Historic New England

Potteries pots :the best in the world : ceramics at the Potteries Museum & Art Gallery, Stoke-on-Trent.

31 pages : color illustrations ; 25 cm

Creators: Potteries Museum & Art Gallery.

GUSN: 364495

Call Number: Coll NK3735.G7 S76 1999

Sortilèges de Paris.Maquette de Claude Arthaud. Photos de Brassï, et al.

30 pages illustrations 26 cm.

Date: [1952]

Creators: Cali, François.

GUSN: 364496

Call Number: Stacks DC707.C3

Le livre de Paris.Photos de Janine Niepce. Texte de Georges Charensol.

257 pages (chiefly illustrations) 28 cm

Date: [1957]

Creators: Niepce, Janine. Charensol, Georges, 1899-1995, editor.

GUSN: 364497

Call Number: Stacks DC707.N66

Ira Rakatansky :as modern as tomorrow /edited by John Caserta and Lynnette Widder ; essays by Joan Ockman and Lynnette Widder ; photographs by Thad Russell and John Caserta.

206 pages : illustrations (some color), portraits, plans ; 22 cm.

Date: 2010.

Creators: Caserta, John. Widder, Lynnette. Ockman, Joan.

GUSN: 364701

Call Number: Stacks NA737.R253 I73 2010

Chinese in Boston, 1870-1965 /Wing-kai To and the Chinese Historical Society of New England.

127 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm

Date: 2008.

Creators: To, Wing-kai. Chinese Historical Society of New England.

GUSN: 364703

Call Number: 85M Ref E184.C5 T6 2008

Rights in the digital era /edited by Menzi L. Behrnd-Klodt & Christopher J. Prom ; with an introduction by Peter B. Hirtle.

v, 238 pages : forms, illustrations ; 23 cm

Creators: Briston, Heather. Understanding copyright law. Behrnd-Klodt, Menzi L. Balancing access and privacy in manuscript collections. Behrnd-Klodt, Menzi L. Balancing access and privacy in the records of organizations. McKay, Aprille Cooke. Managing rights and permissions. Behrnd-Klodt, Menzi L., editor. Prom, Christopher J., editor. Hirtle, Peter B., writer of introduction.

GUSN: 364734

Call Number: 85M Ref KF4325. R54 2015

The subversive stitch :embroidery and the making of the feminine /Rozsika Parker.

xxii, 247 pages, 66 pages of unnumbered plates : illustrations ; 24 cm, "The Subversive Stitch is now available again with a new Introduction that brings the book up to date with exploration of the stitched art of Louise Bourgeois and Tracey Emin, as well as the work of new young female and male emb...

Creators: Parker, Rozsika, author.

GUSN: 364735

Call Number: Coll. NK9206.P37 2019

Edward Hopper & Cape Ann :illuminating an American landscape /Elliot Bostwick Davis ; foreword by Oliver Barker.

224 pages : illustrations (chiefly color), map ; 27 x 29 cm, "Edward Hopper & Cape Ann tells the largely ignored but significant origin story of Edward Hopper's years in and around Gloucester, Massachusetts--a period and place that imbued Hopper's paintings with a clarity and purpose that had eluded...

Creators: Davis, Elliot Bostwick, author. Hopper, Edward, 1882-1967, artist. Barker, Oliver, writer of foreword. Whitney Museum of American Art, Cape Ann Museum,

GUSN: 364748

Call Number: 85M Stacks ND237.H75 A4 2023

The pocket :a hidden history of women's lives, 1660-1900 /Barbara Burman, Ariane Fennetaux.

263 pages : photographs (chiefly color) ; 26 cm, Pencils, a sketchbook, cake, yards of stolen ribbon, thimbles, snuff boxes, a picture of a lover, two live ducks: these are just some of the fascinating things carried by women and girls in their tie-on pockets, an essential accessory throughout the 1...

Creators: Burman, Barbara, author. Fennetaux, Ariane, author. Yale University Press.

GUSN: 364761

Call Number: Coll. GT2350.B87 2019

Interpreting Christmas at museums and historic sites /Edited by Kenneth C. Turino and Max A. van Balgooy.

pages cm., "The comprehensive guide to the interpretation of Christmas at museums and historic sites. It shows how Christmas celebrations evolved along with regional differences to help create a distinct and accurate presentation for museums of different periods and locations"-- Provided by publishe...

Creators: Turino, Kenneth, editor. Balgooy, Max van, editor.

GUSN: 365544

Call Number: Stacks GT4985.I57 2024

The American frugal housewife :dedicated to those who are not ashamed of economy /by Mrs. Child ...

130 pages : illustrations ; 19 cm

Date: 1836.

Creators: Child, Lydia Maria, 1802-1880.

