Historic New England

Whale Oil Lamp

Pewter whale oil lamp that is attributed to the silversmith, F. Porter.

Maker: unknown

Material: pewter (tin alloy)

GUSN: 310324

Accession Number: 2000.1800

Burning Fluid Chamber Lamp

Pewter burning fluid chamber lamp.

Maker: unknown

Material: pewter (tin alloy)

GUSN: 310327

Accession Number: 2000.1801

Whale Oil Chamber Lamp

Pewter whale oil chamber lamp.

Maker: unknown

Material: pewter (tin alloy)

GUSN: 310328

Accession Number: 2000.1799

Wine Taster

Silver footed wine taster. Oval bowl with repousse and chased decoration. Lion medallion attached to the rim.

Date: 1850-1900

Maker: unknown

Material: silver (metal)

GUSN: 310329

Accession Number: 1969.3637

Spirit Lamp

Cylindrical, colorless glass spirit lamp with brass collar, burner, and extinguisher.

Maker: unknown

Material: glass (material), brass (alloy)

GUSN: 310332

Accession Number: 2000.1987

Burning Fluid Hand Lamp

Colorless glass burning fluid hand lamp in pressed dot pattern with scroll handle and brass collar.

Maker: unknown

Material: glass (material), brass (alloy)

GUSN: 310334

Accession Number: 2000.1983

Burning Fluid Lamp

Colorless, blown, and molded glass burning fluid lamp with pewter collar.

Maker: unknown

Material: glass (material), pewter (tin alloy)

GUSN: 310339

Accession Number: 2000.1975

Burning Fluid Hand Lamp

Colorless, molded glass burning fluid hand lamp with scroll handle and pewter collar.

Maker: unknown

Material: glass (material), pewter (tin alloy), brass (alloy)

GUSN: 310341

Accession Number: 2000.1974

Burning Fluid Lamp

Colorless glass burning fluid lamp with molded panels and brass collar.

Maker: unknown

Material: glass (material), brass (alloy)

GUSN: 310343

Accession Number: 2000.1985

Burning Fluid Hand Lamp

Colorless glass blown and molded burning fluid hand lamp with scroll handle and pewter collar.

Maker: unknown

Material: glass (material), pewter (tin alloy)

GUSN: 310345

Accession Number: 2000.1988

Miniature Burning Fluid Night Lamp

Colorless glass miniature burning fluid night lamp with brass collar.

Maker: unknown

Material: glass (material), brass (alloy)

GUSN: 310346

Accession Number: 2000.1972

Whale Oil Hand Lamp

Colorless glass whale oil hand lamp with molded octagonal shape and pewter collar.

Maker: unknown

Material: glass (material), pewter (tin alloy)

GUSN: 310347

Accession Number: 2000.1990

Burning Fluid Lamp

Colorless glass burning fluid lamp with molded octagonal shape and brass collar.

Maker: unknown

Material: glass (material), brass (alloy)

GUSN: 310349

Accession Number: 2000.1994

Burning Fluid Hand Lamp

Colorless glass burning fluid hand lamp with brass collar.

Maker: unknown

Material: glass (material), brass (alloy)

GUSN: 310350

Accession Number: 2000.1980

Whale Oil Lamp

Colorless, blown glass whale oil lamp with pewter collar.

Maker: unknown

Material: glass (material), pewter (tin alloy)

GUSN: 310352

Accession Number: 2000.1977

Whale Oil Hand Lamp

Colorless glass whale oil hand lamp with molded panels, scroll handle, and pewter collar.

Maker: unknown

Material: glass (material), pewter (tin alloy)

GUSN: 310353

Accession Number: 2000.1981

Whale Oil Lamp

Colorless, blown glass whale oil lamp with pewter collar.

Maker: unknown

Material: glass (material), brass (alloy)

GUSN: 310354

Accession Number: 2000.1984

Burning Fluid Night Lamp

Colorless, blown glass burning fluid night lamp with brass collar.

Maker: unknown

Material: glass (material), brass (alloy)

GUSN: 310356

Accession Number: 2000.1993

Burning Fluid Hand Lamp

Cobalt blue, molded glass burning fluid hand lamp. Handle missing.

