Historic New England

Spoon

Each is cast with a fleur-de-lys terminus on an intertwined flowering vine shaft and an egg-shaped bowl.

Date: 1900-1940

Maker: unknown

Material: casting (process), silver (metal), plate (material)

GUSN: 51126

Accession Number: 1986.784.1

Teaspoon

Each has a shaped modified fiddle-back handle with a "dog nose" rib at the upturned end. It has an egg-shaped bowl and rounded spurs at the base of the handle shaft.

Date: 1820-1840

Maker: Towle & Jones (Maker)

Material: coin silver, silver (metal)

GUSN: 51127

Accession Number: 1986.785.1

A red earthenware jardiniere, of low round shape with a rounded rim. It is on three squat feet, thickly potted, and the outside is covered with a Grenby/art-pottery style matte. It is matted in a dark-green glaze, while the inside has a clear lead glaze.

Date: 1890-1930

Maker: unknown

Material: earthenware, glazing (coating), lead (metal), throwing (pottery technique), tin (metal)

GUSN: 51128

Accession Number: 1986.787

Bowl

Pewter bowl; basin form with a flaring rolled rim; slightly convex base.

Date: 1920-1950

Maker: Winthrop Pewter (Maker)

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

GUSN: 51129

Accession Number: 1986.788

Dish

A Mexican earthenware dish, of very shallow round form with short upturned rim and a shallow foot ring. It is covered with mottled green lead glaze and an underglaze black. It is painted with stylized tulip and square geometric design.

Date: 1930-1950

Maker: unknown

Material: earthenware, glazing (coating), lead (metal), painting (coating), throwing (pottery technique), tin (metal)

GUSN: 51130

Accession Number: 1986.789

Bookend

An upright rectangular block, which is hand painted with a pastoral scene of a church in a field enclosed by trees. It is in an oval reserve in gold, black and brown. A splint of wood serves as a horizontal support. It has a varnish finish.

Date: 1900-1930

Maker: unknown

Material: wood (plant material), painting (image-making), hand-painted, walnut (wood)

GUSN: 51131

Accession Number: 1986.790.1-2

Bell

A earthenware bell of conical form. It is painted in cobalt blue wash and has a clear lead glaze. It has a earthenware disc shaped "clanger" and terracotta disc at the end of a brown leather cord.

Date: 1950-1970

Maker: unknown

Material: redware, earthenware, tin (metal)

GUSN: 51132

Accession Number: 1986.792

Bird Figurine

A carved, painted wooden figure of a Puffin perched on a fragment of a twisted branch.

Date: 1960-1970

Maker: unknown

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

GUSN: 51133

Accession Number: 1986.793

Seascape

In black and white depicting a sailing vessel and a wagon with salt hay(?), at low tide in a marsh area. It has a molded oak and gessoed gilt rectangular frame.

Date: 1875-1900

Maker: unknown

Material: gesso, gilding, lithography, paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 51033

Accession Number: 1986.662

Photograph

Bust-length studio portrait of a young woman with curly shoulder length hair and a white wing collar shirt with a button closing. It is a slightly brown-tone print. It has a foliate scroll and a flowerhead cast in a silver plated frame at black glass bands. There is a cast silver liner and filigree ...

Date: 1935-1960

Maker: Craine (Photographer)

Material: gelatin silver prints, silver (metal)

GUSN: 51034

Accession Number: 1986.664

Photograph

A black and white print of Anne Hathaway's Cottage and garden. It is in a simple oak frame. View of thatch-roofed half-timbered stone cottage surrounded by stone wall and fence.

Date: 1865-1900

Maker: unknown

Material: paper (fiber product), photomechanical processes

GUSN: 51035

Accession Number: 1986.665

Print

Print of a charcoal sketch of the Bruton Parish Church on an enameled ecru wood frame.

Date: 1920-1940

Maker: unknown

Material: paper (fiber product), pencils (drawing and writing equipment), photographs

GUSN: 51036

Accession Number: 1986.666

Print

A black and white print of a painting of 5 cherub heads and wings in the clouds. It is on a grey mat and in a molded wood frame.

