Historic New England

Plate

Circular glass plate with mottled, overlapping brown splotches resembling a tortoiseshell pattern.

Date: 1875-1900

Maker: unknown

Material: blown glass, glass (material)

GUSN: 174770

Accession Number: 1993.592

Flat paperweight made of clear glass, commerating the 50th Anniversary of the National Early American Glass club. Rectangular flate shape has scalloped sides. Yellow label adhered to bottom is visible and readable from the top. Label printed with commemorative date and a sketch of a candlestick.

Maker: unknown

Material: glass (material)

GUSN: 174771

Accession Number: 1993.596

Cup Plate

Pair of pressed glass cup plates. Daisy design in well of plate with stars surrounding well. Dotted decoration all-over. Densely scalloped rim.

Date: 1850-1900

Maker: unknown

Material: pressed glass, glass (material)

GUSN: 174772

Accession Number: 1993.586

Cup Plate

Pair of pressed glass cup plates. Daisy design in well of plate with stars surrounding well. Dotted decoration all-over. Densely scalloped rim. Number painted on dish is .86 instead of .586.

Date: 1850-1900

Maker: unknown

Material: glass (material)

GUSN: 174774

Accession Number: 1993.586.1

Cup Plate

Pair of pressed glass cup plates. Daisy design in well of plate with stars surrounding well. Dotted decoration all-over. Densely scalloped rim. Number painted on dish is .86 instead of .586.

Date: 1850-1900

Maker: unknown

Material: glass (material)

GUSN: 174775

Accession Number: 1993.586.2

Bottle

Flat flask-shaped bottle made of green molded glass. Has oval bottom, rounded sides, rounded shoulders, short cylindrical neck and heavy applied lip.

Date: 1790-1820

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 174777

Accession Number: 1993.576

Bottle

Flat flask-shaped bottle made of green molded glass with oval bottom, rounded sides, rounded shoulders, short cylindrical neck and heavy applied lip. One side has molded bust of Columbia (female head) encircled by thirteen small stars. Opposite side has molded Eagle with shield and arrows, perched o...

Date: 1790-1820

Maker: unknown

Material: mold-blown glass, glass (material)

GUSN: 174779

Accession Number: 1993.576.1

Bottle

Flat flask-shaped bottle made of green molded glass with oval bottom, rounded sides, rounded shoulders, short cylindrical neck and heavy applied lip. One side has molded bust of George Washington encircled by "GEORGE WASHINGTON." Opposite side has molded eagle carrying a branch in its beak, with shi...

Date: 1790-1820

Maker: unknown

Material: mold-blown glass, glass (material)

GUSN: 174780

Accession Number: 1993.576.2

Bottle

Flat flask-shaped hand blown brown glass bottle with applied c-shaped handle. Kicked-up bottom. Ring at top of neck. Cork stopper inside top. Embossed circular label on front.

Date: 1875-1925

Maker: unknown

Material: blown glass, glass (material)

GUSN: 174781

Accession Number: 1993.577

Bottle

Tall square bottle made of pressed or molded glass with a light-green tint. Square body tapers at shoulders, forming a Gothic style arch on each side. Four edges are beveled. Wide cylindrical neck has heavy ring at base of neck. Manufacturers molded on bottom.

Date: ca. 1870

Maker: unknown

Material: pressed glass, glass (material)

GUSN: 174788

Accession Number: 1993.578

Bottle

Pair of square electric blue hand blown glass bottles. Slightly kicked up bottom. Flared rim.

Date: 1776-1825

Maker: unknown

Material: blown glass, glass (material)

GUSN: 174796

Accession Number: 1993.575

Bottle

Pair of square electric blue hand blown glass bottles. Slightly kicked up bottom. Flared rim.

Date: 1875-1900

Maker: unknown

Material: glass (material)

GUSN: 174797

Accession Number: 1993.575.1

Bottle

Pair of square electric blue hand blown glass bottles. Slightly kicked up bottom. Flared rim.