GUSN: 365545

Call Number: TX147.C53 1836

The Rumford complete cook bookby Lily Haxworth Wallace.

xviii, 241 pages 20 cm

Creators: Wallace, Lily Haxworth, author. Rumford Company. Department of Home Economics.

GUSN: 365546

Call Number: Stacks TX715.W23 1918

The Naval War of 1812 :a documentary history /William S. Dudley, editor, Michael J. Crawford, associate editor ; with a foreword by John D.H. Kane, Jr.

4 volumes : illustrations, maps ; 26 cm, "During the War of 1812 the U.S. Navy came of age. In fleet actions on the lakes and single ship engagements at sea, American men of war defeated Royal Navy ships of similar force. Naval officers such as Isaac Hull, Stephen Decatur, Oliver H. Perry, David Por...

Creators: Dudley, William S., editor, writer of foreword. Crawford, Michael J., editor. Kane, John D. H., writer of foreword. Hughes, Christine F., 1949- editor. Melia, Tamara Moser, 1955- editor. Allard, Dean C., 1933-2018, writer of foreword. Brodine, Charles E., 1956- editor. Naval Historical Center (U.S.), Naval History & Heritage Command (U.S.),

GUSN: 365547

Call Number: Stacks E360.N35 1985

History of Boston, from 1630 to 1856.Illustrated with one hundred and twenty engravings.

xi, [v]-vi, [xiii]-xv, 246 pages illustrations, plates 16 cm

Date: 1856.

Creators: Homans, I. Smith (Isaac Smith), 1807-1874.

GUSN: 365548

Call Number: Rare F73.3.H77 1856

History of the New England Woman's Press Association, 1885-1931 /Myra B. Lord, historian.

4 unnumbered pages, 393 pages, 26 unnumbered leaves of plates : portraits ; 24 cm

Creators: Lord, Myra B., 1861-1933, author. Winslow, Helen M. (Helen Maria), 1851-1938, writer of supplementary textual content. Graphic Press, Cairns Collection of American Women Writers.

GUSN: 365549

Call Number: Rare PN4784.W7 L6 1932

The Channay syndicate /by Edward Oppenheim.

261 pages ; 19 cm

Date: 1927.

Creators: Oppenheim, E. Phillips (Edward Phillips), 1866-1946.

GUSN: 365550

Call Number: Stacks PZ3.O62 Ch 1927

A Handbook of New England.

927 pages : illustrations, plans ; 19 cm.

Date: 1921.

Creators: Sargent, Porter, publisher.

GUSN: 365551

Call Number: Stacks F9.H23 1921

The golden flower, chrysanthemum :verses /by Edith M. Thomas, Richard Henry Stoddard, Alice Ward Bailey, Celia Thaxter, Kate Upson Clark, Louis Carroll, Margaret Deland, Robert Browning & Oliver Wendell Homles ; collected, arranged and embellished with original designs by F. Schuyler Mathews ; illustrated with reproductions of studies from nature in water color by James & Sidney Callowhill, Alois Lunzer and F.S.M.

[5], 2-9 [9] p., [34] leaves of plates : ill. (some col.) ; 31 cm.

Date: [1890]

Creators: Mathews, F. Schuyler (Ferdinand Schuyler), 1854-1938, compiler, illustrator. Callowhill, James, illustrator. Callowhill, Sidney, illustrator. Lunzer, Alois, illustrator. Thomas, Edith Matilda, 1854-1925. Stoddard, Richard Henry, 1825-1903. Bailey, Alice Ward, 1857-1922. Thaxter, Celia, 1835-1894. Clark, Kate Upson, 1851-1935. Carroll, Louis. Deland, Margaret, 1857-1945. Browning, Robert, 1812-1889. Holmes, Oliver Wendell, 1809-1894. L. Prang & Co.,

GUSN: 365552

Call Number: Rare PN6110.F6 M2 1890

Eugène Cuvelier :photographer in the circle of Corot /[Ellen Shultz, editor].

16 pages : illustrations ; 28 cm.

Date: Ã1996.

Creators: Cuvelier, Eugène, 1837-1900. Shultz, Ellen. Daniel, Malcolm R. Metropolitan Museum of Art (New York, N.Y.)

GUSN: 365553

Call Number: 85M Stacks TR660.5.C874 1996

Boston's South End /Anthony Mitchell Sammarco ; contemporary photographs by James Z. Kyprianos.

96 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.

Date: Ã2005.

Creators: Sammarco, Anthony Mitchell. Kyprianos, James Z.

GUSN: 365554

Call Number: 85M Stacks F73.68.S7 S357 2005

West Roxbury /Anthony Mitchell Sammarco.

96 pages : chiefly illustrations ; 24 cm.

Date: 2003.

Creators: Sammarco, Anthony Mitchell.

