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  1. 1987.6.1 - Bottle, Medicine

    North Family Anodyne bottle with front and back labels and cork. Aqua glass bottle, rectangular in cross section with recessed panels on the two narrow sides, one reads "Shaker / Anodyne" and the opposite "Nth Enfield / ~ N.H.~" The bottom is smooth and slightly concave with no seam visible across it. Seam runs around perimeter of bottom, up opposite corners, over the shoulders, up the neck and ends very close to the applied finish. The rim is s...

    Record Type: Object

    Shaker Anodyne bottle, front label
  2. 1987.7.1 - Chair

    Enfield side chair with cane seat. Back posts have an elongated pommel with single scribe mark as the widest point, shoulder at the base of the pommel, scribe marks above and below the back slat mortises. All 4 posts have single scribe marks locating the seat rails and stretchers. The back slats have graduated radii and are flat on bottom and rounded on the top edge towards the front. Seat rails tenons are nailed through the posts. Front seat rai...

    Record Type: Object

    Enfield side chair with repair to front rail
  3. 1989.2.1 - Case, Display

    Enfield seed box with 89 Enfield Shaker seed packets. The lid of the box is pine with poplar bread board ends, attached to the back of the case with two leather hinges. The remainder of the box - front, back, sides, bottom and dividers - is poplar. The sides are joined to the front and back with through dovetails, and the bottom is nailed to them. There is an iron latch box let into the front of the box and the lid has an iron catch which eng...

    Record Type: Object

    Open seed box with original seed packets
  4. 1990.1.1 - Table, Sewing

    Enfield sewing table with 6-drawer gallery. Legs are square in cross section from their top to just below the skirts, were they transition to a round cross section with a ring at transition. The table top is pine and has a trim piece with mitered corners applied around all 4 edges. The trim is flush with the top except for the area under the gallery where it is proud and helps locate the gallery. The initials "HA" are carved into the applied tri...

    Record Type: Object

    Sewing table with gallery
  5. 1990.2.1 - Bag

    Large sheet made of 4 grain bags sewn together. One bag is marked C.M. Dyer / Enfield, N.H. which is struck through, the other three marked CHH (for Church Family). All bags also have two initials which are hard to read, either DT, DP, or DF. In one corner "D42" is embroidered in double strands of red thread. The bags are sewn together, and a hem is hand basted into the top, as to hold a curtain rod. The construction of the 4 panels seems ol...

    Record Type: Object

    Four grain bags sewn together
  6. 1991.3.2 - Bottle, Medicine

    Aqua glass Shaker Anodyne bottle with labels. The bottle is rectangular in cross section with rounded shoulders and recessed panels on the narrow sides. One narrow side is embossed "Shaker / Anodyne" and the opposite reads "Nth. Enfield / ~N.H.~" The bevel at the bottom of the recessed side panels ends at the botto edge of the bottle. The bottom has a seam from opposite corners to a recessed round center post, with a central dimple. The seam...

    Record Type: Object

    Shaker anodyne bottle
  7. 1991.3.9 - Scarf

    Finely handwoven wool scarf with burgundy border and cross-stitched initials "JA" in the center. There is a tag in one corner with the number "197."

    Record Type: Object

    1991.3.9 Scarf with burgundy border
  8. 1991.5.1 - Wheel, Spinning

    Alfred, Maine, flax wheel. Marked on the end of the table "SR AL" for Samuel Ring Alfred, Maine. The treadle and footman are replacements as are the leather bearings for the flying shuttle. See "American Spinning Wheels" by Pennington and Taylor for more information on this wheel.

    Record Type: Object

    1991.5.1 Flax wheel
  9. 1993.3.1 - Case, Display

    Red painted Enfield seed box. Stencilled "Garden Seeds / Enfield N.H." on front and "DT" on the proper right side. The base of the box has poplar sides and pine bottom. The sides are joined with tongue and grooved miter joint and the bottom is nailed on. There are dados inside for 6 dividers, but only one is present - it is made of poplar. The lid is pine with breadboard ends. The lid was secured with leather hinges, which are present, but ...

    Record Type: Object

    Enfield seed box
  10. 1993.3.140 - Sweater

    Maroon shawl-collar sweater. Machine-knit and hand-pieced wool sweater. The sweater has a broad collar that can be worn down or turned up and buttoned. The placket and button holes are on the proper left front panel and the buttons on the proper right. There is a pocket at the bottom of the front panels on either side. The sleeve ends are ribbed. There is a label sewn into the inside of the hem that reads "James W. Brine Co. Boston Mass Cambridg...

