Historic New England

Pair of Chinese carved seals

Pair of square white soapstone seals with three sitting fu dogs carved on top. Chinese characters carved on bottom.

Date: 18th-19th century

Maker: unknown

Material: soapstone (metamorphic rock)

GUSN: 199819

Accession Number: 2009.5.17.11.1-.2

Tile

Square, decorative ceramic tile; transfer print of multiple views, exterior and interior, of the Old Meeting House, Hingham, Massachusetts

Date: 1887

Maker: Mintons (Maker) Norcross, Mellon & Co. (Vendor)

Material: earthenware, ceramic tile, glaze

GUSN: 199821

Accession Number: 1920.762

Pair of Chinese carved seals

Pair of square red ["sang de boeuf"] soapstone seals with fu dog carved on top. Chinese characters carved on bottom.

Date: 18th-19th century

Maker: unknown

Material: soapstone (metamorphic rock)

GUSN: 199824

Accession Number: 2009.5.17.12.1-.2

Pair of Chinese carved seals

Pair of square red soapstone seals with goat/ram sitting on a pediment carved on top. Chinese characters carved on bottom.

Date: 18th-19th century

Maker: unknown

Material: soapstone (metamorphic rock)

GUSN: 199825

Accession Number: 2009.5.17.13.1-.2

Chinese carved seal

Square seal of dark gray soapstone with bearded goat/ram carved on top. Chinese characters carved on bottom.

Date: 18th-19th century

Maker: unknown

Material: soapstone (metamorphic rock)

GUSN: 199826

Accession Number: 2009.5.17.14

Pair of Chinese carved seals

Pair of square brown ["pigskin"] soapstone seals with fu dog carved on top. Chinese characters carved on bottom.

Date: 18th-19th century

Maker: unknown

Material: soapstone (metamorphic rock)

GUSN: 199828

Accession Number: 2009.5.17.15.1-.2

Chinese carved seal

Rectangular seal of red soapstone with a dog looking at a ball carved on top. Chinese characters carved on bottom.

Date: 18th-19th century

Maker: unknown

Material: soapstone (metamorphic rock)

GUSN: 199829

Accession Number: 2009.5.17.16

Chinese carved seal

Rectangular seal of dark tan soapstone with tiger on pediment carved on top. Chinese characters carved on bottom.

Date: 18th-19th century

Maker: unknown

Material: soapstone (metamorphic rock)

GUSN: 199832

Accession Number: 2009.5.17.17

Chinese carved seal

Square seal of peach and cream soapstone with fu dog carved on top and cloud designs carved around top edge. Chinese characters carved on bottom.

Date: 18th-19th century

Maker: unknown

Material: soapstone (metamorphic rock)

GUSN: 199834

Accession Number: 2009.5.17.18

Pair of Chinese carved seals

Pair of square seals of red and white ["hen's blood et blanc"] soapstone with dogs with long tails carved on top. Chinese characters carved on bottom.

Date: 18th-19th century

Maker: unknown

Material: soapstone (metamorphic rock)

GUSN: 199836

Accession Number: 2009.5.17.19.1-.2

Pair of Chinese carved seals

Pair of square seals of cream and red ["ashes of rose"] soapstone with fu dog on pediment carved on top. Chinese characters carved on bottom.

Date: 18th-19th century

Maker: unknown

Material: soapstone (metamorphic rock)

GUSN: 199843

Accession Number: 2009.5.17.20.1-.2

Chinese carved seal

Square seal of pale brown ["oak"] soapstone with fu dog carved on top. Chinese characters carved on bottom.

Date: 18th-19th century

Maker: unknown

Material: soapstone (metamorphic rock)

GUSN: 199848

Accession Number: 2009.5.17.21

Chinese carved seal

Square seal of burnt orange horn with bearded dog with black mane and horns carved on top. Chinese characters carved on bottom.

Date: 18th-19th century

Maker: unknown

Material: horn (animal material)

GUSN: 199849

Accession Number: 2009.5.17.22

Chinese carved seal

Squarel seal of white agate with dog looking at its tail carved on top. Smooth bottom, no seal.

Date: 18th-19th century

Maker: unknown

Material: agate (chalcedony)

GUSN: 199850

Accession Number: 2009.5.17.23

Humphreys' homeopathic remedy box

Wooden Humphreys' homeopathic remedy box. Interior divided into small compartments.

