Historic New England

Mote spoon

Shallow oval bowl pierced with scrolls on a narrow tapering handle with triangular shaped terminus.

Date: 1720-1760

Maker: unknown

Material: carving (processes), piercing, silver (metal)

GUSN: 2536

Accession Number: 1991.586

Nursing Bottle

Cylindrical cap with flared opening at top screws into bottle with long, tapering neck; ringed collar and wood base.

Date: 1850-1900

Maker: unknown

Material: pewter (tin alloy), wood (plant material), tin (metal)

GUSN: 2537

Accession Number: 1991.589

Plate

Circular form with broad, smooth brim and shallow well.

Date: 1750-1760

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 2538

Accession Number: 1991.592

Blanket drying arm

Blanket crane with bracket of pine. Painted brown.

Date: 1700-1799

Maker: unknown

Material: painting (coating), pine (wood)

GUSN: 2539

Accession Number: 1991.599

Tea set tray

Child's tea set: round tray.

Date: 1750-1850

Maker: unknown

Material: pewter (tin alloy), turning (shaping process), tin (metal)

GUSN: 2540

Accession Number: 1991.607.1

Cream Pitcher

Small Queen Anne style pewter cream pitcher; pear-shaped body; three cabriole legs and pad feet, with S-scroll handle with thumb rest; stamped touchmarks on underside.

Date: 1720-1750

Maker: unknown

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

GUSN: 2541

Accession Number: 1991.610

Large pewter charger, round with curved well and single band of reeding around the edge of its 2.5" rim; small initials 'AC' stamped on rim along with five touchmarks to front rim and 2 (including the maker's mark) on reverse.

Date: 1700-1799

Maker: Hopkins, Thomas (Maker)

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

GUSN: 2542

Accession Number: 1991.623

Butter Mold

Wooden butter stamp incised on top with vines; on mold surface, with swirl pattern surrounded with notches; copper handle.

Date: 1800-1850

Maker: unknown

Material: carving (processes), copper (metal), wood (plant material)

GUSN: 2543

Accession Number: 1991.672

Wooden Jagging Wheel

Wooden jagging wheel, carved with flowers and notches.

Date: 1800-1830

Maker: unknown

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

GUSN: 2544

Accession Number: 1991.671

Butter Paddle

Wooden carved and fluted butter paddle.

Date: 1820-1850

Maker: unknown

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

GUSN: 2545

Accession Number: 1991.673

Butter Mold

Woodens butter mold with handle carved in one piece, with star and tulip design on one side and geometric design on other side.

Date: 1838

Maker: unknown

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

GUSN: 2546

Accession Number: 1991.674

Butter Mold

Wooden butter mold with six-petal geometric carving.

Date: 1775-1800

Maker: unknown

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

GUSN: 2547

Accession Number: 1991.675

Knife Box

Red and blue wooden grain-painted knife box with turned handle and slanted sides; nail-construction with square-headed nails.

Date: 1800-1850

Maker: unknown

Material: wood (plant material), graining

GUSN: 2548

Accession Number: 1991.676

Butter Stamp

Crudely carved wooden stamp with chip carving overall; round stamp with initials and images.

Date: 1775-1820

Maker: unknown

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

GUSN: 2549

Accession Number: 1991.677

Punch Ladle

Carved from horn with long, swelled handle with a whistle on the end and finger grip; elegant circular pouring cup carved on back with Queen Anne/early Georgian style shell motif.

Date: 1705-1750

Maker: unknown

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

GUSN: 2550

Accession Number: 1991.678

Miniature Knife Box

Nail construction (flat-headed nails), shaped cut-out handle, bottom with lip, light-weight wood, unpainted.

Date: 1820-1830

Maker: Tower, William S. (Maker)

Material: pine (wood)

GUSN: 2551

Accession Number: 1991.679

Demitasse Spoon

Pewter spoon; spurs below oval bowl; fiddle handle.

Date: 1800-1850

Maker: unknown

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

GUSN: 2552

Accession Number: 1991.680.1

Cutting Board

Maple, rectangular, with hole for hanging.

Date: 1800-1850

Maker: unknown

Material: maple (wood)

GUSN: 2553

Accession Number: 1991.681

Paramaribo, Surinam

Seaport village of Paramaribo, Surinam, seen from marshy area at shore, with buildings and houses at right and numerous small craft at anchor in the harbor, two flying red, white and blue flag (Dutch?); house on fire at right.

Date: 1821

Maker: Donner, W. (Maker)

Material: paper (fiber product), pencils (drawing and writing equipment), watercolor (paint)

GUSN: 2554

Accession Number: 1991.682.1A

Codfish Weathervane

Codfish weathervane carved from a flat piece of pine. Open mouth, notched tail, and top fins are carved out. Eyes and gills painted. Surface mottled on both sides in different conbinations of red, yellow and green paint. Evidence of hand whittling on edges.

