Historic New England

Coffee cup

TEA SERVICE: Border: navy blue enamel band with gold stars, secondary border: blue band with gold loop chain; cipher "CF" in blue enamel oval with gold stars and edged in gold points. COFFEE CUPS: Straight-sided with secondary border on interior; simple ear-shaped handle with gold thumbgrip; cipher...

Date: 1790-1810

Maker: unknown

Material: enameling, gilding, painting (coating), porcelain

GUSN: 7176

Accession Number: 1934.2978.7

Coffee cup

TEA SERVICE: Border: navy blue enamel band with gold stars, secondary border: blue band with gold loop chain; cipher "CF" in blue enamel oval with gold stars and edged in gold points. COFFEE CUPS: Straight-sided with secondary border on interior; simple ear-shaped handle with gold thumbgrip; cipher...

Date: 1790-1810

Maker: unknown

Material: enameling, gilding, painting (coating), porcelain

GUSN: 7177

Accession Number: 1934.2978.8

Tea bowl

TEA SERVICE: Border: navy blue enamel band with gold stars, secondary border: blue band with gold loop chain; cipher "CF" in blue enamel oval with gold stars and edged in gold points. TEA BOWLS: Handleless; secondary border on exterior.

Date: 1790-1810

Maker: unknown

Material: enameling, gilding, painting (coating), porcelain

GUSN: 7178

Accession Number: 1978.2978.10

Tea bowl

TEA SERVICE: Border: navy blue enamel band with gold stars, secondary border: blue band with gold loop chain; cipher "CF" in blue enamel oval with gold stars and edged in gold points. TEA BOWLS: Handleless; secondary border on exterior.

Date: 1790-1810

Maker: unknown

Material: enameling, gilding, painting (coating), porcelain

GUSN: 7179

Accession Number: 1934.2978.11

Tea bowl

TEA SERVICE: Border: navy blue enamel band with gold stars, secondary border: blue band with gold loop chain; cipher "CF" in blue enamel oval with gold stars and edged in gold points. TEA BOWLS: Handleless; secondary border on exterior.

Date: 1790-1810

Maker: unknown

Material: enameling, gilding, painting (coating), porcelain

GUSN: 7180

Accession Number: 1934.2978.12

Tea bowl

TEA SERVICE: Border: navy blue enamel band with gold stars, secondary border: blue band with gold loop chain; cipher "CF" in blue enamel oval with gold stars and edged in gold points. TEA BOWLS: Handleless; secondary border on exterior.

Date: 1790-1810

Maker: unknown

Material: enameling, gilding, painting (coating), porcelain

GUSN: 7181

Accession Number: 1934.2978.13

Saucer

TEA SERVICE: Border: navy blue enamel band with gold stars, secondary border: blue band with gold loop chain; cipher "CF" in blue enamel oval with gold stars and edged in gold points.

Date: 1790-1810

Maker: unknown

Material: enameling, gilding, painting (coating), porcelain

GUSN: 7182

Accession Number: 1934.2978.15

Saucer

TEA SERVICE: Border: navy blue enamel band with gold stars, secondary border: blue band with gold loop chain; cipher "CF" in blue enamel oval with gold stars and edged in gold points.

Date: 1790-1810

Maker: unknown

Material: enameling, gilding, painting (coating), porcelain

GUSN: 7184

Accession Number: 1934.2978.16

Saucer

TEA SERVICE: Border: navy blue enamel band with gold stars, secondary border: blue band with gold loop chain; cipher "CF" in blue enamel oval with gold stars and edged in gold points.

Date: 1790-1810

Maker: unknown

Material: enameling, gilding, painting (coating), porcelain

GUSN: 7185

Accession Number: 1934.2978.17

Tea bowl

TEA SERVICE: Border: navy blue enamel band with gold stars, secondary border: blue band with gold loop chain; cipher "CF" in blue enamel oval with gold stars and edged in gold points. TEA BOWLS: Handleless; secondary border on exterior.

Date: 1790-1810

Maker: unknown

Material: enameling, gilding, painting (coating), porcelain

GUSN: 7186

Accession Number: 1934.2978.10

Bonnet

Discolored cream net with small sprig pattern; trimmed with purple silk and blue shaded flowers around brim; purple lace around crown; beige silk taffeta rosette on crown; net neck ruffle; large bunch of shaded blue flowers on face of brim; crown lined with stiffened net and glazed cotton; wired fra...

