Historic New England

Pitcher with cover

Ovoid shape in tall and slender proportions. High, outflaring collar with attached rounded handle. Fitted lid with high-rising knop. Covered overall with clear glaze and vertical dark splotches. Incised banding (four) at shoulder.

Date: 1800-1899

Maker: unknown

Material: glazing (coating), throwing (pottery technique), incising, lead glaze

GUSN: 8625

Accession Number: 1992.717AB

Jar

Ovoid form with narow, rolled rim and conforming foot. Covered outside with green over yellow-brown glaze; inside, with clear lead glaze.

Date: 1800-1850

Maker: unknown

Material: glazing (coating), redware, throwing (pottery technique), tin (metal)

GUSN: 8626

Accession Number: 1992.718

Cup or Porringer

Handled cup with large rounded body on short outflared foot. Three incised bands near top and small rounded handle starting from out-turned lip. Covered with clear glaze (appears orange) with dark brown splotches.

Date: 1775-1850

Maker: unknown

Material: glazing (coating), incising, redware, throwing (pottery technique)

GUSN: 8627

Accession Number: 1992.719

Covered Pitcher

Large and bulbous shape with upturned collar and drop-in lid. Thick strap handle starting from shoulder. On small foot. Covered with ochre-yellow glaze (somewhat mottled with hints of green and orange) and large brown splotches.

Date: 1800-1850

Maker: unknown

Material: glazing (coating), redware, throwing (pottery technique)

GUSN: 8628

Accession Number: 1992.720AB

Milk pan

Rounded sloping sides and interior rim band. Face/interior covered with thin coat of yellow-green lead glaze and flecks of brown. Unglazed back.

Date: 1750-1850

Maker: unknown

Material: glazing (coating), redware, throwing (pottery technique), lead glaze

GUSN: 8629

Accession Number: 1992.721

Herb Jar with Cover

Cylindrical shape with upturned collar and matching fitted lid. Lid incised with four bands near rim and round knop. Wide shoulder- to-body strap handle with spreading base. Covered with mottled brown and yellowish glaze with red flecks.

Date: 1800-1899

Maker: unknown

Material: glazing (coating), incising, redware, turning (shaping process), lead glaze

GUSN: 8630

Accession Number: 1992.722AB

Redware Food storage jar

Wide base and tapered neck. Two incised bands around collar. Covered overall with deep green glaze and orange spots. Fitted with (replacement?) lid of buff-colored clay and golden-brown to black-brown glaze.

Date: 1800-1899

Maker: unknown

Material: throwing (pottery technique), glazing (coating), incising, redware, turning (shaping process), lead glaze

GUSN: 8631

Accession Number: 1992.723AB

Grease lamp

Small iron lamp with small upright handle.

Date: 1750-1800

Maker: unknown

Material: iron (metal), wrought

GUSN: 8632

Accession Number: 1992.724

Plate

Medium size pewter plate; wide flat brim; shallow curved well; incised band around face.

Date: 1760-1770

Maker: Groce, Thomas (Pewterer)

Material: casting (process), incising, pewter (tin alloy), stamping (forming), tin alloy

GUSN: 8633

Accession Number: 1992.725.1

Plate

Medium size pewter plate; wide flat brim; shallow curved well; incised band around face.

Date: 1760-1770

Maker: Groce, Thomas (Pewterer)

Material: casting (process), incising, pewter (tin alloy), stamping (forming), tin alloy

GUSN: 8634

Accession Number: 1992.725.2

Plate

Medium size pewter plate; wide flat brim; shallow curved well; incised band around face.

Date: 1760-1770

Maker: Groce, Thomas (Pewterer)

Material: casting (process), incising, pewter (tin alloy), stamping (forming), tin alloy

GUSN: 8635

Accession Number: 1992.725.3

Plate

Medium size pewter plate; wide flat brim; shallow curved well; incised band around face.

Date: 1760-1770

Maker: Groce, Thomas (Pewterer)

Material: casting (process), incising, pewter (tin alloy), stamping (forming), tin alloy

GUSN: 8636

Accession Number: 1992.725.4

Plate

Medium size pewter plate; wide flat brim; shallow curved well; incised band around face.

