Historic New England

Mug

Earthenware mug. Cylindrical with slightly flared base and ear-shaped handle. Dark yellow glazed band around body, sponged over with green. Applied floral garland around body, accented with dark blue, features alternating swags and tiny human faces.

Maker: unknown

Material: earthenware, applied decoration

GUSN: 44003

Accession Number: 1970.1310.827

Children's Mug

Earthenware children's mug. Canary yellow body with red transfer printed design, showing a boy holding the reins of a saddled horse, and a man standing to the left.

Maker: unknown

Material: earthenware, transfer printing

GUSN: 44004

Accession Number: 1970.1310.828

Mug

Earthenware mug. Cylindrical with squared handle. Brown transfer printed floral design on body, with cable-pattern border on inside of rim and down handle. Flowers overpainted with green, blue, and red.

Maker: unknown

Material: earthenware, transfer printing

GUSN: 44005

Accession Number: 1970.1310.829

Children's Mug

Earthenware children's mug. Pale blue-grey glazed band around body, with black transfer printed images of a lion and a large fish with teeth.

Maker: unknown

Material: earthenware, transfer printing

GUSN: 44006

Accession Number: 1970.1310.830

Mug

Earthenware mug. Cylindrical with squared, ear-shaped handle. Blue transfer printed landscape with water, an arched bridge, people in boats, and several buildings and sheep. Blue floral border on inside of rim, and blue landscape print on handle.

Maker: unknown

Material: earthenware, transfer printing

GUSN: 44007

Accession Number: 1970.1310.831

Mug

Earthenware mug. Shaped and reeded base, beaded rim, and spurred ear-shaped handle. Blue body with painted floral decorations on either side in red, brown, yellow, pink, and green.

Maker: unknown

Material: earthenware

GUSN: 44008

Accession Number: 1970.1310.832

Mug

Earthenware mug. Round-rimmed and reeded base, beaded rim, and loop handle. Beige with dark brown band at top. Applied foliate motif around body.

Maker: unknown

Material: earthenware, applied decoration

GUSN: 44009

Accession Number: 1970.1310.833

Children's Mug

Porcelain children's mug. Shaped base and loop handle. Decorated with butterflies, dragonflies, and stalks of grass. Gold luster lines around base, rim, and down handle.

Maker: unknown

Material: porcelain, lusterware

GUSN: 44010

Accession Number: 1970.1310.834

Children's Mug

Earthenware children's mug. Black transfer printed design with a boy holding a whip on the left, a boy riding a dog on the right, and in the center the words "For dutiful Behaviour." Hand painted red lines around base and rim.

Maker: unknown

Material: earthenware, transfer printing

GUSN: 44011

Accession Number: 1970.1310.835

Children's Mug

Earthenware children's mug. Cylindrical with loop handle. Canary yellow with black transfer printed initial "G" inside circular sunburst motif. Silver luster band around rim.

Maker: unknown

Material: earthenware, transfer printing, lusterware

GUSN: 44012

Accession Number: 1970.1310.836

Mug

Earthenware mug. Shaped base and loop handle. Blue transfer printed landscape scene with a woman filling a jug with water. Blue floral border on inside of rim, and blue foliate print on handle.

Maker: unknown

Material: earthenware, transfer printing

GUSN: 44013

Accession Number: 1970.1310.837

Mug

Earthenware mug. Shaped base, beaded rim, and loop handle. Painted floral decoration in dark pink, green, and purple. Dark pink lines around base, rim, and down handle.

Maker: unknown

Material: earthenware

GUSN: 44014

Accession Number: 1970.1310.838

Children's mug

Pearlware children's mug. Purple transfer-printed design of a group of children seating behind a light projector that emits a lion's face onto a white sheet against the wall. The second image on the other side of the mug is a group of boys playing bows and arrows with a target.

Date: 1840

Maker: unknown

Material: pearlware, transfer printing

GUSN: 44015

Accession Number: 1970.1310.839

Children's Mug

Earthenware children's mug. Black transfer-printed image with yellow, green and red over-painting. Image of a young man shoveling grain, whose clothes are accented with overpainting. A complementary image is of a house and another young man shoveling dirt; the roof and door of the house is accented ...

Date: 1815

Maker: unknown

Material: earthenware, transfer printing, overpainting (technique)

GUSN: 44016

Accession Number: 1970.1310.840

Mug

Earthenware mug. Cylindrical with loop handle. Swag pattern with pink infill, and floral pattern in orange, green, and luster. Luster band at rim, and luster line down handle.

Maker: unknown

Material: earthenware, lusterware

GUSN: 44017

Accession Number: 1970.1310.841

Children's Mug

Children's earthenware mug. Brown transfer-print design. Arbor of flowers encircle inscription. In the lower center, a "Holy Bible" and a scroll of "Proverbs" lay on a cascading piece of fabric. Pink hand-painted lines encircle top and bottom 1/4" of mug.

