Historic New England

Saucer

Ironstone saucer; no pattern.

Date: 1860-1890

Maker: unknown

Material: ironstone (pottery)

GUSN: 18964

Accession Number: 1998.1091.1

Saucer

Ironstone saucer; no pattern.

Date: 1860-1890

Maker: unknown

Material: ironstone (pottery)

GUSN: 18965

Accession Number: 1998.1091.2

Saucer

Ironstone saucer; no pattern.

Date: 1860-1890

Maker: unknown

Material: ironstone (pottery)

GUSN: 18966

Accession Number: 1998.1091.3

Eggcup

Ironstone eggcup; no decoration; cupped top w/ tapered middle and bell-shaped bottom.

Date: 1860-1890

Maker: unknown

Material: ironstone (pottery), molding (forming)

GUSN: 18967

Accession Number: 1998.1092.1

Eggcup

Ironstone eggcup; no decoration; cupped top w/ tapered middle and bell-shaped bottom.

Date: 1860-1890

Maker: unknown

Material: ironstone (pottery), molding (forming)

GUSN: 18968

Accession Number: 1998.1092.2

Butter plate

Ironstone butter pat; no decoration.

Date: 1860-1890

Maker: unknown

Material: ironstone (pottery)

GUSN: 18969

Accession Number: 1998.1093

Butter plate

Ironstone butter pat; no decoration.

Date: 1850-1890

Maker: Meakin, James & George, 1851 (Maker)

Material: ironstone (pottery)

GUSN: 18970

Accession Number: 1998.1094

Teacup

Ironstone teacup w/ small handle; no decoration but slightly discolored; ring-like handle.

Date: 1860-1890

Maker: unknown

Material: ironstone (pottery), molding (forming)

GUSN: 18971

Accession Number: 1998.1095.1

Teacup

Ironstone teacup w/ small handle; no decoration but slightly discolored; ring-like handle.

Date: 1860-1890

Maker: unknown

Material: ironstone (pottery), molding (forming)

GUSN: 18972

Accession Number: 1998.1095.2

Pitcher

Pitcher w/ fluted body and white background w/ pink rose decoration; bulbous neck slightly tapering at bottom; ear-shaped handle; scalloped edges.

Date: 1918-1930

Maker: unknown

Material: glazing (coating), painting (coating), porcelain, tin (metal)

GUSN: 18973

Accession Number: 1998.1096

Platter

Oval ironstone platter decorated w/ flowers and foliage; mildly scalloped edges; 4 pink and green floral sprays at sides.

Date: 1860-1890

Maker: unknown

Material: glazing (coating), ironstone (pottery), painting (coating), tin (metal)

GUSN: 18974

Accession Number: 1998.1097

Pitcher

Small pitcher w/ painted blue floral design; rim and handle w/ blue band; relief arches and buttress-like designs on surface; base has 4 raised "feet".

Date: 1890-1920

Maker: unknown

Material: glazing (coating), painting (coating), porcelain, tin (metal)

GUSN: 18975

Accession Number: 1998.1098

Vegetable dish

Rectangular vegetable dish w/ rounded corners; no decoration.

Date: 1887-1904

Maker: New England Pottery Company (Maker)

Material: ironstone (pottery)

GUSN: 18976

Accession Number: 1998.1099

Coffee cup and saucer

Oversized coffeecup and saucer; peach-colored porcelain decorated in gold vines and blue flowers; "To My Mother" painted in gold; gilded edges; scalloped foot and foliated scroll handle.

Date: 1870-1890

Maker: unknown

Material: glazing (coating), painting (coating), porcelain, tin (metal)

GUSN: 18977

Accession Number: 1998.1100AB

Plate

Ironstone plate; no decoration.

Date: 1862-1891

Maker: Challinor, E. & C., 1862-1891 (Maker)

Material: ironstone (pottery)

GUSN: 18978

Accession Number: 1998.1101

Plate

Ironstone plate; no decoration; ivory coloration.

Date: 1860-1890

Maker: C. A. & C. (Maker)

Material: ironstone (pottery)

GUSN: 18979

Accession Number: 1998.1102

Plate

Ironstone plate; white w/ no decoration.

Date: 1883-1900

Maker: Johnson Bros. (Maker)

Material: ironstone (pottery)

GUSN: 18980

Accession Number: 1998.1103

Plate

Ironstone plate; white w/ no decoration.

Date: 1860-1882

Maker: Shaw, Anthony (Maker)

Material: ironstone (pottery)

GUSN: 18981

Accession Number: 1998.1104

Plate

Parisian porcelain (ironstone) plate; white w/ no decoration.

Date: 1861-1910

Maker: Henry Alcock & Company (Maker)

Material: ironstone (pottery)

GUSN: 18982

Accession Number: 1998.1105

Plate

Ironstone plate; white w/ no decoration.

