Historic New England

Hood

Brown silk quilted hood with green interior ribbon on one side for tying under the chin

Date: 19th Century

Maker: unknown

Material: silk (textile), quilting, ribbon (material)

GUSN: 221571

Accession Number: 2001.153

Two piece wedding gown made of ecru-colored satin and lace; bodice (a) has satin criss-cross front, satin cumberbund and satin leg-o-mutton sleeves cuffed at elbow; lace surrounds satin in front; lace sleeves from elbow to wrist; lace v-neck. Skirt (b): satin a-line skirt iwth double piping down fro...

Date: ca. 1905

Maker: L.P. Hollander & Co.

Material: satin, lace (needlework), silk (textile), hand sewing

GUSN: 221572

Accession Number: 2001.259AB

Stephen H. Phillips

Black and white photograph of Stephen H. Phillips. He is sitting in his office in front of the fireplace reading a large book. He is in his sixties. The office features a large oriental rug, a desk, three chairs and a cabinet. Simple black wood frame.

Date: 1896-1897

Maker: unknown

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

GUSN: 221599

Accession Number: 2006.44.764

Plate

Ceramic plate with scalloped edge. Transfer printed floral and leaf border in pink, blue, yellow, and green. Four floral medallions evenly spaced around edge. Gilt band decoration around outer edge.

Maker: unknown

Material: ceramic (material)

GUSN: 221600

Accession Number: 2006.44.1683

Set of bowls

Four porcelain bowls with yellow rose garland border. Gilt band and spearhead pattern around outer edge.

Date: 1893-1930

Maker: Haviland & Co. (Manufacturer)

Material: porcelain

GUSN: 221601

Accession Number: 2006.44.1679

Bowl

Porcelain bowl with yellow rose garland border. Gilt band and spearhead pattern around outer edge.

Date: 1893-1930

Maker: Haviland & Co. (Manufacturer)

GUSN: 221607

Accession Number: 2006.44.1679.1

Bowl

Porcelain bowl with yellow rose garland border. Gilt band and spearhead pattern around outer edge.

Date: 1893-1930

Maker: Haviland & Co. (Manufacturer)

GUSN: 221609

Accession Number: 2006.44.1679.2

Bowl

Porcelain bowl with yellow rose garland border. Gilt band and spearhead pattern around outer edge.

Date: 1893-1930

Maker: Haviland & Co. (Manufacturer)

GUSN: 221610

Accession Number: 2006.44.1679.3

Bowl

Porcelain bowl with yellow rose garland border. Gilt band and spearhead pattern around outer edge.

Date: 1893-1930

Maker: Haviland & Co. (Manufacturer)

GUSN: 221612

Accession Number: 2006.44.1679.4

Pitcher

Small ceramic pitcher with loop handle. Wide base tapers up to a narrow neck. Wide brim at mouth of pitcher with small indent as a spout. Brim, handle, and flat bottom are painted brown. Body of pitcher has hand painted decoration of purple violets with inscribed text "Hill's Devon Violets". Double ...

Maker: Devon Pottery (Manufacturer) Palmers Limited (Retailer)

Material: ceramic (material)

GUSN: 221623

Accession Number: 2006.44.1673

The "Tontine" Block

Black and white photograph of Greek Revival homes on Warren Street in Salem. Black shutters on windows, small iron fence around the perimeter, and two trees in the foreground. Simple black wood frame.

Date: 1907

Maker: Reeves, John H., Mr. (Framer)

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

GUSN: 221641

Accession Number: 2006.44.765

Vase

Clear glass globe shaped vase with small footed base.

Maker: unknown

Material: glass (material)

GUSN: 221646

Accession Number: 2006.44.1669

Vase

Clear galss bulbous shaped vase with small footed base.

Maker: unknown

Material: glass (material)

GUSN: 221648

Accession Number: 2006.44.1668

Vase

Clear glass bulbous shaped vase with footed base.

Maker: unknown

Material: glass (material)

GUSN: 221649

Accession Number: 2006.44.1674

Vase

Tall cut glass trumpet shaped vase. Narrow base tapers out to a flared, scalloped edge rim. Circular base has eight pointed star pattern on bottom.

Maker: unknown

Material: cut glass

GUSN: 221651

Accession Number: 2006.44.1667

Margaret Duncan Phillips

Black and white quarter length portrait photograph of Margaret Duncan Phillips sitting in a wood chair. She is in her sixties or seventies. Her hair is pulled back into a bun. One hand rests of the handle of an umbrella and the other hand rests on her lap and she is holding a pair of spectacles. She...

