Historic New England

Wooden Doll

Carved wood; painted stylized head and shoulders on jointed and painted torso.

Date: 1900-1920

Maker: Insam, Hier (Maker)

Material: carving (processes), painting (coating), pine (wood)

GUSN: 11163

Accession Number: 1991.1963

Contents of box include: Pattern scroll Drafting edge Tracing wheel Bound book of testing scales Paper patterns with markings 4 Paper patterns partially completed (?) 29 Cardboard rulers for assorted bust sizes All in red cardboard box

Date: ca. 1905

Maker: unknown

Material: cardboard, paper (fiber product), printing (process), wood (plant material)

GUSN: 11164

Accession Number: 1992.181

Loom

Large, four harness weaving loom with squared posts and rails painted red with many accessories; appears to be complete.

Date: 1800-1850

Maker: unknown

Material: cotton (textile), hardwood, painting (coating), pine (wood), string (fiber product)

GUSN: 11165

Accession Number: 1991.1684

Sphere

A white opaque ball with a swag pattern of blue and pink melding into a single swirl at the base. The ball hangs from a string.

Date: 1850-1880

Maker: unknown

Material: glassblowing, glass (material)

GUSN: 11166

Accession Number: 1991.1689

Ball

An opaque white glass sphere decorated with 8 sections of blue and deep pink swags with an 8 pointed star pattern at the base.

Date: 1850-1880

Maker: unknown

Material: glassblowing, glass (material)

GUSN: 11167

Accession Number: 1991.1690

Table Mat

A nearly square form, the beige ground is printed with a floral pattern of carnations, "feathery" tulips and other flowering sprigs in shades of: brown, pink, and red. Three sides are hand-hemmed, one side is a salvage edge.

Date: 1820-1840

Maker: unknown

Material: cotton (textile), printing (process)

GUSN: 11168

Accession Number: 1992.424

Custard Cup

Redware custard cup with straight tapered sides on a rolled foot rim, unglazed exterior with dark brown glaze to the interior.

Date: 1800-1899

Maker: unknown

Material: lead glaze, redware, throwing (pottery technique)

GUSN: 11169

Accession Number: 1992.728

Stove

Footed example on cabriole-type legs in green enamel. The top with large rectangular tiered back shelves fitted with a center stove-pipe, above four burners, over an arrangment of ovens each with a circular thermometer dial, and an ashpit. Trimmed in plated nickel. Temperature dials porcelein.

Date: 1927

Maker: Kaufman, S. (Maker) Day Indicator Co. (Maker)

Material: enamel paint, nickel (metal), porcelain

GUSN: 11170

Accession Number: 1996.70

Glove Stretcher

A long tapering cylindrical dowel; ovoid turned handle; incised three rungs.

Date: 1775-1850

Maker: unknown

Material: wood (plant material), incising, turning (shaping process)

GUSN: 11171

Accession Number: 1992.463

Two-Handed Pitcher

Two-handled redware pitcher; globular form with an outflared rim and small spout; dark brown glaze; narrow, unglazed foot; two reeded handles.

Date: 1850-1899

Maker: unknown

Material: glazing (coating), lead glaze, redware, throwing (pottery technique)

GUSN: 11172

Accession Number: 1992.740

Andirons

Faceted ball finials on "goose neck" and chamfered blade form shafts on arched legs ending in small rounded flat feet. Right and left dogs.

Date: 1760-1800

Maker: unknown

Material: iron (metal)

GUSN: 11173

Accession Number: 1991.1180A

Andirons

Faceted ball finials on "goose neck" and chamfered blade form shafts on arched legs ending in small rounded flat feet. Right and left dogs.

Date: 1760-1800

Maker: unknown

Material: iron (metal)

GUSN: 11174

Accession Number: 1991.1180B

Watercolor

Pair of paintings in almost square format, vases of flowers in shades of rose, green, blue and yellow. Double matted with a pink inner mat and burgandy outer mat. They are in gold leafed frames. Watercolor on hand woven linen.

Date: 1800-1825

Maker: unknown

Material: linen (material), watercolor (paint)

GUSN: 11176

Accession Number: 1991.1192.1

Watercolor

Pair of paintings in almost square format, vases of flowers in shades of rose, green, blue and yellow. Double matted with a pink inner mat and burgandy outer mat. They are in gold leafed frames. Watercolor on hand woven linen.

Date: 1800-1825

Maker: unknown

Material: linen (material), watercolor (paint)

GUSN: 11177

Accession Number: 1991.1192.2

Watercolor

In square format, a pair of vases of flowers done in pinks and green with delicate stems in an ivory colored background. Plain cream colored wood frames with mitered corners. Each flower was composed by multiple stencils.

Date: 1800-1824

Maker: unknown

Material: paper (fiber product), stenciling, watercolor (paint)

GUSN: 11178

Accession Number: 1991.1195.1

Watercolor

In square format, a pair of vases of flowers done in pinks and green with delicate stems in an ivory colored background. Plain cream colored wood frames with mitered corners. Each flower was composed by multiple stencils.

