Go back

Stone, Building

Stone, Building

Object/Artifact

Piece of the foundation stone of Edward Bobet's "barred cellar" in Berkley, MA.

Tombstone

Tombstone

Object/Artifact

Greenish/gray tombstone roughly engraved with Native American pictograms. Back side shows one engraved line and one line of an iron stain.

Tombstone

Tombstone

Object/Artifact

Headstone of Lydia Leonard; stone reads "Mrs./Lydia Leonard/Died/July 24th/1705"

Tombstone

Tombstone

Object/Artifact

Edward Bobit (Bobbet) was an early casualty of King Phillip's War. Bobit was killed by Indians as he made his way to Taunton in 1675. The partial inscription reads, "[Edward] Bobett/[di]ed June/1675."

Toy

Toy

Object/Artifact

Miniature arm chair: straight front and rear posts with round finials; three horizontal and three vertical spindles on back, six plain stretchers. Paper seat; purple velvet cushion.

Wampum

Wampum

Object/Artifact

Box with glass cover containing necklace with forty-one (41) copper beads, thirteen (13) white and nineteen (19) purple quahog shell to show where beads come from.

Wheel, Spinning

Wheel, Spinning

Object/Artifact

Spinning wheel (flax wheel) with 16 turned spokes, all of which have decorative bulbous design. Center petal is made from three pieces of wood in an "A" shape. Legs have bulbous decoration as well. Bottom has a label [possible from when it came in?] which says "Mrs. Sutherland Orr/ 26 Dean Street, Taunton."

Whetstone

Whetstone

Object/Artifact

(a) slate whetstone with rounded ends (b) rectangular pine stand with hard ground depression; "Miles Standish whetstone March 14, 45 dug from the ashes of his burnt house by S. Stetson, Duxbury. The shears found at the same & place. Presented to Old Colony Hist. Socty 1854 Dec." written onto sides of stand

Windowpane

Windowpane

Object/Artifact

One diamond paned window from Nicholas White House, Mansfield

Wood, Worked

Wood, Worked

Object/Artifact

Piece of wood with small recess where one nail has been drawn; one nail still embedded in the wood.