Historic New England

Tassel

No description

Maker: unknown

Material: casting (process), iron (metal)

GUSN: 66882

Accession Number: 1988.63.3

Trivet

No description

Maker: unknown

Material: iron (metal), wrought

GUSN: 66883

Accession Number: 1988.59

Canister Missing Lid

Tin canister missing lid. "A. M. Whitcomb" stamped on plate soldered to front.

Maker: unknown

Material: brass (alloy), tin (metal)

GUSN: 66884

Accession Number: 1988.60

Eyeglasses

Pair of eyeglasses with folding rims in leather case.

Maker: unknown

Material: leather

GUSN: 66885

Accession Number: 1988.41.1-.2

Replica Soap

Reproduction of a 19th century bar of soap in the SPNEA collection (1917. 909).

Maker: Hyder, Daryl (Maker)

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

GUSN: 66886

Accession Number: 1988.76

Flag

No description

Maker: unknown

Material: textiles

GUSN: 66887

Accession Number: 1986.1191

Signature Slug

Slug for W. Sumner Appleton's signature.

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 66888

Accession Number: 1988.58

Carved Bone Thing

No description

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 66889

Accession Number: 1987.186

Ball-in-cup Toy

No description

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 66891

Accession Number: 1922.623

Japanned paper knife. Oblong shape with rounded edges. Painted scene of two pagodas and two men with leafy trees in gold on a black ground. Reverse is undecorated black. Proabably japanned over papier mache core.

Date: 1850-1890

Maker: unknown

Material: japanning, papier mâché

GUSN: 66892

Accession Number: 1986.1192

Set Print

No description

Maker: unknown

Material: paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 66893

Accession Number: 1927.2573

Wallpaper on plaster

Wallpaper fragment on horsehair plaster. Blue stripe of stylized vine framed with zig-zag and stylized flowers, alternating with stripe of allover cross or four-pointed star. Machine printed in blue on yellow ochre ground.

Maker: unknown

Material: wallpapers, fibrous plaster, horsehair

GUSN: 66894

Accession Number: 1972.116

Alphabet Block

No description

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 66895

Accession Number: 1938.1420A

Alphabet Block

No description

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 66896

Accession Number: 1938.1420B

Alphabet Block

No description

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 66897

Accession Number: 1938.1420D

Alphabet Block

No description

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 66898

Accession Number: 1938.1420E

Alphabet Block

No description

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 66899

Accession Number: 1938.1420G

Alphabet Block

No description

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 66900

Accession Number: 1938.1420H

Alphabet Block

No description

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 66901

Accession Number: 1938.1420J

Alphabet Block

No description

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 66902

Accession Number: 1938.1420L

Shhep and Shhep Dog

No description

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 66903

Accession Number: 1941.126

Sled

No description

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 66904

Accession Number: 1920.44

Teddy Bear

No description

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 66905

Accession Number: 1934.2182

Doll Carriage

No description

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 66906

Accession Number: 1934.2149

Lamb Pull Toy

No description

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 66907

Accession Number: 1941.130

Tablespoon

Silver teaspoon with a spatulate handle, rounded shoulders, and a pointed oval bowl.

Date: 1845-1860

Maker: Edmunds, Benjamin F., 1850-1857 (Maker)

Material: silver (metal)

GUSN: 66908

Accession Number: 1975.79

Teaspoon

Silver teaspoon with a rounded handle and a pointed oval bowl.

Date: 1810-1830

Maker: Wilson, Robert, d. 1846 (Silversmith)

Material: silver (metal)

GUSN: 66909

Accession Number: 1943.449

Teaspoon

Silver teaspoon with a spatulate handle, rounded shoulder, and a pointed oval bowl.

Date: 1840-1860

Maker: unknown

Material: silver (metal)

GUSN: 66910

Accession Number: 1932.982

Tablespoon

Fiddle handle; short front midrib; rounded shoulders; pointed oval bowl.

Date: 1838-1845

Maker: Davis, Palmer & Co. (Maker)

Material: silver (metal)

GUSN: 66911

Accession Number: 1936.1020

Teaspoon

Silver teaspoon with a fiddle handle, rounded shoulders, and a pointed oval bowl.

Date: 1825-1840

Maker: Possibly Beach, A. (Maker)

Material: silver (metal)

GUSN: 66912

Accession Number: 1951.88

Teaspoon

Silver teaspoon with a fiddle handle, rounded shoulders, and a pointed oval bowl.

Maker: unknown

Material: silver (metal)

GUSN: 66913

Accession Number: 1975.101.1

Tablespoon

Silver tablespoon with a spatulate handle, rounded shoulders, and a pointed oval bowl.

Date: 1855-1865

Maker: Dunlap & Parker (Maker)

Material: silver (metal)

GUSN: 66914

Accession Number: 1975.84

Tablespoon

Silver tablespoon with an upturned oval handle and a long oval bowl.

Date: 1720-1750

Maker: Tyler, Andrew, 1696-1741 (Maker)

Material: silver (metal)

GUSN: 66915

Accession Number: 1926.241

Tablespoon

Silver tablespoon with a downturned fiddle handle, pointed shoulders, and an oval bowl.

