Historic New England

Linoleum

Blue and white marbled linoleum fragment; black, white, and red geometric design, reused in woodshed at 291 Hillside Street, Milton, Massachusetts.

Date: ca. 1915

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 362950

Accession Number: 2022.32.9

Souvenir Spoon

Massachusetts state souvenir spoon with hand etched bowl - "HAVERHILL, MASS / THE SHOE CITY" with image of a woman's heeled shoe at center.

Date: 20th century

Maker: unknown

Material: sterling silver, repoussé, etch

GUSN: 363002

Accession Number: 2024.2.1

Haverhill "Slipper City" brass brooch. Woman's shoe reading "SLIPPER CITY" connected by two small chains to a scalloped edge medallion with a raised heart at center. Medallion reads: "HITCH YOU HEART TO HAVERHILL" / STATE FIREMEN'S ASSOCIATION SEPT. 29 TO OCT. 1.1915 HAVERHILL, MASS."

Date: ca. 1915

Maker: Sherman, C. P.

Material: brass (alloy)

GUSN: 363066

Accession Number: 2024.3.1

Fabric Sample

Rectangular red, Jumieyes Silk Velvet fabric sample with pinked edges.

Date: ca. 1980

Maker: Brunschwig & Fils, Inc.

Material: textile materials

GUSN: 363139

Accession Number: 2011.116.13

Fabric Sample

Rectangular cotton upholstry fabric sample with woven florla motif in greens, yellows, brown, and red, on a dark blue background, with pinked edges.

Date: ca. 1980

Maker: Brunschwig & Fils, Inc.

Material: weaving

GUSN: 363148

Accession Number: 2011.116.22

Fabric Sample

Square glazed cotton chintz fabric sample with white background and small, dense, stippled swirling motif in blue, with visible white selvadge on one side, and pinked edges.

Date: ca. 1980

Maker: Brunschwig & Fils, Inc.

Material: cotton (textile)

GUSN: 363149

Accession Number: 2011.116.23

Fabric Sample

Square glazed cotton chintz fabric sample with light green speckled background and repeating motif of a pair of a cross green and pink leaves, with pinked edges.

Date: ca. 1980

Maker: Brunschwig & Fils, Inc.

Material: glazing (coating), printed textile materials

GUSN: 363151

Accession Number: 2011.116.25

Fabric Sample Yardage

Screen printed "Wellington House" cotten fabric. White fabric with pink background in art nouveau with hops, scrolling leaves, and daffodils.

Date: ca. 1980

Maker: Katzenbach and Warren, Inc.

Material: cotton (textile), printed textile materials

GUSN: 363168

Accession Number: 2011.116.42

Canton Shawl

A Chinese silk shawl comprised of cream silk with cream silk floss embroidery along the edges in a repeating floral motif. Edges of the shawl are adorned with long white silk fringe.

Date: ca.1820

Maker: unknown

Material: silk (fiber), embroidering

GUSN: 363218

Accession Number: 2024.4.1

Canton Shawl

A Chinese silk shawl comprised of cream silk with multicolored silk floss embroidery all over with a central motif and repeating floral border. Central repeating floral motif features a bird / phoenix. Edges of the shawl are adorned with long cream silk fringe.

Date: c. 1920

Maker: unknown

Material: silk (fiber), embroidering

GUSN: 363219

Accession Number: 2024.4.2

Collar and Cuffs

A woman's collar with matching cuffs adorned with three horizontal and three vertical lines (on the collar) and two horizontal and two vertical lines (on the cuffs) crossing at each end.

Date: ca. 1910

Maker: unknown

Material: cotton (textile)

GUSN: 363281

Accession Number: 2024.5.2A-C

Collar and Cuffs

A woman's collar with matching cuffs adorned with embroidered and open work flowers and vines in white.

Date: ca. 1910

Maker: unknown

Material: cotton (textile)

GUSN: 363284

Accession Number: 2024.5.3A-C

Collar and Cuff

A woman's collar with matching (singular) cuff adorned with three horizontal and three vertical lines (on the collar) and two horizontal and two vertical lines (on the cuffs) crossing at each end.

Date: ca. 1910

Maker: unknown

Material: cotton (textile)

GUSN: 363285

Accession Number: 2024.5.4AB

Apron

White cotton apron with waist and should ties. Apron and shoulder ties are edged in white, scalloped, floral, open work fabric.

Date: ca. 1910

Maker: unknown

Material: cotton (textile), whitework

GUSN: 363286

Accession Number: 2024.5.5

Apron

Plain, white cotton apron with waist ties.

Date: ca. 1910

Maker: unknown

Material: cotton (textile)

GUSN: 363287

Accession Number: 2024.5.6

Apron

Plain, white cotton apron with waist ties.