Date: 1900-1930

Maker: unknown

Material: paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 51037

Accession Number: 1986.667

Print

A black and white print of a charcoal drawing of a woman in a hooded cape, bust length. In a simple black frame.

Date: 1910-1930

Maker: Gramstorff Bros. Inc. (Maker)

Material: paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 51038

Accession Number: 1986.668

Photomechanical

A brown-tone, three-fourth length, portrait of a seated young woman holding a fan. She wears a sheer white dress with beading or embroidery and a low square neckline. The background is brown mated with cream colored cardboard. In a simple flat and narrow mahogany frame.

Date: 1895-1920

Maker: Possibly Meeson (Photographer)

Material: relief halftone (process)

GUSN: 51039

Accession Number: 1986.669

Etching

A brown-tone etching of a well/iron superstructure in a gothic courtyard. It has a gessoed gilt frame.

Date: 1915-1930

Maker: Possibly Garnot, Lucy (Maker)

Material: etching (corroding), etching (printing process), gesso, gilding, paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 51040

Accession Number: 1986.670

Photograph

A brown-tone photograph of Warwick Castle from the bridge. In a simple, rounded edge mahogany frame. View of castle on hillside above river w/ crenellated towers and surrounded by trees--bridge in middle foreground.

Date: 1860-1900

Maker: unknown

Material: albumen (egg white), paper (fiber product), photomechanical processes

GUSN: 51041

Accession Number: 1986.671

Photograph

Full-length seated portrait of a little boy w/ long curly hair wearing a short-sleeved dress.

Date: 1875-1910

Maker: unknown

Material: gelatin silver prints, silver (metal)

GUSN: 51042

Accession Number: 1986.672

Print

A black and white print of William Blake's "Chaucers Canterbury Pilgrims". In a rectangular, black molded frame.

Date: 1900-1930

Maker: Blake, William (Maker)

Material: paper (fiber product), photographs

GUSN: 51043

Accession Number: 1986.673

Photographs

Two views of cathedrals; on the right, w/ field of sheep in foreground.

Date: 1865-1890

Maker: unknown

Material: albumen (egg white)

GUSN: 51044

Accession Number: 1986.674

Print

Square format print, in a gilt and black Eastlake style wood frame. It has applied brass devices on a textured tan mat, with a circular reserve enclosing a print of three white wild-eyed horse heads in brown tones.

Date: 1880-1900

Maker: unknown

Material: ink, painting (coating), paper (fiber product), photographs

GUSN: 51045

Accession Number: 1986.675

Woodblock Print

A black on cream paper vertical print of Gothic cathedral spires and a cloudy sky. In a black cyma molded frame.

Date: 1910-1930

Maker: unknown

Material: paper (fiber product), wood blocks (printing blocks)

GUSN: 51046

Accession Number: 1986.676

Photograph

A brown-tone souvenir photograph of England. A Tudor house with a garden (possibly Shakespeare's home). On a brown mat, in a molded and pressed frame.

Date: 1915-1935

Maker: unknown

Material: albumen (egg white), paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 51047

Accession Number: 1986.677.1

Photograph

A brown-tone souvenir photograph with a view of Florence, Italy. On a gray mat in a walnut frame. View of Florence and the Duomo from the overlook of a hillside park in foreground.

Date: 1865-1890

Maker: unknown

Material: albumen (egg white), paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 51048

Accession Number: 1986.678

Photograph

A brown-tone souvenir photograph of an English gothic cathedral. It is on a brown mat and in a molded walnut frame. View of a large Gothic cathedral across a tree-lined pasture w/ a town or village surrounding the church.

Date: 1865-1890

Maker: unknown

Material: paper (fiber product), albumen (egg white)

GUSN: 51049

Accession Number: 1986.679

Photograph

A black and white photograph of a young girl with long blond hair and a bow at bust length. It is in a gilt and black frame with a shaped liner.

