Historic New England

Chamber Pot

Staffordshire transfer printed pearlware chamberpot; squat, globular body on a small, rounded foot with a side strap handle; fitted lid with flat top, concave sides and ring handles; allover underglaze blue transfer print decoration with pastoral English landscape which shows figures in a landscape;...

Date: 1815-1835

Maker: unknown

Material: molding (forming), pearlware, throwing (pottery technique), transfer printing, underglazing

GUSN: 2788

Accession Number: 1991.1238AB

Chamber Pot

Pearlware child's chamber pot ; squat, irregular bulbous body on low, flared foot; flat overhanging rim and scroll handles; decorated with hand-painted underglaze blue floral decoration and blue bands to rim and foot.

Date: 1820-1850

Maker: unknown

Material: painting (image-making), hand-painted, pearlware, throwing (pottery technique), underglazing

GUSN: 2789

Accession Number: 1991.1239

Chamber Pot

Staffordshire transfer-print ironstone child's chamberpot; squat, globular body on low ring foot with rounded outflared rim and strap handle; light-blue transferprint scenes of exotic buildings in a landscape and leafy vine trim, marked IRONSTONE/FRIBURG/G. PHILLIPS, LONGPORT.

Date: 1834-1848

Maker: Phillips, George (Maker)

Material: ironstone (pottery), throwing (pottery technique), transfer printing, underglazing

GUSN: 2790

Accession Number: 1991.1240

Chamber Pot

Staffordshire transfer-print pearlware chamber pot, of squat globular form with a low straight foot, a flat overhanging rim and a strap handle. It has a underglaze blue transfer-print decoration of figures in a country landscape with cows and houses in the forground and background, as well as a conf...

Date: 1830-1850

Maker: unknown

Material: pearlware, throwing (pottery technique), transfer printing, underglazing

GUSN: 2791

Accession Number: 1991.1241

Chamber Pot

A Pearlware chamber pot of squat globular form with shoulder to body handle and a flat overhanging rim. It is decorated with an underglaze blue freehand decoration of a bold, stylized scrolling vine between blue ribbed bands around the sides. There is a leaf decoration to the rim and handle and it b...

Date: 1800-1825

Maker: unknown

Material: appliqué (technique), molding (forming), painting (coating), pearlware, throwing (pottery technique), underglazing

GUSN: 2792

Accession Number: 1991.1242

Doll's Canopy Bed

A tall-post canopy bed with a flat rectangular canopy resting on four pencil-turned posts and pencil-turned tapering lower posts, as well as a shaped rectangular headboard. There are four rails and it is all red-stained.

Date: 1800-1820

Maker: unknown

Material: pine (wood), staining

GUSN: 2793

Accession Number: 1991.1243

Doll Mattress

Of rectangular form, white linen with hand-sewn seams and stuffed with old blankets.

Date: 1840-1940

Maker: unknown

Material: linen (material), sewing (process)

GUSN: 2794

Accession Number: 1991.1244

Doll Bed Canopy and Headcloth

A canopy for a flat-top doll's bed; an off-white cotton printed with delicate floral sprigs in brown, red, green and pink. All sides are ornamented with a cotton tape border with yellow and red wool swags. The headcloth is of the same fabric and is tacked into place.

Date: 1810-1830

Maker: unknown

Material: cotton (textile), printing (process)

GUSN: 2795

Accession Number: 1991.1245AB

Doll Blanket

Of square form, patterned with a field of a white lined grid over a medium blue grid on a butternut ground, and enclosed by a plaid border in like colors.

Date: 1830-1850

Maker: unknown

Material: linen (material), weaving

GUSN: 2796

Accession Number: 1991.1246

Mourning Picture for Josiah Bartlett and Mary Bartlett

Of rectangular format, of a woman bent over a neoclassical sarcophogus resting on claw feet on a rusticated base, in a wooded landscape with a foreground stream. There are trees behind and on the side and over the tomb, as well as a vine of roses. She is draped in classical style- white dress and a...

