Historic New England

Ring Box

This fitted box is covered in red leather. It is the original box for memorial ring 1916.223.

Date: 1832

Maker: unknown

Material: paper by composition or origin, leather

GUSN: 27363

Accession Number: 1916.224

Alphabet/Verse Sampler. Vertical rectangle, natural linen ground. 2 1/2 inch floral border at top and sides. Alphabet at top, verse in center. Adam and Eve on green ground, on either side of the tree of knowledge at bottom. Alphabets: #1-missing "J","U"; Numbers: "1-8" Cross stitch, eyelet hole, ...

Maker: Haskell, Ruth (Embroiderer)

Material: cross-stitching, embroidering, linen (material), silk (textile), wool (textile)

GUSN: 27364

Accession Number: 1916.230

Plaque

No description

Maker: unknown

Material: iron (metal)

GUSN: 27365

Accession Number: 1916.231

Tea bowl

Handleless, hand-painted porcelain cup. Interior border: black husk chain and black leaf. Exterior border: bands of thin black line and band of dots; wavy band of dots and flower buds; one large and several small sprays of flowers on body.

Date: 1750-1775

Maker: unknown

Material: porcelain, hand-painted, overglazing, glazing (coating)

GUSN: 27366

Accession Number: 1916.324

Waste bowl

Small earthenware bowl with black transfer-printed pattern commemorating Major General William Henry Harrison, the "log cabin and hard cider" candidate" and the ninth United States president. Interior border of medallions framing urns and a depiction of Harrison on diaper ground. On interior basin a...

Date: 1840

Maker: William Adams & Sons (Maker)

Material: earthenware, glazing (coating), transfer printing

GUSN: 27367

Accession Number: 1916.325

Decorative Mug

Opaque white glass decorative mug, with polychrome hand-painted design of eagle with wings spread surrounded by laurel wreath and the word "Liberty" in gilt. Fifteen eight-pointed gilt stars around the wreath. Gilt band on rim.

Maker: unknown

Material: glass (material), paint (coating), gilding

GUSN: 27368

Accession Number: 1916.326

Wallet

No description

Maker: unknown

Material: leather

GUSN: 27369

Accession Number: 1916.329

Nutpick

No description

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 27370

Accession Number: 1916.339

Nutpick

No description

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 27371

Accession Number: 1916.340

Nail File

No description

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 27372

Accession Number: 1916.341

Nutpick

No description

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 27373

Accession Number: 1916.342

Nutpick

No description

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 27374

Accession Number: 1916.343

Hair Wreath

No description

Maker: unknown

Material: hair

GUSN: 27375

Accession Number: 1916.346

Map

No description

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 27376

Accession Number: 1916.347

Flax

Skein of flax with wrapper and string.

Maker: unknown

Material: string (fiber product), palm fiber

GUSN: 27377

Accession Number: 1916.349B

Thread

14 skeins of linen thread, in paper and string.

Maker: unknown

Material: linen (material), paper (fiber product), string (fiber product), textiles

GUSN: 27378

Accession Number: 1916.350

Portrait of Sally Otis

No description

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 27379

Accession Number: 1917.1

Lamp

No description

Maker: unknown

Material: glass (material)

GUSN: 27380

Accession Number: 1917.9

Bed Valance

A set of three shaped panels stitched together at the corners to form a single valance. Each panel is made from plain woven worsted wool harateen (originally green but faded to a shade of blue) with visible "watered" or "moire" stamped patterning. Each panel shows a shaped bottom edge of drop pendan...

Date: 1740-1760

Maker: unknown

Material: buckram, hand weaving, wool (textile)

GUSN: 27381

Accession Number: 1917.12

Spike

No description

Maker: unknown

Material: iron (metal)

GUSN: 27382

Accession Number: 1917.14

FINIAL

Brass knobs with double band around center of knob; small base (2 3/8") with central extension.

Date: 1800-1867

Maker: unknown

Material: casting (process), brass (alloy)

GUSN: 27383

Accession Number: 1917.23AB

Soup Plate

Blue transfer-printed earthenware soup plate. Overall floral and vine motif.

Date: 1830-1850

Maker: Possibly Samuel Alcock & Co. (Maker)

Material: earthenware, tin (metal)

GUSN: 27384

Accession Number: 1917.26

Luncheon plate

Earthenware plate with brown transfer-print pattern "Sardinia" depicting horseman, woman and child beside a river with exotic buildings on the distant shore. Border pattern of alternating birdbath and fruit vignettes on chevron ground.

Date: 1841-1849

Maker: Ralph Hall & Co. (Maker)

Material: earthenware, glazing (coating), transfer printing

GUSN: 27385

Accession Number: 1917.27

Saucer

Earthenware violet transfer-printed saucer with beaded band and white edge with two floral borders, one of small flowers, the other with larger sprays of flowers surrounding scene of Episcopal Church which was designed by Robert Mills, but never built.

