Historic New England

Pewter Plate

Round pewter plate with 1 1/4" rim that turns up in the 3/4" nearest the outer edge.

Maker: unknown

Material: pewter (tin alloy)

GUSN: 370548

Accession Number: 2016.188.253

Round pewter plate with a hinged flap in the rim and a 1 1/4" deep smooth outside wall to which two handles are attached on opposite sides. About 1/4" from the front of the plate, a 1/2" wide loop of metal extends out about 1/2" on each side of the plate. From the loop, a 2" wide U-shaped metal han...

Maker: unknown

Material: pewter (tin alloy)

GUSN: 370549

Accession Number: 2016.188.254

Pewter Plate

Round pewter plate with 1 5/16" wide plain rim.

Maker: unknown

Material: pewter (tin alloy)

GUSN: 370550

Accession Number: 2016.188.255

Pewter Plate

Round pewter plate with 1 5/16" wide plain rim.

Maker: unknown

Material: pewter (tin alloy)

GUSN: 370551

Accession Number: 2016.188.256

Pewter Warming Plate

Round pewter plate with a flap in the rim and a 1 1/8" deep smooth outside wall to which two handles are attached on opposite sides. Near the front of the plate, a 1/2" wide loop of metal extends out about 3/8" on each side of the plate. From the loop, a 2" wide U-shaped metal handle moves freely, ...

Maker: unknown

Material: pewter (tin alloy)

GUSN: 370552

Accession Number: 2016.188.257

Wire Fruit Basket

Footed wire round basket made up of wire that is twisted to look like rope.

Maker: unknown

Material: wirework

GUSN: 370553

Accession Number: 2016.188.258AB

Crystal Jar

Clear glass jar with molded design to imitate cut glass. The exterior of the body bulges out in the bottom inch.

Maker: unknown

Material: glass (material)

GUSN: 370554

Accession Number: 2016.188.259

Framed Document

Letter in a black wooden frame with gold trim in the inner-most section of the frame. The letter, written on February 27, 1996, is to Bill Waters from Rose Simon, Curator of the Hattie Carnegie Exhibition, and Dorothy Twining Globus, Director, of The Museum at the Fashion Institute of Technology in...

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 370555

Accession Number: 2016.188.262

Framed Document

Letter in a black wooden frame with gold trim in the inner-most section of the frame. A beige mat is cut into two windows to feature two items, a letter and a smaller comment. The typewritten letter, written on September 30, 1960 to Bill Waters of the Chapman-Hall Preservation Society, Inc., is fr...

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 370556

Accession Number: 2016.188.263

Framed Document

Black plastic-coated wood frame with gold trim at the inner edge. An exhibition label from the Hattie Carnegie Exhibition has been mounted on a beige woven fabric. The exhibition label is in black ink, in an italic font, on off-white matboard with a beveled edge. The label reads "This line-up of h...

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 370557

Accession Number: 2016.188.264

Framed Document

Black plastic-coated wooden frame around a pay stub for "W. Waters" for the period ending "9/9" for $50.00 (less taxes) from Hattie Carnegie, Inc., New York, New York. The document has 2 1/2 small holes on the left side of the paper, and serration dots 2/3 of the way up the center of the document. T...

Date: 1949

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 370558

Accession Number: 2016.188.265

Framed Document

Letter in a black wooden frame with gold trim in the inner-most section of the frame. The letter, written on April 29, 1996, is to Bill Waters from Rose Simon, Curator of The Hattie Carnegie Exhibition at The Museum at the Fashion Institute of Technology in New York City. The letter indicates that ...

Date: 1996

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 370559

Accession Number: 2016.188.266

Framed Exhibition Poster

Exhibition poster in a beige wooden frame. Portland Museum of Art exhibition poster featuring a detail of an oil on canvas by Mildred Giddings Burrage on the top half of the poster. The painting is titled "A November Day: Brittany" and was painted in 1912. The bottom half of the poster has a blue ...

Date: 2012

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 370560

Accession Number: 2016.188.267

Framed Document

Framed document with no visible mat. Black wooden frame with a gold line just inside the black inner-most edge of the frame. The document reads "Department of the Interior / Washington D C / This is to certify that the / historic building / known as / Bowman-Carney House / in the county of / Lin...

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 370561

Accession Number: 2016.188.268

Framed Brooch

Gold colored brooch in the shape of a cherry with red stones, in a black box frame. Cherry shaped brooch with a gold stem. Cherry has one round red stone at the center, surrounded by four rows of red smaller stones set in gold. Mounted in a box frame behind glass, with an off-white mat and black ...

