Historic New England

Spear

Metal spear head tapered to a point. Slender metal strips adorn the shaft.

Maker: unknown

Material: iron (metal)

GUSN: 30870

Accession Number: 1926.223

Spear

No description

Maker: unknown

Material: iron (metal)

GUSN: 30871

Accession Number: 1926.224

Spear

Metal spear with a pointed head and barbs going down the body.

Maker: unknown

Material: iron (metal)

GUSN: 30872

Accession Number: 1926.225

Dress

No description

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 30873

Accession Number: 1926.244

Quilt

Diamond blocks of alternating black and other dark colored ribbed silks and satins. Buttonhole stitched appliqued velvet fleur-de-Lis and tulips on each block. Edges bound in black satin.

Date: 1875-1922

Maker: unknown

Material: appliqué (technique), stitching, machine-made, piecing, satin, silk (textile), floral patterns, flowers (plants), tulipwood (Brazilian, wood), textiles, velvet (fabric weave)

GUSN: 30874

Accession Number: 1926.258

Holder

No description

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 30876

Accession Number: 1926.262

Fragment

No description

Maker: unknown

Material: textiles

GUSN: 30877

Accession Number: 1926.264

Fragment

No description

Maker: unknown

Material: textiles

GUSN: 30878

Accession Number: 1926.265

Alphabet/Verse Sampler. Long, narrow, vertical rectangle. Ivory linen ground. Lines of Alphabet and verse separated by rows of decorative neeldework; floral. Polychromatic. Alphabets: #1 missing "J","U"; #2 missing "J"."U" Numbers: "1-10"; cross stitch, eyelet hole, satin stitch.

Date: 1742

Maker: Cooper, Judith, 1730- (Embroiderer)

Material: cross-stitching, embroidering, linen (material), silk (textile)

GUSN: 30879

Accession Number: 1926.280

Alphabet Sampler

Alphabet sampler on natural linen ground. Lines of alphabet are separated by lines of cross stitch. Cross stitched border, letters, and designs. Crowns and hearts at lower right. Polychromatic threads. Three complete alphabets and numbers "1-10".

Maker: Bradford, Judith Cooper (Embroiderer)

Material: cross-stitching, embroidering, linen (material), silk (textile)

GUSN: 30880

Accession Number: 1926.281

Alphabet Sampler

Alphabet Sampler, unfinished. Vertical rectangle, ivory linen ground. Undulating wave border in rust. Alphabets at top.Ppolychromatic. Alphabets: #1 missing "J"; #2 "A-L"; cross stitch.

Maker: unknown

Material: cross-stitching, embroidering, linen (material), silk (textile)

GUSN: 30881

Accession Number: 1926.282

Match

No description

Maker: unknown

Material: wood (plant material)

GUSN: 30882

Accession Number: 1926.288

Saucer

Wavy edge; blue enamel border with gol and bue vine with three-petal florettes; blue and gold border around well; central design: blue and gold vase of flowers with ribbon.

Date: 1800-1804

Maker: unknown

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

GUSN: 30883

Accession Number: 1926.290

Plate

Chinese Imari; 3 large sprays of blue and orange flowers with gilt highlights around border; band around well of orange latticework with orange flowers and medallions edged in blue and orange; central image: orange and blue flowers and bamboo stalk with gilt highlights.

Date: 1740-1760

Maker: unknown

Material: enamel paint, gilding, porcelain

GUSN: 30884

Accession Number: 1926.291

Wallpapered box

Small, rectangular, wooden box (A) with lid (B). Wallpaper has a drapery pattern with foliage and abstract leaves or flowers. Printed in pink, two greens, and white on an off-white ground.

Date: 1811-1817

Maker: Moses Grant Jr. & Co. (Manufacturer)

Material: paper (fiber product), wood (plant material)

GUSN: 30885

Accession Number: 1926.305AB

Small Box

Small rectangular paper box with attached cover. White box with affixed red paper panels on top and sides of cover, and sides of box. White diamond shaped paper on cover has printed image of armored soldier with tufted headdress, holding a flag in front of a monument.

Maker: unknown

Material: paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 30886

Accession Number: 1926.306

Small Box with Attached Cover.

Small rectangular paper box with attached cover. Diamond-shaped paper affixed to cover with printed image of seated Cupid playing the pipes for a small animal (possibly ferret) standing on hind legs. Pink paper over white.

