Historic New England

Plate

Circular with canted rim; scallpd. edge; swag & scroll dec; polychrome

Date: 1840-1860

Maker: Meissen (Maker)

Material: gilding

GUSN: 62948

Accession Number: 1987.843.5

Plate

Circular with canted rim; scallpd. edge; swag & scroll dec; polychrome

Date: 1840-1860

Maker: Meissen (Maker)

Material: gilding

GUSN: 62949

Accession Number: 1987.843.6

Plate

Circular with canted rim; scallpd. edge; swag & scroll dec; polychrome

Date: 1840-1860

Maker: Meissen (Maker)

Material: gilding

GUSN: 62950

Accession Number: 1987.843.7

Plate

Circular with canted rim; scallpd. edge; swag & scroll dec; polychrome

Date: 1840-1860

Maker: Meissen (Maker)

Material: gilding

GUSN: 62951

Accession Number: 1987.843.8

Plate

Circular with canted rim; scallpd. edge; swag & scroll dec; polychrome

Date: 1840-1860

Maker: Meissen (Maker)

Material: gilding

GUSN: 62952

Accession Number: 1987.843.9

Plate

Circular with canted rim; scallpd. edge; swag & scroll dec; polychrome

Date: 1840-1860

Maker: Meissen (Maker)

Material: gilding

GUSN: 62953

Accession Number: 1987.843.10

Plate

Circular with canted rim; scallpd. edge; swag & scroll dec; polychrome

Date: 1840-1860

Maker: Meissen (Maker)

Material: gilding

GUSN: 62954

Accession Number: 1987.843.11

Plate

Circular with canted rim; scallpd. edge; swag & scroll dec; polychrome

Date: 1840-1860

Maker: Meissen (Maker)

Material: gilding

GUSN: 62955

Accession Number: 1987.843.12

Plate

Circular; scalloped edge; swag & scroll dec. at rim; polychrome sprigs

Date: 1840-1860

Maker: Meissen (Maker)

Material: gilding

GUSN: 62956

Accession Number: 1987.842.1

Plate

Circular; scalloped edge; swag & scroll dec. at rim; polychrome sprigs

Date: 1840-1860

Maker: Meissen (Maker)

Material: gilding

GUSN: 62957

Accession Number: 1987.842.2

Plate

Circular; scalloped edge; swag & scroll dec. at rim; polychrome sprigs

Date: 1840-1860

Maker: Meissen (Maker)

Material: gilding

GUSN: 62958

Accession Number: 1987.842.3

Candlestick

Lt. bl. with white dec. ribbed bell shape; white. sprig chain; oval rsrvs

Date: 1900

Maker: Wedgwood (Maker)

Material: porcelain

GUSN: 65673

Accession Number: 1949.1090.1

Candlestick

Lt. bl. with white dec. ribbed bell shape; white. sprig chain; oval rsrvs

Date: 1900

Maker: Wedgwood (Maker)

Material: porcelain

GUSN: 65674

Accession Number: 1949.1090.2

Table Mat

Rectangular; cotton gauze backing; crm. silk damask floral embroidery

Date: 1890-1920

Maker: unknown

Material: cotton (textile), embroidering, gauze, silk (textile)

GUSN: 65675

Accession Number: 1982.89

Footed Bowl

Rounded foot with high kick; interior gilt; exterior with white flowers and vines

Date: 1891-1940

Maker: unknown

Material: gilding, glass (material), silvered glass, silver (metal)

GUSN: 65676

Accession Number: 1986.877

Painting

Yng. man; black hair; short beard; black suit & cravat; red chair

Date: 1840

Maker: unknown

Material: canvas, oil paint (paint)

GUSN: 65677

Accession Number: 1966.479

Painting

Yng. man; black hair; jacket, bow & print vest; brown eyes; red face

Date: 1840-1846

Maker: unknown

Material: canvas, oil paint (paint)

GUSN: 65678

Accession Number: 1966.478

Painting of a Ship

Schooner; black hull, gold volutes; four masts; American flag; blue sky.