Date: 1795-1812

Maker: Bartlett, Laura, 1799-1872 (Artist) Miss Rowson's Academy for Young Ladies

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

GUSN: 2797

Accession Number: 1991.1248

Folio Lithograph

Colored lithograph of oblong rectangular format. It shows a small sailing schooner flying the American flag, with six men onboard, rounding the Eastern Point Light. Beside the lighthouse there stand two men waving hats and a woman waving a handkerchief. It has a plain black frame with thinly painted...

Date: 1873

Maker: Haskell & Allen (Maker)

Material: ink, paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 2798

Accession Number: 1991.1249

Watercolor

Of rectangular format, of a landscape with large trees and rolling hills. On the banks of a pond is a rectangular tomb with an urn on top, adorned with a garland of roses. A cactus plant is on the forground rocks. It is possible that the gold frame with rope molding is original. [see photo neg.#4751...

Date: 1818-1820

Maker: unknown

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

GUSN: 2799

Accession Number: 1991.1250

Watercolor

A watercolor memorial painting, showing in the center a rectangular tomb surmounted by an urn and a wreath of roses. At left is a woman in mourning in a grey dress and scarf. To her left is a leafy tree with a bold trunk painted in oils, and two houses- one white and one yellow. At her right stands ...

Date: 1818-1825

Maker: Jarvis Newell, Mary (Maker)

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

GUSN: 2800

Accession Number: 1991.1251

Watercolor

An almost square format, still life with a fluted blue bowl sprinkled with mica. It is filled with stenciled fruit of indeterminate kinds in yellow, pink and purple shades. In an original red-painted frame and glass.

Date: Sept. 1827

Maker: Stearns, Mary Ann H. (Maker)

Material: ink, mica (mineral), paper (fiber product), watercolor (paint)

GUSN: 2801

Accession Number: 1991.1252

Sewing Box

Paint-decorated sewing box of low rectangular form, the hinged top is painted with a scenic land and seascape view, enclosed in a yellow oval border and black ground. The sides are yellow with red outline and also with long green ovals with curvilinear freehand designs in white. It has a metal inter...

Date: 1820-1840

Maker: Miller, J. (Maker)

Material: nailing, painting (coating), wood (plant material)

GUSN: 2802

Accession Number: 1991.1253

Covered Basket

Covered basket, of flattened round form. Of fine, tightly woven straw with black and reddish Native American design woven into the sides and small black design on the rim on the flat fitted cover.

Date: 1900-1950

Maker: unknown

Material: straw (plant material), weaving

GUSN: 2803

Accession Number: 1991.1254AB

Spice Box

Bentwood oval spice box, of Shaker style, straight cut laps attached with copper tacks and tiny nails. It is stamped in the center of the lid, and impressed in black. The maple sides are darkened with age, probably from an old stain or paint on the lid.

Date: 1825-1875

Maker: unknown

Material: bentwood, copper (metal), impressing, maple (wood), pine (wood), stamping (forming), tacking

GUSN: 2804

Accession Number: 1991.1255AB

Seated Young Lady

Small rectangular format of a young woman in a low-cut figure dress, sitting on a red sofa with a draped red curtain in back of her. She hold a gold-tooled leather book in her right hand. There is a band of canary yellow with trompe l'acie detailing, making a frame. Oil on a mahogany panel.

Date: 1825-1835

Maker: unknown

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

GUSN: 2805

Accession Number: 1991.1256

Box

Painted and decorated pine knife or candle box, of long rectangular form. Has pin-hinged carved lid, wooden peg construction, painted with an allover grey-blue and paint-decorated with black freehand scrolling vine and sunburst designs on the top and three sides.

Date: 1775-1800

Maker: unknown

Material: metal, painting (coating), pine (wood)

GUSN: 2806

Accession Number: 1991.1257

Miniature Blanket Chest Box

A painted pine box in the form of a miniature blanket chest on four black ball feet, with (re)hinged top and molding to the base. It is painted a light blue with a white trim, a four petal red flower is in the center of the front panel, with small incised 6-pointed flowers at the corners. There are ...