Maker: Waters, William (Designer)

Material: gold (color), gems (object genres)

GUSN: 370562

Accession Number: 2016.188.269

Electric Lamp

Chinese export urn with foo dog finial, converted to a table lamp, with damage, silk shade.

Maker: unknown

Material: ceramic (material), brass (alloy), wood and wood products

GUSN: 370563

Accession Number: 2016.188.270

Stamp

Black cast iron embosser with an upper handle on a pivot that, when pressed down, presses two round metal plates together. When pressed together the following design is left in paper: "The Chapman-Hall House Preservation Society Inc." is wrapped around the outer circle. Inside the inner circle is ...

Maker: unknown

Material: cast iron

GUSN: 370564

Accession Number: 2016.188.271

Pillow

White pillow with green piped edge, crewel embroidery flowers on the front, and a zipper along the top edge. There is a plain white pillow inside the cover.

Maker: unknown

Material: textiles, embroidering

GUSN: 370565

Accession Number: 2016.188.272

Pillow

Brown needlepoint pillow with a rust and beige backing fabric. Central flowers of pink, blue and beige on a light brown background.

Maker: unknown

Material: textiles, needlepoint (needleworking)

GUSN: 370566

Accession Number: 2016.188.273

Floor Lamp

A wrought iron floor lamp with penny feet at the tripod base, a round candle cup, and a high tapered rod at the back.

Maker: unknown

Material: wrought iron (iron alloy)

GUSN: 370366

Accession Number: 2016.188.59

Tall Case Clock

Mahogany tall case clock (A), arched pediment with pierced fretwork flanked by three brass finials, reeded and brass inlaid columns flanking the clock face, decorative brasswork surrounding clock, pierced iron arms, veneered case door with rounded top and elaborate brass escutcheon, columnar sides w...

Date: 1785-1810

Maker: unknown

Material: mahogany (wood), glass (material), brass (alloy)

GUSN: 370367

Accession Number: 2016.188.60 AB

Arm Chair

Chippendale mahogany arm chair with carved fan at crest, scrolled and carved crest, pierced and carved splat, scrolled arms and arm supports, broad trapezoidal slip seat, upholstered in red damask, cabriole front legs and pad feet, and raking rear legs.

Date: 1770-1790

Maker: unknown

Material: mahogany (wood)

GUSN: 370368

Accession Number: 2016.188.61

Pewter Measure

Pewter half gill measure with bulbous body, loop handle, and splayed rim foot.

Maker: unknown

Material: pewter (tin alloy)

GUSN: 370369

Accession Number: 2016.188.62

Piano Forte

Mahogany piano forte with tiger maple banding above and below the keyboard, ivory keys, a rectangular case, and ebonized triangular inlay with tapered legs on casters. Pennsylvania.

Date: 1800-1820

Maker: unknown

Material: mahogany (wood), ivory (tooth component), inlay (process), ebony (color)

GUSN: 370371

Accession Number: 2016.188.64

Banjo Clock

An antique banjo clock (A), Willard's Patent, with a brass acorn finial above a round glass with a brass bezel, a white painted dial with Roman numerals, steel hands and key escutcheon, reverse painted glass at the throat with an eagle, acanthus leaf and shield on green background, brass supports at...

Maker: unknown

Material: brass (alloy), paint (coating), steel (alloy), wood and wood products

GUSN: 370372

Accession Number: 2016.188.65 AB

Reverse Painting on Glass

An English nineteenth century allegorical reverse painting on glass, "The Element of Water", in an ebonized carved frame. The painting shows a portrait of a seated woman wearing a pink dress, seated outdoors below an arch. At the left in the distance is a man in a boat on a river with a fishing net....

Date: 1800-1899

Maker: unknown

Material: glass (material), paint (coating), ebony (color), wood and wood products

GUSN: 370373

Accession Number: 2016.188.66

Pair of Candlesticks

Pair of brass candlesticks with rectangular bases.

Maker: unknown

Material: brass (alloy)

GUSN: 370374

Accession Number: 2016.188.67.1-.2

Candle Mold

Tin mold for a single candle. One end has a conical tip with a hole in the end for a wick. There is a rectangular area near the bottom end of the candle.

Maker: unknown

Material: tin alloy

GUSN: 370375

Accession Number: 2016.188.68

Candle Mold

Tin candle mold for twelve candles, with rectangular pans unifying the tops and bottoms of the twelve candle tubes.

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 370376

Accession Number: 2016.188.69

Candle Mold

Tin candle mold for six candles, with a rectangular pan unifying the bottoms of the six candle tubes into one line.

