Historic New England

Coin Purse

Octag; brown with hinged steel frame; red int; 4 compartmts; clasp

Date: 1855-1861

Maker: unknown

Material: leather, steel (alloy)

GUSN: 63898

Accession Number: 1987.1011

Pouch

Circle; lt. brwn; pleated at sides; gathered with cord; tabs to open

Date: 1850-1870

Maker: unknown

Material: leather

GUSN: 63899

Accession Number: 1987.1010

Pocket Knife

Thin; rectangular with bulge at center; brass cap; broken blade

Date: 1880-1900

Maker: unknown

Material: mother of pearl, steel (alloy)

GUSN: 63900

Accession Number: 1987.1009

Pincushion

Carved ivory clamp with birds and flowers; green silk cushion.

Date: 1860-1900

Maker: unknown

Material: carving (processes), ivory (tooth component), silk (textile)

GUSN: 63901

Accession Number: 1987.1008

Pincushion

Carved horn base in basket shape; red velvet cushion above.

Date: 1800-1950

Maker: unknown

Material: horn (animal material), silk (textile), velvet (fabric weave)

GUSN: 63902

Accession Number: 1987.1007

Stockings

Olive green, knitted; deep cuffs

Date: 1900

Maker: unknown

Material: cotton (textile), knitting (process)

GUSN: 63903

Accession Number: 1987.1023AB

Shoe Pair

Men's brown oxfords with heels; extra laces & box.

Date: 1910

Maker: Bond Street (Maker)

Material: leather

GUSN: 63904

Accession Number: 1987.1006A-D

Carpet Bag

Oval shape; thick woven; green, red, white, orng, black horiz. stripes

Date: 1870-1900

Maker: unknown

Material: cotton (textile), leather, wool (textile)

GUSN: 63905

Accession Number: 1987.1003

One of a set of two dessert plates with a deep circular well, wide magenta band, and exterior diaper decoration. The central monogram has been replaced with painted strawberries. French export porcelain dinner service with pattern of fruit, birds, and diaper and scroll designs around HCB monogr...

Date: 1850-1860

Maker: unknown

Material: porcelain

GUSN: 63912

Accession Number: 1970.464.1

Dessert Plate

One of a set of two dessert plates with a deep circular well, wide magenta band, and exterior diaper decoration. The central monogram has been replaced with painted strawberries. French export porcelain dinner service with pattern of fruit, birds, and diaper and scroll designs around HCB monogr...

Date: 1850-1860

Maker: unknown

Material: pear (wood), porcelain

GUSN: 63913

Accession Number: 1970.464.2

Armchair

Renaissance Revival style armchairs. Slanted pediment crest with projecting carved shell motif flanked by two rectangular shaped burl lozenges and two turned button medallions. Straight stiles with incised geometric patter and decorative exterior corner brackets. Solid vase-shaped splat with applied...

Date: 1870-1880

Maker: unknown

Material: leather, shell (animal material), walnut (wood)

GUSN: 63914

Accession Number: 1970.495.1

Armchair

Renaissance Revival style armchairs. Slanted pediment crest with projecting carved shell motif flanked by two rectangular shaped burl lozenges and two turned button medallions. Straight stiles with incised geometric patter and decorative exterior corner brackets. Solid vase-shaped splat with applied...

Date: 1870-1880

Maker: unknown

Material: leather, shell (animal material), walnut (wood)

GUSN: 63915

Accession Number: 1970.495.2

Side Chair

Renaissance Revival style side chairs. Slanted pediment crest with projecting carved shell motif flanked by two rectangular shaped burl lozenges and two turned button medallions. Straight stiles with incised geometric patter and decorative exterior corner brackets. Solid vase-shaped splat with appli...

Date: 1870-1880

Maker: unknown

Material: leather, shell (animal material), walnut (wood)

GUSN: 63916

Accession Number: 1970.495.3

Side Chair

Renaissance Revival style side chairs. Slanted pediment crest with projecting carved shell motif flanked by two rectangular shaped burl lozenges and two turned button medallions. Straight stiles with incised geometric patter and decorative exterior corner brackets. Solid vase-shaped splat with appli...

Date: 1870-1880

Maker: unknown

Material: leather, shell (animal material), walnut (wood)

GUSN: 63917

Accession Number: 1970.495.4

Side Chair

Renaissance Revival style side chairs. Slanted pediment crest with projecting carved shell motif flanked by two rectangular shaped burl lozenges and two turned button medallions. Straight stiles with incised geometric patter and decorative exterior corner brackets. Solid vase-shaped splat with appli...