Date: 1760-1770

Maker: Groce, Thomas (Pewterer)

Material: casting (process), incising, pewter (tin alloy), stamping (forming), tin alloy

GUSN: 8637

Accession Number: 1992.725.5

Plate

Medium size pewter plate; wide flat brim; shallow curved well; incised band around face.

Date: 1760-1770

Maker: Groce, Thomas (Pewterer)

Material: casting (process), incising, pewter (tin alloy), stamping (forming), tin alloy

GUSN: 8638

Accession Number: 1992.725.6

Plate

Medium size pewter plate; wide flat brim; shallow curved well; incised band around face.

Date: 1760-1770

Maker: Groce, Thomas (Pewterer)

Material: casting (process), incising, pewter (tin alloy), stamping (forming), tin alloy

GUSN: 8639

Accession Number: 1992.725.7

Plate

Pewter plate; round form with molded edge; dished brim; shallow well.

Date: 1780-1800

Maker: Jones, Gershom (Pewterer)

Material: pewter (tin alloy), tin (metal)

GUSN: 8640

Accession Number: 1992.726

Plate

Round form with flat brim shallow well. Molded edge at back.

Date: 1760-1780

Maker: Swanson, Thomas (Pewterer)

Material: pewter (tin alloy), tin (metal)

GUSN: 8641

Accession Number: 1992.727

Artificial butterfly

Monarch butterfly on wire. Thin wooden cut-out wings glued to carved body. Wire antennae and stand.

Maker: unknown

Material: carving (processes), painting (coating), wire, wood (plant material)

GUSN: 8642

Accession Number: 1992.744

Artificial Fruit

Large orange. Colored orange with painted stem end.

Date: 1800-1899

Maker: unknown

Material: molding (forming), painting (coating), wax

GUSN: 8643

Accession Number: 1992.745.1

Artificial Fruit

Large apple. Colored pink. Painted red blush with rolled paper stem.

Date: 1800-1899

Maker: unknown

Material: molding (forming), painting (coating), wax

GUSN: 8644

Accession Number: 1992.745.2

Artificial Fruit

Large wax pear. Colored pink with pink blush. Rolled paper stem.

Date: 1800-1899

Maker: unknown

Material: molding (forming), painting (coating), wax

GUSN: 8645

Accession Number: 1992.745.3

Artificial Fruit

Banana. Colored pale yellow. Painted green with browns on ends and brown lines.

Date: 1800-1899

Maker: unknown

Material: molding (forming), painting (coating), wax

GUSN: 8646

Accession Number: 1992.745.4

Artificial Fruit

Plum. Formed in pink wax and dipped again in dark red. Small bit of brown wax added for stem.

Date: 1800-1899

Maker: unknown

Material: molding (forming), painting (coating), wax

GUSN: 8647

Accession Number: 1992.745.5

Artificial Fruit

Tangerine. Colored orange; hollow. Painted stem end.

Date: 1800-1899

Maker: unknown

Material: molding (forming), painting (coating), wax

GUSN: 8648

Accession Number: 1992.745.6

Artificial Fruit

Gourd. Plaster of Paris stem; brown. Yellow and greens.

Date: 1800-1899

Maker: unknown

Material: gourd, molding (forming), painting (coating), plaster of Paris, wax

GUSN: 8649

Accession Number: 1992.745.7

Artificial Fruit

Bunch of red grapes molded in pinks and re-dipped in dark red. Stem: wire covered in paper.

Date: 1800-1899

Maker: unknown

Material: molding (forming), paper (fiber product), wax, wire

GUSN: 8650

Accession Number: 1992.745.8

Artificial Fruit

Bunch of "white" grapes. Molded in white and some dark red wax added to simulate realism. Wire stem wrapped in paper.

Date: 1800-1899

Maker: unknown

Material: molding (forming), painting (coating), paper (fiber product), wax, wire

GUSN: 8651

Accession Number: 1992.745.9

Artificial fruit

Pear painted in greens with red blush. Wooden stem.

Date: 1800-1899

Maker: unknown

Material: molding (forming), painting (coating), plaster of Paris, wood (plant material)

GUSN: 8652

Accession Number: 1992.745.10

Artificial Fruit

Pear painted in dull yellow with red blush. Wooden stem.

