Historic New England

Wallpaper fragment

Fragment of wallpaper border or dado matching wallpaper 1971.137.10.2. Scroll pattern edged with solid stripes and stylized foliate s-curves. Roller-printed in pale blue, yellow, red, green on light gray ground.

Date: 1900-1920

Maker: unknown

Material: paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 303234

Accession Number: 1971.137.10.2

Stone Fragment

Stone fragment, exterior architectural fragment.

Maker: unknown

Material: stone (rock)

GUSN: 303235

Accession Number: 1928.1408

Capital

Capital. Wood and plaster.

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 303238

Accession Number: 2014.65.3

Gothic Architecutral Brackets

Four large Gothic brackets, ornamental. Two traingular, two rectangular. Painted mustard yellow.

Maker: unknown

Material: wood and wood products

GUSN: 303241

Accession Number: 2014.65.6.1-.4

Container

Misshaped container covered with wallpaper. It has brown tape sewn to the rim and contains a rope, hinge, small flag, stones, and other material.

Maker: unknown

Material: cardboard, wallpapers, textiles

GUSN: 303242

Accession Number: 1949.1196

Fender

Fireplace fender.

Maker: unknown

Material: iron (metal), steel (alloy)

GUSN: 303243

Accession Number: 1988.540

Column capital

Column capital.

Maker: unknown

Material: wood and wood products

GUSN: 303244

Accession Number: 1988.541

Pilaster base

Pilaster base with integral and applied molding. White paint on front. Numerous wrought nails on reverse. From the facade of the northeast entry of the Bailey-Swasey-Marean House in Standish, Maine. Removed during 1995 renovations.

Date: 1805-1820

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 303246

Accession Number: 1995.387

Fret-work gate

Fret-work gate.

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 303249

Accession Number: 1995.388

Wallpaper Sample Book

"Schumacker's Museum Collection, Part I" wallpaper sample book.

Date: 1950-1960

Maker: unknown

Material: paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 303456

Accession Number: 1972.187.1

Pair of Windsor Chairs

Pair of Windsor side chairs. Painted peach/pink with black and red twisted lines on spindes and stiles, foliate and floral with sun on crest, foliate on front of seat and legs. Spindles have one painted ring, stiles have one painted incised ring, legs have three painted incised rings, stretchers hav...

Date: 1815-1830

Maker: unknown

Material: wood (plant material), paint (coating)

GUSN: 303473

Accession Number: 2014.67.1.1-.2

Portrait of a Girl with Her Jewelry Box

This rectangular genre painting depicts a young girl dressed in a white chemise seated on a thick feather bed. In her lap she holds a small jewel casket, from which she is removing a white beaded necklace with a pendant cross. The bed is surrounded by dark red drapery. A demi-lune side table sits ag...

Date: 1837

Maker: Somerby, Lorenzo (American painter, 1816-1883) (Artist)

Material: oil paint (paint), wood by composition or origin

GUSN: 303479

Accession Number: 2014.68.1

Portrait of Maria Sophia Kemper Morton (1739-1832)

Framed engraving of Maria Sophia Kemper Morton (1739-1832). Oval shaped gilt frame with beaded inner edge.

Date: ca. 1797

Maker: Saint-Memin, Charles Balthazar Julien Fevret de (French painter and printmaker, 1770-1852) (Artist)

Material: paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 303476

Accession Number: 2014.69.1

Brooch

This shield-shaped brooch is composed of stylized white gold vines tipped with scrolling yellow gold leaves which surround an oval green cabochon tourmaline. The brooch closes with a hinged pin and safety clasp on the back. Maker's mark stamped on rectangle soldered to back of bezel (see Inscription...

Date: 1910-1920

Maker: Hale, Frank Gardner, 1876-1945 (Jeweler)

Material: gold (metal), white gold, tourmaline

GUSN: 303477

Accession Number: 2014.70.1

Brooch

This rectangular bar brooch is compsed of a central pearl flanked by old mine cut diamonds. Clusters of six smaller mine cut diamonds form half-rosettes above and below the central pearl. Abstracted filigree ribbons set with alternating diamonds and pearls, all bezel-set, surround the central elemen...

Date: 1910-1920

Maker: Hale, Frank Gardner, 1876-1945 (Jeweler)

Material: white gold, diamond (mineral), pearl (animal material)

GUSN: 303478

Accession Number: 2014.70.2

Brooch

Abstracted form similar to a question mark with curled ends. The brooch attaches with a bar pin and safety clasp on the back. See "Inscriptions" for mark information.

