Historic New England

Teacup

No description

Maker: unknown

Material: porcelain

GUSN: 37476

Accession Number: 1934.2963.8

Teacup

No description

Maker: unknown

Material: porcelain

GUSN: 37477

Accession Number: 1934.2963.9

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. TEAPOT: Drum-shaped with straight, stepped spout with traces of gold o...

Date: 1790-1810

Maker: unknown

Material: enameling, painting (coating), porcelain

GUSN: 37478

Accession Number: 1934.2964.1AB

Coffee cup

All painting black; border of wavy dot line below double thin line; decoration of large and smaller floral spriogs with gilt highlights; slightly fluted body; ear-shaped handles with ridged spine and leafy terminals, painted black.

Date: 1780-1800

Maker: unknown

Material: gilding, painting (coating), porcelain

GUSN: 37479

Accession Number: 1934.2965.1

Pitcher

Earthenware pitcher with blue transfer-print pattern "Chasing the Ostrich." Scene of three men with spears on horseback chasing two ostriches. Three other men on foot with bow and arrows. Exotic landscape and buildings in the background. Scalloped rim and molded scroll handle.

Date: 1880-1920

Maker: unknown

Material: earthenware, transfer printing, ceramic glaze, molding (forming)

GUSN: 37480

Accession Number: 1934.2967

Dinner Plate

Blue transfer-printed dinner plate. Border of alternating medallions, featuring a nautical scene, and floral sprays. Central coastal landscape scene featuring a garden with an urn and a coastal town in the distance.

Date: 1836-1838

Maker: Mayer, Thomas (Maker)

Material: earthenware, glazing (coating), transfer printing

GUSN: 37481

Accession Number: 1934.2968

Sugar Bowl

Blue transfer-printed pearlware sugar bowl. Overall floral motif superimposed on a dotted background. Floral molded finial. Dual loop handles with molded accents.

Maker: unknown

Material: earthenware, transfer printing

GUSN: 37482

Accession Number: 1934.2969AB

Candlestick

No description

Maker: unknown

Material: brass (alloy)

GUSN: 37484

Accession Number: 1934.2970.1

Candlestick

No description

Maker: unknown

Material: brass (alloy)

GUSN: 37485

Accession Number: 1934.2970.2

Coffeepot

Blue transfer-printed pearlware coffeepot. Lobed body and round finial. Willow pattern adorns the exterior. Gold accents around the cover.

Date: 1800-1815

Maker: unknown

Material: earthenware, glazing (coating), transfer printing

GUSN: 37486

Accession Number: 1934.2971AB

Pitcher

No description

Maker: unknown

Material: stoneware (pottery)

GUSN: 37487

Accession Number: 1934.2972

Box

No description

Maker: unknown

Material: tin (metal)

GUSN: 37489

Accession Number: 1934.2974

Match Holder

Oval redware match holder with brown glaze, molded branches and leaves around base and lid. The lid has a squirrel finial.

Date: 1850-1860

Maker: Probably Wilhelm Sattler & Son (Maker)

Material: redware, glazing (coating)

GUSN: 37490

Accession Number: 1934.2975AB

Painting

Framed and mounted leaves painted with scene of butterfly & bird.

Date: 1825-1875

Maker: unknown

Material: leaf (plant material), foliation (pattern), leaf (metal), oil paint (paint)

GUSN: 37491

Accession Number: 1934.2976

Basin

Pearlware transfer-printed basin with monochrome blue scroll border surrounding motif of flowers and leaves with central medallion. Scroll border repeated on the exterior of the basin.

Maker: unknown

Material: pearlware, transfer printing, glazing (coating)

GUSN: 37492

Accession Number: 1934.2977

Sugar bowl with cover

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. SUGAR BOWL: Bulbous body; double handled; ribbed, twisted handles (with leafy terminals with gold highlights and go...

Date: 1790-1810

Maker: unknown

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

GUSN: 37493

Accession Number: 1934.2978.1AB

Punch bowl

Porcelain enameled punch bowl. Interior and exterior border with gold ground, pink peonies, green leaves and other multicolored flowers. Band of green tendrils and pink tree peonies around base. Scroll-edged medallions inside and out of 1) people engaged in various activities and of 2) birds and flo...

Date: 1870

Maker: unknown

Material: enameling, hand-painted, porcelain, underglazing

GUSN: 37494

Accession Number: 1934.2981

Mold

Earthenware mold with cream-colored glaze and bundle of wheat decoration on interior.

Maker: unknown

Material: earthenware

GUSN: 37495

Accession Number: 1934.2982

Cup and saucer

Earthenware handless cup (.1) and saucer (.2) with "flow blue" transfer-printed pattern "Temple." Cup is twelve sided. Both cup and plate printed with pagoda scenes on interior rim and scene of pagodas, urn and figures in a boat.

