Historic New England

Medicine Club

Bowling pin-shaped exercise clubs that have a spherical finial and are painted black. The neck has uniform incised rings. The bulbous body swells at the waist with indented ring-turning before the base, painted black, and tapering to the base.

Date: 1868-1899

Maker: unknown

Material: hardwood, incising, painting (coating)

GUSN: 12241

Accession Number: 1971.1528.1-4

Carpet Bag

Rectangular shape shirred bag with elaborate floral scroll design in white, tan, gold and pink. Lined with unbleached linen. Interior has two sections. Partial brass lock remaining. Leather bottom has embossed lozenge design and an inscription.

Date: 1800-1850

Maker: unknown

Material: leather, linen (material), wool (textile)

GUSN: 12242

Accession Number: 1971.1529

Dog Collar

Linking metal band has a back padlock and a front plate.

Date: 1868-1933

Maker: unknown

Material: engraving (printing process), tin (metal)

GUSN: 12258

Accession Number: 1971.1544

Oriental Rug

Blue, white, green and black machine-woven wool; geometric motifs imitating oriental (?); central rectangular medallion within series of frames; bound sides; fringed top and bottom.

Maker: unknown

Material: weaving, machine-made, wool (textile)

GUSN: 12267

Accession Number: 1993.771

Carpet Runner

Predominantly white, blue, green and white geometric, imitating ground material; trimmed with brown and orange braid at ends; top and bottom folded over and hemmed.

Maker: unknown

Material: wool (textile)

GUSN: 12268

Accession Number: 1993.772

Print

Photographic reproduction of a print titled "Automne" [Autumn] with two angels suspended in the air. One is a young woman, and the other is a nude cherub - they are snuffing out the flowers and foliage and leaving bare branches. Under glass with an off-white mat in a wood frame painted red on a beve...

Date: 1868-1899

Maker: Hamon, J. L. (Maker)

Material: beveling, glass (material), incising, paper (fiber product), photographs, wood (plant material)

GUSN: 12284

Accession Number: 1971.1567

Print

News or magazine print of a pen and ink drawing of a wide river winding through houses and the countryside. The river is crowded with boats of every sort, especially sculls for the crew race. Under glass in a thin molded walnut frame.

Date: dated 4/9/1870

Maker: The Graphic (Maker)

Material: glass (material), ink, paper (fiber product), walnut (wood)

GUSN: 12286

Accession Number: 1971.1569

Photograph

Informal group portrait of the Harvard Lampoon in a typical "clowning" pose. One young man is lying along the floor with a dog in front. Under glass with a gray mat and black wooden frame.

Date: ca. 1904

Maker: unknown

Material: glass (material), paper (fiber product), photographs, wood (plant material)

GUSN: 12304

Accession Number: 1971.1586

Photograph

Informal group portrait of the Harvard Lampoon in a typical "clowning" pose. Ralph May holding a banjo at the front right. Young man with snow shoes sits in front. Under glass with a gray mat and black wooden frame.

Date: ca. 1904

Maker: unknown

Material: glass (material), paper (fiber product), photographs, wood (plant material)

GUSN: 12305

Accession Number: 1971.1587

Photograph

Formal group portrait of the Harvard Lampoon posed around a painting. Under glass with a gray mat and black wooden frame.

Date: ca. 1904

Maker: unknown

Material: glass (material), paper (fiber product), photographs, wood (plant material)

GUSN: 12306

Accession Number: 1971.1588

Photograph

High school yearbook group portrait of the Milton Academy baseball team in front of the ivy-covered school. Framed under glass, with a gray mat and a simple black-painted wood frame.

Date: 1898-1900

Maker: unknown

Material: glass (material), paper (fiber product), photographs, wood (plant material)

GUSN: 12307

Accession Number: 1971.1589

Drawing

Black and white print of a first floor hall and stairway looking toward the rear of the Rundlet-May House. Molded wooden frame painted black. Matted and framed under the glass.

Date: dated 1933

Maker: The Picture Shop, Inc. (Framer) Bellamy (Artist)

Material: engraving (printing process), glass (material), ink, paper (fiber product), wood (plant material)

GUSN: 12308

Accession Number: 1971.1590

Lithograph

Colored lithograph of an interior scene with an elderly man and a woman. The man is pouring two glasses of wine. Wooden frame with incised lines, stained and varnished. Matted under glass.

Date: dated 1886

Maker: unknown

Material: glass (material), incising, lithography, paper (fiber product), staining, varnishing, wood (plant material)

GUSN: 12312

Accession Number: 1971.1594

Photograph

Black and white photograph view of the John Paul Jones house facade at No.1 Middle Street. Matted under glass in a flat wooden frame with fluting.