Date: 1885 C-1905 c

Maker: unknown

Material: silver (metal)

GUSN: 51050

Accession Number: 1986.680

Photograph

A brown-tone photograph of a meeting house with a rooster weathervane atop a steeple. It is in a walnut, rustic frame. (church?) Walled graveyard in foreground and three figures standing in front.

Date: 1860 C-1885 c

Maker: unknown

Material: albumen (egg white), paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 51051

Accession Number: 1986.681

Photograph

A studio portrait of a young woman, with a pompador and a high collared white dress with a ruffled and tucked bodice. It is mounted on a mat and in a simple narrow black wood frame.

Date: 1890-1910 ?

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

Material: platinum process

GUSN: 51052

Accession Number: 1986.682

Photograph

A brown-tone photograph of scene of Rome with the River Arno(?) and the Basillica Beyd in the background. It is in a straight sided oak frame.

Date: 1910-1930

Maker: unknown

Material: paper (fiber product), photographs

GUSN: 51053

Accession Number: 1986.684

Print

A black and white print of an original oil painting of the Countess of Blessington. It is mounted on a white mat with an engraved elaborate cartouche/scrolled border. It is in a molded and painted black wood and composition frame.

Date: 1900-1925

Maker: unknown

Material: paper (fiber product), photographs

GUSN: 51054

Accession Number: 1986.683

Photograph

A sepia-tone portrait of a woman in a bonnet and a shawl, at waist length view. It is heightened with a grisaille wash and is in a black molded oval frame.

Date: 1855-1865

Maker: unknown

Material: grisaille, ink, painting (coating), paper (fiber product), pencils (drawing and writing equipment), photographs

GUSN: 51055

Accession Number: 1986.685.1

Photograph

A color photograph of three women- two elderly, one young, standing outdoors before a white wooden fence, autumn colored trees and a barn in the distance. One of the elderly women was identified as Amelia Little. It is in a plain black molded wooden frame.

Date: 1970-1980

Maker: unknown

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

GUSN: 51056

Accession Number: 1986.688

Photograph

Sepia-toned bust length studio portrait photograph of a young woman (Frances Little?). Sitter is wearing a high necked dress with a lace collar.

Date: 1875-1885

Maker: Chase, James M., b. ca. 1835 (Photographer)

Material: cardboard, paper (fiber product), photomechanical processes

GUSN: 51057

Accession Number: 1986.689

Photograph

A black and white photograph, waist length, of a white-haired man seated in an armchair, holding a pipe and a book. A bookcase, drapes and household accessories are in the background. It is in a blue leather covered tabletop frame, embossed with gilt banding and initials.

Date: 1940-1950

Maker: unknown

Material: embossing, leather, paper (fiber product), photographs

GUSN: 51058

Accession Number: 1986.690

Tintype

A tiny sepia-toned portrait, bust length, of a little girl with short, curled hair and wearing an off the shoulder dress.

Date: 1850-1860

Maker: unknown

Material: tin (metal), photographs

GUSN: 51059

Accession Number: 1986.691

Photograph

A sepia-tone studio portrait, bust length, of a young mother and an infant (8-10 months). They are shown check to check. The mother has her hair pulled back and wears a cut velvet trimmed dress. The infant is in white. It is in a gilt painted leaf and scroll carved frame.

Date: 1875-1890

Maker: unknown

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

GUSN: 51060

Accession Number: 1986.693

Silhouette

A hollow cut, shoulder length profile of a small boy. It is backed with black paper and stamped with gilt metal. It is in a rectangular frame with an oval opening.

Date: 1825-1830

Maker: unknown

Material: cutting (dividing), gilding, metal, paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 51061

Accession Number: 1986.694

Silhouette

A hollow cut, bust length profile of a little girl, facing left. It is backed with black fabric and her hair and bodice are heightened in pencil and ink. It is in a simple bolection molded black frame.