Date: 1900

Maker: Stubbs, W. P. (Maker)

Material: canvas, oil paint (paint)

GUSN: 65679

Accession Number: 1918.1429

Side Chair

Side chair. Walnut, woolen velvet upholstery. Carved seat back; turned stiles; green velvet upholstered back and seat.

Date: 1840-1855

Maker: unknown

Material: velvet (fabric weave), walnut (wood), wool (textile)

GUSN: 65680

Accession Number: 1920.369

Side Chair

Round. arched crest continuous to stiles; pierced splat; florals

Date: 1780-1800

Maker: unknown

Material: carving (processes), cherry (wood), cotton (textile), mahogany (wood), oak (wood)

GUSN: 65681

Accession Number: 1929.82

Portrait of a Man

Waist-length portrait of an elderly man with sword at his left. Wears a wide collar and 17th century dress.

Date: 1890

Maker: Smith, Henry Wright, b. 1828 (Maker) AFTER Rembrandt (Maker)

Material: engraving (printing process), paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 65682

Accession Number: 1929.664

Photograph

Photographic print, three-quarter length view of a man wearing a wig and eighteenth century dress; he is holding a rolled document; seaview in background.

Date: 1890

Maker: Smith, Henry Wright, b. 1828 (Maker) AFTER Smibert, John (American painter, 1688-1751) (Maker) Hastings & Davenport (Framer)

Material: engraving (printing process), paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 65683

Accession Number: 1929.665

Portable Desk

Portable writing desk.

Date: 1800-1850

Maker: unknown

Material: lacquering, wood (plant material)

GUSN: 65684

Accession Number: 1930.879

Fireplace Tiles

Set of twenty-five tinglazed earthenware tiles with waterside scenes in roundel; purple underglaze; cross on circular motf.

Date: 1774

Maker: unknown

Material: earthenware, glazing (coating), tin glaze, tin (metal)

GUSN: 65685

Accession Number: 1931.795

Banjo Clock

Circular face with roman numerals; case; mirrored "S" scrolls over box

Date: 1810-1830

Maker: unknown

Material: brass (alloy), gesso, gilding, mahogany (wood), veneering

GUSN: 65686

Accession Number: 1931.1337

Bell

Lambrequin ornament; ringed handle; knop with hole; baluster clapper.

Date: 1840-1849

Maker: unknown

Material: brass (alloy)

GUSN: 65687

Accession Number: 1932.723

Photograph of Henry James (1843-1916)

Sepia-toned photograph in three-quarter length of Henry James wearing an overcoat, holding a glove, and leaning on a chair.

Date: 1880

Maker: Murphy, T. J. (Framer)

Material: paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 65688

Accession Number: 1933.1020

Photograph of Henry Wadswoth Longfellow (1807-1882)

Sepia-toned photograph of Henry Wadsworth Longfellow seated in chair leaning his left elbow on an elaborate cupboard.

Date: 1880

Maker: Barton, S. A. (Framer)

Material: paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 65689

Accession Number: 1934.1987

Photograph of Charles Dickens and His Daughters

Black and white copy of an illustration of a Charles Dickens in a wire chair reading to two young women.

Date: 1880

Maker: AFTER Anfray, F. (Maker)

Material: phototypes (prints)

GUSN: 65690

Accession Number: 1934.2313

Footstool

4baluster legs; molded side rails; bl. twill uphl. central wreath

Date: 1830

Maker: unknown

Material: pine (wood), turning (shaping process), walnut (wood), wool (textile)

GUSN: 65691

Accession Number: 1934.2916

Print

Shoulder length black and white portrait of a man facing left; The sitter has long sideburns and is balding

Date: 1890

Maker: Benjamin, W. E. (Lithographer)

Material: lithography, paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 65692

Accession Number: 1935.848

Portrait of Nathaniel Hawthorne

Waist-length sepia portrait of a man, seated, with coat, holds hat; moustache.