Date: 1800-1824

Maker: unknown

Material: paper (fiber product), stenciling, watercolor (paint)

GUSN: 11180

Accession Number: 1991.1195.2

Garniture Vase

Pair of Dutch Delftware garniture vases, of hexagonal beaker form with a wide outflared scalloped rim, and tapered body with conforming base. It is decorated with hand-painted underglaze blue in a floral design of Chinese inspiration; the front three panels are covered with decoration and the back w...

Date: 1690-1725

Maker: unknown

Material: delftware, earthenware, lead glaze, molding (forming), painting (coating), underglazing

GUSN: 11181

Accession Number: 1991.1197.1

Garniture Vase

Pair of Dutch Delftware garniture vases, of hexagonal beaker form with a wide outflared scalloped rim, and tapered body with conforming base. It is decorated with hand-painted underglaze blue in a floral design of Chinese inspiration; the front three panels are covered with decoration and the back w...

Date: 1690-1725

Maker: unknown

Material: delftware, earthenware, lead glaze, molding (forming), painting (coating), underglazing

GUSN: 11182

Accession Number: 1991.1197.2

Stocking Fragment

Blue and white herringbone pattern knit fragment.

Maker: unknown

Material: cotton (textile)

GUSN: 11206

Accession Number: 1917.827

Portrait of a Lady with Bonnet

More than half-length portrait of a young woman with high cheekbones and blues eyes: wears a black dress with sloping shoulders, wears a close, white cap and holds a book in her left hand. In the background is a landscape of a river with a side wheel steamer, a white church and a red house on the s...

Date: 1834

Maker: Gassner, George, Mr., 1811-1861 (Maker)

Material: oil paint (paint), canvas

GUSN: 11207

Accession Number: 1991.938.2

Cloth Sample

Length of coarse, woven natural colored cotton; printed with paisley style carnations on a sinuous vine; printed in blues, reds, yellows, green, and black.

Date: 1900-1950 ?

Maker: unknown

Material: cotton (textile), printing (process), weaving

GUSN: 11208

Accession Number: 1991.1777

Cushion Cover

Each cushion has a coarse linen foundation embroidered with silk in a tent stitch in shades of yellow, blue, burgundy, pink and green; the pattern features "pronged" lozenges enclosing shaped diamonds on a field of diagonal yellow lines. The group includes two chair back covers and three seat cover...

Date: 1750-1850

Maker: unknown

Material: embroidering, linen (material), silk (textile)

GUSN: 11209

Accession Number: 1991.1778.1-5

Bolt of Carpet

Bolt of tweedy, deep olive-green and brownish wool carpeting. Machine woven.

Date: 1880-1920

Maker: unknown

Material: weaving, machine-made, wool (textile)

GUSN: 11210

Accession Number: 1991.1779

Bedspread

Rectangular form comprised of four panels of printed glazed cotton; patterned with a design of a pheasant under a palmlike tree among a bed of flowers; printed on a coffee-colored ground with green, blue, rose, red, and black; self-bound edges; quilted overall in a diamond pattern; has a panelled an...

Date: 1820-1840

Maker: unknown

Material: chintz, cotton (textile), printing (process), quilting

GUSN: 11211

Accession Number: 1991.1771

Set of Curtains

It includes three pieces of red wool trimmed with floral vine patterned woven braid. All are hand sewn. 1991.1774.1 is a lozenge shaped, comprised of two wool panels with a woven trim on two sides, and two other edges frayed. 1991.1774.2 is of rectangular form, comprised of three wool panels and ...

Date: 1780-1840

Maker: unknown

Material: appliqué (technique), braiding, wool (textile), weaving

GUSN: 11212

Accession Number: 1991.1774.1-3

Coconut Box Lid

Globe-shaped coconut box with slightly domed circular lid with an ebony turned knop on a bulbous round body raised on a turned ebony shaft and domed coconut base. The lid, body and base are densly carved with animal figures in round or lunette shaped reserves, enclosed by varriously patterned border...

Date: 1850-1880

Maker: unknown

Material: carving (processes), coconut (fruit), ebony (wood), incising, lining (process)

GUSN: 11087

Accession Number: 1991.1493A

Carved Coconut Box

Globe-shaped coconut box with slightly domed circular lid with a turned ebony knop on a bulbous round body raised on a turned ebony shaft and domed coconut base. The lid, body and base are densly carved with animal figures in round or lunette shaped reserves, enclosed by varriously patterned borders...

Date: 1850-1880

Maker: unknown

Material: carving (processes), coconut (fruit), ebony (wood), incising, lining (process)

GUSN: 11088

Accession Number: 1991.1493B

Hook

"S" shaped hook with squared ends.

Date: 1750-1850

Maker: unknown

Material: iron (metal), wrought

GUSN: 11089

Accession Number: 1991.1501

Hook

Candy cane shaped hook with "L" shaped base.