Date: 1870-1880

Maker: unknown

Material: leather, shell (animal material), walnut (wood)

GUSN: 63918

Accession Number: 1970.495.5

Side Chair

Renaissance Revival style side chairs. Slanted pediment crest with projecting carved shell motif flanked by two rectangular shaped burl lozenges and two turned button medallions. Straight stiles with incised geometric patter and decorative exterior corner brackets. Solid vase-shaped splat with appli...

Date: 1870-1880

Maker: unknown

Material: leather, shell (animal material), walnut (wood)

GUSN: 63919

Accession Number: 1970.495.6

Side Chair

Slanted ped. crest; incised geom. pattern; vase splat; leather up

Date: 1870-1880

Maker: unknown

Material: leather, shell (animal material), walnut (wood)

GUSN: 63920

Accession Number: 1970.495.7

Side Chair

Renaissance Revival style side chairs. Slanted pediment crest with projecting carved shell motif flanked by two rectangular shaped burl lozenges and two turned button medallions. Straight stiles with incised geometric patter and decorative exterior corner brackets. Solid vase-shaped splat with appli...

Date: 1870-1880

Maker: unknown

Material: leather, shell (animal material), walnut (wood)

GUSN: 63921

Accession Number: 1970.495.8

Side Chair

Renaissance Revival style side chairs. Slanted pediment crest with projecting carved shell motif flanked by two rectangular shaped burl lozenges and two turned button medallions. Straight stiles with incised geometric patter and decorative exterior corner brackets. Solid vase-shaped splat with appli...

Date: 1870-1880

Maker: unknown

Material: leather, shell (animal material), walnut (wood)

GUSN: 63922

Accession Number: 1970.495.9

Side Chair

Renaissance Revival style side chairs. Slanted pediment crest with projecting carved shell motif flanked by two rectangular shaped burl lozenges and two turned button medallions. Straight stiles with incised geometric patter and decorative exterior corner brackets. Solid vase-shaped splat with appli...

Date: 1870-1880

Maker: unknown

Material: leather, shell (animal material), walnut (wood)

GUSN: 63923

Accession Number: 1970.495.10

Side Chair

Renaissance Revival style side chairs. Slanted pediment crest with projecting carved shell motif flanked by two rectangular shaped burl lozenges and two turned button medallions. Straight stiles with incised geometric patter and decorative exterior corner brackets. Solid vase-shaped splat with appli...

Date: 1870-1880

Maker: unknown

Material: leather, shell (animal material), walnut (wood)

GUSN: 63924

Accession Number: 1970.495.11

Side Chair

Renaissance Revival style side chairs. Slanted pediment crest with projecting carved shell motif flanked by two rectangular shaped burl lozenges and two turned button medallions. Straight stiles with incised geometric patter and decorative exterior corner brackets. Solid vase-shaped splat with appli...

Date: 1870-1880

Maker: unknown

Material: leather, shell (animal material), walnut (wood)

GUSN: 63925

Accession Number: 1970.495.12

Table Runner

Narrow white runner with embroidered scallop ends.

Date: 1890-1920

Maker: unknown

Material: cotton (textile), embroidering

GUSN: 63926

Accession Number: 1970.527.1

Table Runner

Narrow white runner with embroidered scallop ends.

Date: 1890-1920

Maker: unknown

Material: cotton (textile), embroidering

GUSN: 63927

Accession Number: 1970.527.2

Table Runner

White with Narrow white runner with embroidered CH and embroidered scallop ends.

Date: 1890-1920

Maker: unknown

Material: cotton (textile), embroidering

GUSN: 63928

Accession Number: 1970.527.3

Table Runner

Narrow white table runner with buttonhole stitch over the seam, embroidered square details inside border.

Date: 1890-1920

Maker: unknown

Material: cotton (textile), embroidering

GUSN: 63929

Accession Number: 1970.527.4

Candlestick

Blown and molded colorless glass body. Hexagonal socket with flat top with circular mouth to receive candle. Vase-form stem swelling at center and tapering to a corresponding hexagonal base. Heavy glass body. .

Date: 1900-1925

Maker: Heisey (Manufacturer)

Material: glass (material), molding (forming)

GUSN: 63930

Accession Number: 1970.668.1

Candlestick

Blown and molded colorless glass body. Hexagonal socket with flat top with circular mouth to receive candle. Vase-form stem swelling at center and tapering to a corresponding hexagonal base. Heavy glass body. .