Date: 1831-1843

Maker: Messrs. Job & John Jackson (Maker)

Material: earthenware, glazing (coating), transfer printing

GUSN: 27386

Accession Number: 1917.28

Crane

No description

Maker: unknown

Material: iron (metal)

GUSN: 27387

Accession Number: 1917.29

Dessert Plate

Small white porcelain plate with molded thistle figures on interior rim. Figures are light voilet colored.

Maker: unknown

Material: soft paste porcelain

GUSN: 27388

Accession Number: 1917.30

Silhouette

No description

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 27233

Accession Number: 1914.122

Spike

Hand-wrought spike.

Date: ca. 1818

Maker: unknown

Material: wrought, handmade, iron (metal)

GUSN: 27234

Accession Number: 1914.123A

Nail

Hand-wrought nail.

Date: ca. 1818

Maker: unknown

Material: wrought, handmade, iron (metal)

GUSN: 27235

Accession Number: 1914.123B

Cloth Fragment

No description

Date: 1760-1830

Maker: Possibly Coffin, Mary Ellen (Maker)

Material: hand weaving, linen (material), tabby (textile), textiles

GUSN: 27236

Accession Number: 1914.127

Brise' Fan

Bone sticks and guards, pierced in coral pattern; scalloped tops and lower portion of sticks and guards; threaded with ivory ribbon; mother-of-pearl washer.

Date: 1850-1875

Maker: unknown

Material: bone (material), coral (material), ivory (tooth component), piercing, silk (textile)

GUSN: 27237

Accession Number: 1914.133

Fan

Blue folding fan, opens to form circle. Ivory guards, carved and turned ivory handle with acanthus leaf terminal; blue silk tassel; two ivory buttons at center.

Date: ca. 1840

Maker: unknown

Material: carving (processes), ivory (tooth component), turning (shaping process), textiles

GUSN: 27238

Accession Number: 1914.134

Fan and Box

P. Willman,1993: Imported Chinese sticks. Mount added by maker. See MFA catalogue #1976.314: similar design and sticks--c.1780s. Sticks predate mount. Foil underneath guard sticks is 19th C. Fan seems too small for box--probably not original box.

Date: 1780-1825

Maker: unknown

Material: carving (processes), ivory (tooth component), rhinestone, silk (textile), sequins (spangles)

GUSN: 27239

Accession Number: 1914.136AB

Butter Paddle

No description

Maker: unknown

Material: wood (plant material)

GUSN: 27240

Accession Number: 1914.138

Strap Hinge

Tapers to bean end; nine nail holes; closed loop, bent at right angle to shank.

Date: 18th c.?

Maker: unknown

Material: iron (metal), wrought

GUSN: 27241

Accession Number: 1914.139

Ice Skate

No description

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 27242

Accession Number: 1914.143B

Hasp

Forged from square bar stock. Loop retained end of spiral at shank. Turned up at locking end.

Date: ca. 1746

Maker: unknown

Material: iron (metal)

GUSN: 27243

Accession Number: 1914.146

Spear

No description

Maker: unknown

Material: iron (metal)

GUSN: 27244

Accession Number: 1914.147

Fishing Tool

No description

Maker: unknown

Material: wood (plant material)

GUSN: 27245

Accession Number: 1914.148

Eel Spear

A metal eel spear with five barbed prongs.

Maker: unknown

Material: metal

GUSN: 27246

Accession Number: 1914.149

Betty Lamp

No description

Maker: unknown

Material: tin (metal)

GUSN: 27247

Accession Number: 1914.150

Ice Skate

No description

Maker: unknown

Material: metal

GUSN: 27248

Accession Number: 1914.152AB

Boot Scraper

Hand-wrought. Three-piece construction. Scalloped pattern on bottom of plate. Vertical bars flattened and curled under at top.

Date: ca. 1800

Maker: unknown

Material: wrought, handmade, iron (metal)

GUSN: 27249

Accession Number: 1914.154

Auger

No description

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 27250

Accession Number: 1914.155

Hook

No description

Maker: unknown

Material: iron (metal)

GUSN: 27251

Accession Number: 1914.157

Boot Scraper

Cast iron. Acanthus/tendril pattern with lug base--possibly embedded in masonry. Painted yellow.

Date: 1775-1825

Maker: unknown

Material: casting (process), iron (metal), painting (coating)

GUSN: 27252

Accession Number: 1914.160AB

Kettle

No description

Maker: unknown

Material: iron (metal)

GUSN: 27253

Accession Number: 1914.161

Wool

Carded wool.

Maker: unknown

Material: wool (hair)

GUSN: 27254

Accession Number: 1914.162

Roaster

No description

Maker: unknown

Material: iron (metal)

GUSN: 27255

Accession Number: 1914.163

Candlestick

No description

Maker: unknown

Material: tin (metal)

GUSN: 27256

Accession Number: 1914.164

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