Date: 1863-1864

Maker: unknown

Material: flower (plant material), artificial, cotton (textile), stitching, net (textile), silk (textile), wire

GUSN: 7187

Accession Number: 1988.474

Bonnet

Dark blue velvet on buckram frame; trimmed with blue velvet strings and dark blue grosgrain ribbon ties; black cambric lining.

Date: 1880-1883

Maker: unknown

Material: cloth, stitching, silk (textile), velvet (fabric weave)

GUSN: 7189

Accession Number: 1988.479

Hat

Black net with wire band support around face; trimmed with lavender silk and black velvet loops around face; with lavender streamers attached to net; net ruffle trimmed with straw "embroidered" flowers with scalloped edge; gray taffeta ribbon ties.

Date: 1865-1866

Maker: unknown

Material: net (textile), silk (textile), straw (plant material), taffeta

GUSN: 7190

Accession Number: 1988.481.1

Hat Box

Lavender box.

Maker: Bigelow, Kennard & Co. (Boston, Mass.) (Maker)

GUSN: 7191

Accession Number: 1988.481.2AB

Hat

Small; pale green silk and grosgrain ribbon twisted and puckered on stiffened net and wire foundation; trimmed around brim with garland of small white flowers--orange blossoms and leaves; self-ribbon rosette at left side, with streamers at back.

Date: 1876-1880

Maker: unknown

Material: flower (plant material), artificial, cloth, stitching, net (textile), silk (textile), wire

GUSN: 7192

Accession Number: 1988.482

Bonnet

Purplish gray silk velvet bonnet on buckram foundation. The bonnet is pleated with box pleats and trimmed with gray ruffled ribbons, artificial violets, leaves, black and brown plume, and velvet ties.

Date: 1889-1892

Maker: Bouquet (Maison de Modes) (Maker)

Material: artificial, buckram, stitching, silk (textile), velvet (fabric weave)

GUSN: 7193

Accession Number: 1988.485

Hat

Cream silk lace and dotted net on wire support, with brittle elastic at back/neck; lace streamers/ties; pale purple flowers at pointed brim; lavender satin ribbons at front and back; ruffle at brim.

Date: 1865-1870

Maker: unknown

Material: flower (plant material), artificial, lace (needlework), satin, silk (textile)

GUSN: 7195

Accession Number: 1988.497.1

Bonnet Basket

Small, hinged basket used to carry and store a lady's hat. Round woven basket with conforming lid. Natural braided straw bands and black wicker wove together in checked pattern. Decorative black wicker handles.

Date: 1865-1870

Maker: unknown

Material: braiding, reed (grass, material), straw (plant material), wickerwork

GUSN: 7196

Accession Number: 1988.497.2

Sheet

No description

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 7197

Accession Number: 1945.91

Calash

Green silk; brim has double, piped self-fabric ruffle; ten cane hoops; front band has wire; center back horseshoe shaped insert backed with cardboard, with self-bow; neck ruffle; green silk ribbon ties at neck; green silk ribbon cord attached across front at sides (for pulling hat over hair).

Date: ca. 1810

Maker: unknown

Material: cane (plant material), paper (fiber product), silk (textile)

GUSN: 7198

Accession Number: 1988.499

Bonnet

Woven tan straw Shaker bonnet; angled brim; crown trimmed with straw braid; pink cambric neck ruffle with matching ribbon ties; unlined.

Date: 1870-1900

Maker: unknown

Material: stitching, machine-made, straw (plant material)

GUSN: 7199

Accession Number: 1988.504

Headdress

Black and burgundy chenille with wire support; tassels of same chenille.

Date: 1850-1859

Maker: unknown

Material: chenille (yarn), silk (textile), wire

GUSN: 7200

Accession Number: 1988.505

Bonnet

Tan straw; bands of scalloped edge straw alternate with band of finer, smooth straw; trimmed on outside with yellow taffeta ribbon; yellow taffeta neck ruffle with narrow straw bands; ribbon ties are pinned to inside of bonnet; brim lined with wire band, cream crepe, and artificial flowers in bunche...