Maker: unknown

Material: glass (material), pewter (tin alloy)

GUSN: 310358

Accession Number: 2000.1979

Whale Oil Lamp

Colorless glass whale oil lamp with blown glass font and pressed base.

Maker: unknown

Material: glass (material), tin (metal), cork disc burners

GUSN: 310359

Accession Number: 2000.1982

Whale Oil Lamp

Colorless, blown, and molded glass ten panel whale oil lamp.

Maker: unknown

Material: glass (material), pewter (tin alloy)

GUSN: 310360

Accession Number: 2000.1976

Burning Fluid Lamp

Colorless, molded glass burning fluid lamp with brass collar.

Maker: unknown

Material: glass (material), brass (alloy)

GUSN: 310361

Accession Number: 2000.1973

Whale Oil Lamp

Colorless, blown glass whale oil lamp with pewter collar.

Maker: unknown

Material: glass (material), pewter (tin alloy)

GUSN: 310362

Accession Number: 2000.1971

Whale Oil Hand Lamp

White opaque glass ten panel whale oil lamp with scroll handle.

Maker: unknown

Material: glass (material), pewter (tin alloy)

GUSN: 310363

Accession Number: 2000.1991

Burning Fluid Lamp

Molded, colorless glass burning fluid lamp with pewter collar.

Maker: unknown

Material: glass (material), pewter (tin alloy)

GUSN: 310364

Accession Number: 2000.1992

Burning Fluid Lamp

Molded, colorless glass burning fluid lamp with pewter collar.

Maker: unknown

Material: glass (material), pewter (tin alloy)

GUSN: 310365

Accession Number: 2000.1986

Whale Oil Hand Lamp

Opalescent glass, six-paneled whale oil hand lamp with scroll handle and pewter collar.

Maker: unknown

Material: glass (material), pewter (tin alloy)

GUSN: 310367

Accession Number: 2000.1978

Jar

Redware jar with brown glaze and applied strap handle. Two incised bands around upper body.

Maker: unknown

Material: earthenware, redware, glazing (coating)

GUSN: 310368

Accession Number: 1970.137

Gas Light Fixture

Cast brass, wall mounted, swinging gas light fixture with adjustable burner and four petal flower decoration.

Maker: unknown

Material: brass (alloy), casting (process)

GUSN: 310369

Accession Number: 2000.2121

Gas Light Fixture

Cast brass, wall mounted, swinging gas light fixture with adjustable burner and four petal flower decoration.

Maker: unknown

Material: brass (alloy), casting (process)

GUSN: 310370

Accession Number: 2000.2119

Gas Light Fixture

Cast brass, wall mounted, swinging gas light fixture with adjustable burner and four petal flower decoration.

Maker: unknown

Material: brass (alloy), casting (process)

GUSN: 310371

Accession Number: 2000.2120

Gas Light Fixture

Cast brass wall mounted swinging gas light fixture with fine cast brass swing tubes with foliate decoration and adjustable burner.

Maker: unknown

Material: brass (alloy), casting (process)

GUSN: 310372

Accession Number: 2000.2118

Whale Oil Hand Lamp

Colorless, blown glass whale oil hand lamp.

Maker: unknown

Material: glass (material), tin (metal), cork disc burners

GUSN: 310373

Accession Number: 2000.1952

Whale Oil Hand Lamp

Colorless, blown glass whale oil hand lamp.

Maker: unknown

Material: glass (material), tin (metal)

GUSN: 310374

Accession Number: 2000.1951

Small fabric fragment, appears to be painted with flocking. Scene of a river with a house and/or mill with a water wheel. Sticker on the back reads, "Mrs. Carl C. Forsaith The Tollgate Auburn, New Hampshire".

Maker: unknown

Material: flocking, cloth

GUSN: 362068

Accession Number: 2001.281.1295

Textile Remnant

Blue fabric with large printed red, white, green, and blue floral design.

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 362069

Accession Number: 2001.281.1296

Textile Remnant

Printed cotton, slightly padded. Red background with blue and white foliage and bird design.