Date: 1860-1870

Maker: Wedgwood & Co. (Maker)

Material: earthenware, glazing (coating), ironstone (pottery), transfer printing

GUSN: 37496

Accession Number: 1934.2983.1-.2

Pitcher

Wash pitcher with blue transfer-print pattern "Jenny Lind." Pattern depicts two male and three female figures in the foreground enjoying an outing in the countryside. In the distance is a valley with a castle and waterway and, in the distance, steep mountain peaks. The border includes a grape vine a...

Date: 1851-1861

Maker: Charles Meigh (Manufacturer)

Material: earthenware, transfer printing, glaze

GUSN: 37497

Accession Number: 1934.2984.1

Basin

Wash basin with blue transfer-print pattern "Jenny Lind." Pattern depicts two male and three female figures in the foreground enjoying an outing in the countryside. In the distance is a valley with a castle and waterway and, in the distance, steep mountain peaks. The border includes a grape vine and...

Date: 1851-1861

Maker: Charles Meigh & Son (Manufacturer)

Material: earthenware, transfer printing, glaze

GUSN: 37498

Accession Number: 1934.2984.2

Soup plate

Earthenware plate with "flow blue" transfer-printed pattern "Oregon." Scroll, cartouche and foliate border pattern on rim. Inner zigzag border framing scene of figure with yoke carrying two bell shaped vessels on pathway leading to trellis with awnings.

Date: 1843-1855

Maker: Mayer, Thomas, John, Jos (Maker)

Material: earthenware, glazing (coating), ironstone (pottery), transfer printing

GUSN: 37499

Accession Number: 1934.2985.1

Small Basket with Cover

Small, cylindrical basket with tight fitting cover. Made of natural and red-colored splints and braided sweatgrass. Northeast Native American made for tourist trade.

Date: December 1930

Maker: unknown

Material: reed (grass, material), sweetgrass (material), wood (plant material)

GUSN: 37500

Accession Number: 1934.2986AB

Fancy Basket

Square lidded "fancy" box made from ash splint and sweetgrass. The body of the box is plain-woven ash splint in alternating wide and narrow weavers, embellished with overlaid flat "diamond" curlicues dyed pink (now faded). The lid is plain-weave with rows of diamond curls. The rims of lid and box ar...

Date: 1920-1930

Maker: Wabanaki peoples (Maker)

Material: ash (wood), grass (plant material)

GUSN: 37501

Accession Number: 1934.2987AB

Basket

Small, square-bottomed basket with round cover. Green and natural colored splints.

Maker: unknown

Material: reed (grass, material), wood (plant material)

GUSN: 37502

Accession Number: 1934.2988AB

Basket

Square-based basket that tapers toward rim. Base is hexagonally woven reed. Sides are woven in diamond pattern with reeds, possibly palm, inserted into the diamond pattern to form a vertical chevron pattern. Basket appears to have been treated with oil or varnish.

Maker: unknown

Material: palm fiber, reed (grass, material), bamboo (material)

GUSN: 37503

Accession Number: 1934.2990

Fancy Basket

An ash splint "fancy basket" with plain, checkerweave lid and wrapped, crossed hoop handles attached at the center of the body rather than the ends. The basket body is embellished with a fancy curlicue "wart" weave over most of its surface. The rim has an elaborate lace edge that stands nearly an in...

Date: 1900

Maker: Attributed to Wabanaki peoples (Maker)

Material: ash (wood)

GUSN: 37504

Accession Number: 1934.2992AB

Knit Basket

Soft-sided basket knitted or crocheted from cotton string.

Maker: unknown

Material: string (fiber product), crocheting

GUSN: 37505

Accession Number: 1934.2993

Demijohn

Greewn glass bottle covered in woven wicker. Twisted wicker handle.

Maker: unknown

Material: wicker, glass (material)

GUSN: 37506

Accession Number: 1934.2999

Basket

Boat-shaped grass basket with reed standards and handle. Wicker weave body, ends in a diamond pattern.

Maker: unknown

Material: reed (grass, material), grass (plant material), weaving

GUSN: 37507

Accession Number: 1934.2995

Clutch

Woven wicker clutch with plaid ribbon.

Maker: unknown

Material: wicker, wickerwork

GUSN: 37508

Accession Number: 1934.2996

Fancy Basket with Cover

Covered, cylindrical "fancy" basket of woven ash splint and sweetgrass. Body of basket (a) is woven from ash splints in alternating thick and thin weavers with overlaid "diamond" curlicues swabbed pink. Cover (b) is ash splint plain and curlicue weave with a sweetgrass rim.

