Historic New England

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

Plate

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

Date: 1802-1828

Maker: Riley, John and Richard (Maker)

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

GUSN: 30920

Accession Number: 1926.403

Platter

Blue transfer-printed pearlware platter. Floral, scroll, and pineapple border surrounds a central scene depicting a man in front of Furness Abbey.

Date: 1820-1830

Maker: unknown

Material: pearlware, glazing (coating), transfer printing

GUSN: 30921

Accession Number: 1926.409

Platter

An octagonal blue transfer print pearlware platter. The platter has a border of flowers and scrolls surrounding a central scene of the junction of the Sacandaga and Hudson Rivers.

Date: 1808 -1829

Maker: Stevenson, Andrew (Maker)

Material: earthenware, glazing (coating), transfer printing

GUSN: 30922

Accession Number: 1926.410

Platter

A blue transfer print pearlware platter. The central scene depicts a pastoral landscape on the bank of a river which is surrounded by a border of flowers, eagles, and scrollwork.

Date: 1820-1830

Maker: Stubbs, Joseph (Maker)

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

GUSN: 30923

Accession Number: 1926.411

Platter

A blue transfer printed pearlware platter. The central design depicts a landscape of Troy, New York, which is bordered by a floral and scroll motif.

Date: 1808-1829

Maker: Stevenson, Andrew (Maker)

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

GUSN: 30924

Accession Number: 1926.412

Coffeepot

Blue transfer-printed pearlware coffeepot. Rococo handle, bell-shaped cover, and a beehive molded finial. Floral and aquatic motif surrounds a landscape scene.

Date: 1820-1830

Maker: Enoch Wood & Sons (Maker)

Material: pearlware, glazing (coating), transfer printing

GUSN: 30926

Accession Number: 1926.422

Bowl

Blue transfer-printed pealrware oval bowl. Small floral border surrounds a central inner scene of Broke Hall. Rural scenes adorn the exterior.

Date: 1820-1830

Maker: unknown

Material: earthenware, glazing (coating), transfer printing

GUSN: 30927

Accession Number: 1926.425

Burning Fluid Hand Lamp

Pressed glass burning fluid hand lamp.

Maker: unknown

Material: glass (material)

GUSN: 30929

Accession Number: 1926.429

Burning Fluid Hand Lamp

Pressed glass burning fluid hand lamp.

Maker: unknown

Material: glass (material)

GUSN: 30930

Accession Number: 1926.430

Pair of Shoe Lasts

No description

Maker: unknown

Material: wood (plant material)

GUSN: 30931

Accession Number: 1926.432.1-.2

Pair of Shoe Lasts

No description

Maker: unknown

Material: wood (plant material)

GUSN: 30932

Accession Number: 1926.433.1-.2

Cruet Set

No description

Maker: unknown

Material: tin (metal)

GUSN: 30933

Accession Number: 1926.435

Sconce

No description

Maker: unknown

Material: wood (plant material)

GUSN: 30934

Accession Number: 1926.436

Mortar & Pestle

Cast iron mortar with flared lip and stepped foot.

Maker: unknown

Material: iron (metal), cast iron

GUSN: 30935

Accession Number: 1926.438AB

Iron

No description

Maker: unknown

Material: iron (metal)

GUSN: 30936

Accession Number: 1926.441

Window cornice and valance

Wood bracket cornice; applied gold finished tin facing in stamped relief of undulating edges with scrolling vines and pomegranate with central rose. Silk-wool damask valance of striped floral designs in greens and silver suspended below. Scalloped edges finished with gimp. Back brown glazed cotton.

Date: 1850-1870

Maker: unknown

Material: damask, relief (sculpture techniques), silk (textile), tin (metal), wood (plant material), wool (textile)

GUSN: 30940

Accession Number: 1926.449

Picture

No description

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 30941

Accession Number: 1926.452

Portrait of Mrs. George C. Lee

Portrait of a woman in a white bonnet with blue ribbon.

Date: 1840-1860

Maker: unknown

Material: canvas, oil paint (paint)

GUSN: 30942

Accession Number: 1926.453

Two-Piece Pajamas

Two-piece pajamas with a night shirt and long pants; green, white, and purple stripes.

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 30944

Accession Number: 1926.458AB

Box

No description

Maker: unknown

Material: plastic (organic material)

GUSN: 30945

Accession Number: 1926.462

Piece of a Curtain

Pink glazed linen.

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 30946

Accession Number: 1926.468

Cloth Fragment

Rectangular; herringbone weave; black and tan horsehair and linen cloth.

Maker: unknown

Material: linen (material), weaving

GUSN: 30947

Accession Number: 1926.470

Cloth Sample

Loose plain weave coarse bast fragment.

Maker: unknown

Material: glazing (coating), linen (material), tin (metal)

GUSN: 30948

Accession Number: 1926.471

Cloth Fragment

Green glazed wool.

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 30949

Accession Number: 1926.472

Pouch

Tan cotton with blue trim and star shaped multicolored stitched decoration at top and bottom. Drawstring are woven at gathering. Tag reads: "Made by a sailor at Charlestown Navy yard about 1863."

Date: 1863

Maker: unknown

Material: cotton (textile)

GUSN: 30461

Accession Number: 1924.873

Sugar Lozenge in Box

Small round cardboard box with blue, gold and white decoration containing a sugar lozenge with painted decoraiton of a bird surrounded by red flowers and leaves.

