Historic New England

Guimpe or Dickey

White lace and linen chemisette.

Date: 1840-1850

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 40664

Accession Number: 1940.647

Veil

White silk lace; gauze w/ supplemental warp creating patterned weft; drawstring; field of smaller white flowers w/ 6 larger flowers at bottom; scalloped floral borders; long & wide.

Date: 1825-1835

Maker: unknown

Material: gauze, lace (needlework), silk (textile)

GUSN: 40665

Accession Number: 1940.650

Kerchief

Red and gold printed silk kerchief. "TP" is stitched in the corner.

Maker: unknown

Material: silk (fiber)

GUSN: 40666

Accession Number: 1940.652

Pair of Stockings

Light pink silk stockings. Upper has two narrow bright pink bands with an embroidered floral pattern at the front ankle.

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 40667

Accession Number: 1940.653AB

Cloth Fragment

No description

Maker: unknown

Material: textiles

GUSN: 40669

Accession Number: 1940.654

Purse

Heavily beaded purse with multicolor floral designs on a white background and blue and white beaded tassels.

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 40670

Accession Number: 1940.655

Scarf

Striped scarf with a large flower and scroll pattern.

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 40671

Accession Number: 1940.657

Cloth Sample

Cream silk fabric sample with floral and leaf pattern.

Maker: unknown

Material: silk (fiber)

GUSN: 40672

Accession Number: 1940.658

Cloth Sample

Pink silk fabric sample with appliqued flowers.

Maker: unknown

Material: silk (fiber)

GUSN: 40673

Accession Number: 1940.659

Cloth Sample

Red silk damask fabric sample.

Maker: unknown

Material: silk (fiber)

GUSN: 40674

Accession Number: 1940.660

Pair of Shoes

No description

Date: 1815-1825

Maker: unknown

Material: stitching, serge, wool (textile)

GUSN: 40675

Accession Number: 1940.661AB

Card Case

No description

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 40676

Accession Number: 1940.664

Shoe

Purple black; ankle straps w/ ribbon tie; brown tape; lined w/ cotton twill; brown leather sole.

Date: 1850-1860

Maker: unknown

Material: cotton (textile), stitching, leather

GUSN: 40677

Accession Number: 1940.665

Pillowcase

Rectangular, white, fine linen; single piece folded with 2" wide hem at open end.

Maker: unknown

Material: stitching, linen (material), tabby (textile)

GUSN: 40678

Accession Number: 1940.675

Antimacassar

No description

Maker: unknown

Material: crocheting, linen (material), textiles

GUSN: 40679

Accession Number: 1940.676

Antimacassar

No description

Maker: unknown

Material: crocheting, linen (material), textiles

GUSN: 40680

Accession Number: 1940.677

Antimacassar

No description

Maker: unknown

Material: crocheting, fringe, linen (material), textiles

GUSN: 40681

Accession Number: 1940.678

Antimacassar

No description

Maker: unknown

Material: cotton (textile), crocheting, stitching, twill

GUSN: 40682

Accession Number: 1940.679

Slipcover

No description

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 40684

Accession Number: 1940.683

Calling Card Case

Wood calling card case with a lift top. Floral and scroll border surrounds a central vignette depicting a domestic scene.

Maker: unknown

Material: lacquering, wood (plant material)

GUSN: 40685

Accession Number: 1940.691AB

Card Case

No description

Maker: unknown

Material: wood (plant material)

GUSN: 40686

Accession Number: 1940.692

Calling Card Case

Wood hinged card case with ivory and metal inlay.

Maker: unknown

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

GUSN: 40687

Accession Number: 1940.693

Telescope

No description

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 40688

Accession Number: 1940.696

Eyeglass Case

No description

Maker: unknown

Material: textiles

GUSN: 40689

Accession Number: 1940.697

Pillowcase

No description

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 40690

Accession Number: 1940.703

Pot

No description

Maker: unknown

Material: earthenware

GUSN: 40692

Accession Number: 1940.711A

Lid

No description

Maker: unknown

Material: earthenware

GUSN: 40693

Accession Number: 1940.711B

Work or Jewelry Box

Paper covered brown and green workbox. Mirror affixed to interior of cover. Contains two keys.

Maker: unknown

Material: wood (plant material), mirrors

GUSN: 40694

Accession Number: 1940.713

Box

A wooden medicine box covered in green leather with a gold geometric design. Interior compartmentalized into eighty two sections designed to hold medical vials.

Maker: unknown

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

GUSN: 40695

Accession Number: 1940.714

Medicine Chest

A wooden box covered in black leather with a hinged cover and red felt lining. Interior is compartmentalized into seventy six sections occupied by medical vials. Each vial is labeled and corked.

Maker: unknown

Material: wood (plant material), leather, glass (material), cork (bark), felt (textile)

GUSN: 40696

Accession Number: 1940.715

Bone or ivory sticks, pierced; paper leaf with embossed ground and printed with one medallion with old man, woman and child; paper has white ground, printed with architectual elements and birds and vases in pink and silver; reverse is white paper embossed with flowers and scrolls.

Date: 1840-1849

Maker: unknown

Material: bone (material), embossing, painting (coating), paper (fiber product), printing (process)

GUSN: 40697

Accession Number: 1940.721

Coffeepot

Cylindrical pewter coffeepot with S-shaped handle with curled ends and thumbrest. Hinged lid with disk and ball knop. Two bands around base at half inch and at one inch from bottom. Six-sided curved spout.