Date: 1868-1933

Maker: unknown

Material: glass (material), paper (fiber product), photographs, wood (plant material)

GUSN: 12313

Accession Number: 1971.1595

Print

Black and white detail of the faces of two angels from an Italian Rennaissance painting. Under glass with a plain wooden frame with beveled edge and stained.

Date: 1868-1933

Maker: Possibly Da Vinci, Leonardo (Painter)

Material: beveling, glass (material), paper (fiber product), photographs, staining, wood (plant material)

GUSN: 12315

Accession Number: 1971.1597

Overbodice

Sheer cream wool over white cotton; broad neckline; sharply pointed and boned waist; pointed front and back; back lace closure; darts; piped neck, waist and arms' eye.

Date: ca. 1871

Maker: unknown

Material: cotton (textile), stitching, machine-made, wool (textile)

GUSN: 12316

Accession Number: 1938.1018B

Vegetable Dish

.2) Shallow ovoid form with deep blue color with well-executed borders, including a diamond cross hatch cavetto. Set) White clay body with bluish-cast white glaze; Canton pattern underglaze blue painted decoration consisting of cross hatched, striped, star and scalloped border bands; central or ...

Date: ca. 1820

Maker: unknown

Material: porcelain, cutting (dividing)

GUSN: 12319

Accession Number: 1971.977.2

Covered Vegetable Dish

.3AB) Elongated diamond-shaped body with a shaped rim. Deep well. Light blue color with floral sprigs on the exterior. Conforming domed cover with pine cone finial handle. Set) White clay body with bluish-cast white glaze; Canton pattern underglaze blue painted decoration consisting of cross hat...

Maker: unknown

Material: porcelain

GUSN: 12320

Accession Number: 1971.977.3AB

Covered Vegetable Dish

.4A,B) Elongated diamond-shaped body with a shaped rim. Deep well. Light blue color with floral sprigs on the exterior. Conforming domed cover with pine cone finial handle. Set) White clay body with bluish-cast white glaze; Canton pattern underglaze blue painted decoration consisting of cross ha...

Maker: unknown

Material: porcelain

GUSN: 12321

Accession Number: 1971.977.4AB

Covered Vegetable Dish

.5AB) Rectangular deep body with shaped corners and a conforming base. Medium blue color with floral sprigs on the exterior. Conforming domed cover with molded scroll design at the base of a pine cone finial handle. Set) White clay body with bluish-cast white glaze; Canton pattern underglaze blu...

Date: 1900-1933

Maker: unknown

Material: porcelain

GUSN: 12322

Accession Number: 1971.977.5AB

Covered Vegetable Dish

.6AB) Rectangular deep body with shaped corners and a conforming base. Medium blue color with floral sprigs on the exterior. Conforming domed cover with molded scroll design at the base of a pine cone finial handle. Set) White clay body with bluish-cast white glaze; Canton pattern underglaze blu...

Date: 1900-1933

Maker: unknown

Material: porcelain

GUSN: 12323

Accession Number: 1971.977.6AB

Covered Vegetable Dish

.7AB) Rectangular deep body with shaped corners and a conforming base. Medium blue color with floral sprigs on the exterior. Conforming domed cover with molded scroll design at the base of a pine cone finial handle. Shape and design as in .5AB) but less finely executed. No molding on the top. Less d...

Date: 1934-1967

Maker: unknown

Material: porcelain

GUSN: 12324

Accession Number: 1971.977.7AB

Covered Vegetable Dish

.8AB) Deep blue color with well defined borders. Highly domed cover with silvered replacement finial. Shape and design as in .5AB) but not identical borders. Set) White clay body with bluish-cast white glaze; Canton pattern underglaze blue painted decoration consisting of cross hatched, striped...

Date: 1900-1933

Maker: unknown

Material: porcelain

GUSN: 12325

Accession Number: 1971.977.8AB

Soup Plate

.9-.14) Circular form with slightly scalloped edge. Deep well. Clean foot ring. Body pitted with poor glaze. A very broadly executed design. Set) White clay body with bluish-cast white glaze; Canton pattern underglaze blue painted decoration consisting of cross hatched, striped, star and scallop...

Date: 1868-1899

Maker: unknown

Material: porcelain

GUSN: 12326

Accession Number: 1971.977.9-14

Vegetable Bowl

.9-.14) Circular deep brown form with saw-tooth scalloped edge. Deep blue decoration. Shallow foot ring. Set) White clay body with bluish-cast white glaze; Canton pattern underglaze blue painted decoration consisting of cross hatched, striped, star and scalloped border bands; central or overall ...