Date: 1860-1890

Maker: unknown

Material: ironstone (pottery)

GUSN: 18983

Accession Number: 1998.1106

Cup and saucer

Ironstone handleless cup and saucer; white w/ no decoration.

Date: 1910-1920

Maker: W.S. George Pottery Company (Maker)

Material: ironstone (pottery)

GUSN: 18984

Accession Number: 1998.1107AB

Hot mat

Rattan hot mat; rectangular w/ rounded corners.

Date: 1860-1890

Maker: unknown

Material: rattan, weaving

GUSN: 18985

Accession Number: 1998.1108

Platter

Ironstone rectangular platter w/ cut corners; white w/ no decoration.

Date: 1840-1860

Maker: unknown

Material: ironstone (pottery)

GUSN: 18986

Accession Number: 1998.1109

Fruit dish

White china(?) w/ gold band decoration around rim.

Date: 1916-1920

Maker: C.C. Thompson Pottery Co. (Maker)

Material: ironstone (pottery)

GUSN: 18987

Accession Number: 1998.1110.1

Fruit dish

White china(?) w/ gold band decoration around rim.

Date: 1916-1920

Maker: C.C. Thompson Pottery Co. (Maker)

Material: ironstone (pottery)

GUSN: 18988

Accession Number: 1998.1110.2

Saucer

White china(?) w/ gold band decoration around rim.

Date: 1916-1920

Maker: C.C. Thompson Pottery Co. (Maker)

Material: ironstone (pottery)

GUSN: 18989

Accession Number: 1998.1110.3

Soap Dish

Redware soapdish, small and round with rounded sides and a flat outflared rim, covered with an orange-red lead glaze with dark/black specks throughout. Part of a toiletry set.

Date: 1825-1875

Maker: unknown

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

GUSN: 3131

Accession Number: 1991.1631

Cup

a redware cup, of cylindrical form with out-turned rim, covered with an orange-red lead glaze with dark/black specks. Part of a toiletry set.

Date: 1825-1875

Maker: unknown

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

GUSN: 3132

Accession Number: 1991.1632

Hand Mirror

A hand mirror of hand carved pine in odd triangular form, made to fit a long broken piece of mirrored glass, held in with metal pins, with tapered handle and a round knob at the end.

Date: 1750-1850

Maker: unknown

Material: carving (processes), metal, mirrors, pine (wood), glass (material)

GUSN: 3133

Accession Number: 1991.1633

Comb

Baleen comb, flat and carved into the shape of a whale, with an upturned tail for a handle, teeth at the head/torso area and two incised lines around the teeth.

Date: 1830-1860

Maker: unknown

Material: baleen, carving (processes), incising

GUSN: 3134

Accession Number: 1991.1634

Sliding Candlestand

An octangonal candle cup on a long sliding, rectangular stem, flauted by two rectangular posts. It is raised on a heavy, slant-sided base with 3-peg feet. All are painted red.

Date: 1790-1810

Maker: unknown

Material: hickory (wood), painting (coating)

GUSN: 3135

Accession Number: 1991.1635

Hair Comb

Tortise shell (or horn) hair comb, medium-large rounded-back form, its top a plain two inch panel with straight top, above a series of long narrow teeth (some missing).

Date: 1815-1840

Maker: unknown

Material: carving (processes), lip-vibrated aerophones with conical bore: with valves, horn (animal material), molding (forming), tortoise shell

GUSN: 3136

Accession Number: 1991.1637

Bedpan

Round bedpan with a wide lip and nozzle end, covered with an orange glaze and bown splotches.

Date: 1800-1899

Maker: unknown

Material: lead glaze, redware

GUSN: 3137

Accession Number: 1991.1640

Round top with a padded, hooked seat with worked in wool yarns, with a red and green floral spig at the center on a tan ground enclosed by green leaf-shaped devices, and green wool fringe. It is raised on four splayed rod-turned legs joined by box stretches and grain painted in red and black. The se...

Date: 1820-1840

Maker: unknown

Material: wood (plant material), graining, hooking, wool (textile)

GUSN: 3138

Accession Number: 1991.1642

Desk on Frame

Desk on frame. Pine with original cart blue paint. Top has fall front with six pigeon holes and open spaces below. Base has no drawer, chamfered legs with no turnings, and plain stretchers. In two sections; hinged thumb molded slant top box opening.

Date: 1780-1810

Maker: unknown

Material: painting (coating), pine (wood)

GUSN: 3139

Accession Number: 1991.1643

Carved Wooden Box

A slightly domed hinged lid on a conforming box, a carved surface (except the back), the top of the lid is carved with quarter circles centering the inscription. The sides are carved with a diamond pattern centering a heart at the front keyhole and six pointed stars at the ends; the heart and stars ...

Date: 1825-1835

Maker: unknown

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

GUSN: 3140

Accession Number: 1991.1644

Marine Sandglass

Maritime hour glass with reversible case/wall bracket. Half-hour measure; used to determine ship's speed in knots.