Date: ca. 1815

Maker: unknown

Material: earthenware, transfer printing

GUSN: 44018

Accession Number: 1970.1310.842

Children's Mug

Earthenware mug, part of the Margaret Jewell children's mug collection. Black transfer printed image of an idyllic landscape with large lake, three people in a boat, a two-story house, a tower ruin, and three cows in the foreground.

Maker: unknown

Material: earthenware, transfer printing

GUSN: 44019

Accession Number: 1970.1310.843

Children's Mug

Porcelain mug. Cylindrical with spurred ear-shaped handle. Hand painted flowers in pink, green, and purple, with decorative band painted around inside of rim in pink, green, and red. With line of red dots and bars down handle.

Maker: unknown

Material: porcelain, hand-painted

GUSN: 44020

Accession Number: 1970.1310.844

Children's Mug

Earthenware children's mug. Black transfer printed scene with boy sitting in front of a small house. The boy holds a bird's nest with baby birds in his lap, and a bird is perched on his finger. Includes inscription, "The Little Plunderer." Over painted in green and red.

Maker: unknown

Material: earthenware, transfer printing

GUSN: 44021

Accession Number: 1970.1310.845

Children's Mug

Earthenware children's mug. Yellow glazed band around body with narrow slate blue band of glaze at rim. Black transfer printed designs. On one side, "The Chaffinch," a songbird with striped wings, and on the other side, "The Sheldrake" (shelduck).

Maker: unknown

Material: earthenware, transfer printing

GUSN: 44022

Accession Number: 1970.1310.846

Children's Mug

Earthenware children's mug. Blue transfer printed design with the words "A Present for my Nephew" flanked by a standing boy with fishing rod at right, and a boy riding a dog at left.

Maker: unknown

Material: earthenware, transfer printing

GUSN: 44023

Accession Number: 1970.1310.847

Children's Mug

Earthenware children's mug. Rimmed base and loop handle with leaf terminals. Green transfer-printed image of boys playing "Hoops" with rolling hoops and sticks. Over painted with red, yellow, and blue.

Maker: unknown

Material: earthenware, transfer printing

GUSN: 44024

Accession Number: 1970.1310.848

Children's Mug

Earthenware children's mug. Brown transfer printed image of man in hat and jacket, blowing bubbles with a pipe while a girl in a dress watches. A thatched cottage is nestled amogst trees at left, and a church is visible in the distance at right.

Maker: unknown

Material: earthenware, transfer printing

GUSN: 44025

Accession Number: 1970.1310.849

Children's Mug

Earthenware children's mug. Blue transfer printed design with an elongated octagon and the words "A Token of Respect" surrounded by a decorative border. Hand painted blue lines around base and rim.

Maker: unknown

Material: earthenware, transfer printing

GUSN: 44026

Accession Number: 1970.1310.850

Children's Mug

Earthenware children's mug. Blue glazed band around body, with two black transfer printed images of a frog and a sheep.

Maker: unknown

Material: earthenware, transfer printing

GUSN: 44027

Accession Number: 1970.1310.851

Children's Mug

Pearlware children's mug. Slightly blurry black transfer-printed design with two distinct illustrations. The first is a small boy with a sword in one hand with the sheath to his left side, a house in the distance. Inscription reads, "THE YOUNG SOLDIER". The second is a child leaning against some bru...

Date: 1825

Maker: unknown

Material: earthenware, pearlware, transfer printing

GUSN: 44028

Accession Number: 1970.1310.852

Children's Mug

Earthenware children's mug. Black transfer printed design with the words "From Affectionate Parents" flanked by two small children. On the right is a girl playing with a cat. On the left is a boy rolling a hoop with a stick. Hand painted purple lines encircle base and rim.

Maker: unknown

Material: earthenware, transfer printing

GUSN: 44029

Accession Number: 1970.1310.853

Children's Mug

Earthenware mug (mochaware). Cylindrical with loop handle and leaf terminals. Mustard yellow body with beige interior and handle. Beige band around rim with brown vine motif.

Maker: unknown

Material: earthenware, mocha ware

GUSN: 44030

Accession Number: 1970.1310.854

Children's Mug

Earthenware children's mug. Shaped base, slightly tapered body, and loop handle. Large scale floral design in red, blue, and green with luster accents. Pink luster on handle.

Maker: unknown

Material: earthenware, lusterware

GUSN: 44031

Accession Number: 1970.1310.855

Coffin Plate

A rectangular metal coffin plate.

Maker: unknown

Material: silver (metal)

GUSN: 45855

Accession Number: 1955.262

Wallpaper Fragment

White paper ground w/ thin vertical stripe motif featuring a twisting classical element entwined w/ green leaf and terminating in a polychrome floral bouquet in urn; alternated w/ a blue stripe w/ gray scalloped edge motif. Selvedge labeled: "3076 M2 Run 1/ AFOL/ UWPC of NA/ Union Made." Sample (b)...