Date: 1900-1950

Maker: unknown

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

GUSN: 2555

Accession Number: 1991.683

Frigate in Boston Harbor

Frigate in full sail with rowboat in tow, in Boston Harbor, with American flag hung at rear; Fort Independence in left background. Original frame, grain-painted.

Date: 1806

Maker: Crehore, S. (Maker)

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

GUSN: 2556

Accession Number: 1991.684

Tape Loom

Carved oak tape loom.

Date: 1727

Maker: unknown

Material: carving (processes), oak (wood)

GUSN: 2557

Accession Number: 1991.685

Portrait of Reverend Eli Forbes (1726-1804)

Half-length figure standing in pulpit with right hand upraised, left hand resting on pulpit; sermon lying on open Bible; green cushion; window and green curtain at right.

Date: 1785-1787

Maker: Gullagher, Christian, 1759-1826 (Maker)

Material: oil paint (paint), canvas

GUSN: 2558

Accession Number: 1991.686

Candle Box

Deep rectangular box with centered rigid carrying handle flanked by two compartments, each with a sliding cover, painted red. (Contains 146 GROSS hand-dipped candles).

Date: 1800-1830

Maker: unknown

Material: painting (coating), pine (wood)

GUSN: 2559

Accession Number: 1991.687

Harvest Jug

Large Devonshire harvest jug of bulbous form with short neck and pinched spout, with ridged and coiled strap handle; thrown from red earthenware with allover brown and yellow slip sgraffito decoration showing a crowned lion holding a British flag between two flowering trees on one side, and large ...

Date: 1801

Maker: unknown

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

GUSN: 2560

Accession Number: 1991.688

Slip Decorated Charger

Deep redware dish with notched edge, its face covered with dark orange glaze and inscribed with verse; unglazed on back.

Date: 1800-1850

Maker: unknown

Material: redware, slip (clay), throwing (pottery technique)

GUSN: 2561

Accession Number: 1991.689

German Girl with Ducks

Pull-toy, peasant girl herding ducks. Girl: blonde hair, red dress with lace covered shawl and white apron. 3 brown ducks. Girl's left hand has a hole where possible missing pale could have been. Her eyes are missing.

Date: 1865-1890

Maker: unknown

Material: cloth, porcelain, rope, velvet (fabric weave), wood (plant material)

GUSN: 6714

Accession Number: 1990.1425

Musical Jester

Porcelain, musical doll on stick with white satin clothes covered in sequences and gold wire lace. It has bells at ends of dress. Her hat attached to her head has broken off with her blonde hair still attached to the hat. When the stick is turned, music box music plays. [unknown song]

Maker: unknown

Material: bell metal, porcelain, satin, wood (plant material)

GUSN: 6715

Accession Number: 1990.1420

Soup plate

Delftware soup plate. Pale blue glaze with Bianco Sopra Bianco border of daisy and pineapple chain. Scene of distant buildings surmounted by enormous conical pine tree. Man fishes near fence in center with two other men in a boat in the foreground.

Date: 1730-1760

Maker: unknown

Material: earthenware, glazing (coating), tin glaze

GUSN: 6716

Accession Number: 1934.2205

Charger

Delftware charger with white glaze and an alternating border of red latticework and blue-edged oval medallions with green and red scrolls. Central scene in blue, red and green, of cat looking up at bird perched on bamboo branch.

Date: 1730-1750

Maker: unknown

Material: earthenware, glazing (coating), tin glaze

GUSN: 6717

Accession Number: 1990.64

Soup Plate

Delftware soup plate with blueish glaze and a thin blue band around rim. The inner border consists of alternating panels of circle chain and blue abstract scrolls surrounding a central scene in blue and black of a man fishing from shore near one story pavilion, while second man is in boat off shore....

Date: 1710-1760

Maker: unknown

Material: earthenware, glazing (coating), tin glaze

GUSN: 6718

Accession Number: 1939.531

Pitcher

Copper-colored body with red highlights depicting scene of Good Samaritan: [1] 2 figures huddled around caldron [2] Samaritan administering to wayward family; all in high relief in deep foliage; branch/flower handle.

Date: 1845-1860

Maker: unknown

Material: painting (coating), stoneware (pottery)

GUSN: 6719

Accession Number: 1920.758

Vase

Earthenware vase with chocolate brown matte glaze over red body. Scrolled, scalloped base and rim with relief-molded palmettes on sides. Rose sprig on one side and two children on other side.

