Historic New England

Plate

The plate is of small circular form with scalloped rim. Then center is printed with a lady and small boy walking near a large urn, with exotic buildings in the background and a scrolled spray of flowers in the foreground. It is enclosed by a border of leafy scrolls, bands and reserves enclosing berr...

Date: 1840-1860

Maker: Hall, R. (Maker)

Material: transfer printing

GUSN: 3249

Accession Number: 1991.1032

Bowl

The bowl is of small, round, deep form with panelled sides and a tall circular foot ring. The ring "peaks" at each panel. It is buff colored pottery, decorated with blue, green and yellow sprigs on the exterior's 6 sides. The foot ring has brown stripes and the rim edge and bottom is painted brown ...

Date: 1800-1830

Maker: unknown

Material: enameling, pearlware

GUSN: 3250

Accession Number: 1991.1033

Bowl

The bowl is of a small, deep, round form with a circular foot ring. The exterior is glazed beige-blue and decorated with sprigs of brown and orange berries, the interior has a single sprig, and there is a brown band belor the rim.

Date: 1800-1830

Maker: unknown

Material: enameling, pearlware

GUSN: 3251

Accession Number: 1991.1034

Bowl

The bowl is of small, deep, circular form with a tal tapered conforming foot ring. It is transfer printed in blue with a hunting scene under a braid pattern border on the exterior sides. The interior is printed with quail and greenery at center and wide band of overlapping scalloped devices and diag...

Date: 1825-1840

Maker: unknown

Material: pearlware, transfer printing

GUSN: 3252

Accession Number: 1991.1035

Vegetable Dish Cover

The lid has a large rose shaped knop with raised leaf mount on a stepped domed square form with cut corners.

Date: 1825-1850

Maker: unknown

Material: pearlware, transfer printing, molding (forming)

GUSN: 3253

Accession Number: 1991.1036

Treen Bowl

Deep round form with a circular mouth; thick band about the rim; short circular foot ring. It still holds a collection of wax, plaster and plastic fruit.

Date: 1800-1850

Maker: unknown

Material: wood (plant material), turning (shaping process)

GUSN: 3255

Accession Number: 1991.1038

Plaster Fruit

Each fruit is made from plaster, formed and colored to look real. These include: a lemon, an orange, a lemon with a wood stem, and a small yellow apple. The orange is lighter than the rest, with a ground in yellow and orange with a wax finish.

Date: 1850-1900

Maker: unknown

Material: painting (coating), plaster, wax

GUSN: 3256

Accession Number: 1991.1039.1-5

Plastic and Wax Fruit

The fruit are of realistic form and color and include: 1. a minature spray of 3 yellow pears with green plastic leaves on a branch; 2.& 3. each with three mini plastic green limes hanging from stem with two leaves; 4. plastic blushing mini yellow pears hanging from a branch with two leaves; 5.&6. ea...

Date: 1900-1980

Maker: unknown

Material: molding (forming), plastic (organic material), wax

GUSN: 3257

Accession Number: 1991.1040.1-12

Portrait of Cyrus French

Rectangular, vertical format portrait of a man, three-quarter length. He is seated with his right elbow on a desk on which are books, some lettered: "Jackson Nichols" and "Smith Greenleaf". His left hand is in his vest, and he is wearing a brown coat with large buttons, black trousers and white stoc...

Date: 1786

Maker: unknown

Material: oil paint (paint), canvas

GUSN: 3258

Accession Number: 1991.1041.1

Portrait of Mary Boyd Minot

Rectangular, vertical format portrait of a woman wearing a dark dress with a red shawl on one shoulder, pulled up brown hair and brown eyes. There is a dim background with a landscape view of a sunset at the right. It has an original chipped rococco-style gilded frame, as per NFL. Oil on canvas.

Date: 1820-1835

Maker: unknown

Material: oil paint (paint), canvas

GUSN: 3259

Accession Number: 1991.1042

Towel Rack

Four squared dowels tendoned through two plain rectrangular up rights on trestle feet; unpainted.

Date: 1750-1800

Maker: unknown

Material: mortise-and-tenon joints, joining, wood (plant material)

GUSN: 3260

Accession Number: 1991.1044

Painted Traffic Sign

No description

Date: 1800-1850

Maker: unknown

Material: oil paint (paint), panels (wood), painting (coating), pine (wood)

GUSN: 3261

Accession Number: 1991.1045

English Transferware Bedpan

Circular basin with wide, rolled rim and cylindrical projection at the side; decorated with blue transfer print of a bucolic landscape with a building enclosed by a floral border; the projecting neck has a large, floral border edged with diagonal stripes.