Date: 1875-1900

Maker: unknown

Material: glass (material)

GUSN: 174798

Accession Number: 1993.575.2

Decanter

Blown glass decanter [a] with stopper [b]. Decanter has a tapered neck and flared rim. Stopper is flat and octagonal.

Date: 1800-1820

Maker: unknown

Material: blown glass, glass (material)

GUSN: 174799

Accession Number: 1993.573.1AB

Decanter

Glass decanter with a stopper. Rings around the neck and diamond pattern on the body. Silver sherry label hangs from the neck

Date: 1820-1840

Maker: unknown

Material: pressed glass, silver (metal), glass (material)

GUSN: 174807

Accession Number: 1993.572A-C

Club

Wood club from Tonga, a variation of apa'apai club. Four-sided, faceted shape ending in a faceted point. The club is narrower and rounder at the handle end, and progresses up to a more defined and wider surface at the head. Many carved panels filled with varying geometric designs of zigzags, lines,...

Maker: unknown

Material: wood (plant material)

GUSN: 174808

Accession Number: 2006.44.1489

Decanter

Decanter (a) with cut circular stopper (b) and rectangular silver "Whiskey" label (c) hanging around decanter neck. Decanter has cylindrical bulbous body, arched shoulder, three applied rings on neck and wide flaring lip. Decanter decorated with ribbing above base and oblong panels around shoulder. ...

Date: 1830

Maker: unknown

Material: cut glass, pressed glass

GUSN: 174809

Accession Number: 1993.571.1A-C

Dessert Bowls

Dessert bowl or sherbet made of pressed clear glass in Ashburton type design. Shallow bowl decorated with six large facets. Short squat stem opens to wide foot with six scallops around edge.

Date: ca. 1840

Maker: unknown

Material: pressed glass, glass (material)

GUSN: 174812

Accession Number: 1993.556

Club

Long, heavy, cylindrical wooden war club, or povai, covered with carved panels containing small zig-zag patterns, very likely from Tonga but possibly from Samoa or Fiji. Only the handle end and top of the club are unadorned. The shape of the club tapers from narrower at the handle to wider at the h...

Maker: unknown

Material: wood (plant material)

GUSN: 174813

Accession Number: 2006.44.1488

Dessert Bowls

Dessert bowl or sherbet made of pressed clear glass in Ashburton type design. Shallow bowl decorated with six large facets. Short squat stem opens to wide foot with six scallops around edge.

Date: ca. 1840

Maker: unknown

Material: glass (material)

GUSN: 174814

Accession Number: 1993.556.1

Dessert Bowls

Dessert bowl or sherbet made of pressed clear glass in Ashburton type design. Shallow bowl decorated with six large facets. Short squat stem opens to wide foot with six scallops around edge.

Date: ca. 1840

Maker: unknown

Material: glass (material)

GUSN: 174815

Accession Number: 1993.556.2

Dessert Bowls

Dessert bowl or sherbet made of pressed clear glass in Ashburton type design. Shallow bowl decorated with six large facets. Short squat stem opens to wide foot with six scallops around edge.

Date: ca. 1840

Maker: unknown

Material: glass (material)

GUSN: 174816

Accession Number: 1993.556.3

Dessert Bowls

Dessert bowl or sherbet made of pressed clear glass in Ashburton type design. Shallow bowl decorated with six large facets. Short squat stem opens to wide foot with six scallops around edge.

Date: ca. 1840

Maker: unknown

Material: glass (material)

GUSN: 174817

Accession Number: 1993.556.4

Dessert Bowls

Dessert bowl or sherbet made of pressed clear glass in Ashburton type design. Shallow bowl decorated with six large facets. Short squat stem opens to wide foot with six scallops around edge.

Date: ca. 1840

Maker: unknown

Material: glass (material)

GUSN: 174818

Accession Number: 1993.556.5

Dessert Bowls

Dessert bowl or sherbet made of pressed clear glass in Ashburton type design. Shallow bowl decorated with six large facets. Short squat stem opens to wide foot with six scallops around edge.