Maker: unknown

Material: paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 30887

Accession Number: 1926.307

Round Box with Glass Cover

Small round paper box with glass cover. Depiction of pumpkin reverse painted on glass cover with paper lace border. Orange paper on sides of cover and box. Box contained numerous metal spangles, each approximately 1/4 inch diameter.

Maker: unknown

Material: paper (fiber product), glass (material)

GUSN: 30888

Accession Number: 1926.308AB

Sewing Case

No description

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 30889

Accession Number: 1926.310

Ribbon

No description

Maker: unknown

Material: textiles

GUSN: 30890

Accession Number: 1926.320

Portable Desk

A wooden portable desk with a hinged lid and a turnkey lock. Interior compartments designed to hold writing implements. Writing surface with a felt inlay.

Maker: unknown

Material: wood (plant material), metal joints, felt (textile)

GUSN: 30891

Accession Number: 1926.322

Box

No description

Maker: unknown

Material: wood (plant material)

GUSN: 30892

Accession Number: 1926.323

Game

No description

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 30893

Accession Number: 1926.324

Flour Bag

Coarse brown bag with very open weave. Hemmed opening. Remnants of fiberous string on one corner.

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 30894

Accession Number: 1926.330

Bookmark

Bookmark embroidered with initials "A.H.M."

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 30895

Accession Number: 1926.332

Spectacles

Metal spectacles with octagonal lenses. Crank bridge with straight side arms and teardrop finials.

Maker: unknown

Material: iron (metal), lenses (components)

GUSN: 30896

Accession Number: 1926.336

Puzzle

No description

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 30897

Accession Number: 1926.341

Puzzle

No description

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 30898

Accession Number: 1926.342

Plate

Blue transfer-printed pearlware plate with a scalloped edge. A rope edge and floral border surrounds a central scene depicting Esholt House.

Date: 1820-1830

Maker: Enoch Wood & Sons (Maker)

Material: earthenware, glazing (coating), transfer printing

GUSN: 30899

Accession Number: 1926.345

Plate

Blue transfer-printed pearlware plate with a scalloped edge. A rope edge and floral border surrounds a central scene depicting Guys Cliff.

Date: 1820-1830

Maker: Enoch Wood & Sons (Maker)

Material: earthenware, glazing (coating), transfer printing

GUSN: 30900

Accession Number: 1926.346

Plate

A blue transfer print pearlware plate with a scalloped edge. The center is adorned by a scene of the Pilgrims landing at Plymouth surrounded by a border of medallions, inscriptions, eagles, and scrollwork.

Date: 1820-1830

Maker: unknown

Material: earthenware, transfer printing

GUSN: 30901

Accession Number: 1926.352

Dessert Plate

A blue transfer print pearlware dessert plate. The central design depicts the Capitol Building, which is bordered by an aquatic motif.

Date: 1820-1830

Maker: Enoch Wood & Sons (Maker)

Material: earthenware, glazing (coating), transfer printing

GUSN: 30902

Accession Number: 1926.358

Luncheon Plate

Blue transfer-printed pearlware luncheon plate. Floral border surrounding a scene illustrating Benjamin Franklin's birthplace.

Date: 1820-1830

Maker: Enoch Wood & Son (Maker)

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

GUSN: 30903

Accession Number: 1926.360

Soup Plate

Blue transfer-printed pearlware plate. Small scroll and foliate border surrounds a central scene depicting Windsor Castle.

Date: 1819-1836

Maker: Clews, James & Ralph (Maker)

Material: earthenware, glazing (coating), transfer printing

GUSN: 30904

Accession Number: 1926.363

Plate

A blue transfer print pearlware plate with a scalloped edge. It has a border of church medallions and flowers surrounding a central landscape of Pittsfield, Massachusetts.

Maker: Clews, James & Ralph

Material: earthenware

GUSN: 30905

Accession Number: 1926.365

Plate

A blue transfer print pearlware plate. The central design depicts the landing of Lafayette at Castle Garden, New York, which is bordered by large and small flowers.

Date: 1820-1830

Maker: Clews, James & Ralph (Maker)

Material: earthenware, glazing (coating), transfer printing

GUSN: 30906

Accession Number: 1926.366

Plate

Blue transfer-printed pearlware plate. Floral and scroll border surrounds a central scene that depicts Wells Cathedral.