Date: ca. 1846

Maker: unknown

Material: flower (plant material), artificial, crepe (textile), stitching, silk (textile), straw (plant material), taffeta, tulle (meshed textile), wire, wool (textile)

GUSN: 7201

Accession Number: 1988.506

Hat

Blue net with blue grosgrain ribbon with bows.

Date: 1940-1949

Maker: unknown

Material: cloth, net (textile)

GUSN: 7202

Accession Number: 1990.112

Hat

Black, glossy braided straw hat with wide blacksilk moire' ribbon around high crown, crossing over and tacked to brim. Black glazed linen lining inside crown.

Date: 1915-1920

Maker: unknown

Material: braiding, stitching, linen (material), machine-made, moiré, silk (textile), straw (plant material)

GUSN: 7203

Accession Number: 1990.322

Calash

Blue silk taffeta open-backed calash, reed hoops; blue taffeta ribbon ties.

Maker: unknown

Material: stitching, silk (textile), taffeta

GUSN: 7204

Accession Number: 1990.510

Hood

Blue silk satin quilted hood lined with rose-colored silk; rose colored satin ribbon ties.

Date: 1845-1850

Maker: unknown

Material: stitching, quilting, satin, silk (textile)

GUSN: 7205

Accession Number: 1990.511

Headdress

Red roses, green leaves, yellow centers, applied to stiffened net foundation; two combs at side.

Date: 1967

Maker: Irene of New York (Maker)

Material: flower (plant material), artificial, net (textile), silk (textile)

GUSN: 7206

Accession Number: 1990.582

Hair Bow

Large yellow hair bow with two clear plastic combs to hold in place.

Date: 1974

Maker: Daree (Maker)

Material: stitching, polyester, rayon

GUSN: 7207

Accession Number: 1990.584

Hat

Small round pillbox hat; red, white crown with turned points at back; navy blue brim; brim has "v" notch cut into it at center back; topstitching; stiffened red net foundation; two combs.

Date: 1950-1960

Maker: Atkins, Ethel (Maker)

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

GUSN: 7208

Accession Number: 1990.53A

Hatbox

Small round box, with black and white diamond pattern.

Date: 1950-1960

Maker: unknown

Material: cardboard

GUSN: 7209

Accession Number: 1990.53BC

Hair Bow

Red, white and blue wired grosgrain (silk?) ribbon attached to plastic comb.

Date: early 1960s

Maker: unknown

Material: cloth, stitching, silk (textile)

GUSN: 7210

Accession Number: 1990.54

Hat

Orange felt with plush surface; small lampshade shape; trimmed with band of yellow, green and brown feathers (arranged in blocks or squares around crown); orange grosgrain band inside.

Date: 1958-1962

Maker: unknown

Material: feather (material), felt (textile), stitching, plush, wool (textile)

GUSN: 7211

Accession Number: 1990.55A

Hatbox

Gold and white diagonal stripes with black lid.

Date: 1958-1962

Maker: unknown

Material: cardboard

GUSN: 7212

Accession Number: 1990.55BC

Bonnet

Bonnet made from black silk on a buckram foundation and trimmed with black crepe.

Date: 1890-1895

Maker: unknown

Material: crepe (textile), silk (textile)

GUSN: 7213

Accession Number: 1990.187

Hat

Gray felt hat; small; round; low crown; brim trimmed with fringe of gray felt (resembles feathers); gray hat veil with iridescent straw attached around brim; notch cut out at back of hat; black grosgrain band inside.

Date: 1948-1956

Maker: Noethridge, Laddie (Maker)

Material: felt (textile), stitching, net (textile), wool (textile)

GUSN: 7214

Accession Number: 1990.331

Hatbox

Round; covered with red and black plaid twill; navy blue loop handle and trim; zipper closure; lined with blue iridescent rayon; brass feet.

Date: 1950-1960

Maker: unknown

Material: cotton (textile), plastic (organic material), twill

GUSN: 7215

Accession Number: 1990.338

Headband

Black velvet with black velvet bow at each side; headband has irregular cut-out crescent shapes; fits close to head; lined with black grosgrain.