Date: 19th century

Maker: unknown

Material: wood (plant material)

GUSN: 199857

Accession Number: 2009.5.17.24

Salad plate

Porcelain salad plate with a white body, a raspberry and gold banded rim, and a gold monogrammed "P" in the center.

Date: ca. 1900

Maker: Ch Pillivuyt & Cie (Manufacturer)

Material: porcelain

GUSN: 199926

Accession Number: 2006.44.3093.174

Dinner plate

Porcelain dinner plate with a white body and a raspberry and gold banded rim with a monogrammed "P".

Date: ca. 1900

Maker: Ch Pillivuyt & Cie (Manufacturer)

Material: porcelain

GUSN: 199928

Accession Number: 2006.44.3093.175

Dinner plate

Porcelain dinner plate with a white body and a raspberry and gold banded rim with a monogrammed "P".

Date: ca. 1900

Maker: Ch Pillivuyt & Cie (Manufacturer)

Material: porcelain

GUSN: 199929

Accession Number: 2006.44.3093.283

Dinner plate

Porcelain dinner plate with a white body and a raspberry and gold banded rim with a monogrammed "P".

Date: ca. 1900

Maker: Ch Pillivuyt & Cie (Manufacturer)

Material: porcelain

GUSN: 199930

Accession Number: 2006.44.3093.284

Saucer

Porcelain saucer with white body and raspberry and gold banded edge.

Date: ca. 1900

Maker: Ch Pillivuyt & Cie (Manufacturer)

Material: porcelain

GUSN: 199932

Accession Number: 2006.44.3093.27

Jar

Glass jar [a] with circular tin lid [b]. Straight sided jar with small lines etched under rim. "HA Atlas" pressed into lid.

Maker: Hazel-Atlas Glass Company (Manufacturer)

Material: pressed glass, glass (material)

GUSN: 199935

Accession Number: 2006.44.1730AB

Plate

Circular ironstone plate with white glaze.

Maker: Smith-Phillips China Company (Manufacturer)

Material: ironstone (pottery)

GUSN: 199936

Accession Number: 2006.44.1727

Tea service

White porcelain tea set with gold painted flower buds, leaves and vines. Set includes a teapot, sugar bowl, cream pitcher and teacup and saucer.

Maker: Ovington Brothers (Manufacturer)

Material: porcelain

GUSN: 199938

Accession Number: 2006.44.3059

Cream pitcher

White porcelain cream pitcher with gold painted flower buds, leaves, and vines. The handle is painted gold.

Maker: Ovington Brothers (Manufacturer)

Material: porcelain

GUSN: 199939

Accession Number: 2006.44.3059.5

Plate

Circular ironstone plate with scalloped edge. Floral, leaf, and bird motif pressed into rim.

Maker: unknown

Material: ironstone (pottery)

GUSN: 199940

Accession Number: 2006.44.1728

Teacup

White porcelain teacup with gold painted flower buds, leaves, and vines on the outside of the cup. The entire handle of the tea cup is painted gold.

Maker: Ovington Brothers (Manufacturer)

Material: porcelain

GUSN: 199942

Accession Number: 2006.44.3059.2

Saucer

White porcelain saucer with gold painted flower buds, leaves and vines. In the center is a single flower bed on a stem with three leaves.

Maker: Ovington Brothers (Manufacturer)

Material: porcelain

GUSN: 199943

Accession Number: 2006.44.3059.3

Sugar bowl

White porcelain sugar bowl with painted gold flower buds, leaves, and vines. The sugar bowl has two handles painted gold. The cover matches with gold painted leaves, buds and a painted gold finial.

Maker: Ovington Brothers (Manufacturer)

Material: porcelain

GUSN: 199944

Accession Number: 2006.44.3059.4ab

James Duncan Phillips

Three fourth length portrait photograph of James Duncan Phillips. He is sitting in a chair with his legs crossed. His right hand is in his pocket and his left hand rests on the arm of the chair.

Date: 1906

Maker: Dunton & Gardner (Framer)

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

GUSN: 221101

Accession Number: 2006.44.762

Black and white photograph of a man identified as Charles Appleton Phillips. He is standing outside in a field next to a horse. He has one hand on the horse and the other is at his waist. He is wearing a uniform consisting of a long coat, a hat and a sword. Metal frame painted gold.

Date: 1861-1865

Maker: unknown

Material: paper (fiber product), metal

GUSN: 221103

Accession Number: 2006.44.763

Distaff

White pine branch distaff with flax.