Date: 1800-1899

Maker: unknown

Material: molding (forming), painting (coating), plaster of Paris, wood (plant material)

GUSN: 8653

Accession Number: 1992.745.11

Trade sign

Rectangular, horizontal format with original frame and iron hangers. White house with red barn at left. Hill with trees at right; road at base of image. Brown band at bottom. Each side of painting is identical.

Date: 1820-1840

Maker: unknown

Material: iron (metal), painting (coating), pine (wood)

GUSN: 8654

Accession Number: 1992.746

Goose Decoy

"Uptail" decoy of diving goose (aka dabbler). Weighted in center of two patched pieces of wood with lead weight and leather. Painted white on stomach and sides; deep grey to black on back.

Date: 1890-1920

Maker: unknown

Material: carving (processes), lead (metal), leather, painting (coating), wood (plant material)

GUSN: 8655

Accession Number: 1992.747

Decoy

Made from canvas sack painted to resemble diving body of a blue-wing teal "uptail" in water. Stuffed and sealed with string for weight at tied end. Remainders of brown paint and teal blue wings and outlines of busy feather pattern.

Date: 1880-1910

Maker: unknown

Material: canvas, painting (coating), sewing (process), string (fiber product), stuffing (upholstering technique)

GUSN: 8656

Accession Number: 1992.748

Decoy

Two molded sides hinged together at head and tail with boldly painted white spotted decoration on black back. Dark taupe face and breast. Off-white underside.

Date: 1876-1899

Maker: unknown

Material: stamping (marking), machine-made, molding (forming), painting (coating), tin (metal)

GUSN: 8657

Accession Number: 1992.749

Toy dish

Red dish with round upturned sides; fluted edge. On short foot. Covered overall with dark brown/muddy glaze.

Date: 1840-1880

Maker: Possibly Millville Pottery (Maker)

Material: earthenware, fluting, glazing (coating), throwing (pottery technique), lead glaze

GUSN: 8658

Accession Number: 1992.750

Ingrain carpet fragment

Long rectangular fragment of reversible ingrain wool carpet with an overall geometric pattern of a small diamond gridwork with dots within the lines. One side has white filled diamonds, on the opposite side the diamonds are filled with the ground colors which include white, red, green and peach. Fra...

Date: 1790-1820

Maker: unknown

Material: flatweaves, hand weaving, ingrain carpets, wool (textile)

GUSN: 8659

Accession Number: 1993.867

Carpet Sample

Strip of Venetian stair carpeting with selvage sides. Woven pattern of central wide section of light-colored floral sprigs on green striped ground flanked by narrow bands of running diamonds, in turn flanked by wider band of running floral petals. Border of slash lines.

Date: 1880-1910

Maker: unknown

Material: cotton (textile), flatweaves, wool (textile)

GUSN: 8660

Accession Number: 1993.866

Ingrain Carpet

Narrow strip of ingrain carpeting with selvage sides. Woven design of large flowers and portions of angular, multi-lined medallion on woven green and blue striped ground; stripes running from selvage to selvage. Colors: green, blue, orange and white.

Date: 1851-1875

Maker: unknown

Material: flatweaves, jacquard, wool (textile)

GUSN: 8661

Accession Number: 1993.865

Stair Carpet

One width strip of carpeting with selvage sides. Woven stripes of undulating ivy vine along edges with center stripe of alternating floral and "H" motifs flanked by two lines each of running chains. Ground of polychromatic stripes mostly reds, browns greens.

Date: 1830-1850

Maker: unknown

Material: flatweaves, jacquard, wool (textile)

GUSN: 8662

Accession Number: 1993.864

Ingrain Carpet

L-shaped piece with selvage sides and one end bound with striped wool tape. Woven in large-scale floral designs with polychromatic striped ground; predominantly green, red, browns and cream.

Date: 1850-1870

Maker: unknown

Material: flatweaves, jacquard, wool (textile)

GUSN: 8663

Accession Number: 1993.508

Ingrain Carpet Fragment

Rectangular strip with selvage sides. Woven design of polychromatic rows of large eight-sided (points squared off) diamonds with large leaves and vines filling the spaces in between. Predominant use of red, brown, green, and cream colors.