Date: 1840-1850

Maker: Probably Mory and Ober (Maker)

Material: pewter (tin alloy), tin (metal)

GUSN: 40698

Accession Number: 1940.724

Box

No description

Maker: unknown

Material: wood (plant material)

GUSN: 40699

Accession Number: 1940.726

Box

No description

Maker: unknown

Material: wood (plant material)

GUSN: 40700

Accession Number: 1940.727AB

Pocket Watch

A Niagara Falls style wall pocket of black and red wool and edged in red fabric tape. Adorned with three dimensional, thick clear beadwork, with outlining and edging in clear beads, and fabric hanging loop at top.

Date: ca. 1900

Maker: unknown

Material: wool (textile), beads (pierced objects), beading (process), beadwork, cotton (fiber)

GUSN: 40703

Accession Number: 1940.730

Small Oval Box with Cover

Small oval paper box with cover. Top of cover covered with brown paper and small embossed bronze paper medallion with floral bouquet. Paper printed with bronze-colored fretwork pattern on white background covers sides of box.

Maker: unknown

Material: paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 40704

Accession Number: 1940.731AB

Purse

Tan knit purse with silver-colored rings and long tassels.

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 40705

Accession Number: 1940.733

Purse

Brown leather pleated purse with two thread handles and a green and white tassel on the bottom.

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 40706

Accession Number: 1940.734

Washstand

Eastlake style washstand painted white w/ blue and white delft tile top; rectangular form w/ single drawer w/ original brasses; towel racks at both ends, divided cabinet below; on casters.

Date: 1870-1885

Maker: unknown

Material: wood (plant material)

GUSN: 40712

Accession Number: 1940.741

Pitcher

Creamware pitcher. Polychrome transfer-printed design. Nautical scene on one side and a portrait of John Adams on the other side. A quote and the Great Seal of the United States under the spout.

Date: 1790-1810

Maker: unknown

Material: creamware, glazing (coating), transfer printing

GUSN: 42810

Accession Number: 1943.224

Pitcher

Earthenware pitcher with bands of blue wrap around the body. Two large checkerboard bands.

Date: 1790-1820

Maker: unknown

Material: earthenware, glazing (coating)

GUSN: 42811

Accession Number: 1943.225

Mug

Earthenware mug with a foliate molded handle. Blue, rust, black, and white bands of varying sizes. Rectangular checkered pattern.

Date: 1790-1820

Maker: unknown

Material: earthenware, glazing (coating)

GUSN: 42812

Accession Number: 1943.226

Pitcher

An earthenware pitcher. Tan body swelling from the base with copper lustre bands around base, neck and rim. Decorated with black transfer prints illustrating a ship and the great seal of the United States. Both prints are surrounded by a chain of various names.

Date: 1815-1825

Maker: unknown

Material: earthenware, glazing (coating), transfer printing

GUSN: 42813

Accession Number: 1943.227

Pitcher

Black transfer-printed creamware pitcher with black bands around the rim, handle, spout, and base. Two patriotic scenes adorn the body. Monogram underneath the spout.

Date: 1790-1810

Maker: unknown

Material: creamware, glazing (coating), overglazing, transfer printing

GUSN: 42814

Accession Number: 1943.228

Dinner plate

Earthenware dark violet transfer-printed dinner plate with border of flowers and fruit surrounding scene of Harvard College with horseman and figures in front of Hall.

Date: 1835-1846

Maker: Enoch Wood & Sons (Maker)

Material: earthenware, glazing (coating), transfer printing

GUSN: 42815

Accession Number: 1943.229

Dinner Plate

Black transfer-printed earthenware plate. Foliate and acorn border. Central scene depicts the shield of the United States surrounded by a chain. The chain has the names of states inscribed on them.

Date: 1790-1820

Maker: unknown

Material: creamware, glazing (coating), transfer printing

GUSN: 42816

Accession Number: 1943.231

Luncheon Plate

Earthenware plate with scalloped rim and brown transfer-printed pattern "Millenium." Fruit, flower and bundles of wheat surround central image of angel with animals [peaceable kingdom] and the words "PEACE ON EARTH." Above the scene is the tearing eye of God and Bible opened to Isaiah, Chapter XIVI....

Date: 1830-1845

Maker: unknown

Material: earthenware, glazing (coating), transfer printing

GUSN: 42817

Accession Number: 1943.232

Charger

Delftware charger with polychrome repeating crescent border surrounding a red and yellow vase with blue foot holding a large bouquet of polychrome flowers and ferns.

Date: 1720-1750

Maker: unknown

Material: earthenware, glazing (coating), tin glaze

GUSN: 42818

Accession Number: 1943.233

Pitcher

Black transfer-printed pitcher. Cream colored body. Two scenes on the body of the pitcher. One scene depicts a child with his pet bird. The other is a farming verse surrounded by a pastoral border.

Date: 1800-1820

Maker: unknown

Material: earthenware, glazing (coating), transfer printing

GUSN: 42819

Accession Number: 1943.235

Pitcher

Black transfer-printed earthenware pitcher. Cream body with black bands around the rim and base. Additional black accent on the handle. Two transfer-printed versus surrounded by foliate wreaths adorn the sides.

Date: 1790-1810

Maker: unknown

Material: earthenware, glazing (coating), transfer printing

GUSN: 42820

Accession Number: 1943.236

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