted background with vined leaf design.

Maker: unknown

Material: glazing (coating), cotton (textile)

GUSN: 362071

Accession Number: 2001.281.1298

Textile Remnant

Printed cotton sample. Brown, pink, and white stripes with pink floral design.

Maker: unknown

Material: printed textile materials

GUSN: 362072

Accession Number: 2001.281.1299

Textile Remnant

Boris Kroll Fabrics, Inc. sample. Blue and white rayon/linen threads adhered to a card.

Maker: unknown

Material: linen (material), rayon, sample cards

GUSN: 362073

Accession Number: 2001.281.1300

Linebrook Parish Room

When Country Life magazine invited Henry Davis Sleeper to illustrate a dozen of his rooms, he arranged to have them painted by William Ranken, a portraitist introduced to Boston society by John Singer Sargent. This painting features the Linebrook Parish Room at Beauport, the Sleeper-McCann House.

Date: 1928

Maker: Ranken, William Bruce Ellis (British painter, 1881-1941)

Material: watercolor (paint)

GUSN: 362326

Accession Number: 2023.48.1

Book Tower Room

When Country Life magazine invited Henry Davis Sleeper to illustrate a dozen of his rooms, he arranged to have them painted by William Ranken, a portraitist introduced to Boston society by John Singer Sargent. This painting features the Book Tower Room at Beauport, the Sleeper-McCann House.

Date: 1928

Maker: Ranken, William Bruce Ellis (British painter, 1881-1941)

GUSN: 362327

Accession Number: 2023.48.2

Nail

Iron nail removed from the Old South Meeting House in Boston (1729).

Date: 1720-1730

Maker: unknown

Material: iron alloy, blacksmithing

GUSN: 362568

Accession Number: 2023.62.1

Box with Sewing Machine Tools

Small wooden box that unfolds into four attached quadrants, lined with velvet. Inside are numerous steel sewing machine attachments, each with an incised number.

Date: 1890-1899

Maker: Singer Manufacturing Company

Material: steel (alloy), wood (plant material), velvet (fabric weave)

GUSN: 362569

Accession Number: 2023.62.2A-S

Framed Cartoon

Historic New England acknowledges historical records / objects may contain harmful imagery and language reflecting attitudes and biases of their creators and time in which they were made. Historic New England does not alter or edit objects and / or historical text. A long pine line pen and ink c...

Date: ca. 1900

Maker: unknown

Material: pens (drawing and writing), ink, paper (fiber product), paper by composition or origin, caricatures, drawing and drawing techniques

GUSN: 362603

Accession Number: 1953.431

Yarn

20 spools of wool yarn in various colors (brown, black, gray, mustard, orange, dark orange, bright green). Packaged in two plastic bags that read " Edward Fields Incorporated"

Maker: unknown

Material: yarn

GUSN: 362617

Accession Number: 2021.31.3A-V

Print

Silk Screen print, rectangular in shape, of an abstract composition. Beige and aqua background with abstract figures in primary colors. Dominant black outlines and patches. Dry mounted on masonite with lattice molding strips nailed horizontally on back for hanging. Unframed.

Date: ca. 1951

Maker: Reproduction of Miro, Juan, 1893 (Artist)

Material: paper (fiber product), Masonite (TM), wood and wood products, screen prints

GUSN: 362619

Accession Number: 1984.273

Print

Unframed reproduction silk screen print of mural by Juan Miro for UNESCO building in Paris.

Date: c. 1952

Maker: Reproduction of Miro, Juan, 1893 (Artist)

GUSN: 362620

Accession Number: 1984.274

Dropleaf Table

dropleaf table, Marlborough legs, rectangular top and leaves.

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 362621

Accession Number: 1968.183

Earrings

A pair of clip earrings made of a white, plated metal, with cream colored enamel, and rhinestones.

Date: 1950-1960

Maker: unknown

Material: metal

GUSN: 362656

Accession Number: 2023.63.1AB

Earrings

Circular clip earrings made of a plated metal with a large, faux pearl cabochon surrounded by clear rhinestones. Metal clip closure is padded with rubber pieces.

Date: 1950-1960

Maker: unknown

Material: metal

GUSN: 362657

Accession Number: 2023.63.2AB

Purse

Rectangular woven rattan purse with printed cream and brown cotton lining, small metal feet, a faux tortoiseshell acrylic handle and center. Closure composed of metal, acrylic, and black leather.

Date: ca. 1955

Maker: unknown

Material: rattan

GUSN: 362658

Accession Number: 2023.63.3

Child's Hat

Child's hat or fascinator comprised of woven plant material rimmed with faux orange blossoms and buds, and with a black, velvet, ribbon bow on either end.

Date: 1955-1965

Maker: Best & Co. (New York, N.Y.)

Material: straw (plant material)

GUSN: 362659

Accession Number: 2023.63.4

Angora Cloche

Red angora cloche from KMF -Neuman Endler Inc. with lighter red groisgrain ribbon band adorned with small vertical faux pearl and rhinestone embellishment.

Date: 1957-1965

Maker: unknown

Material: angora wool

GUSN: 362660

Accession Number: 2023.63.5

Hat

Cream organza hat with wide brim. Composed of pleated and ruffled shear, cream organza over a clear acrylic net and wire body, with golden ribbon adornment along the base of the crown.

Date: ca. 1955

Maker: unknown

Material: organza

GUSN: 362661

Accession Number: 2023.63.6

Hat

Dark blue wool felt hat with round crown and short, fully circular brim. The hat is adorned with band of feathers above a black netting. The hat's brim is lined with black ribbon. George W. Bollman & Co.

Date: ca. 1955

Maker: unknown

Material: felt (textile)

GUSN: 362662

Accession Number: 2023.63.7

Hat

Light brown wool felt hat with rounded crown adorned with feathers (including pheasant), short brim edge with same fabric as body of the hat.

Date: ca. 1955

Maker: unknown

Material: wool (hair)

GUSN: 362663

Accession Number: 2023.63.8

Holland Family Farm Needlepoint

Needlepoint picture depicting an eighteenth-century farmhouse and farm in Belchertown, Massachusetts surrounded by several individuals taking part in various leisure activities, including golf, tennis, swimming, and gardening. Farm animals, wild animals, and domestic pets are also featured, includin...

Date: 1930

Maker: Holland, Elizabeth Hudson

Material: needlepoint (needleworking), wool (textile), cotton (textile)

GUSN: 362664

Accession Number: 2023.64.1

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