Date: 1790-1820

Maker: Isleworth Porcelain Factory

Material: glazing (coating), molding (forming), redware, earthenware

GUSN: 6720

Accession Number: 1922.515

Jar

Straight-sided earthenware jar with marbleized gray, yellow, pink and white clay.

Date: 1880

Maker: Gay Head Pottery (Maker)

Material: clay, drying, earthenware

GUSN: 6721

Accession Number: 1931.1550

Vase

Squat baluster earthenware vase with flared rim and black painted and incised lobster decoration with green, yellow, and red glaze.

Date: 1900-1944

Maker: Linnwood Pottery (Maker)

Material: glazing (coating), earthenware, tin (metal)

GUSN: 6722

Accession Number: 1944.861

Covered Jar

Stoneware jar with squat, round off-white body with painted and enameled brown, green, and blue butterflies on body and cover. Body and cover have black edge near rim. Cover has blue scroll border and button finial.

Date: 1800-1899

Maker: unknown

Material: glazing (coating), painting (coating), stoneware (pottery)

GUSN: 6723

Accession Number: 1933.6173AB

Cracker Jar

Porcelain jar. Barrel-shaped body with fluted, scalloped base with gold decoration. Scalloped, fluted rim painted gold, double scrolled handles, and scrolled knob. Embossed leaves and stems with painted flowers in violet.

Date: 1890-1900

Maker: New England Pottery Company (Maker)

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

GUSN: 6725

Accession Number: 1927.254AB

Urn

Brown matte glazed earthenware urn. Mottled surface, smooth neck, double notched rectangular handles, hat-shaped cover, and foot with four lobed projections.

Date: 1872-1889

Maker: Chelsea Keramic Art Works (Maker)

Material: earthenware, glazing (coating)

GUSN: 6726

Accession Number: 1934.1969AB

Jug

Greek redware inspired lekythos-shaped jug with black decoration. Cabling border around neck. Greek key border around shoulder and body. Winged female classical figure bearing helmet.

Date: 1875-1877

Maker: Chelsea Keramic Art Works (Maker)

Material: painting (coating), redware

GUSN: 6727

Accession Number: 1920.334

Urn

Earthenware urn with butterscotch-colored glossy glaze. The urn has six vertical ribs, a straight neck, and double notched rectangular handles. Hat-shaped cover with ribbed knop. Foot with four lobes, one missing.

Date: 1872-1889

Maker: Chelsea Keramic Art Works (Maker)

Material: glazing (coating), earthenware

GUSN: 6728

Accession Number: 1934.1972AB

Bud vase

Black glazed earthenware bud vase. Flattened, rounded body with circular opening and oval foot. Incised abstract leaf and flower decoration.

Date: 1872-1889

Maker: Chelsea Keramic Art Works (Maker)

Material: earthenware, glazing (coating)

GUSN: 6729

Accession Number: 1943.62

Vase

Red and black mottled glaze stoneware vase with globular shape that tapers into neck and vertical lip.

Date: 1872-1889

Maker: Chelsea Keramic Art Works (Maker)

Material: glazing (coating), stoneware (pottery)

GUSN: 6730

Accession Number: 1934.1973

Sugarbowl

Stoneware sugar bowl with squat white body. Blue painted bands around rim and blueberry motif on body and lid.

Date: 1943

Maker: Dorchester Pottery Works (Maker) Henderson, Charles A. (Maker)

Material: glazing (coating), stoneware (pottery)

GUSN: 6731

Accession Number: 1973.8AB

Jug

Earthenware gourd-shaped jug with a small round mouth. Green matte glazed body with handle along top of vessel that tapers to a point, and circular foot.

Date: 1890-1920

Maker: Grueby Faience Company (Maker)

Material: glazing (coating), earthenware

GUSN: 6732

Accession Number: 1938.1209

Amphora

Reproduction amphora jug with red body, dark brown-black glaze. Small foot, oval body , narrow neck and wide, flaring rim. Two small handle on either side vessel shoulder. A strap handle attached at shoulder and neck. Incised around the lower neck is a delicate vine with leaves.

Date: 1900-1910

Maker: unknown

Material: incising, painting (coating), earthenware

GUSN: 6734

Accession Number: 1990.232

Vase

Earthenware vase with brown glazed body and cream rim swelling out to short shoulder tapering to wide mouth. Border of stylized trees and hills with bands of green, blue, and yellow. Outlined in black.

Date: 1926

Maker: Saturday Evening Girls (Organization) (Maker) Paul Revere Pottery, Inc. (Brighton, Mass.) (Maker)

Material: earthenware, glazing (coating)

GUSN: 6735

Accession Number: 1931.717