Historic New England

Barometer

Hanging barometer and thermometer with a glass rod with a bulbed end mounted on a long rectangular stem with chamfered edges and mahogany veneer. It flares out to a wider rectangular box with a hinged glass lid. this encloses the tip of the barometric glass tube which runs the length of the piece, a...

Date: 1868-1899

Maker: Pastorelli, J. (Maker)

Material: glass (material), mahogany (wood), veneer, metal, walnut (wood)

GUSN: 12503

Accession Number: 1971.1635

Photograph

Blue toned photograph of a crew race on the Thames River. The two sculls are surrounded by ships with many flags flying from their masts. Under glass in simple dark stained frame. Backed with pine boards.

Date: dated 1906

Maker: Morison, W. T. (Maker)

Material: glass (material), paper (fiber product), photographs, wood (plant material)

GUSN: 12504

Accession Number: 1971.1636

Lap Desk

Rectangular veneered lap desk with a brass lock plate on the center of the front side. Same shape (rectangle with inward curving sides) repeated on the lid center. The inside reveals a slanted surface, covered with a blue-green velvet. The surface lifts from the front side of the box revealing an op...

Date: 1900-1933

Maker: Starkey, N. (Maker)

Material: brass (alloy), mahogany (wood), veneer, velvet (fabric weave)

GUSN: 12505

Accession Number: 1971.1637

Evangelist Bell

Bronze bell with pierced sides decorated with molded symbols of the four New Testament evangelists. A U-shaped handle sits on a stepped top. Inside is a S-shaped hook for a clapper.

Date: 1868-1933

Maker: unknown

Material: bronze (metal), molding (forming)

GUSN: 12506

Accession Number: 1971.1638

Trinket Box

Four footed platform base with three stacked rectangular boxes progressively smaller in height with a detached lid at the top. Outside it is painted gold overall. The top of the lid, top of the base bottoms and insides of the boxes are speckled with metallic dusts. Inside the top box are three small...

Date: 1900-1991

Maker: unknown

Material: gilding, lacquering, wood (plant material)

GUSN: 12507

Accession Number: 1971.1639

Chueh Vessel

Bronze Oriental ceremonial libation vessel has three triangular legs. Bulbous body has two elongated spouts, and the side has a C-shaped handle. Incised Imperial decoration overall.

Date: 1900-1997

Maker: unknown

Material: bronze (metal)

GUSN: 12508

Accession Number: 1971.1640

Breton Peasant

Bust-length view of a peasant, executed in brown tones. Swarthy-faced man with long hair, wide brimmed hat, holding a pipe to his mouth with one hand and lighting it with the other. Set in an elaborate gilt and gesso frame with beading, and shell and foliate decorative elements. "Breton Peasant afte...

Date: 1868-1933

Maker: unknown

Material: beading (edging pattern), beading (process), gesso, gilding, oil paint (paint), canvas, shell (animal material), wood (plant material)

GUSN: 12509

Accession Number: 1971.1641

Harvard College Yard

Print of pen and ink drawing of Harvard College Yard. Under glass in a black molded frame.

Date: copyright 1890

Maker: Wiseman, Robert R., Mr. (Artist) Frederick A. Stokes Co. (Printer)

Material: glass (material), ink, paper (fiber product), photographs, wood (plant material)

GUSN: 12510

Accession Number: 1971.1642

Portrait of a Boy

Sepia toned print of a little boy leaning on a large wooden barrel. He is wearing ragged clothing and has curly hair. Under glass on a white mat, set in a simple gold molded frame with a thin black stripe.

Date: 1900 -1933

Maker: Boucher (Artist)

Material: glass (material), paper (fiber product), photographs, wood (plant material)

GUSN: 12512

Accession Number: 1971.1644

Photograph

Series of seven postcard-like photographs of views of Mt. Desert Island, ME. Under glass, in a thin black molded frame and set on an off-white mat.

Date: 1900-1950

Maker: unknown

Material: glass (material), paper (fiber product), photographs, wood (plant material)

GUSN: 12513

Accession Number: 1971.1645

Scatter Rug

Coarsely woven rug with three borders of yellow-red-beige decorated with simple geometric patterns. Red central rectangle decorated with simple geometric shapes. Short fringe at both ends.

Date: 1868-1899

Maker: unknown

Material: wool (textile)

GUSN: 12514

Accession Number: 1971.1646

Dressing Glass

Four scrolled feet on a trestle base with a medial stretcher vase and ring turned. Stiles are ring-turned with and urn and ball finial. Movable rectangular mirror has a mahogany veneer frame. Doweled to stiles at the center. Mirror backed with pine board.