Date: ca. 1960

Maker: Danecraft Inc. (Manufacturer)

Material: sterling silver

GUSN: 303482

Accession Number: 2014.71.2

"Olympic Games, Greek Celebrations"

Scenic wallpaper fragment, "Olympic Games, Greek Celebrations". A group of women lead a pair of harnessed leopards towards a chariot race. Groups of men and women stand in an open colonnade watching the race. Design by Joseph Dufour (1752-1827). Printed in grisaille. Fold lines and tack holes along...

Date: 1815-1830

Maker: Dufour, Joseph (Designer)

Material: paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 303719

Accession Number: 2014.72.1

Wallpaper

Rolled wallpaper sample, aternating motif of floral bouquets and a statue on pedestal. "Les Ifs". Block printed in orange and blue on beige ground. "R.C. a Paris". Made in France.

Date: 1933-1980

Maker: Mauny (Manufacturer)

Material: paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 303732

Accession Number: 2014.73.1

Hat Bathtub

Shallow, circular, green painted tin hat bathtub with seat and drain.

Date: 1840-1900

Maker: unknown

Material: tin (metal)

GUSN: 303784

Accession Number: 1988.546

Fireback

Three piece cast iron fireback. Center section [.1] is decorated with a molded lion's head with a ring through its mouth. The lion is centered over a floral and ribbon wreath. The two side panels [.2, left and .3 right] have oval medallions in the center.

Maker: unknown

Material: iron alloy

GUSN: 303826

Accession Number: 1988.554.1-.3

Gate Fragment

Cast iron gate fragment. Gate has a column and arch pattern with floral elements.

Maker: unknown

Material: cast iron

GUSN: 303833

Accession Number: 1988.566

Hat Bathtub

Shallow, circular, dark gray painted tin hat bathtub with seat and drain.

Date: 1840-1900

Maker: unknown

Material: tin (metal)

GUSN: 303842

Accession Number: 1988.547

Pair of Roller Skates

Pair of roller skates with leather straps and metal buckles.

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 303881

Accession Number: 1998.6120AB

Fireback

Small cast iron fireback with arched top, footed bottom and eagle with spread wings carrying banner in its mouth.

Maker: unknown

Material: cast iron

GUSN: 303884

Accession Number: 1988.555

Saucer

Porcelain saucer. Hand painted interior floral border and garden scene.

Date: 1800-1820

Maker: unknown

Material: porcelain, hand-painted

GUSN: 304496

Accession Number: 1946.458.3

Saucer

White porcelain saucer with hand-painted butterflies, sprays of leaves and flowers, with gold band on rim.

Date: 1879

Maker: Haviland & Co. (Maker)

Material: gilding, hand-painted, porcelain

GUSN: 304517

Accession Number: 1965.61.13

Saucer

White porcelain saucer with hand-painted butterflies, sprays of leaves and flowers, with gold band on rim.

Date: 1879

Maker: Haviland & Co. (Maker)

Material: gilding, hand-painted, porcelain

GUSN: 304518

Accession Number: 1965.61.14

Saucer

White porcelain saucer with hand-painted butterflies, sprays of leaves and flowers, with gold band on rim.

Date: 1879

Maker: Haviland & Co. (Maker)

Material: gilding, hand-painted, porcelain

GUSN: 304519

Accession Number: 1965.61.15

Saucer

White porcelain saucer with hand-painted butterflies, sprays of leaves and flowers, with gold band on rim.

Date: 1879

Maker: Haviland & Co. (Maker)

Material: gilding, hand-painted, porcelain

GUSN: 304520

Accession Number: 1965.61.16

Saucer

White porcelain saucer with hand-painted butterflies, sprays of leaves and flowers, with gold band on rim.

Date: 1879

Maker: Haviland & Co. (Maker)

Material: gilding, hand-painted, porcelain

GUSN: 304521

Accession Number: 1965.61.17

Saucer

White porcelain saucer with hand-painted butterflies, sprays of leaves and flowers, with gold band on rim.

Date: 1879

Maker: Haviland & Co. (Maker)

Material: gilding, hand-painted, porcelain

GUSN: 304522

Accession Number: 1965.61.18

Saucer

White porcelain saucer with hand-painted butterflies, sprays of leaves and flowers, with gold band on rim.

Date: 1879

Maker: Haviland & Co. (Maker)

Material: gilding, hand-painted, porcelain

GUSN: 304523

Accession Number: 1965.61.19

Saucer

White porcelain saucer with hand-painted butterflies, sprays of leaves and flowers, with gold band on rim.