Date: 1750-1850

Maker: unknown

Material: eastern white pine (wood)

GUSN: 221181

Accession Number: 1945.573

Tape Loom

Oak block for base, sixteen prongs.

Date: 1750-1850

Maker: unknown

Material: oak (wood)

GUSN: 221182

Accession Number: 1952.341

Quilling Rod

Quilling rod. Used with wheel 1919.724. See photograph in : Cummer, Joan Whittaker. "A Book of Spinning Wheels". Portsmouth, NH: Peter E. Randall, 1993, p. 67; for an example of a wheel that such a rod would have been used with.

Date: 1750-1850

Maker: unknown

Material: ash (wood), oak (wood)

GUSN: 221183

Accession Number: 1913.2

Temple

Loom part made of yellow birch.

Date: 1800-1900

Maker: unknown

Material: yellow birch (wood)

GUSN: 221184

Accession Number: 1913.21

Clock Reel

Clock reel with a joined frame; green in color.

Date: ca. 1750-1825

Maker: unknown

Material: maple (wood), hickory (wood), eastern white pine (wood), oak (wood)

GUSN: 221185

Accession Number: 1913.34

Wheel finger

Maple finger wheel

Date: 1750-1850

Maker: unknown

Material: maple (wood)

GUSN: 221186

Accession Number: 1913.135

Hand Card

Oak back; leather; hickory handle.

Date: 1800-1850

Maker: unknown

Material: oak (wood), hickory (wood), leather

GUSN: 221189

Accession Number: 1914.29

Hatchet

No description

Date: 1750-1850

Maker: unknown

Material: maple (wood), steel (alloy)

GUSN: 221190

Accession Number: 1917.377

Tape Loom

Seventeen holes in loom; 1/2 inch board nailed to 6 inch by 7 inch base with wrought nails.

Date: 1750-1850

Maker: unknown

Material: oak (wood), hickory (wood)

GUSN: 221196

Accession Number: 1915.18

Swift

Base, water sawn; reel all riven parts.

Date: 1700-1800

Maker: unknown

Material: oak (wood), maple (wood)

GUSN: 221203

Accession Number: 1918.513

Temple

Riven wood temple for weaving loom.

Date: 1750-1800

Maker: unknown

Material: maple (wood)

GUSN: 221205

Accession Number: 1918.517AB

Spinning Wheel

Wool spinning wheel; A: bench; B: wheel post; C: wheel. The bench (A) is made of quartered chestnut. The wheel (C) shows cut nails from the rim into the spokes, while there are forged nail heads visible on the splice. The spinning wheel came from a house in Peterborough, New Hampshire

Date: 1750-1850

Maker: unknown

Material: chestnut (wood), oak (wood), birch (wood), maple (wood), ash (wood)

GUSN: 221206

Accession Number: 1918.942AC

Wool Finger

Finger wheel or "boy" for textile working.

Date: 1750-1850

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 221214

Accession Number: 1918.960

Temple

Riven oak loom part.

Date: 1750-1850

Maker: unknown

Material: oak (wood)

GUSN: 221217

Accession Number: 1918.1260

Tape Loom

Thirty-four prongs; professionally made; rose-head nails

Date: 1750-1850

Maker: unknown

Material: maple (wood)

GUSN: 221218

Accession Number: 1918.1478

Clock Reel

Wooden; joined frame, green; open works; handle; metal click spring missing.

Date: 1750-1850

Maker: unknown

Material: yellow birch (wood), wood (plant material)

GUSN: 221219

Accession Number: 1918.1615

Temple

Maple loom part.

Date: 1800-1900

Maker: unknown

Material: maple (wood)

GUSN: 221220

Accession Number: 1919.83

Flax Breaker

Flax breaker; square pine body, four oak legs; axed square board.

Date: 1750-1850

Maker: unknown

Material: pine (wood), maple (wood), oak (wood)

GUSN: 221222

Accession Number: 1919.813

Shuttle

Wooden shuttle with hollow-stemmed quill; oak shaft; boat-shaped with wire tips.

Maker: unknown

Material: applewood, dogwood (wood), oak (wood)

GUSN: 221223

Accession Number: 1922.242

Miner's Head

Head

Date: 1850

Maker: unknown

Material: yellow birch (wood)

GUSN: 221224

Accession Number: 1922.258

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