Date: 1930-1940

Maker: Attributed to Wabanaki peoples (Basket maker)

Material: ash (wood), grass (plant material), weaving

GUSN: 37509

Accession Number: 1934.2997AB

Miniature Pack Basket Purse

Miniature pack basket purse with a rectangular base narrowing to a smaller neck apeture made from ash splints. A single arched handle made from splint and wrapped with splint is attached at either short side of the purse body. The basket is woven from alternating bands of thick and thin weavers with...

Date: 1890-1930

Maker: Attributed to Penobscot people (Basket maker)

Material: ash (wood), weaving

GUSN: 37510

Accession Number: 1934.2998

Basket

Cylindrical, soft-sided grass basket with two opposing braided handles. Wrapped twining weave with red and green dyed weavers woven among mostly natural colored grass. Rim formed from folded over standards woven in place.

Maker: unknown

Material: reed (grass, material), weaving, braiding

GUSN: 37511

Accession Number: 1934.3000

Basket

Square lidded "fancy" box made from ash splint and sweetgrass. Body and lid of box are woven from thin ash splints alternating with "diamond" curlicues and sections of braided sweetgrass wefts. The lid and box have bundled sweetgrass rims held in place with single ash splint lashing. The box body fr...

Date: 1920-1930

Maker: Wabanaki peoples (Maker)

Material: ash (wood), grass (plant material)

GUSN: 37512

Accession Number: 1934.3001AB

Handbag

Twined rush handbag with loop handles.

Date: 1850-1900

Maker: unknown

Material: palm fiber

GUSN: 37513

Accession Number: 1934.3002

Storage Basket

A round ash splint basket (a) with ear-shaped loop handles, round base and cover (b). The body of the basket is woven from groups of alternating thick and thin weavers. The center weaver is swabbed blue-green, while alternating thin weavers and spoke standards are swabbed with indigo. The loop handl...

Date: 1840

Maker: Attributed to Penobscot people (Basket maker)

Material: ash (wood), weaving

GUSN: 37514

Accession Number: 1934.3003AB

Basket

Covered basket with a pair of crossed, hoop handles. Made from ash splints woven in a wicker-weave pattern on the upper body and lid, with thicker weavers on the lower body. Handles are splint-wrapped alternating indigo and brown-colored splints. Alternating lid weavers are dyed indigo while the bod...

Date: 1890-1940

Maker: Attributed to Wabanaki peoples (Maker)

Material: ash (wood)

GUSN: 37515

Accession Number: 1934.3004AB

Basket

A basket with an oval rim and rectangular base made from ash splints. The body of the basket is made from thin wefts in a "wicker" weave, with thicker weft bands near the lip and base. The basket was dyed pink but has now faded. The rim is made from ash splint, held in place with a single ash splint...

Date: 1880-1930

Maker: Wabanaki peoples (Basket maker) Possibly Abenaki people (Basket maker) Possibly Penobscot people (Basket maker)

Material: ash (wood), weaving

GUSN: 37516

Accession Number: 1934.3005

Candlesnuffer

No description

Maker: unknown

Material: iron (metal)

GUSN: 37517

Accession Number: 1934.3006

Sewing Case

Wooden sewing box on small feet with "Ouvage" inlaid on hinged lid. Box interior contains a removeable tray lined with red velvet with pincushion and cut-in areas holding scissors, pin case, small bottle and thread winders. Under the tray, the box is lined with light blue paper and contains, a comb,...

Maker: unknown

Material: wood (plant material)

GUSN: 37518

Accession Number: 1934.3007

Bowl

No description

Maker: unknown

Material: iron (metal)

GUSN: 37519

Accession Number: 1934.3008

Tongs

No description

Maker: unknown

Material: iron (metal)

GUSN: 37520

Accession Number: 1934.3009.1

Tongs

No description

Maker: unknown

Material: iron (metal)

GUSN: 37521

Accession Number: 1934.3009.2

Match Holder

No description

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 37522

Accession Number: 1934.3010.1

Match Holder

No description

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 37523

Accession Number: 1934.3010.2

Round Box with Lid

No description

Maker: unknown

Material: lacquer (coating), lacquerware

GUSN: 37524

Accession Number: 1934.3010.3AB

Clock

No description

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 37525

Accession Number: 1934.3013

Sewing Basket

Small wood splint sewing basket. Basket base and lower body is square, mid-body is stepped and upper body round. Sides constructed with narrow weavers with bands of fancy work (curled splints). The rim is reinforced with a carved hoop. Attached to the inside rim are four small hexagon weave containe...

Maker: unknown

Material: ash (wood), weaving, fancy work

GUSN: 37526

Accession Number: 1934.3014

Decorative Bowl

Opalescent glass bowl with ribbed round body, straight neck, and flared irregular rim and two applied glass handles

Date: 1880-1910

Maker: unknown

Material: glass (material)

GUSN: 37150

Accession Number: 1934.2091

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