Date: 1830

Maker: unknown

Material: cardboard, sugar

GUSN: 30462

Accession Number: 1924.875

Wallpaper

"Pompeiian"; open swags; garlnds; scrolls; red, black, yellow, pnk on gry

Date: 1790-1800

Maker: unknown

Material: block printing (relief printing process), paper (fiber product), handmade, wood (plant material)

GUSN: 30463

Accession Number: 1924.896

Wallpaper

No description

Maker: unknown

Material: paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 30464

Accession Number: 1924.898

Wallpaper

No description

Maker: unknown

Material: paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 30465

Accession Number: 1924.899

H-Hinge

7 nails holes on each strap; foliate ends; painted white. Flat strap; no taper.

Date: 1650-1750

Maker: unknown

Material: iron (metal), painting (coating)

GUSN: 30466

Accession Number: 1924.905AB

Nail

Handwrought; rosehead.

Date: ca. 1750

Maker: unknown

Material: wrought, handmade, iron (metal)

GUSN: 30467

Accession Number: 1924.906.4 AB

H-Hinge

Flat; small; foliated ends; painted brown over white.

Date: 1650-1750

Maker: unknown

Material: iron (metal), painting (coating), wrought

GUSN: 30468

Accession Number: 1924.906.1-3

Butterfly Hinge

Two-part hinge. Two wrought nailheads extant. Painted gray.

Date: 1675-1725

Maker: unknown

Material: iron (metal), painting (coating)

GUSN: 30469

Accession Number: 1924.907

Strap Hinge

Tapered strap to squared end (no head). Attached to vertical strap with patterned ends.

Date: 1675-1725

Maker: unknown

Material: iron (metal)

GUSN: 30470

Accession Number: 1924.908

Strap Hinge

Two-legged strap; each leg tapered to end. Legs set 90 degrees from each other at barrel. Round head at end. Barrel side only. Vertical leg bent in, horizontal bent out.

Date: 1675-1725

Maker: unknown

Material: iron (metal)

GUSN: 30471

Accession Number: 1924.909

Strap Hinge

Tapered iron strap with round head at end. Attached to butterfly-type pin/plate.

Date: 1695-1725

Maker: unknown

Material: iron (metal)

GUSN: 30472

Accession Number: 1924.910

Cross Garnet

Tapered straps with spear head end. Attached to butterfly-type pin/plate. 1 has three wrought nailheads; 2 has four.

Date: 1700-1725

Maker: unknown

Material: iron (metal)

GUSN: 30473

Accession Number: 1924.911BC

Nail

Hand-wrought nail stuck in a card labeled "Rev. Prescott House. Strap hinge w/ butterfy plate mid 18th"

Date: ca. 1750

Maker: unknown

Material: wrought, handmade, iron (metal)

GUSN: 30474

Accession Number: 1924.911A

Powder Horn

Engraved powder horn with faceted tip, molded throat, brass ring at plug end, flat wood plug. Engraved images include forts, cities, birds, dragon, and other animals.

Date: 1755-1775

Maker: unknown

Material: brass (alloy), horn (animal material), wood (plant material)

GUSN: 30477

Accession Number: 1925.1

Dress

Green, black, and blue striped silk dress.

Date: 1880

Maker: unknown

Material: lace (needlework), linen (material), satin, silk (textile)

GUSN: 30478

Accession Number: 1925.2AB

Tassel

No description

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 30479

Accession Number: 1925.4

Cord

No description

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 30480

Accession Number: 1925.5

Whole Cloth Quilt

Quilt with gold silk ground. Central ring medallion with floral center framed by diamond and rope pattern in silk thread. Outside border comprised of saw tooth and abstract florals. Edged in loop and lines and additional motifs. Back of gold glazed wool.

Date: 1780-1820

Maker: unknown

Material: glazing (coating), stitching, quilting, silk (textile), textiles, wool (textile), tin (metal)

GUSN: 30481

Accession Number: 1925.6

Petticoat

Blue strie silk satin quilted underskirt; plain yoke, diamond quilted pattern below with quilted border of large scale foliate meander with large floral sprays beneath meander; ivory satin waistband; skirt pleated at back; tan silk panel inserted at back at waist possibly for a bustle; cream wool li...

Date: 1785-1800

Maker: unknown

Material: quilting, satin, silk (textile)

GUSN: 30483

Accession Number: 1925.8B

Pair of Stockings

White; open work clocks; openwork area outlined by whitework embroidery of zig-zag pattern with stylized tree at top of clock; top of stocking has two blue threads knitted in.

Date: 1826-1850

Maker: unknown

Material: cotton (textile), embroidering, machine knitting

GUSN: 30484

Accession Number: 1925.9AB

Pair of Stockings

White; clocks of openwork with white work embroidery and diamonds; two blue lines knitted into top band.

Date: 1800-1899

Maker: unknown

Material: cotton (textile), machine knitting

GUSN: 30485

Accession Number: 1925.10AB

Pair of Socks

Lacy socks with a scalloped top and a scalloped or shell design down to the top of the foot.

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 30486

Accession Number: 1925.11

Alphabet/Verse Sampler

Alphabet/Verse Sampler with open work and heart border. Lines separated by decorative needlework, verse flanked by two geometric podiums. Distinctive densely worked geometric border below verse. Natural linen ground, polychromatic. Rectangular, long and thin. Alphabets: #1 complete, #2 complete, #3...

Date: 1826

Maker: Millerd, Mary Elizabeth, 1817- (Embroiderer)

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

GUSN: 30487

Accession Number: 1925.12

Alphabet/Verse Sampler

Alpahbet/Verse Sampler. Vertical rectangle, natural linen ground. Geometric floral border. Large scale flowers at center, alphabets and verse above, verse below. Polychromatic. 3 Alphabets: #1 missing "J"; #2 missing "J"; #3 complete. Cross stitch, satin stitch, chain stitch.

Date: 1773

Maker: Burlingame, Elizabeth, 1763- (Embroiderer)

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

GUSN: 30488

Accession Number: 1925.13

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