Date: 1900-1925

Maker: Heisey (Manufacturer)

Material: glass (material), molding (forming)

GUSN: 63931

Accession Number: 1970.668.2

Candlestick

Blown and molded colorless glass body. Hexagonal socket with flat top with circular mouth to receive candle. Vase-form stem swelling at center and tapering to a corresponding hexagonal base. Heavy glass body.

Date: 1900-1925

Maker: Heisey (Manufacturer)

Material: glass (material), molding (forming)

GUSN: 63932

Accession Number: 1970.668.3

Candlestick

Blown and molded colorless glass body. Hexagonal socket with flat top with circular mouth to receive candle. Vase-form stem swelling at center and tapering to a corresponding hexagonal base. Heavy glass body.

Date: 1900-1925

Maker: Heisey (Manufacturer)

Material: glass (material), molding (forming)

GUSN: 63933

Accession Number: 1970.668.4

Commemorative Plate

White porcelain body. Scalloped and lobed edge. Wide rim with aqua border with shaped gilt scrolling and floral vines. Cavetto border corresponds. Interior of well with bust length portrait of King Louis XIV of France.

Date: 1850-1899

Maker: Sevres (Maker) Morion (Artist) Chateau Des Tuileries (Maker)

Material: gilding, porcelain

GUSN: 63934

Accession Number: 1970.719

Commemorative Plate

White porcelain body. Scalloped and lobed edge. Wide rim with cream colored ground with three floral reserves alternating with aqua reserves with gilt decoration of musical instruments. Heavy gilt accents and floral borders throughout. Well with aqua border with polychrome bust-length portrait of Ki...

Date: 1850-1899

Maker: Sevres (Maker) Morion (Artist) Chateau Des Tuileries (Maker)

Material: gilding, porcelain

GUSN: 63935

Accession Number: 1970.720

Commemorative Plate

White porcelain body. Scalloped and lobed edge. Wide rim with cream colored ground with pink edge with gilt border decoration of scrolled reserves and meandering floral vine. Circular well with pink border and gilt floral borders. Hand painted bust length portrait of King Louis VIII of France. Mar...

Date: 1850-1899

Maker: Sevres (Maker) Morion (Artist) Chateau Des Tuileries (Maker)

Material: gilding, porcelain

GUSN: 63936

Accession Number: 1970.721

Commemorative Plate

White porcelain body, scalloped and lobed edge. Wide rim with pink border with shaped gilt scrolling and floral vines. Three floral reserves alternating feathered edge. Pink and gilt cavetto border. Interior well with bust length portrait of King Louis XV of France. Marks: See companion plates 1970....

Date: 1850-1899

Maker: Sevres (Maker) Morion (Artist) Chateau Des Tuileries (Maker)

Material: gilding, porcelain

GUSN: 63937

Accession Number: 1970.722

Pitcher

Renaissance revival style, highly polished chrome-like finish; silver plate over base metal. Bulbous body tapers from a swelled bottom to an undefined neck then swells slightly at shaped and spouted mouth with Greek key border decoration Body with machine engraved decoration at bottom with circular ...

Date: 1890

Maker: Gorham Manufacturing Co. (Maker)

Material: plating (metal coating), silver (metal)

GUSN: 63938

Accession Number: 1970.725

Teakettle

All bulbous circular forms with reeded bottom half, with dished shoulders with stippled floral engraved decoration. Cylindrical neck with molded naturalistic floral border band. Circular mouth. Teakettle or hot water pot, stand, and burner. Pot has elongated spout at side' hinged domed lid with ga...

Date: 1880

Maker: Reed & Barton (Manufacturer)

Material: plating (metal coating), silver (metal)

GUSN: 63939

Accession Number: 1970.726.1

Plate

Cream colored clay body with colorless glaze. Octagonal plate with slightly dished wide rim, defined cavetto and circular well. Transfer printed decoration in Denmark pattern, iron-red color, featuring diapered cavetto, circular floral medallion in well and corresponding decoration at rim. Gilt bo...

Date: 1868-1880

Maker: Minton's (Maker)

Material: earthenware, gilding, transfer printing

GUSN: 63990

Accession Number: 1970.753.7

Cruet

Two part molded colorless glass body. Bulbous form with hexagonal paneling, tapering to short cylindrical neck with shaped spouted mouth with C-shaped handle at back. Flat bottom. Elongated stopper with faceted spearhead finial.

Date: 1875-1900

Maker: unknown

Material: glass (material), molding (forming)

GUSN: 63991

Accession Number: 1970.754

Sugar Bowl

Colorless glass body. Squat cylindrical form with bottom swelling out in bombe fashion. Bottom cut in starburst pattern, sides cut in a diamond pattern with copper wheel-etched floral sprig at top and scalloped edge. Applied C-scroll handle at each side. Possibly missing its lid.