Date: 1879

Maker: Haviland & Co. (Maker)

Material: gilding, hand-painted, porcelain

GUSN: 304524

Accession Number: 1965.61.20

Saucer

White porcelain saucer with hand-painted butterflies, sprays of leaves and flowers, with gold band on rim.

Date: 1879

Maker: Haviland & Co. (Maker)

Material: gilding, hand-painted, porcelain

GUSN: 304525

Accession Number: 1965.61.21

Saucer

White porcelain saucer with hand-painted butterflies, sprays of leaves and flowers, with gold band on rim.

Date: 1879

Maker: Haviland & Co. (Maker)

Material: gilding, hand-painted, porcelain

GUSN: 304526

Accession Number: 1965.61.22

Plate

This plate contains harmful imagery and language including the use of the term insane. 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 d...

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 304528

Accession Number: 1944.87

Vase

White molded earthenware vase with hand-painted gilt and floral decoration. Spout-shaped rim and wide base.

Date: 1800-1850

Maker: unknown

Material: gilding, hand-painted, earthenware

GUSN: 304542

Accession Number: 1993.824.3

Dish

Porcelain dish with blue and white decoration of a crescent moon and a leafy bamboo stalk.

Maker: unknown

Material: porcelain

GUSN: 304576

Accession Number: 1988.598

Plate

Small plate with gold scroll and diaper border.

Maker: Royal China (Maker)

Material: earthenware, gilding

GUSN: 304577

Accession Number: 1988.599

Dish

White earthenware dish with wide gold band at rim. Part of a set of five dishes.

Date: 1914-1925

Maker: W. H. Grindley & Co. Ltd. (Maker)

Material: earthenware, gilding

GUSN: 304578

Accession Number: 1988.597.1

Dish

White earthenware dish with wide gold band at rim. Part of a set of five dishes.

Date: 1914-1925

Maker: W. H. Grindley & Co. Ltd. (Maker)

Material: earthenware, gilding

GUSN: 304579

Accession Number: 1988.597.2

Dish

White earthenware dish with wide gold band at rim. Part of a set of five dishes.

Date: 1914-1925

Maker: W. H. Grindley & Co. Ltd. (Maker)

Material: earthenware, gilding

GUSN: 304580

Accession Number: 1988.597.3

Saucer

Four white earthenware saucers with gold band at rim and narrow gold circle at center.

Maker: unknown

Material: earthenware, gilding

GUSN: 304581

Accession Number: 1988.600.1-.4

Dish

White earthenware dish with wide gold band at rim. Part of a set of five dishes.

Date: 1914-1925

Maker: W. H. Grindley & Co. Ltd. (Maker)

Material: earthenware, gilding

GUSN: 304582

Accession Number: 1988.597.4

Saucer

Porcelain saucer with scalloped edge. Saucer has a swag border of a green leafy garland, yellow ribbon, and yellow beads. Small circlet of garland, beads, and ribbon at center. Alternating green spearhead and yellow bead border at rim.

Maker: Haviland & Co. (Maker)

GUSN: 304583

Accession Number: 1988.603

Saucer

Bone china saucer with pink and gray floral border and gold rim.

Date: 1950-1960

Maker: Clarence (Maker)

Material: bone china, hand-painted, decals

GUSN: 304584

Accession Number: 1988.604

Wallpaper Sample Book

"Schumacker's Museum Collection, Part II" wallpaper sample book.

Date: 1950-1960

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 304602

Accession Number: 1972.187.2

Wallpaper Sample Book

Wallpaper sample book titled "The American Collection. The Museum of American Folk Art." Produced by "Millbrook. Documentary Wallcoverings & Fabrics."

Date: 1980-1983

Maker: unknown

Material: paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 304603

Accession Number: 1995.20

Wallpaper Sample Portfolio

Portfolio of ten nineteenth century reproduction wallpapers produced by Scalamandre, New York.

Date: 1995

Maker: Scalamandré (Manufacturer)

Material: paper (fiber product), cardboard, brads

GUSN: 304604

Accession Number: 1995.17

Wallpaper Sample Book

"Victorian Collection" wallpaper sample book from manufacturer Schumancher & Company. Handle on spine. Contains twenty-three wallpaper patterns, six textured wallpapers and nine borders.

Date: 1970-1985

Maker: F. Schumacher & Company (Manufacturer)

Material: paper (fiber product), cardboard, plastic (organic material)

GUSN: 304605

Accession Number: 1995.21

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