Date: 1750-1850

Maker: unknown

Material: iron (metal), wrought

GUSN: 11090

Accession Number: 1991.1502

Trammel

One end with curved-tip hook on tapering pierced shaft and pierced projecting terminal.

Date: 1740-1840

Maker: unknown

Material: iron (metal), wrought

GUSN: 11091

Accession Number: 1991.1504

Ratcheting Iron Trammel

Wrought iron trammel; large with an adjustable sawtooth extension attached to the round arm above the flattened hook at the bottom and a flattened hook at the top. The height stretches from 17-25 1/2".

Date: 1700-1799

Maker: unknown

Material: cutting (dividing), iron (metal), welding, wrought

GUSN: 11092

Accession Number: 1991.1505

Comb Box Lid

A cardboard comb box, of demi-lune shape, deep, with a conforming lid, covered with blue paper, sewn together, its lid bearing a rectangular printed label with an inscription.

Date: 1830-1840

Maker: unknown

Material: cardboard, paper (fiber product), string (fiber product)

GUSN: 11093

Accession Number: 1991.1636A

Comb Box

A cardboard comb box, of demi-lune shape, deep, with a conforming lid, covered with blue paper, sewn together, its lid bearing a rectangular printed label with an inscription.

Date: 1830-1840

Maker: unknown

Material: cardboard, paper (fiber product), string (fiber product)

GUSN: 11094

Accession Number: 1991.1636B

Hair Comb

Tortise shell hair comb, medium-large rounded-back form, the top centered with pot out of which scrolls circular leafage backed with tiny stars, above another horizontal partition with foliate scrolls, all above 17 long teeth (three missing), repairs.

Date: 1815-1840

Maker: unknown

Material: carving (processes), etching (corroding), etching (printing process), molding (forming), tortoise shell

GUSN: 11095

Accession Number: 1991.1638

Hair Comb

Tortoiseshell hair comb, large, rounded fan shape, eleven long rounded teeth. The fanned top is molded and pierce carved into elaborate foliate shell decoration with a small central peony. Typical of large, high, carved combs of the 1830s.

Date: 1830-1840

Maker: unknown

Material: tortoise shell

GUSN: 11096

Accession Number: 1991.1639

Carved Head

A small head standing on squared base, all carved from one piece of wood (2 carvings were made from this piece of wood 1991.1649). Long face, prominant features, eyeballs colored to accentuate the eyes, mouth and nostrils are incised. Surfaces appear dark with age. Its eyes are brown and it has dark...

Date: 1900-1925

Maker: unknown

Material: oil paint (paint), pine (wood), whittling

GUSN: 11097

Accession Number: 1991.1650

Doorstop

Wooden, mushroom-shaped cap; cylindrical body; natural finish.

Date: 1820-1890

Maker: unknown

Material: wood (plant material), turning (shaping process)

GUSN: 11098

Accession Number: 1992.434

Watercolor

This watercolor depicts a woman in a red dress holding a parasol in her left hand and a four- leafed spray. She stands within a black carpenter's square (bottom) and a compass (top). At either side of her are flowering vines terminating in red and yellow tulips. The verses are inscribed on the outsi...

Date: 1775-1799

Maker: unknown

Material: ink, painting (coating), paper (fiber product), watercolor (paint)

GUSN: 11099

Accession Number: 1992.435

Rug

Rectangular form patterned with free-form flowering vine enclosed on three sides by undulating border of small flowering vines. Worked in shades of pink, green, cream, blue, black and brown-green fringe at two ends. The sides are bound in brown wool.

Date: 1850-1880

Maker: unknown

Material: burlap, cotton (textile), shirring, wool (textile)

GUSN: 11100

Accession Number: 1992.436

Decoy

An unpainted decoy with an oblong body with an inletted head with carved eyes; initials are carved on the underside. It has faint gray patches at the wings.

Date: 1880-1920

Maker: unknown

Material: carving (processes), cedar (wood)

GUSN: 11101

Accession Number: 1992.437

Candle Dryer

Rectangular form with a flattened top, pierced with a hanging hole over a chamfered, hexagonal body which has 6 projecting carved arms. Two arms hold hand dipped tallon candles. It has a natural finish.

Date: 1780-1830

Maker: unknown

Material: wood (plant material), hewing

GUSN: 11102

Accession Number: 1992.438

Fireplace Tongs

Cast brass belted ball finial and turned shaft over iron "arms" with flattened penny shaped grips.

Date: 1800-1830

Maker: unknown

Material: brass (alloy), iron (metal)

GUSN: 11103

Accession Number: 1992.439

Hearth Broom

Yellow painted rod-like handle, pierced with a hanging hole with a wide width straw broom held in place by three wire ringd. Hangin holes have a red, white & blue ribbon through it.

Date: 1880-1920

Maker: unknown

Material: wire, straw (plant material), pine (wood)

GUSN: 11104

Accession Number: 1992.440