Historic New England

Waistcoat

Ivory; embroidered serpentine floral and foliate garland in polychrome browns, blues and greens with silk thread along front and pocket flaps; single breasted with twelve buttons (two missing); back of cream wool; back closure missing but probably two pairs of ties.

Date: 1770-1780

Maker: unknown

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

GUSN: 47364

Accession Number: 1966.252

Wedding Dress

a) Bodice-- Iridescent plaid taffeta; plaid- blue, red, brown; high neck with standing band collar; full long sleeves and yoke trimmed with brown and beige silk fringe; 10 buttonholes and 7 brown covered buttons center front (3 are missing); hook and eye at bottom; rounded waist; boned darts; prince...

Date: 1860-1870

Maker: unknown

Material: cotton (textile), glazing (coating), stitching, silk (textile), taffeta

GUSN: 47366

Accession Number: 1966.412AB

Wedding Dress

Women's dress in two pieces, a) Bodice-- Brown iridescent wool and silk blend; high neckline; long sleeves with ruching down center sleeves from shoulder and around cuff; pleated cuff with lace edging; bodice lined with tan cotton twill; sleeves lined with glazed tan cotton twill; boned; princess se...

Date: 1875

Maker: unknown

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

GUSN: 47367

Accession Number: 1966.413

Box

No description

Maker: unknown

Material: paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 47368

Accession Number: 1966.419

Chair

Slat back chair with rush seat.

Date: 1750-1810

Maker: unknown

Material: wood (plant material), rush (material)

GUSN: 47369

Accession Number: 1966.422

Lamp

No description

Maker: unknown

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

GUSN: 47370

Accession Number: 1966.424

Plate

Earthenware plate with a scalloped edge. Rope molded border. Molted brown and green glaze.

Date: 1750-1785

Maker: unknown

Material: earthenware, glazing (coating)

GUSN: 47371

Accession Number: 1966.426

Gothic Side Chair

Gothic side chair with a carved back and upholstered seat.

Date: 1845-1865

Maker: unknown

Material: upholstering, walnut (wood)

GUSN: 47372

Accession Number: 1966.428

Crock

No description

Maker: unknown

Material: stoneware (pottery)

GUSN: 47373

Accession Number: 1966.434A

Lid

No description

Maker: unknown

Material: stoneware (pottery)

GUSN: 47374

Accession Number: 1966.434B

Jug

No description

Maker: unknown

Material: stoneware (pottery)

GUSN: 47375

Accession Number: 1966.435

Jacket

Green jacket with pleats at the front and back with a belt going from the side seams to the back, two pockets, and six brown buttons center front. Part of a suit.

Date: 1880

Maker: unknown

Material: twill, wool (textile)

GUSN: 47376

Accession Number: 1966.436A

Photograph

View of a low clapboard farm house and barn behind a stone wall, w/ several figures standing in front of the buildings, one man holding the bridle of a horse-drawn carriage.

Date: 1865-1890

Maker: unknown

Material: albumen (egg white)

GUSN: 47377

Accession Number: 1966.438

Double cloth coverlet fragment

Blue wool and white cotton, reversible; overall geometric pattern of repeating crosses of two styles; border abstract pine trees; base line and chevron.

Date: 1775-1825

Maker: unknown

Material: cotton (textile), double weave, textiles, wool (textile)

GUSN: 47378

Accession Number: 1966.442

Jug

No description

Maker: unknown

Material: stoneware (pottery)

GUSN: 47379

Accession Number: 1966.444

Jug

Stoneware jug with blue glaze floral decoration. Stamped "A.B. WHEELER & CO. 69 Broad Street Boston, Mass."

Maker: unknown

Material: stoneware (pottery)

GUSN: 47380

Accession Number: 1966.445

Jug

Stonewar jug with handle. Stamp reads "A.G. SMALLEY No. 18 Blackstone St., BOSTON". Stamp of a swan figure below the label stamp.

Maker: unknown

Material: stoneware (pottery)

GUSN: 47381

Accession Number: 1966.446

Portrait of Elizabeth Sparrow

Bust-length portrait of a woman in a black dress with white lace collar facing right. Sitter has a rectangular tortoisehell haircomb in her hair and is wearing a square gold earring, three narrow gold chains, and a decorative belt buckle. Twin sister, Mary Sparrow, is 1966.460.