Date: ca. 1840

Maker: unknown

Material: glass (material)

GUSN: 174819

Accession Number: 1993.556.6

Club

Cylindrical wood club probably from Tonga, with carved panels enclosing a zig-zag pattern on all surfaces. There is a thin incised line curving around the club from the mid-point to the head. On the head end of the club, panels are interspersed with carved guns, men holding guns or gun-shapes, one ...

Maker: unknown

Material: wood (plant material)

GUSN: 174820

Accession Number: 2006.44.1487

Cordial glass

Four pressed glass cordials in Ashburton-type design. Glasses with faceted bowls. Facets with scalloping at top of facet. Stem with molded ring. Circular base. Flared rim.

Date: ca. 1840

Maker: unknown

Material: pressed glass, glass (material)

GUSN: 174821

Accession Number: 1993.554

Cordial glass

Pressed glass cordial in Ashburton-type design. Glasses with faceted bowls. Facets with scalloping at top of facet. Stem with molded ring. Circular base. Flared rim.

Date: ca. 1840

Maker: unknown

Material: glass (material)

GUSN: 174822

Accession Number: 1993.554.1

Cordial glass

Pressed glass cordial in Ashburton-type design. Glasses with faceted bowls. Facets with scalloping at top of facet. Stem with molded ring. Circular base. Flared rim.

Date: ca. 1840

Maker: unknown

Material: glass (material)

GUSN: 174823

Accession Number: 1993.554.2

Cordial glass

Pressed glass cordial in Ashburton-type design. Glasses with faceted bowls. Facets with scalloping at top of facet. Stem with molded ring. Circular base. Flared rim.

Date: ca. 1840

Maker: unknown

Material: glass (material)

GUSN: 174824

Accession Number: 1993.554.3

Kava bowl

Massive round kava bowl with four round legs and a hanging bracket, carved from one piece of wood. From Fiiji or Tonga. The inside of the bowl is smooth and polished. Kava is a drink used throughout the Pacific Islands for sacred, ceremonial and social purposes. It is refered to as yaqona in Fiji.

Maker: unknown

Material: wood (plant material)

GUSN: 174825

Accession Number: 2006.44.2618

Cordial glass

Pressed glass cordial in Ashburton-type design. Glasses with faceted bowls. Facets with scalloping at top of facet. Stem with molded ring. Circular base. Flared rim.

Date: ca. 1840

Maker: unknown

Material: glass (material)

GUSN: 174826

Accession Number: 1993.554.4

Goblet

Goblet made of clear pressed glass in Ashburton-type design. Bowl decorated with two rows of squat facets. Six sided stems flares outward at bottom, attached to plain circular foot. Seams visible on foot. All have same design and shape. Measurements, stems, and sharpness of edges vary slightlyy betw...

Date: ca. 1840

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 174827

Accession Number: 1993.550

Goblet

Goblet made of clear pressed glass in Ashburton-type design. Bowl decorated with two rows of squat facets. Six sided stems flares outward at bottom, attached to plain circular foot. Seams visible on foot. All have same design and shape. Measurements, stems, and sharpness of edges vary slightlyy betw...

Date: ca. 1840

Maker: unknown

Material: pressed glass, blown glass, glass (material)

GUSN: 174828

Accession Number: 1993.550.1

Goblet

Goblet made of clear pressed glass in Ashburton-type design. Bowl decorated with two rows of squat facets. Six sided stems flares outward at bottom, attached to plain circular foot. Seams visible on foot. All have same design and shape. Measurements, stems, and sharpness of edges vary slightlyy betw...

Date: ca. 1840

Maker: unknown

Material: pressed glass, blown glass, glass (material)

GUSN: 174829

Accession Number: 1993.550.2

Wallpaper

Unused sample. Red stripes with black and orange interlace alternating with stripe of floral and berried sprigs. Printed in blue, Oranges, two greens, pink, red and black on a beige ground.

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 175935

Accession Number: 1985.26.203

Wallpaper

Unused sample. Refore style. Alternating stylized floral elements in brown, tan and metallic gold and outlined in black on dark green flock.

