Wooden tennis racket with gut stringing, canvas case.
Date: ca. 1900
Maker: Wright & Ditson (Maker)
Material: canvas, gut, wood (plant material)
GUSN: 24925
Accession Number: 1998.5954AB
Tennis ball
Date: 1890-1910
Maker: unknown
GUSN: 24926
Accession Number: 1998.5955.1
GUSN: 24927
Accession Number: 1998.5955.2
GUSN: 24928
Accession Number: 1998.5955.3
Doll's cast iron rocking chair with scroll back and arms, painted black.
Date: 1860
Material: casting (process), iron (metal)
GUSN: 24929
Accession Number: 1998.5956
2-wheel wicker baby or child's carriage, with collapsible blue silk hood and long-handled wooden frame, painted green with gold detailing.
Date: ca. 1880
Material: silk (textile), wire, wood (plant material)
GUSN: 24930
Accession Number: 1998.5957
Round tin of O.H. Fischer brand stove blacking.
Maker: Fischer, O. H. (Maker)
Material: tin (metal)
GUSN: 24931
Accession Number: 1998.5960AB
Homemade ironing board.
Date: 1800-1899
Material: cotton (textile), wood (plant material)
GUSN: 24932
Accession Number: 1998.5961
GUSN: 24933
Accession Number: 1998.5962
GUSN: 24934
Accession Number: 1998.5963
GUSN: 24935
Accession Number: 1998.5964
Graduated set of 7 turquoise enamelware basins with white interior, #145 series sizes 18,20,22,26,28,30,31.
Maker: Elite (Maker)
Material: enamel paint, steel (alloy)
GUSN: 24936
Accession Number: 1998.5965.1
GUSN: 24937
Accession Number: 1998.5965.2
GUSN: 24938
Accession Number: 1998.5965.3
GUSN: 24939
Accession Number: 1998.5965.4
GUSN: 24940
Accession Number: 1998.5965.5
GUSN: 24941
Accession Number: 1998.5965.6
GUSN: 24942
Accession Number: 1998.5965.7
Straight-sided turquoise enamelware 4-cup measure, wrap-around spout.
GUSN: 24943
Accession Number: 1998.5966
Large turquoise enamelware covered kettle with white interior, wire handle with wooden grip.
Maker: Probably Elite (Maker)
GUSN: 24944
Accession Number: 1998.5967AB
Small tapered turquoise "agateware" coffeepot with blue rim and white interior, v spout, and tin hinged lid with swirl pattern.
Material: enamel paint, tin (metal)
GUSN: 24945
Accession Number: 1998.5968
Green, enamelware pitcher with tan interior and inset lid.
Date: 1930
Material: steel (alloy), enamel (fused coating)
GUSN: 24946
Accession Number: 1998.5969AB
"Blue Whirl" stainless steel eggbeater with green plastic handle and grip; new, in original blue box; original shipping label and charge invoice, signed S.M. Field, dated 10/5.
Maker: Turner & Seymour Mfg. Co. (Maker)
Material: plastic (organic material), stainless steel
GUSN: 24947
Accession Number: 1998.5970AB
Mechanical eggbeater with 2 beaters, gear with large sprockets, and spiral wire grip.
Date: 1915
Maker: United Royalties Corp. (Maker)
Material: aluminum (metal)
GUSN: 24948
Accession Number: 1998.5971
Small round, ball-shaped teapot with domed, hinged lid with ornament on top; globular makeshift wooden handle, straight spout.
Date: 1750-1770
Material: pewter (tin alloy), wood (plant material), tin (metal)
GUSN: 24949
Accession Number: 1918.1655
Piece from a dinner set. Stand for a sauce boat. White clay body w/ pearl blue glaze. Underglaze of brown transfer printed decoration in pattern called "Carolina/ R. Hall" (printed on body in brown). Features border of rococo-type cartouches w/ berry motif and striped diapers. Platter: shaped rectan...
Date: ca. 1840
Maker: Hall, Ralph (Maker)
Material: earthenware, transfer printing
GUSN: 24950
Accession Number: 1985.176.2
Light muddy blue or neoclassical blue colored clay body w/ clear glaze on inside. Matte exterior. Squat circular molded body w/ circular foot ring. Applied sprigs of white clay, alternating fern, leaf and bluebell motif. Applied C-scroll handle. Wide circular mouth w/ triangular spout. Lid missing.
Date: ca. 1875
Material: stoneware (pottery), black basaltes
GUSN: 24951
Accession Number: 1985.179
Off-white exterior; brown interior.
Material: shell (animal material)
GUSN: 24952
Accession Number: 1985.180
Plain, rectangular mahogany box with brass escutcheon and ring hanger which opens on hinged lid to compartmented watercolor paintbox. Blocks of various dry watercolors and two cavities for water bowls (one missing). Paper label reads: "Superior London Made Water Colors Warranted Soft & Brilliant."