Maker: unknown

Material: tin alloy

GUSN: 370377

Accession Number: 2016.188.70

Lantern

Pierced tin candle lantern. painted black. The body of the lantern is divided into three sections: one section holds the door opening, the other two sections each feature a design of holes pierced in a concentric circle.

Maker: unknown

Material: tin alloy

GUSN: 370378

Accession Number: 2016.188.71

Lantern

Pierced tin candle lantern. The body of the lantern is divided into three sections: one section holds the door opening, the other two sections each feature a design of holes pierced in a concentric circle.

Maker: unknown

Material: tin alloy

GUSN: 370379

Accession Number: 2016.188.72

Lantern

Pierced tin candle lantern. painted black. The body of the lantern is divided into two sections: one section holds the door opening, the other section features a pierced design made up of holes pierced in the shape of three arches side by side.

Maker: unknown

Material: tin alloy

GUSN: 370380

Accession Number: 2016.188.73

Pewter Charger

Large plain round pewter charger with a flat outer rim about 1 3/4" wide all the way around, which curves down to a flat center about 9" in diameter. On the underside of the rim, there is a ridge ending in a line about 5/16" from the outer edge.

Maker: unknown

Material: pewter (tin alloy)

GUSN: 370381

Accession Number: 2016.188.74

Pewter Basin

Round pewter bowl with rolled rim, deep rounded walls and a plain flat floor.

Maker: unknown

Material: pewter (tin alloy)

GUSN: 370382

Accession Number: 2016.188.75

Pewter Pitcher

Pewter pitcher with large pouring spout, peaked handle and bulbous body.

Maker: unknown

Material: pewter (tin alloy)

GUSN: 370383

Accession Number: 2016.188.76

Pewter Coffee Pot

Pewter coffee pot with hinged lid, curved pouring spout, and curled handle set off from the body of the pot.

Maker: unknown

Material: pewter (tin alloy)

GUSN: 370384

Accession Number: 2016.188.77

Pewter Plate

Round pewter plate with a rounded top rim ending about 1/4" in from the outer edge.

Maker: unknown

Material: pewter (tin alloy)

GUSN: 370385

Accession Number: 2016.188.78

Pewter Plate

Round pewter plate with a rounded top rim ending about 1/4" in from the outer edge.

Maker: unknown

Material: pewter (tin alloy)

GUSN: 370386

Accession Number: 2016.188.79

Pair of Jars

Clear glass straight-sided jars with gray tin separate tops. Contain dried black beans and pinto beans.

Maker: unknown

Material: glass (material), tin (metal)

GUSN: 370387

Accession Number: 2016.188.80.1AB-.2AB

Pewter Beaker

Pewter beaker which tapers toward the bottom with a slight flare at the top.

Maker: unknown

Material: pewter (tin alloy)

GUSN: 370388

Accession Number: 2016.188.81

Pewter Beaker

Pewter beaker which tapers toward the bottom with a shiny silver exterior and a series of incised bands around the exterior.

Maker: unknown

Material: pewter (tin alloy)

GUSN: 370389

Accession Number: 2016.188.82

Round Box with Cookie Cutters

Round tin box with separate arched top with "Germany" pressed into it and ten small tin cookie cutters inside the box.

Maker: unknown

Material: tin alloy

GUSN: 370390

Accession Number: 2016.188.83A-L

Apple Corer

Gray tin T-shaped apple corer made from 3/4" diameter tin tubes.

Maker: unknown

Material: tin alloy

GUSN: 370391

Accession Number: 2016.188.84

Biscuit Cutter

Round tin cutter with 3/8" wide semicircular handle.

Maker: unknown

Material: tin alloy

GUSN: 370392

Accession Number: 2016.188.85

Biscuit Cutter

Round tin cutter missing a handle.

Maker: unknown

Material: tin alloy

GUSN: 370393

Accession Number: 2016.188.86

Pewter Mug

Pewter mug with a curved handle and a foot.

Maker: unknown

Material: pewter (tin alloy), casting (process)

GUSN: 370394

Accession Number: 2016.188.87

Drapery Tie Back

Black cast iron tie back with a six-pointed star on the front, and a screw at the back.

Maker: unknown

Material: cast iron

GUSN: 370395

Accession Number: 2016.188.88

Pewter Salt Dish

Pewter salt dish with semi-circular dish engraved with a design including two battle axes.

Maker: unknown

Material: pewter (tin alloy), engraving (action)

GUSN: 370396

Accession Number: 2016.188.89

Pewter Salt Dish

Pewter salt dish with semicircular dish and a rolled rim.

Maker: unknown

Material: pewter (tin alloy)

GUSN: 370397

Accession Number: 2016.188.90

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