Date: ca. 1910

Maker: unknown

Material: cotton (textile)

GUSN: 363288

Accession Number: 2024.5.7

Apron

White cotton apron with waist and should ties. Apron ties are edged in white, scalloped, dotted, open work fabric.

Date: ca. 1910

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 363289

Accession Number: 2024.5.8

Circular hook; cylindrical shaft; rounded wooded bristle base; black bristles

Date: 1924-1968

Maker: unknown

Material: wood and wood products, bristle

GUSN: 359205

Accession Number: 1969.1957.1

Dustpan

Circular hook; cylindrical black shaft; swiveling cross-piece; trapezoidal panel rear hood

Date: 1924-1968

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 359206

Accession Number: 1969.1957.2

Fireplace tongs

White scissor handles; black tongs with flat ends.

Date: 1900-1949

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 359207

Accession Number: 1969.19158

Earthenware plate hand-painted with swirling floral designs and three butterflies. Signed and dated on the underside.

Date: 1890

Maker: Ware, Alice Cunningham, 1851-1937

Material: earthenware

GUSN: 359701

Accession Number: 2022.34.2

Portrait medallion \n Salem, Massachusetts, 1805-11\n Painted pine

Two-sided carved and painted George Washington profile portrait medallion, carved by Samuel McIntire. Composed of two medallions fastened back-to-back, the figures carved in high relief with George Washington facing to the right in a blue-painted military uniform with yellow-painted facings and epau...

Date: 1805-1811

Maker: McIntire, Samuel, 1757-1811 (Carver)

Material: carvings (visual works), raised (form attribute), painting (image-making)

GUSN: 359704

Accession Number: 2022.36.1

Punch Bowl

Punch bowl, China, 1750-80. Hard-paste porcelain with scalloped body and colored enamel floral decoration. There is a hand written label on the base of the bowl.

Date: 1750-1780

Maker: unknown

Material: hard paste porcelain, enamel (fused coating)

GUSN: 359887

Accession Number: 2022.44.1

Bowl

Hard-paste porcelain bowl with underglaze blue and later overglaze red, green, and gilding decoration with flower baskets, China, 1740-50.

Date: 1740-1750

Maker: unknown

Material: hard paste porcelain

GUSN: 359888

Accession Number: 2022.44.2

Imari Dish

Hard-paste porcelain Imari dish with underglaze blue and overglaze iron-red and gilt floral decoration, China, 1730-1750.

Date: 1730-1750

Maker: unknown

Material: hard paste porcelain

GUSN: 359889

Accession Number: 2022.44.3

Imari Dish

Hard-paste porcelain Imari dish with underglaze blue and overglaze iron-red and gilt floral decoration. China, 1730-50

Date: 1730-1750

Maker: unknown

Material: hard paste porcelain

GUSN: 359890

Accession Number: 2022.44.4

Dish

Small hard-paste porcelain dish with colored enamesl and gilt decoration with an eagle in the center, from the Edward Carrington service, Salem, Massachusetts. China 1810-15

Date: 1810-1815

Maker: unknown

Material: hard paste porcelain

GUSN: 359891

Accession Number: 2022.44.5

Bottle

Double gourd-shaped bottle with stopper, earthenware with enamel and gilt decoration. Japan, 1850-1900.

Date: 1850-1900

Maker: unknown

Material: earthenware

GUSN: 359892

Accession Number: 2022.44.6AB

Crazy Quilt

Embroidered silk satin fabric patches edged with pink lace. Likely made by Helen E. Endicott (1868-1930) of Canton, Massachusetts.

Date: 1892

Maker: Endicott, Helen E., 1868-1930

GUSN: 359894

Accession Number: 2022.46.1

Crazy Quilt

Patchwork quilt, known as "crazy quilts", made from velvet patches in a variety of colors and patterns. The quilt has the initials "H.E.E." embroidered on one of the patches, and another has the date "1892" inscribed in ink. Likely made by Helen E. Endicott (1868-1930) of Canton, Massachusetts.

Date: ca. 1890

Maker: Endicott, Helen E., 1868-1930

GUSN: 359895

Accession Number: 2022.46.2

Side chair\n Isaac Vose and Son, Thomas Wightman carver\n Boston, 1824-25\n Mahogany, birch

Mahogany and birch side chair, 1824-1825, by Isaac Vose and Son, THomas Wightman carver in Boston. The chair is made in the Classical style.

Date: 1824-1825

Maker: Vose, Isaac (American cabinetmaker, ca. 1768-1823) (Cabinetmaker) Wightman, Thomas (Carver)

Material: mahogany (wood), birch (wood)

GUSN: 359899

Accession Number: 2022.47.1

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