Date: 1800-1850

Maker: unknown

Material: glass (material), mahogany (wood), veneer

GUSN: 12515

Accession Number: 1971.1647

Ladies' Fan

Cotton folding fan with hand painted birds and blossoming tree branches. Bamboo frame. Embossed foliate design on the frame ends, painted green. Stamped foliate design on the inner frame stays, painted green and gold. Brass handle at the bottom.

Date: 1868-1933

Maker: unknown

Material: bamboo (material), brass (alloy), cotton (textile), embossing, painting (image-making), hand-painted, stamping (forming)

GUSN: 12516

Accession Number: 1971.1648

Inkwell

Cast in the shape of a kitten in a shoe. The kitten has a single hinge at the back of the neck where the case opens, revealing an enclosed cylindrical glass ink bottle inside the shoe. The inside of the kitten is hollow.

Date: 1868 -1933

Maker: unknown

Material: bronze (metal), casting (process), glass (material)

GUSN: 12517

Accession Number: 1971.1649

Photograph

Black and white photograph of the Portsmouth Athenaeum doorway. Under glass and in a plain wooden frame, stained.

Date: 1900-1933

Maker: unknown

Material: glass (material), paper (fiber product), photographs, wood (plant material)

GUSN: 12518

Accession Number: 1971.1650.1

Photograph

Black and white photograph of the Jacob Wendell House doorway. Under glass and in a plain wooden frame, stained.

Date: 1900-1933

Maker: unknown

Material: glass (material), paper (fiber product), photographs, wood (plant material)

GUSN: 12519

Accession Number: 1971.1650.2

Empire Dressing Table

Empire period dressing table with four identical turned legs with bulbed feet, foliate carving, and ring turning surmounted by straight case and slightly overhanging top. Long bowed rectangular drawer in front with mushroom handles. Similarly proportioned recessed case set up on five short bulbed tu...

Date: 1840

Maker: unknown

Material: carving (processes), mahogany (wood), veneer

GUSN: 12520

Accession Number: 1971.1651

Print

Black and white print of a crouched fox, centered, looking at a rabbit in a trap in the foreground. Molded and gilt wood frame, under glass.

Date: 5/1/1845

Maker: unknown

Material: gesso, glass (material), paper (fiber product), photographs, wood (plant material)

GUSN: 12521

Accession Number: 1971.1652

Print

Framed print called "American Feathered Game", a picture of birds strung up by their feet against a gray oval ground and a white background. Under glass in a plain gilt painted frame. 1) Has birds with predominately browns and greys. 2) Has birds with predominately grey, green and blue.

Date: dated 1854

Maker: Currier, Nathaniel (Printer) Tait, Arthur Fitzwilliam, 1819-1905 (Painter) Kniersch, O. (Engraver)

Material: glass (material), paper (fiber product), photographs, wood (plant material)

GUSN: 12522

Accession Number: 1971.1653.1-2

Photograph

Sepia tone photograph of a frescoed interior by Tiziano in the Academia di Belle Arti. In a molded walnut frame, painted black on the lower edge and sides.

Date: 1900-1933

Maker: unknown

Material: glass (material), paper (fiber product), photographs, wood (plant material)

GUSN: 12523

Accession Number: 1971.1654

Mahjongg Game with Case

Box has a upward sliding front lid (b). Inside reveals five drawers, each has a turned silver-colored handle at the center. Top four drawers, equal in size, have carved and decorated ivory game tiles (a). Larger bottom drawer is divided into three compartments. Each holds long rectangular ivory bett...

Date: 1900-1930

Maker: unknown

Material: ivory (tooth component), wood (plant material)

GUSN: 12524

Accession Number: 1971.1655AB

George Washington Figurine

Circular base. Figure shown in stride, holding a rolled paper in his right hand, left arm bent clutching his toga to his chest. Under his toga, he wears his colonial attire, buckled shoes and stockings.

Date: 1868-1899

Maker: unknown

Material: parian (porcelain), porcelain

GUSN: 12525

Accession Number: 1971.1656

Allegorial Figure

Standing figure of Athena with a helmet and shield. Dressed in Greek apron and toga.