Date: 1827-1831

Maker: William Adams & Sons (Maker)

Material: earthenware, glazing (coating), transfer printing

GUSN: 30907

Accession Number: 1926.371

Plate

A blue transfer print pearlware plate with a slightly scalloped edge. The central design depicts the dam and waterworks at Fair Mount and its border consists of flowers, eagles, and scrolls.

Maker: unknown

Material: earthenware

GUSN: 30908

Accession Number: 1926.375

Plate

A blue transfer print pearlware plate with a scalloped edge. The plate has an eagle and floral border design around a central scene of Steven's Mansion in Hoboken, New Jersey.

Date: 1820-1830

Maker: Stubbs, Joseph (Maker)

Material: earthenware, glazing (coating), transfer printing

GUSN: 30909

Accession Number: 1926.377

Plate

Blue transfer-printed plate with a scalloped edge. Foliate border surrounding a central scene illustrating the Capitol Building in Washington D.C.

Date: 1820-1840

Maker: Stevenson, Ralph (Maker)

Material: earthenware, glazing (coating), foliation (pattern), transfer printing

GUSN: 30910

Accession Number: 1926.381

Plate

Blue transfer-printed pearlware plate. Floral border with cherub medallions. Central scene depicting the Radcliffe Library in Oxford.

Date: 1814-1830

Maker: Ridgway, John and William, 1814 F-1830 (Maker)

Material: earthenware, glazing (coating), transfer printing

GUSN: 30911

Accession Number: 1926.382

Soup Plate

Blue transfer-printed pearlware soup plate. Floral border surrounding a central scene illustrating Staughtons Church in Philadelphia.

Date: 1823

Maker: Ridgway, John and William, 1814 F-1830 (Maker)

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

GUSN: 30912

Accession Number: 1926.383

Plate

Blue pearlware transfer-printed pearlware plate. Pierced foliate border surrounding a central scene illustrating the Octagonal Church in Boston

Date: 1820-1840

Maker: Ridgway, John and William, 1814 F-1830 (Maker)

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

GUSN: 30913

Accession Number: 1926.384

Plate

A blue transfer print pearlware plate. It has a border of flowers and fruit that surrounds a central scene of the dam and waterworks in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.

Date: 1820-1830

Maker: unknown

Material: earthenware, glazing (coating), transfer printing

GUSN: 30914

Accession Number: 1926.387

Soup Plate

A blue transfer print pearlware soup plate. It has a fruit and floral border surrounding a central scene of the Baltimore Courthouse.

Date: 1830-1840

Maker: unknown

Material: earthenware, glazing (coating), transfer printing

GUSN: 30915

Accession Number: 1926.388

Dessert Plate

Blue transfer-printed pearlware plate. Floral border surrounds a central scene depicting Philadelphia.

Date: 1820-1830

Maker: Possibly Clews, James & Ralph (Maker)

Material: earthenware, glazing (coating), transfer printing

GUSN: 30916

Accession Number: 1926.389

Saucer

Blue transfer-printed pearlware saucer. Foliate, scroll, and eagle border surrounding the Woodlands near Philadelphia.

Date: 1820-1830

Maker: Stubbs, Joseph (Maker)

Material: earthenware, glazing (coating), transfer printing

GUSN: 30917

Accession Number: 1926.399

Plate

A blue transfer print pearlware plate with a scalloped edge. It has a border of transportation medallions, scrollwork, and flowers surrounding a central script eulogizing Governor DeWitt Clinton of New York.

Date: 1820-1830

Maker: unknown

Material: earthenware, glazing (coating), transfer printing

GUSN: 30918

Accession Number: 1926.400

Salad plate

Earthenware plate with scalloped rim and brown transfer-printed pattern "Millenium." Fruit, flower and bundles of wheat surround central image of angel with animals [peaceable kingdom] and the words "PEACE ON EARTH." Above the scene is the tearing eye of God and Bible opened to Isaiah, Chapter XIVI...

Date: 1830-1845

Maker: Probably Stevenson, Ralph, Ralph Stevenson & Son (Maker)

Material: earthenware, glazing (coating), transfer printing

GUSN: 30919

Accession Number: 1926.401

Teacup

White porcelain teacup with hand painted lilacs and yellow butterfly. Teacup and saucer set.

Date: 1884

Maker: Charles Field Haviland Co. (Maker) Thaxter, Celia, 1835-1894 (Painter)

Material: hand-painted, porcelain

GUSN: 30669

Accession Number: 1925.526.1

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