Historic New England

Whale Oil Lamp

Colorless glass whale oil lamp with blown glass font on stem with wide base, upturned rim.

Maker: unknown

Material: glass (material)

GUSN: 309700

Accession Number: 2000.2016

Kerosene Lamp

Colorless glass kerosene lamp with bull's eye pattern font and black glass base.

Maker: unknown

Material: glass (material), brass (alloy)

GUSN: 309701

Accession Number: 2000.1998

Teaspoon

One of a set of six. Silver teaspoon with a fiddle handle, pointed shoulder, and an oval bowl.

Maker: unknown

Material: silver (metal)

GUSN: 309702

Accession Number: 1970.64.2

Teaspoon

One of a set of six. Silver teaspoon with a fiddle handle, pointed shoulder, and an oval bowl.

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 309703

Accession Number: 1970.64.3

Teaspoon

One of a set of six. Silver teaspoon with a fiddle handle, pointed shoulder, and an oval bowl.

Maker: unknown

Material: silver (metal)

GUSN: 309704

Accession Number: 1970.64.4

Teaspoon

One of a set of six. Silver teaspoon with a fiddle handle, pointed shoulder, and an oval bowl.

Maker: unknown

Material: silver (metal)

GUSN: 309705

Accession Number: 1970.64.5

Teaspoon

One of a set of six. Silver teaspoon with a fiddle handle, pointed shoulder, and an oval bowl.

Maker: unknown

Material: silver (metal)

GUSN: 309706

Accession Number: 1970.64.6

Whale Oil Lamp

Colorless glass whale oil lamp with long glass wand-like handle, brass collar and trunnions.

Maker: unknown

Material: glass (material), brass (alloy)

GUSN: 309707

Accession Number: 2000.2036

Peg Lamp

Colorless, blown glass peg lamp with bulb shape and pewter collar.

Maker: unknown

Material: glass (material), pewter (tin alloy)

GUSN: 309708

Accession Number: 2000.2097

Burning Fluid Peg Lamp

Colorless, molded polygonal glass burning fluid peg lamp with brass collar.

Maker: unknown

Material: glass (material), brass (alloy), pewter (tin alloy)

GUSN: 309709

Accession Number: 2000.2096

Vapor Burning Chamber Lamp

Colorless, molded glass vapor burning chamber lamp with brass burner.

Maker: unknown

Material: glass (material), brass (alloy)

GUSN: 309710

Accession Number: 2000.2077

Whale Oil Lamp

Colorless glass whale oil lamp with pressed base.

Maker: unknown

Material: glass (material), oil (organic material), tin (metal), cork disc burners

GUSN: 309711

Accession Number: 2000.2013

Burning Fluid Lamp

Colorless glass burning fluid lamp with blown glass font and pressed base.

Maker: unknown

Material: glass (material), pewter (tin alloy)

GUSN: 309712

Accession Number: 2000.2014

Ladle

Silver serving ladle with a thin rounded handle. Elliptical bowl with a spout on one side.

Maker: unknown

Material: silver (metal)

GUSN: 309721

Accession Number: P45

Ladle

Silver ladle with a squared handle and an elliptical bowl. Corsican pattern.

Maker: Reed & Barton

Material: silver (metal)

GUSN: 309730

Accession Number: 1969.98

Whale Oil Lamp

Colorless glass whale oil lamp with blown glass font and pressed base with lobed design.

Maker: unknown

Material: glass (material)

GUSN: 309740

Accession Number: 2000.2031

Candlestick

Colorless glass molded candlestick with octagonal base.

Maker: unknown

Material: glass (material)

GUSN: 309742

Accession Number: 2000.2018

Whale Oil Lamp

Colorless glass whale oil lamp with blown glass font and pressed base.

Maker: unknown

Material: glass (material)

GUSN: 309745

Accession Number: 2000.2015

Kerosene Hand Lamp

Colorless glass Lomax kerosene hand lamp with brass collar.

Date: 1870

Maker: unknown

Material: glass (material), brass (alloy)

GUSN: 309749

Accession Number: 2000.2029

Kerosene Lamp

Colorless glass kerosene lamp with molded font with etched floral decoration and pressed milk glass base.

Maker: unknown

Material: glass (material), brass (alloy), gilding

GUSN: 309750

Accession Number: 2000.2033

Whale Oil Lamp

Colorless glass whale oil lamp with blown glass font and pressed base.