Date: 1750-1850

Maker: unknown

Material: dovetail joints, gluing, incising, painting (coating), pine (wood), turning (shaping process)

GUSN: 2807

Accession Number: 1991.1258

View of the Taunton Lunatic Asylum

Of rectangular formart, oblong, showing a view of Taunton Lunatic Asylum at the end of a long drive flanked by trees. Also a group of red brick buildings; there are three couples: one couple strolling on the lawn, one along the road, and the other in front of the building. It is in a marblized(?) bl...

Date: 1893

Maker: unknown

Material: oil paint (paint), canvas

GUSN: 2808

Accession Number: 1991.1259

Pastel Landscape

Small rectangular landscape. The scene features a central lake or pond, on which a sailboat glides; A cow grazes on a hill at the right, and houses dot the banks of the far and near shores; The scene is framed by tall trees on raised grassy mounds; the simple molded frame is worked in metal leaf, a...

Date: 1830-1840

Maker: Howland, Charity (Maker)

Material: boards (flat objects), charcoal (plant material), graphite (mineral), oil pastels

GUSN: 2809

Accession Number: 1991.1260

Painting of Family Register

Square format, painted on a soft gray background and decorated with scrolls and flowering vines and roses in shades of pale rose, yellow and blue; at the bottom are interlaced scrolls framing two landscape views of small cottages with outbuildings; there is a darker gray strip painted arounded the e...

Date: 1860-1870

Maker: unknown

Material: oil paint (paint), ticking

GUSN: 2810

Accession Number: 1991.1261

Fire Bucket

Bulbous rim on tapering cylindrical body; painted dark green and decorated with an arched reserve which is painted yellow with a red border which encloses the inscription.

Date: 1800-1815

Maker: unknown

Material: leather, painting (coating), sewing (process)

GUSN: 2811

Accession Number: 1991.1262

Electric Lantern

Loop-shaped swing handle on a pierced cylindrical tin top and oblong, clear glass globe with a pierced, cylindrical base with a flared foot; the pierced design is a diamond motif; the original burner in the base of the lamp has been electrified.

Date: 1850-1870

Maker: unknown

Material: glass (material), piercing, tin (metal)

GUSN: 2812

Accession Number: 1991.1263

Tinsel Picture

The rectangular reverse-painted glass plate depicts bird perched on a cherry tree branch, backed with crinkled tin foil; the bird reverse painted in polychrome watercolors; the remainng ground is black; enclosed within simple, gilt frame.

Date: 1875-1900

Maker: unknown

Material: glass (material), painting (coating), tinfoil

GUSN: 2963

Accession Number: 1991.1443

Rug

A near square comprised of three panels of stripes of varying sizes woven in wool and cotton warp yarns and linen flax weft in shades of green, blue, rose, brown, and yellow. Two short sides bound in striped woven tape and cotton check binding.

Date: 1820-1840

Maker: unknown

Material: cotton (textile), wool (textile)

GUSN: 2964

Accession Number: 1991.1444

Portrait of Reverend James Cogswell

Rectangular format, three-quarter length portrait of an elderly man, seated in a fluted Chippendale armchair with seat upholstered with brass tacks. Faces right, with decorative column in left background and window view of white church with red roof and two white houses in right background. The wind...

Date: 1795-1799

Maker: Attributed to Steward, Joseph, 1753-1822 (Maker)

Material: canvas, oil paint (paint), painting (coating)

GUSN: 2965

Accession Number: 1991.1445

Bedcover

Rectangular form comprised of two panels of woven white linen patterned with blue double-line "window-pane" checks. Each check embroidered with flower head on leafy sprig device and six-petal flowers in corners in navy blue wool. Self fringe on three sides. Handsewn center seam.

Date: 1810-1830

Maker: unknown

Material: embroidering, linen (material), wool (textile), weaving

GUSN: 2966

Accession Number: 1991.1446AB

Blanket

Rectangular form comprised of two panels joined by handsewn seam, woven with two shades of blue wool in a small square check pattern, accented with a white and blue double outline. Self fringe on two sides.