Date: 1825-1850

Maker: unknown

Material: pearlware, transfer printing

GUSN: 3262

Accession Number: 1991.1046

Dining Table

An overhanging rectangular top with breadboard ends on a straight apron; turned and tapering legs; two rectangular leaves; each leaf has a pair of projecting elements on the underside that fit into holes in the table apron; painted red.

Date: 1810-1830

Maker: unknown

Material: maple (wood), painting (coating), pine (wood), turning (shaping process)

GUSN: 3263

Accession Number: 1991.1047

Tobacconist's Carved Signboard

This object contains harmful stereotypical imagery of Native Americans. Historic New England acknowledges historical records / objects may contain harmful imagery and language reflecting attitudes and biases of their creators and time in which they were made. Historic New England does not alter o...

Date: 1850-1900

Maker: unknown

Material: carving (processes), oil paint (paint), painting (coating), pine (wood)

GUSN: 3264

Accession Number: 1991.1048

Wooden Coffin

An unpainted wooden coffin without a lid; nail construction at shoulder angle, corf-cut and held with wedges.

Date: 1800-1850

Maker: unknown

Material: butternut (wood), nailing

GUSN: 3265

Accession Number: 1991.1049.1

Sample Gravestone

Sample gravestone with three portrait heads, and an alphabet up to "Q"; also has borders in several methods. It is well finished on three sides and rough on the bottom.

Date: 1787

Maker: Pratt, Noah (Maker)

Material: carving (processes), slate (rock)

GUSN: 3266

Accession Number: 1991.1050

Tombstone

An arched crest carved with the head and wings of a stylized angel above an inscription.

Date: 1770-1780

Maker: unknown

Material: carving (processes), incising, stone (rock)

GUSN: 3267

Accession Number: 1991.1051

Tavern Sign

Painted wooden sign with the top section grained. In corners there are painted quarter fans and it is painted to simulate Sheraton inlaid wood. Brackets for the sign's iron hooks extend into the grained area and cross the simulated inlay 8 7/8" into the board from the top. Only one side still has it...

Date: 1810

Maker: unknown

Material: iron (metal), oil paint (paint), wood (plant material)

GUSN: 3268

Accession Number: 1991.1052

Miniature Desk

Slant-top lid hinged with leather straps over two long drawers, each with single, carved wood pulls; the lid opens to three drawers and pigeonholes; everything is painted red.

Date: 1800-1820

Maker: unknown

Material: painting (coating), pine (wood)

GUSN: 3269

Accession Number: 1991.1053

Hanging Cupboard

Pine; scrolled crest on a rectangular case with hinged, panelled door; the door opens to three shelves; the exterior is painted red and the interior is painted white; there is a single brass pull on the d oor with a bronze lock and iron key.

Date: 1790-1820

Maker: unknown

Material: wood (plant material), carving (processes), painting (coating)

GUSN: 3270

Accession Number: 1991.1054

Sheathing for Boxed in Stairway

Section of feather edge sheathing which covered a boxed in stairway, probably in a front entry. The artist, Moses Eaton, applied stencils/ tempora in red and green on a faint pink background, directly to unpainted pine boards. The outlines of the stair ends can still be seen on the backs of the wide...

Date: 1815-1830

Maker: Eaton, Moses (American stencil artist, 1796-1886) (Maker)

Material: pine (wood), stenciling, tempera

GUSN: 3271

Accession Number: 1991.1055AB

Wooden Laying Out Board

A wide, long board with a rounded end. Unpainted.

Maker: unknown

Material: wood (plant material), carving (processes)

GUSN: 3272

Accession Number: 1991.1056

Church Gallery Clock

Large round clock with gold face; Roman numerals; black iron hands. Face unscrews on front to access brass works; pendulum and weight.

Date: 1875-1900

Maker: unknown

Material: iron (metal), oil paint (paint), wood (plant material)

GUSN: 3273

Accession Number: 1991.1057

Serpent Weathervane

Weathervane cut from one piece of wood in the shape of a "serpent." Green painted finish. The tail is in the shape of an arrow, and nails are driven in at the edge to suggest scales.

