Historic New England

Pop bead necklace

This necklace is composed of cylindrical faceted clear blue plastic Pop beads, also called "Pop-it" beads, that connect by fitting a molded ball on one bead into a matching socket on the next bead in the sequence.

Date: ca. 1960

Maker: unknown

Material: plastic by property: thermoplastic or thermoset

GUSN: 101587

Accession Number: 1993.63

Pop bead necklace

This necklace is composed of cylindrical faceted clear plastic Pop beads, also called "Pop-it" beads, that connect by fitting a molded ball on one bead into a matching socket on the next bead in the sequence.

Date: ca. 1960

Maker: unknown

Material: plastic by property: thermoplastic or thermoset

GUSN: 101588

Accession Number: 1993.64

Brooch

Seed pearl brooch in the form of two circles all set on a mother of pearl template, gold hinged pin and hook on reverse.

Date: ca. 1823

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 101589

Accession Number: 1930.1655

Mechanical Pencil

Gilt metal mechanical pencil with cross hatch and cast floral decoration, set at end with round colorless glass stone.

Maker: unknown

Material: glass (material)

GUSN: 101590

Accession Number: 1973.457

Perfume Bottle

Small blue glass perfume bottle with gold and dark blue swirl design, metal chain with cork attached to neck.

Maker: unknown

Material: glass (material)

GUSN: 101591

Accession Number: 1973.455

Pair of Bracelets

Pair of gold hinged bracelets with black enamel and a row of applied faceted jet squares.

Date: 1850-1870

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 101592

Accession Number: 1973.461.1-.2

Sautoir

Metal flexible chain sautoir with cast tassel terminal.

Date: 1850-1900

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 101593

Accession Number: 1973.458

Necklace

Faceted black glass bead necklace.

Date: 1870-1900

Maker: unknown

Material: jet (coal)

GUSN: 101594

Accession Number: 1973.464

Sautoir

Shell and glass bead sautoir.

Date: 1880-1910

Maker: unknown

Material: glass (material)

GUSN: 101595

Accession Number: 1973.460

Necklace

Silver necklace with festoons of bows and leaves set with marcasite beads and round and oval cut amethysts.

Date: 1890-1910

Maker: unknown

Material: silver (metal)

GUSN: 101596

Accession Number: 1973.459

Pair of Earrings

Each earring in this pair is composed of tableworked brunette human hair. Each tube of worked hair forms a large loop set at each end in gold mounts. A thin gold bar is suspended between the two gold mounts at the top of each loop. At the center of the bar is a small ring for a pendant, now missing....

Date: 1850-1880

Maker: unknown

Material: gold (metal), human hair

GUSN: 101597

Accession Number: 1929.1066AB

Bracelet

This large hinged gold bangle-style bracelet is decorated on the exterior with granulation and gold wire in an Etruscan Revival style. It closes with a concealed tongue and groove clasp. The interior is marked with the patent date and number for the clasp mechanism.

Date: ca. 1880

Maker: Hein, Charles (Patent holder) Possibly Hale & Mulford (Manufacturer)

Material: granulation, gold (metal)

GUSN: 101598

Accession Number: 2006.44.16

Engagement ring

Fourteen karat gold ring set with an old mine cut diamond in Victorian style pattern on shoulders.

Date: 1870-1890

Maker: unknown

Material: fourteen-carat gold, diamond (mineral)

GUSN: 101599

Accession Number: 2006.44.19

Sapphire ring

Eighteen karat gold ring set with five round sapphires.

Date: 1880-1910

Maker: Tiffany & Co. (Jeweler)

Material: eighteen-carat gold, sapphire (mineral)

GUSN: 101600

Accession Number: 2006.44.20

Pearl ring

Eighteen karat gold ring with two pearls set in six prong settings, all in original Shreve Crump & Low box.

Maker: Shreve, Crump & Low (Retailer)

Material: eighteen-carat gold, pearl (animal material)

GUSN: 101601

Accession Number: 2006.44.4

Wedding ring

Plain gold men's wedding ring.

Date: ca. 1871

Maker: Shreve, Crump & Low (Retailer)

Material: gold (metal)

GUSN: 101602

Accession Number: 2006.44.26

Engagement ring

Gold ring with slit shoulders set with an old mine cut diamond in a six prong crown setting.