Maker: unknown

Material: silver (metal)

GUSN: 66916

Accession Number: 1946.660.1

Sugar Spoon

Silver sugar spoon. Double-swell fiddle handle with flared shoulders. Fluted bowl.

Date: 1860-1880

Maker: unknown

Material: silver (metal)

GUSN: 66917

Accession Number: 1975.80

Fanlight

Semi circular window, five spandrels with foliate, molded and beaded festoons; ornamental starbursts and urns; sunburst at base; painted white (now gray).

Date: 1796

Maker: Benjamin, Asher, 1773-1845 (Architect)

Material: beading (edging pattern), beading (process), glass (material), lead (metal), molding (forming), painting (coating), wood (plant material)

GUSN: 67182

Accession Number: 1942.701

Window Frame

A window frame comprised of mortise and tenon joints pegged together. Wrought iron spikes and wire nails.

Date: 1730-1740

Maker: unknown

Material: mortise-and-tenon joints, joining, wood (plant material)

GUSN: 67183

Accession Number: 1933.1752

FRAME, WINDOW

Molded along one long edge; mitered on one short end; bevel along one edge on underside; traces of white paint.

Date: ca. 1700

Maker: unknown

Material: beveling, mitering, molding (forming), painting (coating), wood (plant material)

GUSN: 67184

Accession Number: 1915.110

Shingled Wall Section

Section of wall with shingles nailed to strips; rosehead nails.

Date: 1700-1725

Maker: unknown

Material: iron (metal), pine (wood)

GUSN: 67185

Accession Number: 1929.1009

Pediment

Window pediment with elaborately eared moldings in CT Valley fashion; white paint; wrought nails; lead flashing attached to peak. Attributed to Parmenas King (1713-1800) of Enfield, Connecticut.

Date: 1753-1755

Maker: King, Parmenas, 1713-1800

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

GUSN: 67186

Accession Number: 1933.1181.1

Pediment

Two large boards attached to form a lintel with a carved keystone surrounded by three blocks.

Date: 1803

Maker: Possibly Arnold, Samuel, Jr. (Maker) After Benjamin, Asher, 1773-1845 (Artist, Designer)

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

GUSN: 67187

Accession Number: 1960.110C

BALUSTER

Exterior baluster with urn shaft; white paint, very weathered.

Date: ca. 1796

Maker: Bulfinch, Charles, 1763-1844 (Architect)

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

GUSN: 67188

Accession Number: 1924.16

Pulpit Base

Pulpit base, heavily carved mahogany with foliate, acanthus, and other ornamental designs. Wider at top with stepbacks on sides.

Date: 1772-1773

Maker: Attributed to Crafts, William, 1736-1800 (Carver) Attributed to Burbeck, William, 1716-1785 (Carver)

Material: mahogany (wood), white pine (wood), carving (processes), staining, veneering

GUSN: 67190

Accession Number: 1975.195

Pilaster Capital

A Corinthian style capital with scrolls and foliate.

Date: 1780-1800

Maker: Bulfinch, Charles, 1763-1844 (Architect) Vose, Thomas, Mr. (Vendor)

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

GUSN: 67191

Accession Number: 1985.655

Landscape with Bridge

Landscape with a suspension bridge over a river.

Date: 1850-1875

Maker: unknown

Material: canvas, oil paint (paint)

GUSN: 67192

Accession Number: 1934.332

Clark-Frankland House, Boston, MA

Painting of a 3.5 story center hall brick building with five dormers. Copy of mantel painting in Clark-Frankland House in Boston, MA.

Date: 1825-1835

Maker: unknown

Material: oil paint (paint), panels (wood), panel paintings (painting by form)

GUSN: 67193

Accession Number: 1959.484

English Country Scene

Landscape of English countryside with church at center, mill with water wheel to the right, river at left. Formerly included works which moved clock hands, windmill, and water wheel.

Date: 1828

Maker: Ripley, Julia L. (Artist)

Material: oil paint (paint), panels (wood), panel paintings (painting by form)

GUSN: 67194

Accession Number: 1968.126

Aquatint

Framed aquatint entitled "An East-Indiaman in a storm, Scudding before the Wind." Ship w/ British flag tossed on sea. Partially dismasted. Two small ships in background. Original frame of pressed brass over wood has been painted black.

Date: 1795

Maker: Elmes, W. (Engraver) Fairburn, John (Publisher)

Material: aquatints (prints), ink, paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 67195

Accession Number: 1939.83

Landscape with Coat of Arms

Oil on panel painting of a figure on horseback approaching a tavern, with a large coat of arms at the top. From the Clark-Frankland House, North End, Boston.

Date: 1714

Maker: Gibbs, John

Material: oil paint (paint), panels (wood), panel paintings (painting by form)

GUSN: 67196

Accession Number: 1984.478.1

Landscape with Castle

Oil on panel painting of two figures at a river with a castle or fortress at the right. From the Clark-Frankland House, North End, Boston.

Date: 1714

Maker: Gibbs, John (Maker)

Material: oil paint (paint), panels (wood), panel paintings (painting by form)

GUSN: 67197

Accession Number: 1984.478.2

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