Date: 1850-1875

Maker: unknown

Material: wood (plant material), metal, painting (coating)

GUSN: 3274

Accession Number: 1991.1058

Carved Trade Sign

Two-piece, large scale wooden hand razor; joined at the end of each wooden form by a screw.

Date: 1875-1910

Maker: unknown

Material: wood (plant material), staining, oil paint (paint), walnut (wood)

GUSN: 3275

Accession Number: 1991.1059

Checkerboard

Large board with frame and squares painted in pumpkin yellow, with four freehand painted divisions of landscapes at the ends of the board. One side of the board has numbered squares.

Date: 1880-1920

Maker: unknown

Material: wood (plant material), oil paint (paint)

GUSN: 3276

Accession Number: 1991.1060

Trade Sign

A heavy rectangular board, with a heavy three-part molding frame. Painted on both sides: one side has two large white houses with two sailboats and a side wheel steamer, "Liberty" in front of a house. On the reverse is an engine and string of carriages entering a station; ships in the foreground. Co...

Date: 1835-1840

Maker: unknown

Material: wood (plant material), oil paint (paint)

GUSN: 3277

Accession Number: 1991.1061

"Minot's Light" Fireboard

Rectangular (oblong) format, with an elaborate gold frame painted around the border. View of Minot's Light at the far right with rocks behind it; a blue-green ocean is painted in stylized pattern of waves. There are several small sailing ships and a square rigger on the horizon.

Date: 1860

Maker: Drew, Clement (Maker)

Material: oil paint (paint), canvas

GUSN: 3278

Accession Number: 1991.1062

Sign Advertising Padlocks

A painted, canary-yellow sign in the shape of a giant padlock.

Date: 1860-1900

Maker: unknown

Material: copper (metal), painting (coating)

GUSN: 3279

Accession Number: 1991.1063

Toy Steam Engine Train

Toy train with five cars: steam engine with tender, an open freight car, a livestock car and a passenger car; each wooden car is of a simplified form; the engine with tender is painted medium green with red and black detailing and red wheels; the engine is embossed in gilt with "N.Y.C.R.R" and a par...

Date: 1875-1900

Maker: unknown

Material: pine (wood), burlap, painting (coating)

GUSN: 3280

Accession Number: 1991.1064

Painted Traffic Sign

No description

Date: 1800-1860

Maker: unknown

Material: painting (coating), pine (wood)

GUSN: 3281

Accession Number: 1991.1066

Painted Panel

Painted panel, possibly a fireboard; view of a sailor boy holding a parsol and a girl holding up her skirts by the shore; a large bird is overhead; a fully rigged ship is offshore; the foliage is a dull, brownish green.

Date: 1725-1775

Maker: unknown

Material: oil paint (paint), panels (wood), pine (wood)

GUSN: 3282

Accession Number: 1991.1068

Carved Portrait of a Woman

Oval plaque of a woman, three-quarter face turned to the right. Her head and shoulders are enclosed in black drapery with yellow fringe. Her hair is parted in the middle with long curls at the sides of her face. The neck of the dress is edged with red and gold, and she wears a necklace of blue beads...

Date: 1860-1890

Maker: unknown

Material: amber (fossil resin), carving (processes), ebony (wood), glass (material), oil paint (paint), pine (wood)

GUSN: 3283

Accession Number: 1991.1069

Portrait of Washington Gordon

Half of a rectangular, vertical format portrait of a young man, with a dark blue coat with puffed shoulders and a yellow vest with gold painted buttons. Unframed - per donor there was no sign of it ever having been framed.

Date: 1832

Maker: Attributed to Ellis, A. (Maker)

Material: oil paint (paint), panels (wood)

GUSN: 3284

Accession Number: 1991.1070

Broom

A rough hewn square handle on a segment of birch log cut into splint bristles.

Date: 1850-1900

Maker: unknown

Material: birch (wood)

GUSN: 3285

Accession Number: 1991.1072

Liquor Chest

Rectangular hinged lid with a molded edge over a conforming box with a flat base and wire handles on the sides painted brown-red. The interior is filled with 12 square compartments each holding a blown green glass liquor (gin) bottle and a corkscrew. The bottles are in various forms.

Date: 1790-1810

Maker: unknown

Material: glass (material), glassblowing, pine (wood), painting (coating)

GUSN: 3286

Accession Number: 1991.1073.1

Bottle

One of twelve deep olive-amber gin bottles in a box.