Date: 1730-1750

Maker: unknown

Material: wood (plant material), glass (material), sand

GUSN: 3141

Accession Number: 1991.1645

Rug

Rectangular hooked rug with a green oval on a blue field; scrolls in the corners; abstract flowers worked in blue, pink, red, and green in the center.

Date: 1880-1900

Maker: unknown

Material: burlap, cotton (textile), hooking, wool (textile)

GUSN: 3142

Accession Number: 1991.1646

Rug

Rectangular form with centered polychrome stylized floral heads enclosed by 4 oak leaves and within a red, green, pink flower sprig and leafy border, all on a vauegated tan gound of green and brown.

Date: 1880-1910

Maker: unknown

Material: burlap, cotton (textile), hooking, wool (textile)

GUSN: 3143

Accession Number: 1991.1647

Chair

Turned back posts with modified mushroom finials joined by three arched slats (one slat below seat). Rounded front posts and a trapezoidal shaped seat; three red-turned stretchers front and sides, two red-turned stretchers at the back, painted red. A woven string seat.

Date: 1790-1800

Maker: unknown

Material: wood (plant material), painting (coating), string (fiber product), turning (shaping process)

GUSN: 3144

Accession Number: 1991.1648

Carved Head

A small head standing on squared base, all carved from one piece of wood (2 carvings were made from this piece of wood 1991.1650). Long face, prominant features, eyeballs colored to accentuate the eyes, mouth and nostrils are incised. Surfaces appear dark with age. Face has been painted red, eyes an...

Date: 1900-1925

Maker: unknown

Material: oil paint (paint), pine (wood), whittling

GUSN: 3145

Accession Number: 1991.1649

Canada Goose

Carved and painted decoy representing a goose, of the "Loomer" type, in a swimming position; with a brown back, and black tail, head and underbelly.

Date: 1880-1920

Maker: unknown

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

GUSN: 3146

Accession Number: 1991.1651

Writing-Arm Windsor Rocking Chair

Windsor style writing-arm chair, supported on an integrant end of the seat. Black spindles terminate in a straight crest rail. Under the writing arm are three small drawers one above the other, and one long narrow drawer at the front most edge. There is evidence that there was once a long drawer ben...

Date: 1830-1840

Maker: unknown

Material: maple (wood), painting (coating), pine (wood)

GUSN: 3147

Accession Number: 1991.1212

Watch Case

An inlaid mahogony watch case, of clock-face shape with arched base. The demi-lune top is edged with brass above thin strips of bone outline conforming to the shape of the bone diamond-shaped inlay, with four round inlaid pieces of ebony at each corner. An open round center reveals the watch, where,...

Date: 1800-1850

Maker: unknown

Material: bone (material), brass (alloy), cutting (dividing), ebony (wood), inlay (process), mahogany (wood), nailing

GUSN: 3148

Accession Number: 1991.1219

Pocket Watch

Silverplate pocketwatch, round with a ring at the top. White face with large black Roman numerals, blue hands, a seconds dial above 6 o'clock, and gold works with a makers mark. It has a glass front and a wind-up on the back.

Date: 1850-1899

Maker: A.W. Co. (Maker)

Material: glass (material), gold (metal), silver (metal), plate (material)

GUSN: 3149

Accession Number: 1991.1220

Mug

Silver-mounted coconut shell in the form of a cream pot.

Date: 1800-1850

Maker: unknown

Material: carving (processes), coconut (fruit), silver (metal)

GUSN: 3150

Accession Number: 1991.1381

Decorated Door Panel

Pair of paint-decorated door panels; one depicts church building ina landscape setting; the other depicts two trees in a landscape.

Date: 1775-1779

Maker: unknown

Material: oil paint (paint), panels (wood), pine (wood)

GUSN: 3151

Accession Number: 1991.1589.1-2

Dulcimer

Trapezoidal body of pine. Three sets of sound holes in top. Twenty-eight hand-forged iron tuning pins at one end and twenty-eight small iron hitch pins at opposite end.

Date: 1800-1899

Maker: unknown

Material: wood (plant material), carving (processes), iron (metal), nailing, painting (coating), pine (wood), string (fiber product)

GUSN: 3152

Accession Number: 1991.1641

Handwritten History

No description

Date: 1920

Maker: Angell, Frank C. (Maker)

Material: ink, paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 3153

Accession Number: 1991.769

Relief Montage

Rectangular format montage of a three-masted ship carved and applied to a wooden background that is painted blue. The sails are in high relief. Small figures are painted on the bowsprit, in the rigging, and on the crow's nest. There are two boats on deck. It is in a flat, rectangular, veneered frame...

Date: 1800-1825

Maker: unknown

Material: wood (plant material), leather, painting (coating)

GUSN: 3154

Accession Number: 1991.824

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