Maker: unknown

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

GUSN: 221654

Accession Number: 2006.44.766

Tile

Square ceramic tile with printed decoration of a chinese scene of mountains, trees, river, and pagoda in orange, gray, and green. Two men holding a scroll appear in the bottom right corner of the tile. Green painted border around edges of tile.

Maker: unknown

Material: ceramic (material)

GUSN: 221656

Accession Number: 2006.44.1676

Ashtray

Circular cut glass ash tray. Six floral medallions cut into base, scalloped edge.

Maker: unknown

Material: cut glass

GUSN: 221661

Accession Number: 2006.44.1671

Vase

Clear molded glass vase with lattice pattern. Narrow neck with wide bottom.

Maker: unknown

Material: glass (material)

GUSN: 221663

Accession Number: 2006.44.1665

Vase

Ceramic vase with sloped sides and flared rim. Dark red and purple exterior glaze. Nannie Borden Phillips butterfly mark on bottom.

Date: 1932

Maker: Phillips, Nannie Jencks (Borden), 1877-1963 (Maker)

Material: ceramic (material)

GUSN: 221674

Accession Number: 2006.44.1670

Ashtray

Ceramic ashtray with mottled brown and pale green glaze on sides and interior. Bottom is unglazed white ceramic.

Maker: unknown

Material: ceramic (material)

GUSN: 221678

Accession Number: 2006.44.1672

Dessert glasses

Pair of clear glass footed dessert glasses with fluted sides. Slightly flared rims.

Maker: unknown

Material: blown glass

GUSN: 221682

Accession Number: 2006.44.1663

Dessert glass

Clear glass footed dessert glass with fluted sides. Slightly flared rim.

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 221685

Accession Number: 2006.44.1663.1

Dessert glass

Clear glass footed dessert glass with fluted sides. Slightly flared rim.

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 221686

Accession Number: 2006.44.1663.2

Vase

Clear glass bulbous shaped vase with footed base.

Maker: unknown

Material: glass (material)

GUSN: 221687

Accession Number: 2006.44.1664

Chest of drawers

Chippendale style maple tall chest of drawers. Features six drawers with flattened urn shaped brass pulls, central drop, and ball and claw feet.

Date: 1750-1775

Maker: unknown

Material: maple (wood), brass (alloy)

GUSN: 222361

Accession Number: 2006.44.2578

Shield

Shield in a rounded-edged diamond shape, made of thick animal hide with a bamboo handle pole extending above and below the top and bottom edges of the shield. The bamboo pole runs down the center of the side that faces the body and is affixed to the inner side of the shield with strips of hide that ...

Maker: unknown

Material: hide (collagenous material), bamboo (material)

GUSN: 222362

Accession Number: 2006.44.2603

Teapot

White porcleain teapot with c-shaped handle applied spout and with hinged lid; with white embossed floral decoration with a peasant girl on the verso and an eagle with a shield on the recto. Blue line decoration overall.

Date: 1770-1820

Maker: unknown

Material: porcelain

GUSN: 222363

Accession Number: 2004.1.17AB

Dressing table

Queen Anne style cherry dressing table featuring five drawers with brass pulls. Features carved shell, turned drop spindles, and cabriole legs with pad feet.

Date: 18th century

Maker: unknown

Material: cherry (wood), brass (alloy)

GUSN: 222366

Accession Number: 2006.44.2596

Painting

Painting on a piece of wood, stream in the middle, man fishing on right side and two woman in red and blue dresses, washing cloth on left side of stream.

Date: 1840-1880

Maker: unknown

Material: oil paint (paint)

GUSN: 222369

Accession Number: 2004.1.18

Secretary

Federeal style secretary. The key holes are rounded escutcheon the drawers have brass pulls. The doors have rectangular panes. The midmolding has a lighter wood outlining the molding, all the way around. The secretary features a cylinder-fall desk. Underneath the cylinder-fall, are five pigeon holes...

Date: ca. 1910

Maker: unknown

Material: mahogany (wood), glass (material), brass (alloy)

GUSN: 222370

Accession Number: 2006.44.2585

Sampler

Alphabet and number sampler on linen ground with silk threads. Cross stitch and Gobelin stitch. Complete upper case and lower case alphabets, numbers 1-9, and maker's name and age with verse. Wooden frame with gold finish, covered with glass.