Date: 1900-1920

Maker: unknown

Material: leaf (plant material), foliation (pattern), leaf (metal), paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 45856

Accession Number: 1955.296

Flatware Set

Painted canvas roll with pouches for utensils. One side painted blue; the other side printed with blue flowers on cream ground. Two teaspoons and one serving spoon in tin with pointed deep bowl and flat rim, arrowhead neck and straight narrow shaft with modified fiddleback and small rat tail. Bottom...

Date: 1840-1900

Maker: unknown

Material: canvas, ivory (tooth component), painting (coating), steel (alloy), tin (metal)

GUSN: 45857

Accession Number: 1955.331

Plate

No description

Maker: unknown

Material: porcelain

GUSN: 45858

Accession Number: 1955.723

Box

No description

Maker: unknown

Material: tin (metal)

GUSN: 45859

Accession Number: 1955.1464

Wine Glass

No description

Maker: unknown

Material: glass (material)

GUSN: 45860

Accession Number: 1956.2

Tea Caddy

Rectangular body with sloping shoulders; brown chain of flowers on gold band as border on shoulders and on cover, which also has berry finial with brown leaves; brown grape leaves with gold highlights on both sides of body.

Date: 1780-1810

Maker: unknown

Material: hand-painted, porcelain, molding (forming), enameling

GUSN: 45861

Accession Number: 1956.3AB

Cup

No description

Maker: unknown

Material: glass (material)

GUSN: 45862

Accession Number: 1956.M3

Infant's Dress

Long white dress; whitework embroidery--floral medallion at center front neckline; scalloped ruffle along front panel to and around hem; shirred bodice back; two strips eyelet inserted at back from eyelet waistband to hem; drawstring neckline and waist.

Date: 1830

Maker: unknown

Material: embroidering, linen (material)

GUSN: 45863

Accession Number: 1956.4

Teaspoon

Silver teaspoon with a fiddle handle, rounded shoulders, and a pointed oval bowl.

Date: 1820-1840

Maker: Libby, J. G. L., 1820-1849 (Silversmith)

Material: silver (metal)

GUSN: 45864

Accession Number: 1956.9.1

Toothpick

No description

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 45865

Accession Number: 1956.M10

Teaspoon

Silver teaspoon with a coffin handle, squared shoulders, and a pointed oval bowl.

Date: 1780-1800

Maker: Loving, Joseph, 1743-1815 (Maker)

Material: silver (metal)

GUSN: 45866

Accession Number: 1956.10

Teaspoon

Silver teaspoon with a fiddle handle, squared shoulders, and a pointed oval bowl.

Date: 1820-1850

Maker: Hempstead, Daniel Booth, 1784-1852 (Maker)

Material: silver (metal)

GUSN: 45867

Accession Number: 1956.11

Mustard Spoon

Silver mustard spoon. Downturned oval handle with square shoulders and an oval bowl.

Date: 1820-1830

Maker: Thaxter, Joseph Blake, 1791-1863 (Silversmith)

Material: silver (metal)

GUSN: 45868

Accession Number: 1956.M13

"Old Elm" Cane

Brown wood; rounded shape of stick; curved boned handle with silver collar; metal tip.

Date: 1800-1820

Maker: unknown

Material: bone (material), silver (metal), wood (plant material)

GUSN: 45869

Accession Number: 1956.14

Portrait of Benjamin Franklin (1706-1790)

Bust-length portrait of a man with long gray hair, in blue coat, white shirt.

Date: 1800-1850

Maker: unknown

Material: paper (fiber product), watercolor (paint)

GUSN: 45870

Accession Number: 1956.M16

Desk

Square legs, H-stretcher, one long drawer, slant top with low gallery; two sliding "headboards".

Date: 1800-1825

Maker: unknown

Material: pine (wood)

GUSN: 45871

Accession Number: 1956.24

FIREBOARD

No description

Maker: unknown

Material: oil paint (paint)

GUSN: 45872

Accession Number: 1956.25

Medal of Membership in Delta Upsilon Fraternity at Harvard

Geometrical shield of the Harvard Chapter of Delta Upsilon Fraternity on one side of the bronze medal. Two palms with the Harvard University shield on the other side with inscriptions on both sides. Yellow and blue ribbons are attached to the medal.

Maker: unknown

Material: bronze (metal)

GUSN: 45873

Accession Number: 1956.27

Portrait of a Man

Half-length portrait of a balding man seated in a red upholstered chair.

Date: 1825-1850

Maker: unknown

Material: oil paint (paint), panels (wood), panel paintings (painting by form)

GUSN: 45874

Accession Number: 1956.M28

School Medal

A silver medal showing the left profile bust of Benjamin Franklin. The other side has ribbons and a rose with its branches on the other side of the medal. The medal has a ring and two necklace style silk ribbons; one blue, one yellow, attached at the top

Maker: unknown

Material: silver alloy, silk (textile)

GUSN: 45875

Accession Number: 1956.28

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