Historic New England

Tile

Green tile from New Apple Blossom fireplace set.

Date: 1881

Maker: J. & J.G. Low Art Tile Works\n (Manufacturer)

Material: earthenware, glaze, ceramic glaze, ceramic tile

GUSN: 372117

Accession Number: 2025.28.43

Tile

Green tile from New Apple Blossom fireplace set.

Date: 1881

Maker: J. & J.G. Low Art Tile Works\n (Manufacturer)

Material: earthenware, glaze, ceramic glaze, ceramic tile

GUSN: 372118

Accession Number: 2025.28.44

Tile

Blue tile from Amaranth fireplace surround set.

Date: ca. 1883

Maker: J. & J.G. Low Art Tile Works\n (Manufacturer)

Material: earthenware, glaze, ceramic glaze, ceramic tile

GUSN: 372119

Accession Number: 2025.28.45

Tile

Blue tile from New Apple Blossom fireplace set.

Date: 1881

Maker: J. & J.G. Low Art Tile Works\n (Manufacturer)

Material: earthenware, glaze, ceramic glaze, ceramic tile

GUSN: 372120

Accession Number: 2025.28.46

Tile

Blue tile from New Apple Blossom fireplace set.

Date: 1881

Maker: J. & J.G. Low Art Tile Works\n (Manufacturer)

Material: earthenware, glaze, ceramic glaze, ceramic tile

GUSN: 372121

Accession Number: 2025.28.47

Tile

Blue tile from New Apple Blossom fireplace set.

Date: 1881

Maker: J. & J.G. Low Art Tile Works\n (Manufacturer)

Material: earthenware, glaze, ceramic glaze, ceramic tile

GUSN: 372122

Accession Number: 2025.28.48

Tile

Olive green tile from Marguerite fireplace surround set.

Date: 1884

Maker: J. & J.G. Low Art Tile Works\n (Manufacturer)

Material: earthenware, glaze, ceramic glaze, ceramic tile

GUSN: 372123

Accession Number: 2025.28.49

Tile

Olive green tile from Marguerite fireplace surround set.

Date: 1884

Maker: J. & J.G. Low Art Tile Works\n (Manufacturer)

Material: earthenware, ceramic glaze, glaze, ceramic tile

GUSN: 372124

Accession Number: 2025.28.50

Tile

Brown corner tile from Marguerite fireplace surround set.

Date: 1884

Maker: J. & J.G. Low Art Tile Works\n (Manufacturer)

Material: earthenware, ceramic glaze, glaze, ceramic tile

GUSN: 372125

Accession Number: 2025.28.51

Tile

Brown tile from Marguerite fireplace surround set.

Date: 1884

Maker: J. & J.G. Low Art Tile Works\n (Manufacturer)

Material: earthenware, ceramic tile, glaze, ceramic glaze

GUSN: 372126

Accession Number: 2025.28.52

Tile

Brown tile from Marguerite fireplace surround set.

Date: 1884

Maker: J. & J.G. Low Art Tile Works\n (Manufacturer)

Material: earthenware, ceramic tile, ceramic glaze, glaze

GUSN: 372127

Accession Number: 2025.28.53

Tile

Brown tile from Marguerite fireplace surround set. Plate XXIII - RP056

Date: 1884

Maker: J. & J.G. Low Art Tile Works\n (Manufacturer)

Material: earthenware, glaze, ceramic glaze, ceramic tile

GUSN: 372128

Accession Number: 2025.28.54

Tile

Brown tile from Marguerite fireplace surround set.

Date: 1884

Maker: J. & J.G. Low Art Tile Works\n (Manufacturer)

Material: earthenware, ceramic glaze, glaze, ceramic tile

GUSN: 372129

Accession Number: 2025.28.55

Tile

Brown corner tile from Marguerite fireplace surround set.

Date: 1884

Maker: J. & J.G. Low Art Tile Works\n (Manufacturer)

Material: earthenware, glaze, ceramic glaze, ceramic tile

GUSN: 372130

Accession Number: 2025.28.56

Tile

Brown sunflower border tile.

Date: 1881

Maker: J. & J.G. Low Art Tile Works\n (Manufacturer)

Material: earthenware, glaze, ceramic glaze, ceramic tile

GUSN: 372131

Accession Number: 2025.28.57

Tile

Blue sunflower border tile.

Date: 1881

Maker: J. & J.G. Low Art Tile Works\n (Manufacturer)

Material: earthenware, glaze, ceramic glaze, ceramic tile

GUSN: 372132

Accession Number: 2025.28.58

Tile

Brown tile from Swag fireplace surround set.

Date: 1882

Maker: J. & J.G. Low Art Tile Works\n (Manufacturer)

Material: earthenware, glaze, ceramic glaze, ceramic tile

GUSN: 372133

Accession Number: 2025.28.59

Tile

Green right tile from swag design three part panel.

Date: 1884

Maker: J. & J.G. Low Art Tile Works\n (Manufacturer)

Material: earthenware, glaze, ceramic glaze, ceramic tile

GUSN: 372134

Accession Number: 2025.28.60

Tile

Brown left tile from swag design three part panel. Left part.

Date: 1884

Maker: J. & J.G. Low Art Tile Works\n (Manufacturer)

Material: earthenware, ceramic tile, ceramic glaze, glaze

GUSN: 372135

Accession Number: 2025.28.61

Tile

Brown center tile from swag design three part panel. Center part.