Date: 1860-1870

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 175936

Accession Number: 1985.26.189

Wallpaper

Unused sample. Pink rose sprigs enclosed by grey and blue arabesques to create a large-scale diaper pattern. Printed in three pinks, rose, three greens, mint green, two blues, three greys, on a grey ground. Straight match.

Date: 1865-1875

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 175937

Accession Number: 1985.26.185

Wallpaper

Unused sample. Alternating sprays of pink and yellow roses separated by small rose buds. Printed in two greens, three pinks and rose, brown, cream, yellow and pale grey green on a mint green ground. Straight match.

Date: 1865-1875

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 175938

Accession Number: 1985.26.187

Wallpaper

Unused sample. Hanging wicker basket with lilies and fuschia within a frame and alternating with a panel of a blooming cactus with bird's nest. Printed in maroon, mauve, brown, yellow, ochre, tan, two greens and metallic gold on a buff embossed ground.

Date: 1880-1890

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 175939

Accession Number: 1985.26.188

Wallpaper

Unused sample. Dado paper. Panel of daisy and day lilies with spider's web alternating with panel of pitcher with poppies and daisies. Printed in tan, three pinks, three greens, lavender, and metallic gold and bronze on a light olive green embossed ground.

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 175940

Accession Number: 1985.26.190

Wallpaper

Unused sample. Rosettes on stars framed by circles and radiating rays on a field of undulating lines. Printed in red, metallic copper and gold on a salmon ground.

Date: 1880-1890

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 175941

Accession Number: 1985.26.191

Wallpaper

Unused sample. Oriental and exotic landscape with bridge, pagoda and oblesk in background and yellow iris, peonies, and bamboo in foreground. Printed in ochre, tan, maroon, pink and three greens on a light olive ground.

Date: 1880-1890

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 175942

Accession Number: 1985.26.192

Wallpaper

Original artwork for wallpaper design. Pink and rose arabesque framing fern foliage and flower on a red, maroon and black flame element.

Date: 1875-1885

Maker: unknown

Material: paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 175943

Accession Number: 1985.26.193

Wallpaper

Unused sample. Diaper pattern composed of interlaced squares with stylized flower centers and circles at the intersections. Printed in violet and grey on a polished white ground.

Date: 1865-1875

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 175944

Accession Number: 1985.26.194

Wallpaper

Unused sample. Anglo-Persian design in an Anglo-Japanese like framework. A variety and abundance of overlapping ornament. Pine motif, leaf ornament, chevrons, flowers. Printed in blue, cream, red, pink, black, two greens, and gold on an olive green ground.

Date: 1880-1900

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 175945

Accession Number: 1985.26.286

Wallpaper

Unused sample. Stylized fleur des lys and medallion paper. Printed in light blue/green, green, bronze mica, and white on grey/green irise ground. Drop repeat.

Date: 1890-1900

Maker: Carey Brothers (Manufacturer)

GUSN: 175946

Accession Number: 1985.26.471

Wallpaper

Symmetrical arrangement of framed vignettes, columns, and flowers printed below a row of lozenges and above a band of cornucopias and a row of beading. Printed in tan, red, maroon, fuschia, three blues, two greens, and metallic gold on an olive green ground.

Date: 1880-1887

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 175947

Accession Number: 1985.26.20

Wallpaper

Meandering morning glory vine entwined with flowering vine with pale yellow flowers above and below a row of X's and O's. Printed in mauve, pale pink, olive green, tan, metallic gold, and aqua blue on a pale olive green ground.

Date: 1880-1890

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 175948

Accession Number: 1985.26.224

Wallpaper

Unused sample. Sprays of roses, lilacs, irises and phlox with scrolling foliage supporting swagged drum and horn, lute with wheat and a flower basket. Printed in pink, salmon, rust, maroon, olive green, light blue, blue and tan on a beige ground.

Date: 1885-1895

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 175949

Accession Number: 1985.26.441

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