Date: 1850-1880

Maker: unknown

Material: flatweaves, jacquard, machine-made, wool (textile)

GUSN: 8664

Accession Number: 1993.507

Ingrain Carpet

Rectangular strip with selvage sides. Woven of polychromatic rows of large scale eight-sided (points squared off) diamonds with large leaves and vines filling spaces between. Predominantly red, brown, green and cream colors.

Date: 1850-1880

Maker: unknown

Material: flatweaves, jacquard, machine-made, piecing, wool (textile)

GUSN: 8665

Accession Number: 1993.1A

Ingrain Carpet Fragment

Square format with selvage sides. Woven design of polychromatic rows of large eight-sided (points squared off) diamonds with large leaves and vines filling spaces in between. Predominant use of red, brown, green, and cream colors.

Date: 1850-1880

Maker: unknown

Material: flatweaves, jacquard, machine-made, wool (textile)

GUSN: 8666

Accession Number: 1993.506

Ingrain carpet

Rectangular section of pieced three-strip carpeting; woven design of 3" wide sashing gridwork of lines of concentric squares; at intersections, small starburst amongst stripes. Blocks formed by inter-arc of alternating round medallions with floral spray on stripes or blocks filled with vine sprays o...

Date: 1870-1885

Maker: unknown

Material: flatweaves, ingrain carpets, jacquard, weaving, machine-made, piercing, wool (textile)

GUSN: 8667

Accession Number: 1993.3

Ingrain carpet

Large rectangular pieced section; woven design of polychromatic rows of alternating cruciform medallions with floral centers and oval floral medallions with diamond centers; interspaces filled with oak leaf clusters and roses. Predominantly browns, cream, green and reds. One end bound in green wool ...

Date: 1865-1885

Maker: unknown

Material: flatweaves, ingrain carpets, jacquard, weaving, machine-made, piercing, wool (textile)

GUSN: 8668

Accession Number: 1993.2

Ingrain carpet

Rectangular pieced section; woven design of polychromatic rows of alternating cruciform medallions with floral centers and oval floral medallions with diamond centers; interspaces filled with oak leaf clusters and roses. Predominantly browns, cream, green and reds. Green wool binding.

Date: 1855-1870

Maker: unknown

Material: flatweaves, ingrain carpets, jacquard, weaving, machine-made, piercing, wool (textile)

GUSN: 8669

Accession Number: 1993.869

Ingrain Carpet

Staple-shaped, strip and one-half wide with selvage sides. Woven of polychromatic rows of large scale eight-sided (points squared off) diamonds with large leaves and vines filling spaces between. Predominantly red, brown, green and cream colors.

Date: 1850-1880

Maker: unknown

Material: flatweaves, jacquard, machine-made, wool (textile)

GUSN: 8670

Accession Number: 1993.1B

Ingrain Carpet

Rectangular strip with selvage sides. Woven of polychromatic rows of large scale eight-sided (points squared off) diamonds with large leaves and vines filling spaces between. Predominantly red, brown, green and cream colors.

Date: 1850-1880

Maker: unknown

Material: flatweaves, jacquard, machine-made, piecing, wool (textile)

GUSN: 8671

Accession Number: 1993.1C

Ingrain Carpet

Strip and one-half wide with selvage sides. Woven of polychromatic rows of large scale eight-sided (points squared off) diamonds with large leaves and vines filling spaces between. Predominantly red, brown, green and cream colors.

Date: 1850-1880

Maker: unknown

Material: flatweaves, jacquard, machine-made, wool (textile)

GUSN: 8672

Accession Number: 1993.1D

Carpet protector fragment

Rectangular panels/stripes of natural/tan cotton; coarse and loosely woven. Plain weave with alternating stripes of tightly woven cotton and loosely woven. Selvage edges.

Date: 1850-1880

Maker: unknown

Material: cotton (textile), tabby (textile)

GUSN: 8673

Accession Number: 1990.309.1

Carpet protector fragment

Rectangular panels/stripes of natural/tan cotton; coarse and loosely woven. Plain weave with alternating stripes of tightly woven cotton and loosely woven. Selvage edges.

Date: 1850-1880

Maker: unknown

Material: cotton (textile), tabby (textile)

GUSN: 8674

Accession Number: 1990.309.2

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