GUSN: 365555

Call Number: 85M Stacks F74.W59 S26 2003

South Boston /Anthony Mitchell Sammarco ; contemporary photographs by Charlie Rosenberg.

95 pages : chiefly illustrations ; 24 cm.

Date: Ã2006.

Creators: Sammarco, Anthony Mitchell. Rosenberg, Charlie.

GUSN: 365556

Call Number: 85M Stacks F73.68.S7 S37 2006

Roxbury /Anthony Mitchell Sammarco ; contemporary photographs by Charlie Rosenberg.

95 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.

Date: 2007.

Creators: Sammarco, Anthony Mitchell. Rosenberg, Charlie.

GUSN: 365557

Call Number: 85M Stacks F74.R9 S263 2007

Jamaica Plain :then & now /Anthony Mitchell Sammarco.

96 pages : chiefly illustrations ; 25 cm

Date: 2003.

Creators: Sammarco, Anthony Mitchell.

GUSN: 365558

Call Number: 85M Stacks F74.J3 S26 2003

Boston Braves /Richard A. Johnson.

128 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm

Date: 2001.

Creators: Johnson, Richard A.

GUSN: 365559

Call Number: 85M Stacks GV875.B72 J64 2001

Boston Common /Friends of the Public Garden.

128 pages : chiefly illustrations, maps ; 24 cm.

Date: Ã2005.

Creators: Friends of the Public Garden and Common.

GUSN: 365560

Call Number: 85M Stacks F73.65.B67 B67 2005

Hook

An "S" shape with pierced curved ends.

Date: 1740-1840

Maker: unknown

Material: iron (metal), wrought

GUSN: 2462

Accession Number: 1991.487

Hook

A double hook with "S" shape and slightly bent ends.

Date: 1740-1840

Maker: unknown

Material: iron (metal), wrought

GUSN: 2463

Accession Number: 1991.488

Warming Pot

A squat bulbous form with flaring rim and bail handle that is raised on three legs. The body is cast with two narrow horizontal bands.

Date: 1760-1820

Maker: unknown

Material: casting (process), iron (metal)

GUSN: 2464

Accession Number: 1991.489

Warming Pot with Lid

A round, squat form that tapers to the base and three short legs. It has a bail handle with a hanging ring and a fitted cover with a handle.

Date: 1780-1840

Maker: unknown

Material: iron (metal)

GUSN: 2465

Accession Number: 1991.490AB

Warming Pot

A squat, round form with a slightly flaring rim. It tapers to the base and is raised on three short legs. It has a bail handle .

Date: 1780-1840

Maker: unknown

Material: iron (metal)

GUSN: 2466

Accession Number: 1991.491

Table Rug

Of rectangular form with a green-beige border enclosed on a beige field with a spray of pink and peach colored roses with pale green, bottle green and olive leaves. The floral spray is a raised "Waldoboro" type. It is bound in brown cotton woven tape and lined with evenweave beige cotton.

Date: 1860-1890

Maker: unknown

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

GUSN: 2467

Accession Number: 1991.492

Document Box

A painted box with a moveable brass handle on the domed top. The box has worked sheet tin with rolled edges. The floral motif is painted in yellow, black and gray. It has an unpainted bottom and a locking hasp.

Date: 1750-1850

Maker: unknown

Material: brass (alloy), painting (coating), sheet metal, tin (metal)

GUSN: 2468

Accession Number: 1991.493

Camphene Lamp

A glass lamp for sperm-oil, although it is now electrified. It has a pressed heart pattern in the front and a heavy 6 sided base. It has a metal ring on the top. It is now electrified with a "modern" bulb, pleated paper and plastic shade.

Date: 1825-1875

Maker: unknown

Material: glassblowing, glass (material), pressing

GUSN: 2469

Accession Number: 1991.494

Porringer

A pewter porringer with "flower" handle and narrow rim.

Date: 1800-1850

Maker: Possibly Lee, Richard (Maker)

Material: casting (process), pewter (tin alloy), tin alloy

GUSN: 2470

Accession Number: 1991.495

Tablecloth

Of rectangular form, a check-plaid pattern woven in blue/white/rose-pink threads. It has a handstitched hem.

Date: 1820-1860

Maker: unknown

Material: linen (material), weaving

GUSN: 2471

Accession Number: 1991.496

Snuff Box

A small round tortise shell trinket box. Its top is mounted with a silver band and painted with a view of "Sir William Johnson's House of 1733" in a detailed polychrome painting.

Date: 1760-1820

Maker: unknown

Material: handmade, incising, oil paint (paint), printing (process), sterling silver, tortoise shell, silver (metal)

GUSN: 2472

Accession Number: 1991.497AB

Punch Ladle

A punch ladel with an oval silver cup and a long, narrow twisted baleen handle, with a silver tip to the handle.