Maker: unknown

Material: glass (material)

GUSN: 309751

Accession Number: 2000.2051

Whale Oil Lamp

Opaque white glass whale oil lamp with pressed lion head and flower basket base with frosted glass shade.

Maker: unknown

Material: glass (material), brass (alloy), tin (metal)

GUSN: 309752

Accession Number: 2000.2020AB

[a] Hatbox with blue flowers and greenery printed on gray ground with "Filene's" in matching blue script. Green silk rope handles on either side [b] wreath of blue flowers in center with Filene's in script on the left. Hatbox for straw hat.

Date: 1950-1970

Maker: unknown

Material: paper (fiber product), cardboard, cord (fiber product)

GUSN: 320993

Accession Number: 2015.166.3.2AB

Hat Box for Camellia Hat

[a] gold and white diagonal striped Worth of Boston hat box.

Date: 1950-1970

Maker: unknown

Material: paper (fiber product), cardboard, cord (fiber product)

GUSN: 320994

Accession Number: 2015.166.4.2AB

Hat Box for Beehive Hat

[a] Hatbox with purple flowers in green bunches printed on white ground with green stripe at the bottom. [b] Logo written in green on top with green stripes on the edge of the lid.

Date: 1960-1963

Maker: unknown

Material: paper (fiber product), cardboard, cord (fiber product)

GUSN: 320995

Accession Number: 2015.166.5.2AB

Side Chair

Crooked-back chair with molded stiles and carved crest. Cabriole legs with volutes. Cyma-curved skirt and turned stretchers.

Date: 1725-1735

Maker: unknown

Material: beech (wood), carving (processes)

GUSN: 320999

Accession Number: 1976.168.3

Necklace

Necklace composed of rectangular green plaques with brass bead separators. Closure is a brass barrel-type at center back. Not signed.

Date: ca. 1935

Maker: unknown

Material: casein plastic, brass (alloy)

GUSN: 321002

Accession Number: 2016.58.1

Clips

Each clip in this pair is constructed of molded white metal set with white stones. Closure is a spring-mounted tongue on the back. Maker's mark on back.

Date: ca. 1935

Maker: Ciner Manufacturing Company (Manufacturer)

Material: white metal, paste (glass)

GUSN: 321003

Accession Number: 2016.58.2

Brooch

Brooch made from a "ribbon" of gold-plated metal mesh tied into a bow. The ends of the ribbon are finished with gold end caps. The brooch closes with a hinged-pin safety clasp attached at the back. Maker's mark in stamped metal oval soldered to center back of brooch. Gold-plated base metal. Henkel &...

Date: ca. 1965

Maker: Henkel & Grossé (Manufacturer)

Material: gold (metal), plating (metal coating)

GUSN: 321004

Accession Number: 2016.58.3

Quilt

This rectangular wholecloth quilt is made of a plainweave white cotton top and backing with a thin batting between the layers (unidentified fiber content). The quilting is in white cotton thread running stitch on the diagonal, creating a diamond pattern. The top is embellished with red embroidery fl...

Date: 1889

Maker: unknown

Material: cotton (textile), quilts, embroidering

GUSN: 321006

Accession Number: 2016.59.1

Fireplace Mantel

Carved arts and craft mantel. Deep overhanging shelf over decorated pilasters and frieze with carved leaves and berries.

Date: 1880-1900

Maker: Richardson, Ellen B. (Maker)

Material: mahogany (wood)

GUSN: 321007

Accession Number: 2016.60.1

Painting

Painting, "The Spirit of '76." Attributed to Tompkins Harrison Matteson (American painter, 1813-1884).

Date: 1846

Maker: Attributed to Matteson, Tompkins Harrison (American painter, 1813-1884) (Artist)

Material: oil paint (paint), panels (wood), panel painting (image-making)

GUSN: 321011

Accession Number: 2016.61.1

Painting

Painting, "Puritan Sunday in New England." George Henry Bougton (American painter and illustrator, 1833-1905).

Date: 1864

Maker: Boughton, George Henry (American painter and illustrator, 1833-1905) (Artist)

Material: oil paintings (visual works), canvas

GUSN: 321013

Accession Number: 2016.61.3

Wallpaper

No description

Date: 1920-1930

Maker: Zuber Et Cie (Maker)

GUSN: 321024

Accession Number: 2001.140

Collars

White celluloid front button collar with button opening in back. Worn by Charles Russell Peck (1889-1971).

