Historic New England

Powder Horn

Powder horn with pear-shaped body and embossed stylized hunt scene motif. Cylindrical nozzle at the end.

Date: 1868-1899

Maker: unknown

Material: copper (metal), embossing

GUSN: 12658

Accession Number: 1971.1769

Trophy

Chalice form with stepped foot and stem. Cup has bulbous base then tapers inward to cylindrical body. Two elaborately scrolled S-shaped handles.

Date: 1911-10-12

Maker: Dieges and Clust (Maker)

Material: silver (metal)

GUSN: 12659

Accession Number: 1971.1770

Wedding Dress

Bodice and skirt.

Date: 1902

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 12660

Accession Number: 1992.345.1

Trophy or Mug

Mug shaped trophy has C-scrolled handle. Three sets of inscribed lines around center of body.

Date: 1899-12-18

Maker: unknown

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

GUSN: 12661

Accession Number: 1971.1771

Baseball

Red leather covered baseball.

Date: 1900-1997

Maker: unknown

Material: leather, string (fiber product)

GUSN: 12662

Accession Number: 1971.1772

Wedding Dress

No description

Date: 1939

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 12663

Accession Number: 1992.343

Trophy

Domed copper base. Scrolled pierced metal stem. Ovoid bowl, C-shaped scrolled handles and a rounded lip.

Date: 1904

Maker: Manning, Bowman & Co. (Maker)

Material: copper (metal), piercing, white metal

GUSN: 12664

Accession Number: 1971.1773

Brown stained oak frame. Under glass is a black and white photo of a squash team. Four seated men (Ralph May is the second from the right), and two men standing. In the backgroun is a squash court. Bown paper backing.

Date: 1900-1930

Maker: The Picture Shop, Inc. (Framer)

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

GUSN: 12665

Accession Number: 1971.1774

Toy Elephant

Gray elephant with a separate movable "bobbing" head. It has white tusks and a red blanket with tassels over its back. Hollow composition-type body with a felt-like fuzzy surface material. Conceals a mouse trap inside the body.

Date: 1800-1899

Maker: unknown

Material: composition (material), cotton (textile), papier mâché

GUSN: 12666

Accession Number: 1971.1775

Powder Horn

Powder horn, undecorated pear-shaped body with a cylindrical cap at the end.

Date: 1868-1933

Maker: unknown

Material: copper (metal)

GUSN: 12667

Accession Number: 1971.1776

Trophy

Double handled urn-shaped trophy with beaded knopped stem and upper rim.

Date: 1910

Maker: Poole Silver Co. (Maker)

Material: beading (edging pattern), silver (metal)

GUSN: 12668

Accession Number: 1971.1777

Photograph

Black painted wood frame with a beaded outer edge. Under glass is a sepia toned photo of Classical ruins- possibly Pompeii. Black paper backing.

Date: 1868-1933

Maker: Montgomery's Music and Art Store (Framer)

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

GUSN: 12669

Accession Number: 1971.1778

Relief Sculpture/Wall Ornament

A white circular disk, with a molded frieze of classical figures around a central raised circle, containing a lyre and putti.

Date: 1900-1991

Maker: unknown

Material: plaster

GUSN: 12670

Accession Number: 1971.1779

Crewing Oar

Shaped wooden oar, stained brown. Round handle wihich flattens into a rectangular paddle head. Paddle has a metal plate tacked along the front side, following the contour of the head. Leather band tacked around the shaft forms a handhold.

Date: 1900-1933

Maker: unknown

Material: leather, metal, wood (plant material)

GUSN: 12671

Accession Number: 1971.1780

Pennant

Pennant has a round pine handle with triangular red felt banner. A white plastic(?) cap or tip is at the end.

Date: 1904

Maker: unknown

Material: felt (textile), pine (wood), plastic (organic material), printing (process)

GUSN: 12672

Accession Number: 1971.1781

Wedding Dress

Bodice and skirt of cream-colored silk damask with a small repeating ribbon geometric pattern. Tight fitting sleeves with a large puff at the shoulder. Puffs gathered with rope of faux-pearls and glass beads. Same trim along neck and cuffs of bodice. Large cream-colored silk rosettes at shoulders. G...

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 12673

Accession Number: 1992.176

Wedding Dress

Wedding dress with belt, brown crepe silk with beaded bodice on tan background.

Date: 1940-1950

Maker: unknown

Material: rayon

GUSN: 12674

Accession Number: 1993.518

Canoe Paddle

Brown stained wood paddle without other decoration. Elongated circular shaft with a squared handle. Broad flat blade with a rounded top.

Date: 1900-1950

Maker: unknown

Material: staining, wood (plant material)

GUSN: 12675

Accession Number: 1971.1782

Canoe Paddle

Brown stained wood paddle without other decoration. Elongated circular shaft with a squared handle. Broad flat blade with a rounded top.

Date: 1900-1991

Maker: unknown

Material: staining, wood (plant material)

GUSN: 12676

Accession Number: 1971.1783

Canoe Paddle

Brown stained wood paddle without other decoration. Elongated circular shaft with a squared handle. Broad flat blade with a rounded top.

Date: 1900-1950

Maker: unknown

Material: staining, wood (plant material)

GUSN: 12677

Accession Number: 1971.1784

Fishing Rod with Case

Cylindrical blue velvet case with three indentations to hold the three sections of the yellow wood rod with a cork handle. Hinged lid.

