Description: Lamp with a flintlock pistol as a base and fixture (.01) for two lightbulbs. Has a blue circular shade (.02)with gilded vine pattern around top and bottom. Originally from the Bar Harbor Club
Description: Settee with wood arms and cushioned back and seat. Cushion has light floral upholstery. Back piece has wood framing which has a gold-leaf design dividing the cushion. Legs of settee have small wheels.
Description: Hand painted mustard and green with carved wood decorations including Fleur de Lis, Bacchanalia figures, and vines. Has one large door for main cabinet and a small drawer with two pulls.
Description: This bed was a feature of the schooner ‘Carrie M. Richardson’ and was used by the ship's namesake, celestial navigator and later owner Carrie Stanley Richardson. Island legend has it that Carrie didn’t like to sleep in the bunks as the rest of the sailors did and so when the schooner was stopped at a dock, she went hunting and found this unusual folding bed. After she passed away, it was left in the boathouse at the Lew Stanley boatyard. Bob LaHotan-who co owned the boatyard with John Heliker-would sleep in the very same bed! [show more]
Description: Oil lamp with metal base, brass stand and pressed glass globe with fanlike motif in poor condition. Globe was cracked and repaired in several places.
Description: Light fixture. Glass globe from donor's kitchen ceiling light with connections and cap. White glass with two blue lines and pale blue band between them; brass base is painted beige.
Description: Lamp, old schooner or boat running light found in archives 2016. Wood, thickly layer of green paint with layer of red underneath, clear semi-circular glass lens, two wires running from inside lamp to exterior. Would likely have sat starboard (right) side as the light is painted green. A red light would sit on the dock (left) side so you can see which direction the boat is going even in the dark.
Description: Rug. Hooked, yarn and jersey material, with note "...made by Eliza Stanley." White waterbird with yellow bill wading with cattails, mountains, and butterfly in background; brown border. Faded, torn, worn, repaired at some earlier time. Eliza Stanley b. 1888 and d. 1967. (Donor bought Eliza and Pink Stanley's house 1970.)
Description: Settee consisting of a varnished wooden base, with two drawers, and an upholstered seat and back. There are two drawers in the base, each of which originally had two drop pulls. This settee now (2023) has 2 handles on the right drawer and none on the left. The blue upholstery on the seat and back is stained, and the wooden base shows sign of extensive wear. This settee is one of two and these appear in early photographs of the Fleet House. They are likely part of the original furnishings. The other settee is 2022X.02.009 [show more]
Description: Four ship's lights repurposed as wall sconces in the alcove of the main room in the Fleet House. These are identical to a pair of lights used as ceiling fixtures inside the north door. Two of these lights are painted blue, and two are painted red. When facing the windows, the red lights are closer to the viewer, and the blue lights are closer to the exterior (northern) wall. These lights are accessioned in a clockwise order starting on the left, with the red light (2022X.02.043.A). The blue light at the northwest corner of the alcove is 2022X.02.043.B, the blue light at the northeast corner of the alcove is 2022X.02.043.C, and the right light at the right is 2022X.02.043.D [show more]
Description: A pair of ship's lights, one painted red and the other painted blue, repurposed as ceiling lights inside the north door of the Fleet House. The red light is accession 2022X.02.035.A, and the blue light is 2022X.02.035.B Similar lights are installed under the cabinets in the alcove
Description: A wood and metal ladder that appears to be repurposed from a ship. It is now hung in the Fleet House and gives access to the loft on the north side of the building.