Date: 1826

Maker: Doyle, William M.S., 1769-1828 (Artist)

Material: paper (fiber product), oil pastels

GUSN: 47382

Accession Number: 1966.459

Portrait of Mary Sparrow

Bust-length portrait of Mary Sparrow with cleft chin wearing a black dress with white lace collar facing left. Sitter has a rectangular tortoiseshell haircomb in her hair and is wearing a square filigree earring, three narrow gold chains, and a decorative belt buckle. Twin sister Elizabeth Sparrow i...

Date: 1826

Maker: Doyle, William M.S., 1769-1828 (Artist)

Material: paper (fiber product), oil pastels

GUSN: 47383

Accession Number: 1966.460

Portrait of Two children

Oil portrait of two blue-eyed children wearing identical white dresses with embroidered bodices and a tasseled bow at the waist. Each child is also wearing a pale pink robe with embroidered and tasseled cuffs. The child on the right has a small tuft of blond hair and is holding the end of the tassel...

Date: 1859

Maker: Lydston, William, Jr., 1813-1881 (Artist)

Material: canvas, oil paint (paint)

GUSN: 47384

Accession Number: 1966.461

Box

No description

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 47387

Accession Number: 1966.470

Ingrain Carpet Fragment

Rectangular with pattern of overlaying rococco-like floral vines on mottled ground.

Date: 1885-1900

Maker: unknown

Material: flatweaves, jacquard, wool (textile)

GUSN: 47389

Accession Number: 1966.472

Plaster

Piece of original plaster from front wall right hand room Squamanagonic near Gonic, New Hampshire. This piece of wall adhered to the surface of the square hewn log wall. This wall has been punctured with small holes to secure the plaster and the pattern of these holes is clearly visible on reverse o...

Date: 1700-1725

Maker: unknown

Material: hair, painting (coating), plaster, sand

GUSN: 47390

Accession Number: 1966.473

Chest

No description

Date: 1820

Maker: unknown

Material: brass (alloy), hide (collagenous material), iron (metal), wood (plant material)

GUSN: 47391

Accession Number: 1966.493

Globe

One of a pair of Terrestrial and Celestial Globes.

Maker: Adams, Dudley (Maker)

GUSN: 47392

Accession Number: 1966.495.1

Cloth Fragment

No description

Maker: unknown

Material: textiles

GUSN: 46984

Accession Number: 1964.203C

Bow-back Windsor Chair

Nine bamboo-turned spindles, front legs and stretchers; shaped, scooped seat; molded continuous back.

Date: 1790-1810

Maker: unknown

Material: wood (plant material)

GUSN: 46985

Accession Number: 1964.206

Bottle

No description

Maker: unknown

Material: glass (material)

GUSN: 46986

Accession Number: 1964.207

Kettle

No description

Maker: unknown

Material: brass (alloy)

GUSN: 46987

Accession Number: 1964.208

Lamp

No description

Maker: unknown

Material: brass (alloy)

GUSN: 46988

Accession Number: 1964.209

Cloth Fragment

No description

Maker: unknown

Material: textiles

GUSN: 46989

Accession Number: 1964.210

Soup plate

Blue and white; octagonal network; scallop outer border; overlapping fan-shaped pattern as inner border; landscape scene of bridge, trees, and rocks, foreground; boat behind bridge; pavillion beyond boat; second pavillion and one-story building on rocky outcropping, far left; two other boats in dist...

Date: 1800-1899

Maker: unknown

Material: porcelain, underglazing

GUSN: 46990

Accession Number: 1964.224

Dinner plate

Blue and white Fitzhugh; trellis, cell and drape border; four clusters of chrysanthemums and scrolls surround central circle containing four rosette medallions around central chrysanthemum medallion; the whole bordered by blurred spearhead and double dot border.

Date: 1850-1875

Maker: unknown

Material: porcelain, underglazing

GUSN: 46991

Accession Number: 1964.225A

Plate

Blue and white; vaguely scalloped edge; rope and network outer border; network inner border; landscape scene of bridge, foreground with tree; pavillion with tree, right, behind boat; in distance are two other rocky outcropppings with buildings; two other boats also in distance.

Date: 1800-1899

Maker: unknown

Material: porcelain, underglazing

GUSN: 46992

Accession Number: 1964.226

Plate

Blue and white; octagonal with indented corners; network and scallop outer border; overlapping fan shapes at inner border; landscape scene of bridge, trees and rocks; second pavillion with one-story building on rocky outcropping, far left; two other boats in distance, in front of third outcropping w...