Date: ca. 1800

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 3287

Accession Number: 1991.1073.14

High Chair

The highchair tapers round the back posts with acorn finials joined by two arched slats. Carved arms with scrolled hand holds on tapering round front posts, and a double set of box stretchers (only back). It has a rush seat and it's all painted red.

Date: 1790-1820

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 3288

Accession Number: 1991.1074

Color Lithograph

Horizontal, rectangular format of Shaker men and women dancing in rows facing one another, in an interior with three windows and shawls, hats and coats hung along the wall.

Maker: D.W. Kellog and Co. (Maker)

Material: ink, paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 3289

Accession Number: 1991.1075

Cooper's Mallet

Wooden cooper's mallet with rough, heavy mallet head and smooth, handled mallet head and rounded handle. Inscribed with an owner's name and address on the handle and name on the mallet. The mallet head wedge fits onto the pole.

Date: 1801-1805

Maker: Possibly Thomas C. Armory and Co. (Maker)

Material: wood (plant material), ash (wood), poplar (wood)

GUSN: 3290

Accession Number: 1991.1076

Chest

A chest with a flat top and molded edge with two short drawers over three long drawers. It has a molded base that is raised on four ball turned feet with quatrifoil brasslock plates and pierced floriform brass escuteons with brass drop drawer pulls (2 to each drawer). It is painted dark brown.

Date: 1690-1720

Maker: unknown

Material: maple (wood)

GUSN: 3291

Accession Number: 1991.1077

Artist's Sample Board

Rectangular oblong format, showing a black background with various designs in color: scrolls, corner pieces, wicker, lettering, fancy motifs, etc. Unframed. [see photo neg.#47543-A]

Date: 1875-1899

Maker: Lincoln, Ephraim F., 1864-1934 (Maker)

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

GUSN: 3292

Accession Number: 1991.1078

Plaque

Very weathered board, rectangular format, with holes in each corner for long-headed handmade nails, with black painted lettering. Unframed.

Date: 1773

Maker: unknown

Material: oil paint (paint), pine (wood)

GUSN: 3293

Accession Number: 1991.1079

Linen Wallcovering

Piece of linen mounted on two modern wallboards painted on the face with closely spaced decorative motifs. The background is black, and the chief design color is iron red. The basic forms of the various designs appear to be stenciled, with highlights and touches in freehand in white. Other secondary...

Date: 1810-1815

Maker: unknown

Material: Fome-Cor (TM), linen (material), oil paint (paint)

GUSN: 3294

Accession Number: 1991.1080

Overmantel-Gurney House

Rectangular overmantel painting, a composition showing a square, hip-roof house, gray with a red roof and yellow chimneys on the lower right. On the left, there is a bay with a two-masted vessel and other small scale full rigged ships. Hills, on the right, slope up to the mountains. At the far left,...

Date: 1775-1799

Maker: unknown

Material: oil paint (paint), panels (wood)

GUSN: 3295

Accession Number: 1991.1081

Fireboard

Fireboard made from five boards stenciled with upper and lower borders and standing birds in a row inbetween. Painted in black and grey with touches of red in the upper border. The upper border has swags with fruit. For upper border and birds, see the same in a house on Clongh Hill, London, N.H. (My...

Date: 1800-1824

Maker: unknown

Material: oil paint (paint), panels (wood)

GUSN: 3296

Accession Number: 1991.1082

Desk

Slant-top child's desk. Pine, grain-painted. Slant top has beaded edge. Lower section of case has two long drawers and molded base. Rests on cloud-shaped bracket feet.

Date: 1800-1820

Maker: unknown

Material: graining, pine (wood)

GUSN: 3297

Accession Number: 1991.1083.1

Painting

On a peach ground with black lettering and one line filled in with bold wide-lettered red paint, with pointing hands drawn at either side of this line, is a sign which contains an inscription.

Date: 1950-1960

Maker: unknown

Material: oil paint (paint), panels (wood), pencils (drawing and writing equipment), pressboard

GUSN: 3298

Accession Number: 1991.1084

Hat Mold

Short, cylindrical crown on curved, ovoid brim; painted black

Date: 1825-1850

Maker: unknown

Material: wood (plant material)

GUSN: 3299

Accession Number: 1991.1085

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