Date: 1890-1925

Maker: unknown

Material: cutting (dividing), etching (corroding), etching (printing process), glass (material), molding (forming)

GUSN: 63992

Accession Number: 1970.755

Cozy

Demi-lune shaped with opening at bottom to receive teapot. Padded but not quilted; covered with printed cotton with black ground with red and purple zinnia-like flowers. Handle at top consists of series of gathered circular medallions with orange binding.

Date: 1925

Maker: unknown

Material: cotton (textile), padding (process)

GUSN: 63993

Accession Number: 1970.756

Tray

Rectangular form. Flat well with ornate machine engraved decoration featuring central shield shape reserve surrounded by floral bunches enclosed by a strap work cartouche. Whole enclosed by rectangular border of scrolling leafage enclosed by strap work, with a quatrefoil device at each corner molded...

Date: 1900

Maker: unknown

Material: chromium, plating (metal coating)

GUSN: 63994

Accession Number: 1970.757

Sugar Bowl

White clay body with colorless glaze. Molded globular jar from with circular bottom, faintly ribbed sides and shoulders terminating in circular mouth with flange. Molded C-shaped applied handles. Black transfer printed scenic reserve Roseland Park. Woodstock, CT. Circular domed lid with molded cri...

Date: 1925-1950

Maker: unknown

Material: porcelain

GUSN: 63995

Accession Number: 1970.758

Sauceboat

Molded white clay body with colorless glaze. Ovoid or lozenge-shaped base with deep well. Boat-shaped gray dish surmounts base, with shaped mouth with a spout at each end. Applied squared handles at sides. Decorated with over glaze gilt fretwork in diamonds and line banding enclosing a magenta borde...

Date: 1850-1860

Maker: unknown

Material: gilding, porcelain

GUSN: 63996

Accession Number: 1970.759

Butter Dish

White clay body with colorless glaze. Dome shaped cover with applied shaped and molded handle. Circular dish with wide flat rim canting to deep circular well with flange to receive cover. Both with decal-type borders of transfer printed decoration of naturalistically rendered roses and greenery.

Date: 1900-1940

Maker: Hughes Fenton China (Maker)

Material: porcelain, transfer printing

GUSN: 63997

Accession Number: 1970.760

Napkin Ring

White clay body with colorless glaze. Cylindrical ring with octagonal faceted exterior. Gray transfer printed decoration in Ice Rose pattern, featuring pastel blue roses crossed at stems.

Date: 1963-1970

Maker: Wedgwood (Maker)

Material: porcelain, transfer printing

GUSN: 63998

Accession Number: 1970.761

Eggcup

In the Vieux Paris style. White clay body with colorless glaze. Deep cylindrical bowl form, rounded at bottom and tapering to a domed circular foot with a single step. Gilt hands at foot and at rim.

Date: 1890

Maker: unknown

Material: gilding, porcelain

GUSN: 63999

Accession Number: 1970.762

Pickle Dish

Colorless mold-blown body. Circular dished bowl with cut fan motif at sides forming a scalloped tip. Cut diamonds and star at bottom center. Applied thick C-shaped handle at one side.

Date: 1890-1930

Maker: unknown

Material: cutting (dividing), glass (material)

GUSN: 64000

Accession Number: 1970.763

Dish

Part of a set of four small dishes. White clay body with colorless glaze. Stylized yellow flowers, signed CAB 1887. Shallow circular bowl form with scalloped edge with pierced handles at sides. Each with hand painted decoration of different design.

Date: 1885-1887

Maker: Possibly Bowen, Carolyn (Painter)

Material: painting (coating), porcelain

GUSN: 64001

Accession Number: 1970.764.1

Dish

Part of a set of four small dishes. White clay body with colorless glaze. Small blue floral sprigs, signed CAB 1887 Shallow circular bowl form with scalloped edge with pierced handles at sides. Each with hand painted decoration of different design.

Date: 1885-1887

Maker: Possibly Bowen, Carolyn (Painter)

Material: painting (coating), porcelain

GUSN: 64002

Accession Number: 1970.764.2

Dish

Part of a set of four small dishes. White clay body with colorless glaze. Rose bud motif, signed CAB 1887. Shallow circular bowl form with scalloped edge with pierced handles at sides. Each with hand painted decoration of different design.

Date: 1885-1887

Maker: Possibly Bowen, Carolyn (Painter)

Material: painting (coating), porcelain

GUSN: 64003

Accession Number: 1970.764.3

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