    Record Type: Object

    Maroon shawl-collar sweater
  11. 1993.3.143 - Table

    Side table with drawer in the skirt of the short side. Refinished, formerly painted green, some paint remains in scattered areas. Yellow birch primary wood with pine interior drawer parts. Knob is typical Enfield form and made of tropical hardwood. The leg is square in cross section from its top to just below the skirts, where it transitions to a round cross section with a ring at the transition, and taper in diameter to the ground. Legs hav...

    Record Type: Object

    Side table with drawer
  12. 1993.3.144 - Machine, Tongue & Groove

    Part of a tongue and groove matching planer for cooperage. Cast iron table, beech fence, wood and metal spring fingers to hold stave against the fence. The rest of the machine is missing, but used a rotating cutter head to match staves.

    Record Type: Object

    1993.3.144 Stave matching planer fence
  13. 1993.3.145 - Lathe

    Part of a bucket and tub lathe. This bucket bunk was used with an overhead circular saw to saw the edges of a stave to establish the rough angle and taper of the sides.

    Record Type: Object

    1993.3.145 Bucket bunk 1
  14. 1993.3.146 - Machine, Tongue & Groove

    Machine operated matching plane to cut tongue and groove on staves. This is part of a larger machine, and was driven by a pitman arm attached to the bracket at the top front. Guides on the sides ran on ways attached to the base of the machine (not extant). Three cutters on each side provided progressive cuts to first flatten, then form either the tongue or groove. The cutters on the right side cut the tongue and the cutters on the left side c...

    Record Type: Object

    1993.3.146 Matching plane 1
  15. 1993.3.147 - Chest Of Drawers

    9-drawer dresser with paneled case. The entire piece is white pine except the joint pegs and the drawer pulls. The top has molding on the front and sides which stands proud of the top creating a tray top, the trim has an ogee molding on its lower edge. Six half-width drawers over three full-width drawers. The first row of the upper, half-width drawers is shallower than rows 2 and 3 which are the same. Similarly, the top full-width drawer is shal...

    Record Type: Object

    1993.3.147 9-drawer chest of drawers with paneled case
  16. 1993.3.148 - Map

    Chart recording the burials in the Enfield Church Family cemetery. The burials are laid out in a regular grid and are not to scale. Data for each burial includes name, date of death, age at death, and Shaker family - some vary. The chart is drawn in ink on the back of a Goodyear tire advertisement. The chart is titled "Cemetery Chart-Plan for the Society of Shakers at Enfield N.H. 1793-1928." The dates in the title reference the first and la...

    Record Type: Object

    1993.3.148 Chart of the Church Family cemetery
  17. 1993.3.151 - Doorknob

    Blakes patent latch. This is the core of the latch set, includes the main body casting with the small stamped spring retainer, both escutcheons with screws, bolt, bolt spring, and threaded plate. It is a latch to be used on a small closet door, the exterior has a post to mount a knob, but the inside post is only a short stub and a knob cannot be attached. This set had a late-19th C or 20th C knob when found, and is now mounted in the south wes...

    Record Type: Object

    Blake's latch components
  18. 1993.3.152 - Table

    Base of a table with initials in black paint. This table base (top missing) is sturdily built of maple. The legs have an unusual shape in that they are not square at the top where they are joined to the skirts. The legs are 3" along the long axis of the table by 2-1/2" deep over the area of the skirt attachment, approx 8-1/2". Below the skirt, a half-round step reduces the wider dimension by 1/2", leaving a square cross-section. The square c...

    Record Type: Object

    1993.3.152 - Table base with initials
  19. 1993.3.153 - Machine, Knitting

    Water powered sock knitting machine. Cast iron frame with iron and steel components. At the rear of the machine is the mechanism to switch the leather drive belt from the idler to the drive pulleys. At the front of the machine is a mechanism, powered by the motion of the machine to take up the sock material as knit and provide constant tension. The knitting head has horizontally bedded main needles and vertical ribbing needles. The needles are la...

    Record Type: Object

    1993.3.153 Water powered knitting machine
  20. 1993.3.154 - Shelf

    Freestanding set of 5 shelves. The ends of the unit have rounded tops and are dadoed to accept the 5 shelves. There are boards nailed to the front and rear of the end boards to reinforce the shelf joints. The rear boards are plain and the front boards have a large bead on the outside corner and quarter round on the inside. The medial shelf support is not centered on the span, and is made of vertical boards on the front and back, connected by a sh...

    Record Type: Object

    1993.3.154 Shelves

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