Date: 1834-1867

Maker: Reproduction of Thorwaldsen, Albert Bertel, 1770-1844 (Sculptor)

Material: parian (porcelain), porcelain

GUSN: 12526

Accession Number: 1971.1657

Lithograph

Molded and gilt wood frame encloses, under glass, an oil lithograph. Mounted on tan matboard with a gilded outline, the rectangular lithograph has rounded top corners. Wood board backing. 2) Scene inside the glass pavilion with three marble sculptures mounted on red bases.

Date: dated 1851

Maker: Baxter, G. (Maker)

Material: gesso, gilding, lithography, oil paint (paint), paper (fiber product), wood (plant material)

GUSN: 12276

Accession Number: 1971.1559.2

Print

In a wood frame, painted red on the outside edges. Gold on the front with thin red geometric, linear pattern at the corners. Beading on the inner edge. Enclosed under glass on a white mat is a black and white print. Two male nudes are sitting on a cloud with drapery and numerous putti. Background of...

Date: ca. 1870

Maker: Williams & Everett (Framer)

Material: beading (edging pattern), beading (process), glass (material), painting (coating), paper (fiber product), photographs, wood (plant material)

GUSN: 12277

Accession Number: 1971.1560

Photograph

Wood frame painted black on the outside with black beaded front edges enclosing a veneer strip. Under glass is a large group photograph in black in white. It is of Harvard Class of 1904's 25th reunion. Backed by black paper.

Date: 1929

Maker: Possibly Notman Photo Co. (Boston, Mass.) (Maker)

Material: beading (edging pattern), beading (process), glass (material), painting (coating), paper (fiber product), photographs, veneering, wood (plant material)

GUSN: 12278

Accession Number: 1971.1561

Photograph

Black and white view of a six-man crew on a river with a rowboat nearby and a lumberyard in background. Oval print with a white mat in rectangular walnut molded frame, under glass.

Date: 1900-1920

Maker: unknown

Material: glass (material), paper (fiber product), photographs, walnut (wood)

GUSN: 12279

Accession Number: 1971.1562

Photograph

Black and white view of a six-man crew on a river with a lumberyard in the background. Rectangular print with a off-white mat in a walnut molded frame, under glass.

Date: 1900-1920

Maker: unknown

Material: glass (material), paper (fiber product), photographs, walnut (wood)

GUSN: 12280

Accession Number: 1971.1563

Photograph

Black and white photographic portrait of six men in white suits. Four seated men in chairs and two in the front on the floor. Under glass on the off-white mat with molded walnut frame.

Date: 1900-1920

Maker: unknown

Material: glass (material), paper (fiber product), photographs, walnut (wood)

GUSN: 12281

Accession Number: 1971.1564

Photograph

Black and white photographic portrait of an identified man looking to the right - his eyes and moustache have been inked in. The image is very light. Under glass with an oval mat and frame. Frame is a heavily molded walnut with wide gilt interior edge beneath the glass. Pine back boards.

Date: 1834-1899

Maker: unknown

Material: gilding, glass (material), ink, paper (fiber product), photographs, walnut (wood)

GUSN: 12282

Accession Number: 1971.1565

Photograph

30th Harvard reunion group portrait on the lawn and portico of the White House. Franklin D. Roosevelt stands in between pillars in the background. Under glass in a simple walnut frame with gilt interior beveled edge.

Date: dated 4/21/1934

Maker: Schutz (Maker)

Material: beveling, gilding, glass (material), paper (fiber product), photographs, walnut (wood)

GUSN: 12283

Accession Number: 1971.1566

Print

Photographic reproduction of a print titled "Automne" [Autumn] with two angels suspended in the air. One is a young woman, and the other is a nude cherub - they are snuffing out the flowers and foliage and leaving bare branches. Under glass with an off-white mat in a wood frame painted red on a beve...

Date: 1868-1899

Maker: Hamon, J. L. (Maker)

Material: beveling, glass (material), incising, paper (fiber product), photographs, wood (plant material)

GUSN: 12284

Accession Number: 1971.1567

Print

A black and white view of a statue of an undentified Greek or Roman god, reclining across a platform. One elbow is propped on a sphinx and he is holding some wheat in his other hand. Putti are crawling all over his body playfully. It is set against a dark background. Under glass with an off-white ma...

Date: 1900-1991

Maker: unknown

Material: glass (material), paper (fiber product), wood (plant material)

GUSN: 12285

Accession Number: 1971.1568

Print

News or magazine print of a pen and ink drawing of a wide river winding through houses and the countryside. The river is crowded with boats of every sort, especially sculls for the crew race. Under glass in a thin molded walnut frame.