Date: 1900-1991

Maker: unknown

Material: cork (bark), metal, plastic (organic material), velvet (fabric weave), wood (plant material)

GUSN: 12678

Accession Number: 1971.1785

Photograph

Black and white bust length photographic portrait of an elderly man looking to the right. Under glass in an oval surround of brown velvet frame with a leather outside edge border and backing.

Date: 1868-1899

Maker: unknown

Material: glass (material), leather, paper (fiber product), photographs, velvet (fabric weave), wood (plant material)

GUSN: 12679

Accession Number: 1971.1786

Photograph

Black and white photographic exterior view of a white revival house with a white picket fence and a man with a horse and buggy on the street. White border and under glass in a grained molded wood frame.

Date: 1850-1900

Maker: unknown

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

GUSN: 12680

Accession Number: 1971.1787

Photograph

Black and white studio portrait of a group of five women and five men. Set in an off-white mat with a gilt stripe around an oval opening. Under glass in a leafy carved frame with a gilt interior edge. pine back boards.

Date: 1868-1899

Maker: unknown

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

GUSN: 12681

Accession Number: 1971.1788

Photograph

Black and white photo. View along side of stone church with a circular window, gray border. Under glass in a simple black molded wooden frame with gilt shape.

Date: 1900-1991

Maker: unknown

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

GUSN: 12682

Accession Number: 1971.1789

Photograph

Black and white photographic view across the lawn of a brick house with striped awnings. Gray border, under glass in a simple molded black frame with a gilt stripe.

Date: 1900-1991

Maker: unknown

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

GUSN: 12683

Accession Number: 1971.1790

Cap

Milton Academy School Cap. Navy blue felt cap with a rounded visor and button at the crown. Faced with black twill tape.

Date: 1900

Maker: unknown

Material: stitching, embroidering, felt (textile), twill

GUSN: 12684

Accession Number: 1971.1791

Cap

Harvard Crew Cap. Black wool cap with a rounded visor and button at the crown. Faced with black twill tape.

Date: 1904

Maker: unknown

Material: embroidering, twill, wool (textile)

GUSN: 12685

Accession Number: 1971.1792

Tennis Racket

Laminated construction with aqua painted decoration. Oblong head with gut strings.

Date: 1900-1933

Maker: unknown

Material: ash (wood), string (fiber product)

GUSN: 12686

Accession Number: 1971.1793

Tennis Racket

Tennis racket with laminated construction. Squared head with gut strings.

Date: 1900-1933

Maker: Wright & Ditson (Maker)

Material: ash (wood), string (fiber product), wood (plant material)

GUSN: 12687

Accession Number: 1971.1794

Tennis Racket

Blonde wood. Laminated construction and a oval shaped head with gut strings.

Date: 1934-1967

Maker: Bancroft, F. J. (Maker)

Material: ash (wood), string (fiber product)

GUSN: 12688

Accession Number: 1971.1795

Baseball Bat

Turned cylindrical bat tapers toward circular "mushroom" handle from bulbous head. Decorated with two wide black stripes.

Date: 1868-1899

Maker: unknown

Material: hardwood, turning (shaping process)

GUSN: 12689

Accession Number: 1971.1796

Baseball Bat

Turned cylindrical bat tapers toward circular "mushroom" handle from bulbous head. Decorated with a wide center green stripe.

Date: 1868-1933

Maker: unknown

Material: hardwood, turning (shaping process)

GUSN: 12690

Accession Number: 1971.1797

Photograph

Black and white photo of a dark colored horse with a white face or stripe on its nose. It stands in front of a white picket fence. Backed with cardboard. Black painted molded oak frame, under glass.

Molded gilt wood frame, under glass. Sepia-toned landscape of hills on either side, brook runs down the center, with a path to the right of the brook. An elderly man is sitting on the side of the path. Backed with brown paper.

Date: 1850-1900

Maker: The Picture Shop, Inc. (Framer)

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

GUSN: 12703

Accession Number: 1971.1808

Portrait of a Woman

Charcoal drawing of a young woman; three-quarter bust-length view. Blue velvet frame with an ovoid reserve. Under glass.

Date: 1868-1933

Maker: Kuatz (Maker)

Material: charcoal (plant material), glass (material), paper (fiber product), velvet (fabric weave), wood (plant material)

GUSN: 12704

Accession Number: 1971.1809

Ambrotype

Centered ambrotype of an elderly woman, seated in a fur-covered chair. She wears a dark dress with a light colored shawl and holds embroidery in her lap. To the right is a tapestry covered table. White drap background. Wood frame has an applied spiral gesso rope at the center, gilded.

Date: 1870-1890

Maker: Cox, G. C. (Photographer)

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

GUSN: 12705

Accession Number: 1971.1810

Photograph

Black and white photograph of a seascape- possibly the Isles of Shoals, showing islands with trees in the foreground. Black painted molded wood frame, enclosed under glass by a white mat.

Date: 1900-1933

Maker: unknown

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

GUSN: 12706

Accession Number: 1971.1811

Dress

Dress made from cream-colored cotton woven with narrow & wide gauze stripes; wide stripes embroidered with tambour work in scrolling motifs, each with an oval center with extending tendrils. Adjustable neckline and waist with drawstring, empire-style high waist set just below bustline with a narrow ...

Date: 1802-1812

Maker: unknown

Material: cotton (textile), embroidering, gauze

GUSN: 12812

Accession Number: 1942.281

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