Date: 1810-1835

Maker: unknown

Material: cloth, cutting (dividing), graphite (mineral), ink, paper (fiber product), pencils (drawing and writing equipment), wood (plant material)

GUSN: 51062

Accession Number: 1986.695

Potpourri Jar

Flared round bowl-shaped jar. It has a white ground with double green rim stripes and a floral decoration around the sides. It is marked on the bottom in black underglaze.

Date: 1930-1950

Maker: unknown

Material: glazing (coating), underglazing, ceramic (material), ceramic glaze

GUSN: 51063

Accession Number: 1986.697A

Photograph

A black and white, bust length, studio photograph of a middle age woman (Amelia Little). She is wearing a white pleated front blouse and a pearl choker. The corners are mounted to a cardboard mat.

Date: 1940-1960

Maker: unknown

Material: paper (fiber product), photographs

GUSN: 51064

Accession Number: 1986.703

Travel Clock

A square medium blue leather covered case, that is fitted with a square faced clock with Arabic numerals and enameled hands.

Date: 1940-1960

Maker: unknown

Material: brass (alloy), glass (material), leather

GUSN: 51065

Accession Number: 1986.704

Covered Box

Of rectangular form with rounded corners. It is painted black and the fitted cover is decorated with a rose sprig in reds, green, gold and black. The sides are decorated in a continuous vine pattern in yellow.

Date: 1900-1940

Maker: unknown

Material: painting (coating), tin (metal)

GUSN: 51066

Accession Number: 1986.705AB

Dish

A low circular form with flared lobed body and a slightly splayed foot ring. The interior underglaze is medium green and the exterior has a green ground decorated with incised floral vine in pink, red, black and green under a yellow scalloped border.

Date: 1925-1950

Maker: unknown

Material: glazing (coating), incising, porcelain, ceramic (material), tin (metal)

GUSN: 51067

Accession Number: 1986.706

Looking Glass

Of rectangular form, with ogee molded with flat outer and inner bands, it has a mirror glass plate.

Date: 1825-1850

Maker: unknown

Material: mahogany (wood), veneer

GUSN: 51068

Accession Number: 1986.707

Covered Box

A miniature oval pine box with a conforming lid, that is covered with wallpaper patterned with gray scrolls and pink, green and red flowers on a white ground.

Date: 1850-1860

Maker: unknown

Material: block printing (relief printing process), pine (wood), tin (metal)

GUSN: 51069

Accession Number: 1986.710A

Covered Box

Of rectangular cardboard form, with a conforming lid. It is covered with a thin navy blue and white checkerboard patterned paper.

Date: 1880-1920

Maker: unknown

Material: cardboard, paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 51070

Accession Number: 1986.712AB

Covered Trinket Box

Small rectangular form, lined with a deep purple velvet and the box is stained natural. The cover is painted with a branch of a flowering tree.

Date: 1900-1991

Maker: unknown

Material: wood (plant material), maple (wood), velvet (fabric weave)

GUSN: 51071

Accession Number: 1986.713AB

Chair

Windsor style chair with a concave, round cornered crest rail, over four rod-shaped spindles. It has a shaped plank seat, four tapering round legs and box stretchers. It is painted black with gilt stenciled decoration on the crest and stiles.

Date: 1860-1900

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 51072

Accession Number: 1986.714.1-2

Travel Clock

A square navy blue leather case, with initials on the top in gilt within a square gold meander line reserve. It is lined in a faded blue moire and fitted with a hinged leather flap holding a circular clock with brass bezel (rim) white face with brass Arabic numerals and enameled arms. The face and b...

Date: 1940-1945

Maker: unknown

Material: brass (alloy), glass (material), leather, metal

GUSN: 51073

Accession Number: 1986.716

Sewing Basket

A rectangular woven box with a hinged side with a braided closure device. The top has a rattan wrapped square handle and a bamboo key. The lid is hinged with white cotton thread. The box is lined with a floral pattern nylon fabric.

Date: 1900-1940

Maker: unknown

Material: bamboo (material), nylon, rattan, reed (grass, material), wicker

GUSN: 51074

Accession Number: 1986.718

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