Date: 1910-1920

Maker: unknown

Material: celluloid (cellulosic)

GUSN: 321049

Accession Number: 2015.147.11

Portrait of John Codman, III (1755-1803)

Painting, three-quarter length portrait of John Codman, III (1755-1803). The sitter is wearing a black jacket and white ruffled neckcloth. He is standing in front of a red damask curtain with a distant landscape visible in the lower left. Oil on canvas. Gilt frame.

Date: ca. 1800

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

Material: oil paint (paint), canvas

GUSN: 321113

Accession Number: 2016.62.1

Collar

White celluloid front button collar with button opening in back. Worn by Charles Russell Peck (1889-1971)

Date: 1910-1920

Maker: unknown

Material: celluloid (cellulosic)

GUSN: 321222

Accession Number: 2015.147.12

Collar

White celluloid front button collar with button opening in back. Worn by Charles Russell Peck (1889-1971)

Date: 1910-1920

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 321267

Accession Number: 2015.147.13

Collar

White celluloid front button collar with button opening in back. Worn by Charles Russell Peck (1889-1971)

Date: 1910-1920

Maker: unknown

Material: celluloid (cellulosic)

GUSN: 321269

Accession Number: 2015.147.14

Collars

White celluloid front button collar with button opening in back. Worn by Charles Russell Peck (1889-1971)

Date: 1910-1920

Maker: unknown

Material: celluloid (cellulosic)

GUSN: 321270

Accession Number: 2015.147.15.1-.2

Photograph

Framed reproduction photograph of the twins, Frederic Augustus Eustis and Augustus Hemenway Eustis (b. 1877) sitting on the "twin" bench with their grandmother, Mary Porter Tileston Hemenway (1820-1894).

Date: 1879

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 321311

Accession Number: 2016.63.2

Needlework

Framed needlework picture of the Reed house in Hingham, Massachusetts. Probably New England

Date: 1860-1890

Maker: unknown

Material: needleworking (process)

GUSN: 321370

Accession Number: 2016.64.1

Woman Working in a Kitchen

Unframed painting, interior scene of a woman in a kitchen. Oil on board. "Russell's Canvas Board, Patented March 18, 1879." United States

Date: 1880-1900

Maker: unknown

Material: oil paint (paint), boards (flat objects)

GUSN: 321371

Accession Number: 2016.64.2

Bedchamber scene

Framed painting, interior scene of an older man in a bedroom/parlor. Oil on board. United States, 1850-1875

Date: 1850-1875

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 321372

Accession Number: 2016.64.3

Comb

Large carved hair comb. With note "Made at West Newburyport, Mass." Massachusetts, 1850-1880

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 321373

Accession Number: 2016.64.4

Child's Dress Sleeves

Child's dress sleeves, blue and pink silk check. Worn by Annie Woodside (b. 1859). Probably Massachusetts,

Date: 1860-1870

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 321374

Accession Number: 2016.64.5

Souvenir Spoon

Souvenir spoon, molded sterling silver with image of a woman molded on spoon bowl interior. Native American in feather head dress on front of handle, enamel shield and crown on finial. Part of a souvenir spoon collection that was collected by Lura Woodside Watkins (1887-1982).

Maker: unknown

Material: sterling silver

GUSN: 321375

Accession Number: 2016.64.6.1

Souvenir Spoon

Souvenir tea spoon with gilt bowl with sterling silver cork-screw handle topped by open-design scroll and scallop finial. Finial probably soldered to handle. Part of a souvenir spoon collection that was collected by Lura Woodside Watkins (1887-1982).

Maker: unknown

Material: sterling silver

GUSN: 321376

Accession Number: 2016.64.6.2

Souvenir Spoon

Souvenir tea spoon, molded sterling silver with pointed and segmented bowl. Handle molded with dot and scroll pattern culminating in center with urn finial. Part of a souvenir spoon collection that was collected by Lura Woodside Watkins (1887-1982).

Date: ca. 1898

Maker: unknown

Material: sterling silver

GUSN: 321377

Accession Number: 2016.64.6.3

Souvenir Spoon

Souvenir spoon, molded sterling silver with engraved image of Old Falls, Kennebunk on the bowl. Handle depicts scroll pattern with Maine engraved in capitals down the center. End of handle molded to depict the State Seal of Maine with two figures. Part of a souvenir spoon collection that was c...

Maker: unknown

Material: sterling silver

GUSN: 321378

Accession Number: 2016.64.6.4

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