Date: ca. 1870

Maker: unknown

Material: gold (metal), diamond (mineral)

GUSN: 101603

Accession Number: 2006.44.25

Ring

Wrapped wire gold band set with a turquoise scarab.

Date: 1870-1900

Maker: unknown

Material: gold (metal), scarabs (sculpture)

GUSN: 101604

Accession Number: 2006.44.15

Ring

This gold band is decorated with a repeating stamped leaf pattern. The interior of the band shows the maker's mark.

Date: 1866-1912

Maker: Arnold & Steere (Manufacturer)

Material: gold (metal)

GUSN: 101605

Accession Number: 2006.44.10

Engagement ring

Gold ring set with a diamond encircled with six old mine cut diamonds (all slightly different in shape and size).

Date: 1870-1890

Maker: unknown

Material: gold (metal), diamond (mineral)

GUSN: 101606

Accession Number: 2006.44.11

Ring

Gold ring set with three oval Ethiopian opals.

Date: 1880-1910

Maker: unknown

Material: gold (metal), opal

GUSN: 101607

Accession Number: 2006.44.13

Ring

Plain gold wedding band.

Date: 1850-1900

Maker: unknown

Material: gold (metal)

GUSN: 101608

Accession Number: 2006.44.12

Ruby ring

Fourteen karat gold ring set with small old mine cut Burmese ruby over a larger rubelight or pink sapphire.

Date: 1900-1920

Maker: unknown

Material: gold (metal), ruby (mineral)

GUSN: 101609

Accession Number: 2006.44.18

Mourning ring

Gold, jet and hair mourning ring. Square front set with brown and white hair under glass surrounded by a row of jet beads, gold band with openwork at shoulders.

Date: 1817

Maker: unknown

Material: gold (metal), jet (coal), human hair

GUSN: 101610

Accession Number: 2006.44.5

Mourning ring

Gold and enamel mourning ring. Gold scroll band with black enamel decoration and inscription in gold.

Date: 1779

Maker: unknown

Material: gold (metal), enamel (fused coating)

GUSN: 101611

Accession Number: 2006.44.6

Emerald ring

Gold ring set with four garnet and glass doublets and four seed pearls.

Date: c. 1850

Maker: unknown

Material: gold (metal), emerald (color), pearl (animal material)

GUSN: 101612

Accession Number: 2006.44.21

Child's bracelet

Child's bracelet with three oval designs evenly spaced. Ovals depicts one or two carved people in an outdoor setting.

Date: 1870-1900

Maker: unknown

Material: ivory (tooth component)

GUSN: 101613

Accession Number: 2006.44.8

Pair of bracelets

Pair of gold adjustable bracelets, engraved with a leaf design and clip action fasterners.

Date: 1860-1890

Maker: unknown

Material: gold (metal)

GUSN: 101614

Accession Number: 2006.44.27ab

Pair of Bracelets

Pair of bracelets consisting of linked jet squares with carved X design.

Date: 1850-1890

Maker: unknown

Material: jet (coal)

GUSN: 101615

Accession Number: 2006.44.28ab

Pair of bracelets

Each of this pair of flexible gold bracelets closes with a tongue and groove clasp secured by a gold cable saftety chain. Each bracelet retains a decorative slide with a loop from which might have hung a charm, now missing. The interior of each clasp is engraved (see Inscriptions). The bracelets are...

Date: ca. 1899

Maker: Tiffany & Co. (Retailer)

GUSN: 101616

Accession Number: 2006.44.14.1AB

Signet ring

Gold signet ring with tiger's eye stone with cloudy white mark in center and floral engraved band.

Date: 1870-1900

Maker: unknown

Material: gold (metal), carnelian

GUSN: 101617

Accession Number: 2006.44.24

Wedding ring

Fourteen karat gold wedding ring.

Date: 1800-1899

Maker: unknown

Material: fourteen-carat gold

GUSN: 101618

Accession Number: 2006.44.23

Ring

Fourteen karat gold ring with oval mine cut ruby surrounded by ten diamonds [.1]. In cream velvet Bigelow, Kennard & Co. box with hinged lid [.2].