Date: 1800-1899

Maker: unknown

Material: porcelain, underglazing

GUSN: 46993

Accession Number: 1964.228

Dinner plate

Blue and white; slightly indented edge; landscape scene of pavillions, right, and trees; hill and other pavillions, center, distant; bridge with one figure, foreground; boat with fisherman, behind bridge; pavillion on peninsula at left; outer border: cell and drape; inner border: four-petalled flowe...

Date: 1834-1867

Maker: unknown

Material: porcelain, underglazing

GUSN: 46994

Accession Number: 1964.231

ORNAMENT

Carved ornament, a series of crockets put together on a tracery-like design. Grained like mahogany.

Date: ca. 1845

Maker: unknown

Material: graining, softwood

GUSN: 46997

Accession Number: 1964.248AB

Portrait of Zedekiah Sanger (1748-1820)

Half-length portrait of Zedekiah Sanger (1748-1820), a minister from Duxbury, MA. Depicts him in clerical dress, with a white collar draped over his white shirt and black waistcoat. He wears a black coat with a folded collar and covered buttons. He has placed his right hand inside his vest and shirt...

Date: 1800-1820

Maker: Attributed to Brewster, John, Jr., 1766-1854 (Artist)

Material: canvas, oil paint (paint)

GUSN: 46998

Accession Number: 1964.253

Portrait of Irene Freeman Sanger (1770- )

This half-length portrait depicts Irene Freeman Sanger (b. 1770) wearing a white lace cap over her brunette hair. She wears a black round gown that closes at the center front with a large bow and a white fichu tucked into the gown's neckline. This portrait is one of a pair (1964.253 is of her husban...

Date: 1800-1820

Maker: Attributed to Brewster, John, Jr., 1766-1854 (Artist)

Material: canvas, oil paint (paint)

GUSN: 46999

Accession Number: 1964.254

Howland House, Nonquitt, Dartmouth, MA

Landscape with a large gray building with one gambrel roof addition, and a pond.

Date: 1894

Maker: Vanderpoel, Emily N. (Artist)

Material: canvas, oil paint (paint)

GUSN: 47000

Accession Number: 1964.255

Coverlet

Blue and rust wool and natural cotton, reversible; overall geometric pattern of gridwork; plain blocks and stripes and bars comprise gridwork. Blue pattern weft omitted across head creating band of rust and white pattern. Fringed sides and bottom; hemmed top.

Date: 1826-1850

Maker: unknown

Material: cotton (textile), fringe, weaving, piecing, textiles, wool (textile)

GUSN: 47001

Accession Number: 1964.256

Box

Wooden box with key inside.

Maker: unknown

Material: wood (plant material)

GUSN: 47002

Accession Number: 1964.261

Pincushion

Diamond shaped pincushion with red brocade; row of straight pins around the bottom; cardboard bottom covered with silk.

Date: 19th century

Maker: unknown

Material: damask

GUSN: 47003

Accession Number: 1964.263

Stationary Store Box

Shallow, rectangular paper stationary store box with cover. Box covered with paper printed with blue panel and medallion pattern on white ground.

Maker: unknown

Material: paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 47005

Accession Number: 1964.267AB

Display Case

No description

Maker: unknown

Material: wood (plant material)

GUSN: 47006

Accession Number: 1964.268

Dinnerplate

Blue and white; trellis outer border with blurred spearhead and double dot; trellis with panels of abstract viney flowers and scrolls for inner border; central landscape scene of pavillion (octagonal?) with trees; two other pavillions left and right, rear; bridge with figure with parasol, foreground...

Date: 1890-1910

Maker: unknown

Material: porcelain, underglazing

GUSN: 47007

Accession Number: 1964.270

PANEL

Paint sample on raised panel. Early blue paint with red underneath.

Date: ca. 1750

Maker: unknown

Material: painting (coating), softwood

GUSN: 47008

Accession Number: 1964.275A

Plaster

Keyed in back, with evidence of charring; front has numerous paint layers, yellows over blues.

Date: 1711-1715

Maker: unknown

Material: hair, painting (coating), plaster

GUSN: 47009

Accession Number: 1964.276

Pen

No description

Maker: unknown

Material: wood (plant material)

GUSN: 47011

Accession Number: 1964.282

Crockets

No description

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 47013

Accession Number: 1964.284B

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