Date: 1825-1875
Material: brass (alloy), mahogany (wood), paper (fiber product)
GUSN: 24953
Accession Number: 1985.181AB
White clay body w/ modified celadon glaze. Slightly swelled cylindrical jar form, rounding shoulders and terminating at short cylindrical neck w/ simple round mouth. Flat recessed bottom. Underglaze blue "willow" pattern, broadly painted w/ boats on water and horse and tree scenic motif. Neck area w...
Date: 1830-1870
Material: porcelain
GUSN: 24954
Accession Number: 1985.182AB
Portrait of Henry Colman; head and shoulders view of young man wearing a dress coat. Molded mahogany frame.
Date: 1850-1900
Material: paper (fiber product)
GUSN: 24955
Accession Number: 1985.183
Blown colorless glass body. Trumpet-shaped or conical glass w/ cut panels. Two knops on circular stem. Applied, slightly domed circular foot w/ polished pontil.
Date: 1790-1830
Material: lead glass, glass (material)
GUSN: 24956
Accession Number: 1985.184.1
GUSN: 24957
Accession Number: 1985.184.2
GUSN: 24958
Accession Number: 1985.184.3
GUSN: 24959
Accession Number: 1985.184.4
Thin-walled, colorless blown glass body. Round body slightly tapered to rounded shoulders and thin cylindrical neck w/ flat circular mouth w/ lip. Flat bottom w/ polished pontil (traces of which remain). Gilt decoration on body w/ chain and ribbon banding w/ floral swag. Free blown flat oval stopper...
Date: 1790-1815
Material: glass (material)
GUSN: 24960
Accession Number: 1985.185AB
Fragment. Border. Blue palmette border with black triangular drop accented by pink horizontal band and repeating arch on light blue ground.
Date: 1800-1815
GUSN: 176844
Accession Number: 1923.6B
Tricorne pasteboard box covered with peacock patterned wallpaper. Scene of a peacock with balustrade and a broken Corinthian column.
Date: 1785-1800
GUSN: 176845
Accession Number: 1918.1454AB
Wallpaper fragment. Paper with neoclassical and rococo elements. Medallions embellished with flowers, swags and vines, joined by meandering vines. Printed in purple, pink, white, two greens on a grey ground.
Date: 1860-1870
GUSN: 176846
Accession Number: 1922.712A
Wallpaper fragment. Small rosebud sprigs printed in aqua, green and pink on a white moire ground.
GUSN: 176847
Accession Number: 1923.575A
Fragment. Diaper pattern formed of looped lines. In the center of each losenge are sprigs of leaves. Printed in brown, beige, taupe on a grey ground.
Date: 1865-1875
GUSN: 176848
Accession Number: 1923.576
Wallpaper fragments. Paper has all-over stylized palmette, floral and scroll design. Block printed in white on a green ground.
GUSN: 176849
Accession Number: 1922.391
Wallpaper fragment. Twiggy branches in tan alternating with floral and berried bough in white. Printed on a yellow ground.
Date: 1815-1825
GUSN: 176850
Accession Number: 1971.213.2
Cut sample of nursery paper, depicting nursery rhymes such as "Mary Had a Little Lamb." Printed in greens, reds, pinks, blue, browns on light yellow ground.
GUSN: 176851
Accession Number: 1912.98
Fragment. Large scale basket weave pattern printed in two blues and white on dark blue ground.
Date: 1800-1810
GUSN: 176852
Accession Number: 1917.222
Unused sample. Small-scale all over berried vine printed in taupe and blue on polished ivory ground. Straight repeat?
Date: 1850-1860
GUSN: 176853
Accession Number: 1918.1007
Unused wallpaper fragment. Chinoiserie paper in grisaille. View of pagoda in a landscape bordered by black oriental lattice on grey ground.
Date: 1915-1920
GUSN: 176854
Accession Number: 1918.1661
Unused wallpaper fragment. Chinoiserie paper. Allover pattern of strapwork, flowers and foliage. Printed in turquoise, blue and black on bright yellow ground.
GUSN: 176855
Accession Number: 1918.1662
Unused wallpaper fragment. Diaper pattern formed by intersecting Greek keys in dark green and enclosing stylized flower element composed of four red bellflowers and dark green arrows on an off-white field. Printed on brown ground. Straight match.
GUSN: 176856
Accession Number: 1918.1663
Unused sample. Imitation silk damask stripe. Alternating rows of white berried and flowering vine and blue flowers. Printed in three blues, grey and white on a light grey ground.
Date: 1910-1919
GUSN: 176857
Accession Number: 1919.298