Date: 1884

Maker: J. & J.G. Low Art Tile Works\n (Manufacturer)

Material: earthenware, glaze, ceramic glaze, ceramic tile

GUSN: 372136

Accession Number: 2025.28.62

Tile

Brown right tile from swag design three part panel. Right part.

Date: 1884

Maker: J. & J.G. Low Art Tile Works\n (Manufacturer)

Material: earthenware, glaze, ceramic glaze, ceramic tile

GUSN: 372137

Accession Number: 2025.28.63

Wallet

A small white leather wallet with a snap clasp.

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 381050

Accession Number: 1948.66.2

Flip Fold Compact

A small, beige flip fold compact.

Date: 20th century

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 381051

Accession Number: 1948.66.3

Coin Purse

A silk bag style coin purse with metal clasp.

Date: 20th century

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 381052

Accession Number: 1948.66.4

Pocket

Black satin pocket, jet or black glass trimming

Date: 20th century

Maker: unknown

Material: cloth, jet (coal), glass (material), cotton (fiber), metal

GUSN: 381053

Accession Number: 1946.782

Purse or drawstring pouch

A rectangular light green silk drawstring purse or pouch with corded edge and drawstring adorned with golden tassels. Front is hand painting with purple flowers and two robins.

Date: Early 20th century

Maker: unknown

Material: silk (textile), cord (fiber product), tassel, hand-painted

GUSN: 381054

Accession Number: 1943.639

Purse

A black beaded drawstring purse with corded closure and bottom edge with beaded loops and small, clear, cut glass beads.

Date: 19th / 20th century

Maker: unknown

Material: glass (material), beads (pierced objects), beadwork, beading (process), cord (fiber product)

GUSN: 381055

Accession Number: 1929.332

A beaded reticule or drawstring purse with geometric motifs, tassel at bottom,. and black fabric and cording at top. Motifs include red diamonds outlined in green and yellow with abstract leaf motif in center of blue, yellow, and green, center with blue diamonds outlined in yellow rectangles and gre...

Date: 19th / 20th century

Maker: (Appraiser)

Material: beads (pierced objects), glass (material), beading (process), beadwork, cotton (fiber), cord (fiber product), tassel

GUSN: 381062

Accession Number: 1945.593

"Fish Story" Folly Cove Designers Skirt

A Folly Cover Designers skirt in the pattern "Fish Story" with schools of small and large geometric stylized fish in grey ink on black cotton with a thick black cotton waistband.

Date: ca. 1957

Maker: Burton Demetrios, Virginia Lee, 1909-1968

Material: linocuts (prints), linoleum blocks, printmakers, designers, ink, cotton (textile)

GUSN: 381110

Accession Number: 2026.1.1

Beaded Coin Purse

A small bean shaped beaded coinpurse with envelope style flap and with glass beads in shapes of white, frosted, and metallic.

Date: twentieth century

Maker: unknown

Material: beading (process), beads (pierced objects), glass (material), cotton (fiber)

GUSN: 381115

Accession Number: 2025.52.8

FOUND IN COLLECTION: Pair of Andirons

Pair of cast iron andirons with shank but no post. Legs curve outward and down.

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 381155

Accession Number: FIC2025.32.3AB

Photograph Album

Brown textured leather with gold trim brass square clip closure with double cyma attachment. Photos of Slade and Coleman families.

Date: 1880-1890

Maker: unknown

Material: brass (alloy), leather, paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 381245

Accession Number: 1963.100B

Photograph Album

Green leather with elaborate embossed leather designs and elaborate hinged closures. Photos of Moody and Coleman families.

Date: 1865-1870

Maker: unknown

Material: brass (alloy), leather, paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 381246

Accession Number: 1963.100C

Tortoiseshell Cufflink

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 381297

Accession Number: 1971.2584

Swiss Dot Fabric

White Swiss dot fabric

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 384759

Accession Number: 1971.2738

White Jacket

White jacket

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 384847

Accession Number: 1971.2170

Hon. Daniel Webster

Color lithograph of Daniel Webster seated in a upholstered chair; three-quarter pose; drapery behind with table with books and writing implements at age 70. Printed by N. Currier NY

Maker: N. Currier's Lith. (New York, N.Y.) (Lithographer)

GUSN: 385531

Accession Number: 1946.348

Hope

Embroidery and watercolor on silk. Scene of a woman in Grecian dress standing at the foot of a cliff leaning on a giant anchor, overlooking the sea. In the background is an American ship. Embroidery set in a gold leaf frame with églomisé mat.

Date: ca. 1810

Maker: unknown

Material: embroidering, needleworking (process), silk (fiber), watercolor (paint)

GUSN: 387525

Accession Number: 2026.6.1

The Landing of Christopher Columbus

Engraving of Christopher Columbus, standing in the foreground. Behind him are the figures of a priest holding a cross and other colonial settlers. In the background are several ships arriving on the coast of a wooded landscape.

Date: ca. 1800

Maker: Edwin, David, 1776-1841

GUSN: 387526

Accession Number: 2026.6.2

The Landing of Christopher Columbus

Embroidery with polychrome silk on a silk background painted with watecolor. Embroidery depicts Christopher Columbus in the foreground, with one hand on a sword and the other hand on his plumed hat. Behind him are the fitures of a priest holding a golden cross and other colonial settlers. The backgr...

Date: ca. 1802

Maker: unknown

Material: embroidering, silk (fiber), watercolor (paint), needleworking (process)

GUSN: 387527

Accession Number: 2026.6.3