Date: 1890-1900

Maker: Probably Bigelow, Kennard & Co. (Boston, Mass.) (Retailer)

Material: fourteen-carat gold, ruby (mineral), diamond (mineral)

GUSN: 101619

Accession Number: 2006.44.1.1-.2

Ring

Gold ring, likely 18 karat, set with a square jade plaque. The openwork shoulders are cast Asian dragons with cabochon stone eyes and trailing whiskers. In original case.

Date: 1870-1900

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 101620

Accession Number: 2006.44.3

Turquoise ring

Fourteen karat gold ring set with a turquoise in its original case.

Date: 1900-1930

Maker: unknown

Material: fourteen-carat gold, turquoise (mineral)

GUSN: 101621

Accession Number: 2006.44.2

Engagement ring

Fourteen karat gold ring with brilliant cut diamond solitaire.

Date: 1920-1925

Maker: unknown

Material: gold (metal), diamond (mineral)

GUSN: 101622

Accession Number: 2006.44.17

Ring

18 K gold ring with foliate shoulders (center stone missing.)

Date: 1870-1900

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 101623

Accession Number: 2006.44.132

Ring

18 karat gold ring set with center ruby, four surrounding diamonds; openwork shoulders set with row of smaller diamonds along band front.

Date: 1880-1920

Maker: Probably Charles Kelley & Co. (Manufacturer)

Material: eighteen-carat gold, ruby (mineral), diamond (mineral)

GUSN: 101624

Accession Number: 2006.44.123

Wedding Ring

Gold wedding band inscribed "SWP-APW June 15, 1899".

Date: 1899

Maker: Bigelow, Kennard & Co. (Boston, Mass.) (Manufacturer)

Material: gold (metal)

GUSN: 101625

Accession Number: 2006.44.124

Ring

Fourteen karat plain gold wedding band

Date: 1850-1900

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 101626

Accession Number: 2006.44.125

Bracelet

This silver bangle bracelet is decorated with rose and black and white speckled agate encaustic designs in circular and teardrop shaped forms on the exterior.

Date: 1870-1900

Maker: unknown

Material: silver (metal)

GUSN: 101627

Accession Number: 2006.44.106

Bracelet

Rope-form expansion bracelet made from fourteen-karat gold. It is malleable and conforms to the wearer's wrist. It carries a maker's mark at one end of the coil.

Date: 1880-1900

Maker: J.D. Dalzell & Co. (Maker)

Material: fourteen-carat gold

GUSN: 101628

Accession Number: 2006.44.107

Bracelet

Sterling silver hinge bracelet set with square cut amethysts and curlicue design along edges.

Date: 1870-1900

Maker: unknown

Material: silver (metal)

GUSN: 101629

Accession Number: 2006.44.113

Bangle Bracelets

Four sterling silver bangle bracelets with ribbed edges.

Maker: unknown

Material: silver (metal)

GUSN: 101630

Accession Number: 2006.44.112a-d

Necklace

Gold necklace with graduated vase shaped drops, sewn onto a white ribbon.

Date: 1870-1890

Maker: unknown

Material: gold (metal)

GUSN: 101631

Accession Number: 2006.44.29

Necklace

Gold necklace with ten emerald-cut, rectangular topazes, each in an open-backed bezel setting alternating with open-work plaques of gold decorated with rococo swirls and enamel in red, green and blue set with small round cabochon sapphires in the center of each. The necklace closes with a thumb-ring...

Date: 1890-1915

Maker: unknown

Material: gold (metal), topaz (mineral), sapphire (mineral), enamel (fused coating)

GUSN: 101632

Accession Number: 2006.44.45

Necklace

Wedding jewelry set in original case. Gold and pearl necklace with large groved s-shaped links with an attached cross pendant combination brooch. Cross is set with eleven cultured pearls, each in a six prong crown setting with two pearl drops attached to each arm. Hinged pin and hook on reverse.

Date: ca. 1871

Maker: Shreve, Crump & Low (Retailer)

Material: gold (metal), pearl (animal material)

GUSN: 101633

Accession Number: 2006.44.30.1