Date: 1805-1820

Maker: Dickinson, Mary (Embroiderer)

Material: linen (material), silk (textile), cross stitch, embroidery (visual works)

GUSN: 222379

Accession Number: 2004.1.19

Daguerreotype

Simple mahogany vineyard frame daguerreotype of husband, wife and daughter with gold colored mat.

Date: February 18, 1850

Maker: unknown

Material: wood (plant material), copper (metal), glass (material)

GUSN: 222382

Accession Number: 2004.1.20

Teapot

Cream colored earthenware teapot. Floral and foliate motif. Round pointed finial.

Date: 1780-1800

Maker: unknown

Material: earthenware, hand-painted

GUSN: 222386

Accession Number: 2004.1.21AB

Figurine "Shepherdess with Lute and Sheep"

Round base, shepherdess in orange dress with lute, surrounded by three sheep

Date: 1770-1790

Maker: unknown

Material: ceramic (material)

GUSN: 222389

Accession Number: 2004.1.22

Boy with Tree

Square base, boy standing next to tree, animal skinn draped around him

Date: 1770-1790

Maker: unknown

Material: ceramic (material)

GUSN: 222392

Accession Number: 2004.1.23

Figurine

Two small figures sleeping, colors: green, blue, orange, yellowed glazed decoration.

Date: 1770-1790

Maker: unknown

Material: ceramic (material)

GUSN: 222397

Accession Number: 2004.1.24

Mug

German polychrome enameled opaque glass mug. Image depicts a dog in a field with floral decoration.

Date: 19th century

Maker: unknown

Material: glass (material), enamel paint

GUSN: 222422

Accession Number: 2006.44.2589

Fireplace shovel

Brass fireplace shovel. The handle is turned wood. The body is a large cylinder, with the top half open.

Maker: unknown

Material: wood (plant material), metal

GUSN: 222423

Accession Number: 2006.44.2611

Candlestick

Glass candlestick with swirls that go counterclockwise. There are six crests and six troughs to the wavy edge design.

Maker: unknown

Material: glass (material)

GUSN: 222427

Accession Number: 2006.44.2606.1

Decanter

Glass decanter with a stopper. Round body with a narrow neck. Diamond pattern.

Date: 1790-1820

Maker: unknown

Material: cut glass, glass (material)

GUSN: 222428

Accession Number: 2004.1.25.1AB

Fire Bucket

Painted leather fire bucket depicting coat of arms of the United Kingdom. Crest with lion to right, chained unicorn on left, knight's helmet topped by royal crown. Reverse side depicts three additional lions.

Maker: unknown

Material: leather

GUSN: 222429

Accession Number: 2006.44.2591

Decanter

Glass decanter with a stopper. Round body with a narrow neck. Diamond pattern.

Date: 1790-1820

Maker: unknown

Material: cut glass, glass (material)

GUSN: 222430

Accession Number: 2004.1.25.2AB

Box

Wooden box with Chinese scenes carved into it. Surrounding the pictures are flowers, reed fluits, and hats. The box has a hinged lid.

Maker: unknown

Material: wood (plant material)

GUSN: 222432

Accession Number: 2006.44.2632

Dressing mirror

Mahogany free standing dresser mirror. The edges of the mirror are square. The side posts have rounded and turned tops, with spiral columns. The legs taper and end in cloven hooves.

Maker: unknown

Material: mahogany (wood), glass (material)

GUSN: 222435

Accession Number: 2006.44.2577

Tong Stone

Tong stone

Date: 1780-1840

Maker: unknown

Material: marble (rock)

GUSN: 222436

Accession Number: 2004.1.26

Fireplace tongs

Brass fireplace tongs with a turned ball handle One prong is stationary and the other is hinged. The ends are flat circles.

Maker: unknown

Material: brass (alloy)

GUSN: 222437

Accession Number: 2006.44.2602

Writing desk

A portable desk that opens. The top wing has a lock and mother of pearl inlay. The bottom wing has oval mother of pearl across from the lock and other mother of pearl inlay in the corners.

Maker: unknown

Material: wood (plant material), mother of pearl

GUSN: 222438

Accession Number: 2006.44.2631

Candlestick

Urn shaped candlestick. On either side are the heads of rams with rings through their mouths. The base is broad and round, and has four rounded feet.

Maker: unknown

Material: metal

GUSN: 222441

Accession Number: 2006.44.2605

Candlestick

An urn shaped candlestick. The base is broad and square, with criss-crossing disigns and circles. At the very top, the square lifts off.

Maker: unknown

Material: silver (metal)

GUSN: 222443

Accession Number: 2006.44.2604.1

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