Maker: unknown

Material: cotton (textile), printed textile materials

GUSN: 362070

Accession Number: 2001.281.1297

Curtains

Brown glazed cotton curtains with metal rings. Tan dotted background with vined leaf design.

Maker: unknown

Material: glazing (coating), cotton (textile)

GUSN: 362071

Accession Number: 2001.281.1298

Textile Remnant

Printed cotton sample. Brown, pink, and white stripes with pink floral design.

Maker: unknown

Material: printed textile materials

GUSN: 362072

Accession Number: 2001.281.1299

Textile Remnant

Boris Kroll Fabrics, Inc. sample. Blue and white rayon/linen threads adhered to a card.

Maker: unknown

Material: linen (material), rayon, sample cards

GUSN: 362073

Accession Number: 2001.281.1300

Linebrook Parish Room

When Country Life magazine invited Henry Davis Sleeper to illustrate a dozen of his rooms, he arranged to have them painted by William Ranken, a portraitist introduced to Boston society by John Singer Sargent. This painting features the Linebrook Parish Room at Beauport, the Sleeper-McCann House.

Date: 1928

Maker: Ranken, William Bruce Ellis (British painter, 1881-1941)

Material: watercolor (paint)

GUSN: 362326

Accession Number: 2023.48.1

Book Tower Room

When Country Life magazine invited Henry Davis Sleeper to illustrate a dozen of his rooms, he arranged to have them painted by William Ranken, a portraitist introduced to Boston society by John Singer Sargent. This painting features the Book Tower Room at Beauport, the Sleeper-McCann House.

Date: 1928

Maker: Ranken, William Bruce Ellis (British painter, 1881-1941)

GUSN: 362327

Accession Number: 2023.48.2

Nail

Iron nail removed from the Old South Meeting House in Boston (1729).

Date: 1720-1730

Maker: unknown

Material: iron alloy, blacksmithing

GUSN: 362568

Accession Number: 2023.62.1

Box with Sewing Machine Tools

Small wooden box that unfolds into four attached quadrants, lined with velvet. Inside are numerous steel sewing machine attachments, each with an incised number.

Date: 1890s

Maker: Singer Manufacturing Company

Material: steel (alloy), wood (plant material), velvet (fabric weave)

GUSN: 362569

Accession Number: 2023.62.2A-S

Framed Cartoon

Historic New England acknowledges historical records / objects may contain harmful imagery and language reflecting attitudes and biases of their creators and time in which they were made. Historic New England does not alter or edit objects and / or historical text. A long pine line pen and ink c...

Date: 19th or 20th century

Maker: unknown

Material: pens (drawing and writing), ink, paper (fiber product), paper by composition or origin, caricatures, drawing and drawing techniques

GUSN: 362603

Accession Number: 1953.431

Print

Silk Screen print, rectangular in shape, of an abstract composition. Beige and aqua background with abstract figures in primary colors. Dominant black outlines and patches. Dry mounted on masonite with lattice molding strips nailed horizontally on back for hanging. Unframed.

Date: c. 1951

Maker: Reproduction of Miro, Juan, 1893 (Artist)

Material: paper (fiber product), Masonite (TM), wood and wood products, screen prints

GUSN: 362619

Accession Number: 1984.273

Print

Unframed reproduction silk screen print of mural by Juan Miro for UNESCO building in Paris.

Date: c. 1952

Maker: Reproduction of Miro, Juan, 1893 (Artist)

GUSN: 362620

Accession Number: 1984.274

Dropleaf Table

dropleaf table, Marlborough legs, rectangular top and leaves.

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 362621

Accession Number: 1968.183

Earrings

A pair of clip earrings made of a white, plated metal, with cream colored enamel, and rhinestones.

Date: 1950-1960

Maker: unknown

Material: metal

GUSN: 362656

Accession Number: 2023.63.1AB

Earrings

Circular clip earrings made of a plated metal with a large, faux pearl cabochon surrounded by clear rhinestones. Metal clip closure is padded with rubber pieces.

Date: 1950-1960

Maker: unknown

Material: metal

GUSN: 362657

Accession Number: 2023.63.2AB

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