Date: 1760-1800

Maker: unknown

Material: baleen, silver (metal)

GUSN: 2473

Accession Number: 1991.499

Charger

Bristol delftware charger, with scalloped edge and deep, curved well, displaying Bianco-Sopa-Bianco decoration and chinoiserie landscape to center in underglaze blue, [illeg.] purple and some overglaze yellow.

Date: 1750-1770

Maker: unknown

Material: delftware, earthenware, molding (forming), glazing (coating), tin glaze, oxidation, tin (metal)

GUSN: 2474

Accession Number: 1991.500

Punch Bowl

Large English delfware punch bowl with tapered sides, curved at the bottom on a straight foot. The outside is covered with a manganese powder souffle' decoration and six quatrefoil reserves with underglaze floral motifs. Inside, there is a floral motif in the center medallion and a diaper/reserve pa...

Date: 1735-1755

Maker: unknown

Material: delftware, earthenware, throwing (pottery technique), glazing (coating), tin glaze, underglazing, tin (metal)

GUSN: 2475

Accession Number: 1991.501

Game Board

Pine game board, of rounded square form, carved with geometric patterns of grooves and indentations (both sides carved). It holds a collection of colored clay marbles. The wood is unfinished.

Date: 1775-1850

Maker: unknown

Material: carving (processes), clay, pine (wood)

GUSN: 2476

Accession Number: 1991.502

Box of Dominoes

A wooden box with a sliding cover with a thumbnail pull, enclosing 28 black and white wooden dominoes. The box is small and has dovetailed corners.

Date: 1800-1850

Maker: unknown

Material: dovetail joints, wood (plant material), paint (coating)

GUSN: 2477

Accession Number: 1991.503

Coat of Arms

A coat-of-arms centering a gold shield with lion rampant on a checkerboard band, surmounted by a helmet and leafy mantling, and a bannerette with inscriptions below. The watercolor has worked in colors of red, gray, blue, black and white. Also, gold pigment and ink on paper. It has an original "Hoga...

Date: 1785-1795

Maker: Attributed to Searle, George, Mr. (Maker) Attributed to Cowan, Robert, Mr. (Maker)

Material: gesso, ink, painting (coating), paper (fiber product), pine (wood), sand, watercolor (paint)

GUSN: 2478

Accession Number: 1991.504

Whampoa with the Vessels of Different Nations Trading to Canton

Small rectangular format, with foreground landscape and numerous vessels flying British, Dutch and American flags in the middle distance before a mountain landscape with two temples in the distant background. It has the original bevel-shaped profile frame with gilded inner molding.

Date: dated 1840

Maker: unknown

Material: oil paint (paint), canvas

GUSN: 2479

Accession Number: 1991.505.1

The American Ship Victory

Large, almost square format with a broadside view of the ship Victory at Whampoa. There are junks and other vessels nearby, with hills in the background. In original black carved Chinese frame with gold liner.

Date: 1850

Maker: Namcheong (Maker)

Material: oil paint (paint), canvas

GUSN: 2480

Accession Number: 1991.506

Royal Coat of Arms

Coat-of-arms of Great Britian and Ireland. Royal arms of King George III carved in pine. The shield is enclosed in a garter with the motto of the Order of the Garter. Arms quartered: England impaling Scotland, France, Ireland; Brunswick impaling Lunenburg, a base point of Saxony, an escutcheon of Ha...

Date: 1750-1775

Maker: Chandler, Winthrop, 1747-1790 (Maker)

Material: carving (processes), varnishing, painting (coating), pine (wood)

GUSN: 2481

Accession Number: 1991.507

Acorn Mantel Clock

No description

Date: 1847-1860

Maker: Possibly Forestville Manufacturing Co. (Maker)

Material: glass (material), brass (alloy)

GUSN: 2482

Accession Number: 1991.509

Portrait of Anthony Waterman

Of rectangular format, portrait of a man, half length and facing slightly to the right. He has light brown hair that hangs long at the sides and his bangs over his forehead and brown eyes. He wears a high collar with a bow stock. It is in its original carved gold frame.

Date: dated 1798

Maker: Von Lyman, J. F. C. (Maker)

Material: oil paint (paint), canvas

GUSN: 2483

Accession Number: 1991.508

Portrait of a Minister

Large, rectangular format picture of a clergyman, shown half-length, facing right, with tabs and a black coat. He is wearing a white fitted wig. He has a full, ruddy face with a double chin and blue eyes. He holds white fabric in his hands (perhaps sugggesting baptismal, or other professional duties...

Date: September 8, 1789

Maker: unknown

Material: canvas, paper (fiber product), oil pastels, pine (wood)

GUSN: 2484

Accession Number: 1991.510.1

Carpet

No description

Date: 1850-1900

Maker: unknown

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

GUSN: 2485

Accession Number: 1991.511

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