Date: 1860

Maker: unknown

Material: engraving (printing process), lithography, paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 65693

Accession Number: 1935.849

Painting

Wooded landscape; blues, greens, browns

Date: 1891

Maker: Fenno, Almira T. (Artist)

Material: watercolor (paint)

GUSN: 65694

Accession Number: 1935.1559

Photograph

View of white house, fence and street foreground; candles in windows

Date: 1935

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 65695

Accession Number: 1937.1366

Photograph With Poem on Reverse

Portrait of a woman reading at table; small vase of wildflowers; handwritten. poem on back

Date: 1870-1890

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 65696

Accession Number: 1938.1444

Rug

Rectangular; borders in bls, pnks, beige & white; red ground/bl. cntrl. diamond

Date: 1850-1939

Maker: unknown

Material: wool (textile)

GUSN: 65697

Accession Number: 1939.497

Pillow

Piping; maroon with flowers & insects; greens, pinks, blues, yellow, red.

Date: 1890-1899

Maker: unknown

Material: damask, silk (textile)

GUSN: 65698

Accession Number: 1942.1490

Armchair

Barrel back chair with cariole legs, tufted upholstery in a striped patterned silk.

Date: 1920

Maker: unknown

Material: moiré, oak (wood), pine (wood), silk (textile)

GUSN: 65699

Accession Number: 1947.795

Photograph

Black and white photograph of an elderly woman, facing right and wearing an ermine stole; bust-length portrait

Date: 1910

Maker: Possibly Foster Brothers (Framer)

GUSN: 65700

Accession Number: 1949.1084

Bookcase

Cove cornice; 2hinged doors with glass; lower 4drawer cabinet

Date: 1810-1820

Maker: unknown

Material: pine (wood), walnut (wood)

GUSN: 65701

Accession Number: 1949.1104

Bird's Eye View Map

Map of South Berwick, Maine. Three dimensional view depicts the concentration of population, names of streets, horse drawn carts, and pedestrians. Plain wood frame.

Date: 1877

Maker: Ruger & Stoner (Publisher) Jos. A. Richards & Co. (Lithographer)

Material: lithography, paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 65702

Accession Number: 1966.382

Side Chair

One of a pair of side chairs with pierced ladder backs, plain legs, and a slip seat.

Date: 1785-1810

Maker: unknown

Material: mahogany (wood), maple (wood)

GUSN: 65703

Accession Number: 1966.429.1

Side Chair

One of a pair of side chairs with pierced ladder backs, plain legs, and a slip seat.

Date: 1785-1810

Maker: unknown

Material: mahogany (wood), maple (wood)

GUSN: 65704

Accession Number: 1966.429.2

Rocking Chair

Serpentine frame with dark green twill upholstered back and cushion and c-scroll arm supports.

Date: 1885-1910

Maker: unknown

Material: pine (wood), walnut (wood), wool (textile)

GUSN: 65705

Accession Number: 1966.474

Fireplace Tongs

2flat circular plates; cylindrical shafts; brass turound handl; banded sphere

Date: 1810-1840

Maker: unknown

Material: brass (alloy), iron (metal), wrought

GUSN: 65706

Accession Number: 1966.482

Fireplace Shovel

Bell-shp. scoop; cylindrical shaft; painted black; brass hndl with ball finl.

Date: 1885-1899

Maker: unknown

Material: brass (alloy), casting (process), iron (metal), steel (alloy)

GUSN: 65707

Accession Number: 1966.483

Andiron

Cast body; flat obelisk; splayed legs; hexag. faceted brass fitng

Date: 1785-1800

Maker: unknown

Material: brass (alloy), casting (process), iron (metal), steel (alloy), wrought

GUSN: 65708

Accession Number: 1966.484.1

Andiron

Cast body; flat obelisk; splayed legs; hexag. faceted brass fitng

Date: 1785-1800

Maker: unknown

Material: brass (alloy), casting (process), iron (metal), wrought

GUSN: 65709

Accession Number: 1966.484.2

Photograph

Sepia photographic portrait; 3/4 lnegth; woman; savonarola type chair; looking down

Date: 1890

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 65710

Accession Number: 1966.1997

Bible

Brn. leathr binding; gilt lettered spine; jewett family record

Date: 1813

Maker: Carey, M. (Publisher)

Material: leather, paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 65711

Accession Number: 1966.2094

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