Date: 1800-1850

Maker: unknown

Material: porcelain

GUSN: 12327

Accession Number: 1971.977.15

Platter

.16) Rectangular with canted corners. Bluish glaze. Medium blue color. Well executed borders. Set) White clay body with bluish-cast white glaze; Canton pattern underglaze blue painted decoration consisting of cross hatched, striped, star and scalloped border bands; central or overall design of "w...

Date: 1834-1867

Maker: unknown

Material: porcelain

GUSN: 12328

Accession Number: 1971.977.16

Platter

.17) Rectangular with canted corners. Bluish glaze. Medium blue color. Well executed borders. Possibly a "nesting" set. Set) White clay body with bluish-cast white glaze; Canton pattern underglaze blue painted decoration consisting of cross hatched, striped, star and scalloped border bands; centr...

Date: 1834-1867

Maker: unknown

Material: porcelain

GUSN: 12329

Accession Number: 1971.977.17

Platter

.18) Similar, but elongated form. Light blue color. Broadly executed decoration. Grayish body. Set) White clay body with bluish-cast white glaze; Canton pattern underglaze blue painted decoration consisting of cross hatched, striped, star and scalloped border bands; central or overall design of "...

Date: ca. 1860

Maker: unknown

Material: porcelain

GUSN: 12330

Accession Number: 1971.977.18

Platter

.19) Shaped like .16) - rectangular with canted corners. Bluish glaze. Bright blue color. Broadly executed design. Set) White clay body with bluish-cast white glaze; Canton pattern underglaze blue painted decoration consisting of cross hatched, striped, star and scalloped border bands; central o...

Date: 1834-1867

Maker: unknown

Material: porcelain

GUSN: 12331

Accession Number: 1971.977.19

Platter

.20-.21) Bluish glaze. Well executed medium blue decoration. Set) White clay body with bluish-cast white glaze; Canton pattern underglaze blue painted decoration consisting of cross hatched, striped, star and scalloped border bands; central or overall design of "willow" pattern consisting of pag...

Date: 1800-1833

Maker: unknown

Material: porcelain

GUSN: 12332

Accession Number: 1971.977.20-21

Platter

.22) Shape like that of .20-.21). Light blue decoration with blue-white "muddy" body. Set) White clay body with bluish-cast white glaze; Canton pattern underglaze blue painted decoration consisting of cross hatched, striped, star and scalloped border bands; central or overall design of "willow" ...

Date: 1860-1880

Maker: unknown

Material: porcelain

GUSN: 12333

Accession Number: 1971.977.22

Platter

.23) Shape like that of .20-.21). Deep blue decoration with a nicely executed design. Set) White clay body with bluish-cast white glaze; Canton pattern underglaze blue painted decoration consisting of cross hatched, striped, star and scalloped border bands; central or overall design of "willow" p...

Date: 1800-1833

Maker: unknown

Material: porcelain

GUSN: 12334

Accession Number: 1971.977.23

Platter

.24) Shape like that of .20-.21). Medium blue decoration with bluish glaze. Set) White clay body with bluish-cast white glaze; Canton pattern underglaze blue painted decoration consisting of cross hatched, striped, star and scalloped border bands; central or overall design of "willow" pattern con...

Date: 1834-1867

Maker: unknown

Material: porcelain

GUSN: 12335

Accession Number: 1971.977.24

Platter

.25) Rectangular shallow form with canted edges. Dark/medium blue decoration. Unusual Canton-type borders with "rising sun", triangular and diamond diapers bordered by irregular scallops. Cavetto border of braid-like elements. Set) White clay body with bluish-cast white glaze; Canton pattern unde...

Date: 1800-1833

Maker: unknown

Material: porcelain

GUSN: 12336

Accession Number: 1971.977.25

Platter

.26) Shape and decoration like that of .23). Deep blue decoration with a nicely executed design. Bluish glaze. Set) White clay body with bluish-cast white glaze; Canton pattern underglaze blue painted decoration consisting of cross hatched, striped, star and scalloped border bands; central or ove...

Date: 1800-1833

Maker: unknown

Material: porcelain

GUSN: 12337

Accession Number: 1971.977.26

Stand

.27) Rectanguloid with canted edges. Deep well and a defined base. Medium/light coloration. No secondary diagonal line border. Set) White clay body with bluish-cast white glaze; Canton pattern underglaze blue painted decoration consisting of cross hatched, striped, star and scalloped border bands...

