Historic New England

Saltcellar

No description

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 317293

Accession Number: 1927.1921

Saltcellar

No description

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 317318

Accession Number: 1958.701

Bowl

Small bronze bowl with relief decoration of ocean scene including birds, waves, and man in a boat.

Maker: unknown

Material: bronze (metal)

GUSN: 317320

Accession Number: 1990.261

Flower Making Kit

Flower making kit in compartmented box with lid.

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 317323

Accession Number: A527

Wedding Viel Box with Cover

Large, square cardboard box with cover. "R.H. Stearns Company, Boston" printed on box cover in gold. Gold trim on edges of cover. Box is light pink.

Maker: R. H. Stearns & Co. (Retailer)

Material: paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 317324

Accession Number: 1996.16.2AB

Hatbox with Built-in Hat Stand and Cover

Hatbox with wood frame and paper sides and cover. Wooden hatstand affixed to center interior. Contained hats and caps 1923.330-.340.

Maker: unknown

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

GUSN: 317325

Accession Number: 1923.330.2AB

Hatbox for Riding Hat

Brown paper hatbox with cover.

Date: 1860-1869

Maker: unknown

Material: paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 317327

Accession Number: 1969.6148.2AB

Hatbox

No description

Date: 1960-1965

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 317328

Accession Number: 1990.344.2AB

Hatbox

No description

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 317330

Accession Number: 1928.739

Brooch

Abstract spiral-form brooch made from a single piece of sterling silver. Clasp is a pin and safety catch. Marked.

Date: 1940-1960

Maker: Lobel, Paul, 1899-1983 (Jeweler)

Material: sterling silver

GUSN: 317352

Accession Number: 2016.5.1

Brooch

Silver brooch decorated with abstract cut-outs. Closure soldered to a silver cross bar soldered to raised lip on back of brooch. Marked.

Date: 1940-1960

Maker: Wiener, Ed, 1918-1991 (Jeweler)

Material: sterling silver

GUSN: 317353

Accession Number: 2016.5.2

Brooch

Triangular brooch with raised parabolic arc applied to front surface. Closure is pin with safety clasp on back. Marked.

Date: 1950-1970

Maker: Sklar, Phyllis, 1924-2010 (Jeweler)

Material: sterling silver

GUSN: 317354

Accession Number: 2016.5.3

Finger ring made from silver band with oxidized silver concavity soldered to top of band. Inside cone is a prong-set malachite bead. Marked and inscribed. Resizing cut through inscription, rendering it illegible.

Date: 1940-1960

Maker: Steig, Henry, 1906-1973 (Jeweler)

Material: sterling silver, malachite (mineral)

GUSN: 317355

Accession Number: 2016.5.4

Pulley

Glass sash pulley.

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 317362

Accession Number: 1970.27

Jar

Wide-mouth glass jar with the letters CKJ.

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 317368

Accession Number: 1930.606

Bottle

No description

Maker: unknown

Material: glass (material)

GUSN: 317369

Accession Number: 1924.237

Card Case

No description

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 317382

Accession Number: 1941.975AB

Spectacles

No description

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 317383

Accession Number: 1944.340

Hatbox

Hatbox decorated wtih multi-color paper depicting colonial men and women in white wigs, outside at a party. Grey lids and red cords.

Date: 1920-1940

Maker: Atkins, Ethel (Retailer)

GUSN: 317386

Accession Number: 2004.27.2AB

Hatbox

Hatbox decorated wtih multi-color paper depicting colonial men and women in white wigs, outside at a party. Grey lids and red cords.

Date: 1920-1940

Maker: Atkins, Ethel (Retailer)

GUSN: 317387

Accession Number: 2004.27.3AB

Hatbox

Hatbox decorated with green, blue, beige and pink paper depicting road with horse-drawn stagecoach and bicyclists. Lids are faded gray. Red cord.

Maker: Atkins, Ethel (Retailer)

GUSN: 317388

Accession Number: 2004.27.5AB

Hatbox

No description

Date: 1900-1930

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 317389

Accession Number: 2006.44.1387.2AB

Caster stand

Carved wood caster stand.

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 317398

Accession Number: 1933.1645.4

Needlework Picture

Needlework picture of Cornelia Presenting Her Children, the Gracchi, as her Treasures. Worked by Mary Beach (1786-1843). White reverse painted glass, carved gilt frame. Based on a stipple engraving by Francesco Bartolozzi, published in November 1788, after Angelica Kauffman's 1785 original painting.

Date: 1804-1805

Maker: Beach, Mary, 1786-1843 (Embroiderer) Saunders and Beach Ladies Academy Possibly Doggett, John (American mirror manufacturer, active 1809) (Framer)

Material: silk (fiber), watercolor (paint)

GUSN: 317399

Accession Number: 2016.6.1

Cap

Lace baby cap with wide lace cap strings.

Date: 1847-1853

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 317400

Accession Number: 1927.754

Top hat

A green party top hat with a gold paper band.

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 316670

Accession Number: 1942.5199

Top hat

A blue party top hat with a gold paper band.

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 316671

Accession Number: 1942.5200

Top Hat

A green party top hat with a gold paper band.

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 316672

Accession Number: 1942.5201

Women's bonnet

A cream colored bonnet with layers of scalloped edged lace extending from the front to the crown and down the neck. It has three sections of folded silk at the crown, a cream net base with wire supports, an interior cotton band, and two cream colored silk ribbons.

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 316674

Accession Number: 1942.5203

Firefighter's helmet

A black leather firefighter's helmet embossed with a leaf design around the brim. It has a pointed leather front piece with an emblem at the center.

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 316675

Accession Number: 1942.5204

Women's bonnet

A black cotton bonnet with padded horizontal stitching across the brim, a long neck piece, a ruffle at the back of the brim, and two interior ties

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 316676

Accession Number: 1942.5205

Women's hat

A cream colored silk hat with a straw base, a printed violet and green floral design, black velvet band around the crown, cream colored lace covering for the brim, and an interior cotton lining.

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 316677

Accession Number: 1942.5206

Women's hat

A black silk costume hat shaped like a bowler, with a faded green ribbon, two blue-green feather plumes, and a sheer veil that extends from the interior.

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 316678

Accession Number: 1942.5207

Light bulb

Light bulb. Removed from Beauport, the exterior gatehouse light facing the parking lot.

Maker: unknown

Material: glass (material), brass (alloy), metal, electrical attributes and properties

GUSN: 316680

Accession Number: 2015.172.1

Wallpaper

Wallpaper fragment with Colonial Revival vignettes depicting a weather vane, mortar and pestle, rifle, band box, and an antique store on a white ground. Run No. 4. Drop Match.

Date: 1950-1970

Maker: United Wallpaper Crafters of N. Am. (Manufacturer)

Material: paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 316760

Accession Number: 2015.187.2

Boric Acid Tin

Boric acid container with cover. Cylindrical cardboard body with tin cover and bottom. Cover has a central circular disc with shaker and spout openings. W.B. Hunt, Co. Massachusetts, 1930-1950

Maker: unknown

Material: cardboard, tin (metal)

GUSN: 316761

Accession Number: 2015.187.3AB