Date: dated 4/9/1870

Maker: The Graphic (Maker)

Material: glass (material), ink, paper (fiber product), walnut (wood)

GUSN: 12286

Accession Number: 1971.1569

Print

Four chubby nude young girls are dressed in the accessories of the four seasons. "Spring" has a flowered hat, boots and an umbrella; "Summer" a parasol; "Autumn" a field hat and grapes; and "Winter" fur hat, boots and muff. Pasted on off-white mat with a gray border, under glass in walnut and gilt m...

Date: 1868-1899

Maker: Hawes, Josiah Johnson, 1808-1891 (Maker)

Material: gilding, glass (material), paper (fiber product), walnut (wood)

GUSN: 12287

Accession Number: 1971.1570

Photograph of Fred M. Sise

Posed portrait of an eldery man facing left. Under glass with an off-white mat with a gray border in a silver painted wood frame.

Date: ca. 1960

Maker: The Picture Shop, Inc. (Framer) Kingsbury (Maker)

Material: glass (material), paper (fiber product), wood (plant material)

GUSN: 12288

Accession Number: 1971.1571

Japanned Box

Wooden box, the sides are painted black and it has gold freely painted oriental scenes on the top and sides. The molded lid opens via two metal hinges. Inside the box is also black with a gold X-pattern on the edges of the lid and box.

Date: 1870-1890

Maker: unknown

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

GUSN: 12289

Accession Number: 1971.1572

Bronze Statuette

Bronze statue of a tiger in stride, roaring.

Date: ca. 1920

Maker: unknown

Material: bronze (metal)

GUSN: 12290

Accession Number: 1971.1573A

Statuette Stand

Block stand of carved wood, darkly stained.

Date: ca. 1920

Maker: unknown

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

GUSN: 12291

Accession Number: 1971.1573B

Canoe Paddle

Canoe paddle with an elongated blade. Round shaft with a flat flared square handle.

Date: 1900-1991

Maker: unknown

Material: ash (wood)

GUSN: 12292

Accession Number: 1971.1574

Photograph

Group of 21 men posed on the deck of a boat. Under glass in a simple black wood frame and an off-white mat.

Date: 1900-1933

Maker: unknown

Material: glass (material), paper (fiber product), photographs, wood (plant material)

GUSN: 12293

Accession Number: 1971.1575

Photograph

Photograph of a crew race of Harvard defeating Yale, spectators line the river in various sizes of boats. Under glass with an off-white mat and a simple black frame.

Date: 1900-1904

Maker: unknown

Material: glass (material), paper (fiber product), photographs, wood (plant material)

GUSN: 12294

Accession Number: 1971.1576

Photograph

Posed portrait of the Union Boat Club Squash Team, 1922 Champions. Under glass with a black mat and black wood frame.

Date: 1922

Maker: unknown

Material: cardboard, glass (material), paper (fiber product), photographs, wood (plant material)

GUSN: 12295

Accession Number: 1971.1577

Banner

Banner made of brown glazed cotton folded double to thickness.

Date: 1890-1933

Maker: unknown

Material: cotton (textile), paper (fiber product), appliqué (technique)

GUSN: 12296

Accession Number: 1971.1578

Banner

Black grosgrain banner with applied white paper letters.

Date: 1834-1867

Maker: unknown

Material: appliqué (technique), cotton (textile), cloth, paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 12297

Accession Number: 1971.1579

Billiard Cue

Simple round stick tapering toward on end, and squared off at the handle. Finished, but undecorated.

Date: 1890-1933

Maker: unknown

Material: wood (plant material)

GUSN: 12298

Accession Number: 1971.1580

Photograph

Seconday school yearbook. Posed portrait of a group of young boys outside a Milton Academy builting. Framed under glass in a gray mat and in a simple black frame.

Date: 1898-1900

Maker: unknown

Material: glass (material), paper (fiber product), photographs, wood (plant material)

GUSN: 12299

Accession Number: 1971.1581

Photograph

Photograph of a crew race with two sculls, Ralph May is in the bow of the Union Boat Club boat.

Date: dated Aug.1913

Maker: unknown

Material: glass (material), paper (fiber product), photographs, wood (plant material)

GUSN: 12300

Accession Number: 1971.1582

Diploma

1904 Harvard diploma for Ralph May. Under glass in a rosewood veneer frame.

Date: dated 1904

Maker: Harvard University (Maker)

Material: glass (material), ink, paper (fiber product), rosewood (wood), veneer, wood (plant material)

GUSN: 12301

Accession Number: 1971.1583

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