Date: early 1950s

Maker: Coquette (Maker)

Material: stitching, rayon, velvet (fabric weave)

GUSN: 7216

Accession Number: 1990.339

Hat Veil

Black net with small black chenille dots and circles with iridescent sparkles; small black satin bow.

Date: 1955-1965

Maker: Therese A[ ] (Maker)

Material: chenille (yarn), machine-made, net (textile), nylon

GUSN: 7217

Accession Number: 1990.340

Dessert Plate

A blue transfer printed pearlware dessert plate. It has a pierced and scalloped edge with a central circular floral medallion. The medallion is surrounded by an inner floral border and an outer basketweave border.

Date: 1800-1820

Maker: unknown

Material: earthenware, glazing (coating), pearlware, transfer printing

GUSN: 7320

Accession Number: 1927.414.8

Carpet

No description

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 7321

Accession Number: 1983.663

Dessert Plate

A blue transfer printed pearlware dessert plate. It has a pierced and scalloped edge with a central circular floral medallion. The medallion is surrounded by an inner floral border and an outer basketweave border.

Date: 1800-1820

Maker: unknown

Material: earthenware, glazing (coating), pearlware, transfer printing

GUSN: 7322

Accession Number: 1927.414.9

Dessert Plate

A blue transfer printed pearlware dessert plate. It has a pierced and scalloped edge with a central circular floral medallion. The medallion is surrounded by an inner floral border and an outer basketweave border.

Date: 1800-1820

Maker: unknown

Material: earthenware, glazing (coating), pearlware, transfer printing

GUSN: 7323

Accession Number: 1927.414.10

Dessert Plate

A blue transfer printed pearlware dessert plate. It has a pierced and scalloped edge with a central circular floral medallion. The medallion is surrounded by an inner floral border and an outer basketweave border.

Date: 1800-1820

Maker: unknown

Material: earthenware, glazing (coating), pearlware, transfer printing

GUSN: 7324

Accession Number: 1927.414.11

Saucer

TEA SERVICE: Primary border: blue enamel with gold loops; secondary border: blue and gold huskchain; main decoration: gold flower sprig on shield draped in blue and gold mantel with tassels and topped with blue and gold ribbons.

Date: 1790-1810

Maker: unknown

Material: enameling, painting (coating), porcelain

GUSN: 7325

Accession Number: 1934.2964.4

Chocolate cup

TEA SERVICE: Primary border: blue enamel with gold loops; secondary border: blue and gold huskchain; main decoration: gold flower sprig on shield draped in blue and gold mantel with tassels and topped with blue and gold ribbons. COFFEE CUP: Straight-sided with primary border on exterior and seconda...

Date: 1790-1810

Maker: unknown

Material: enameling, painting (coating), porcelain

GUSN: 7326

Accession Number: 1934.2964.6

Fish-Shaped Pen Wiper

Felt, fish-shaped pen wiper found in student's box (see 1990.577).

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 7327

Accession Number: 1990.587

Chocolate cup

TEA SERVICE: Primary border: blue enamel with gold loops; secondary border: blue and gold huskchain; main decoration: gold flower sprig on shield draped in blue and gold mantel with tassels and topped with blue and gold ribbons. COFFEE CUP: Straight-sided with primary border on exterior and seconda...

Date: 1790-1810

Maker: unknown

Material: enameling, painting (coating), porcelain

GUSN: 7328

Accession Number: 1934.2964.7

Tea bowl

TEA SERVICE: Primary border: blue enamel with gold loops; secondary border: blue and gold huskchain; main decoration: gold flower sprig on shield draped in blue and gold mantel with tassels and topped with blue and gold ribbons. TEA BOWL: Primary border on interior; secondary border on exterior.

Date: 1790-1810

Maker: unknown

Material: enameling, painting (coating), porcelain

GUSN: 7329

Accession Number: 1934.2964.9

Needlework Picture

This mourning picture worked in silk satin stitches on a satin ground depicts two women in white dresses flanking an inscribed monument surmounted by an urn. One places flowers on the monument while the other points to the inscription and holds a large anchor (symbol of hope, faith and love). There ...

Date: ca. 1806

Maker: unknown

Material: embroidering, silk (textile), paintings (visual works)

GUSN: 7330

Accession Number: 1921.349

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