Date: 1860-1880

Maker: unknown

Material: porcelain

GUSN: 12338

Accession Number: 1971.977.27

Stand

.28) Like .27) - rectanguloid with canted edges. Deep well and a defined base. Deep blue decoration, well executed. Green-blue glaze. No secondary diagonal line border. Set) White clay body with bluish-cast white glaze; Canton pattern underglaze blue painted decoration consisting of cross hatched...

Date: 1800-1850

Maker: unknown

Material: porcelain

GUSN: 12339

Accession Number: 1971.977.28

Nut Dish

Uneven gadrooned rim on a slightly upturned mouth. Reticulated sides atop a spherical concaving bowl. Dish rests on three ball feet.

Date: 1900-1908

Maker: Towle Silversmiths (Maker)

Material: engraving (printing process), gadrooning, impressing, reticulation, sterling silver, silver (metal)

GUSN: 12114

Accession Number: 1971.1456.1-2

Vendor's Apron

Navy blue canvas; divided patch pocket across bottom; white cotton twill tape waistband extending into ties.

Date: 1900-1991

Maker: unknown

Material: canvas, cotton (textile), stitching, painting (coating)

GUSN: 12115

Accession Number: 1993.355

Fan

Bamboo sticks and guards covered in gilt; gilt and silver flower-tipped branch appliqued to guards; red lace leaf with chiffon top painted with cherubs and flowers in ivory, pink and blue; brass rivet and ring with mother of pearl washer.

Date: 1890-1900

Maker: unknown

Material: appliqué (technique), bamboo (material), brass (alloy), carving (processes), chiffon, lace (needlework), mother of pearl, painting (coating), silk (textile)

GUSN: 12116

Accession Number: 1993.356

Wine Cup

Small rice bowl shaped two-handled cup. Decorated with four cartouches on sides surrounding four small Chinese genre scenes. Scrolled cast handles applied to the sides.

Date: 1800-1899

Maker: unknown

Material: silver (metal)

GUSN: 12117

Accession Number: 1971.1459

Fan

Pieced and carved ebonized sandalwood sticks and guards; large; black silk chiffon leaf embroidered with insects amd floral trail in gold metallic thread and sequins; black metal rivet and ring; shell washer.

Date: 1900-1910

Maker: unknown

Material: carving (processes), chiffon, staining, ebony (color), embroidering, metal, thread, metallic (color attribute), piercing, sandalwood (wood), sequins (spangles), shell (animal material), silk (textile)

GUSN: 12118

Accession Number: 1993.357

Fan

Pierced brown wood sticks amd guards; white goose feather painted on one side with oriental figures and flowers in gold, red, blue, and green; on reverse flowers only, same colors; feathers tipped with peacock eyes; brass rivet and ring with aqua, white, and purple silk tassel.

Date: 1855-1880

Maker: unknown

Material: brass (alloy), feather (material), geese, painting (coating), peafowl, piercing, silk (textile), wood (plant material)

GUSN: 12119

Accession Number: 1993.358

Fan

Ebonized sandalwood guards with bamboo sticks; gold-painted foliate trail carved on sticks and guards; large black satin leaf embroidered with butterflies and scroll motif in gold metallic thread and sequins; brass rivet, washer and ring.

Date: 1890-1900

Maker: unknown

Material: bamboo (material), carving (processes), embroidering, thread, metallic (color attribute), painting (coating), sandalwood (wood), satin, sequins (spangles), silk (textile)

GUSN: 12120

Accession Number: 1993.359

Fan

Black lacquered bamboo sticks and guards painted with oriental scenes and motifs in silver paint; leaf of black silk over paper; brass rivet and ring with black silk tassle.

Date: 1860-1870

Maker: unknown

Material: bamboo (material), brass (alloy), lacquering, painting (coating), paper (fiber product), silk (textile)

GUSN: 12121

Accession Number: 1993.360

Fan

Carved ivory sticks and guards; small black satin leaf appliqued with white linen lace; black satin appliqued to back of sticks to show through carving; brass rivet and ring with mother of pearl washer.

Date: 1850-1870

Maker: unknown

Material: appliqué (technique), brass (alloy), carving (processes), ivory (tooth component), lace (needlework), linen (material), mother of pearl, satin, silk (textile)

GUSN: 12122

Accession Number: 1993.361

Bonnet

Padded bonnet of yellow plaid on blue ground. Pleated row of same fabric edges back of hood part of bonnet. A gathered ruffle at bottom. Ties are green and white ribbon as is bow at back. Lined with pale pink cotton.

Maker: unknown

Material: cotton (textile), ribbon (material)

GUSN: 12123

Accession Number: 1993.362