Date: 1820-1850

Maker: unknown

Material: wool (textile), weaving

GUSN: 2967

Accession Number: 1991.1447

Blanket

A twill weave of off-white wool with rust and yellow crossed squares creating an overall check pattern. The rectangular form is comprised of two panels joined by a hand-sewn centered seam. Short self-fringe at foot end.

Date: 1820-1850

Maker: unknown

Material: wool (textile), weaving

GUSN: 2968

Accession Number: 1991.1448

Blanket

Rectangular form comprised of and panels joined with handsewn seam; patterned with large, blue squares enclosed by small off-shite squares and variegated blue and off-white rectangles.

Date: 1820-1860

Maker: unknown

Material: wool (textile), weaving

GUSN: 2969

Accession Number: 1991.1449

Blanket

Boiled wool blanket of rectangular shape, comprised of two panels, finely hand-stitched together, natural ecru and dark blue one-inch grid-like check pattern, monogrammed with black cross-stitch embroidery, EHS/1"; two hemmed edges, two selvage edges.

Date: 1780-1850

Maker: unknown

Material: cross-stitching, embroidering, wool (textile), weaving

GUSN: 2970

Accession Number: 1991.1450

Blanket

Square form comprised of two panels joined by centered hand-sewn seam of woven square check pattern in red and blue outlined with double-line in off-white and black. Self-fringe on three sides; the top edge is turned over and hemmed.

Date: 1830-1850

Maker: unknown

Material: wool (textile), weaving

GUSN: 2971

Accession Number: 1991.1451

Duck Decoy

Large wooden decoy of a mallard drake with carved detail to body and feathers. Decoy has been re-painted with a shiny green head, brown breast, gray body with blue-tipped wings, and a black tail. A large hole has been drilled lengthwise through the body.

Date: 1930-1940

Maker: Adams, Edward Cass, 1892-1959 (Carver)

Material: carving (processes), painting (coating), wood (plant material)

GUSN: 2972

Accession Number: 1991.1452

Painted Side Chair

Fancy side chair. Painted. Windsor form. Back comprised of three horizontal splats above five turned spindles. Upper splat stencilled with melon and grape designs with freehand black outlining; the ground is yellow; there is a putty-grained rounded seat above 4 outturned legs and plain stretche...

Date: 1825-1830

Maker: Haskell, Nathan (Maker) Newburyport Chair Factory

Material: maple (wood), painting (coating), pine (wood)

GUSN: 2973

Accession Number: 1991.1453

Chair Seat Cover

Floral hooked chair seat cover, worked in fabric on burlap of horseshoe form; the brown ground with beige architectrual scrolls at center flanked by flower and leaf decoration in red, orange, yellow and green.

Date: 1850-1875

Maker: unknown

Material: burlap, cotton (textile), hooking, wool (textile)

GUSN: 2974

Accession Number: 1991.1454

Hanging Cupboard

Red-painted pine hanging spool cupboard, of tall and narrow rectangular shape, panel door with brass hinges, yellow-painted interior filled with six metal shelves for holdig spools of thread (now holds toiletries and medicines); there is a metal clasp at the bottom to secure it shut.

Date: 1848-1899

Maker: Shaker Village (Maker)

Material: brass (alloy), painting (coating), pine (wood), tin (metal)

GUSN: 2975

Accession Number: 1991.1455

Wall Mirror

Rectangular Chippendale mahogany and parcel-gilt wall mirror; simple inner frame and gilt rim; saw-art fretwork crest and apron in complex scroll pattern; crest with central oval medallion containing carved and gilded Prince of Wales plume, glued and nailed with pine back.

Date: 1750-1790

Maker: unknown

Material: glass (material), gluing, mahogany (wood), nailing, pine (wood)

GUSN: 2976

Accession Number: 1991.1456

Wall Mirror

Rectangular Chippendale walnut and parcel-gilt wall mirror; molded veneer frame surrounding gilt rim; veneered fretwork crest- in center is a large, open medallion containing a gilt eagle; fret-carved apron with pine back.

Date: 1750-1780

Maker: unknown

Material: glass (material), gluing, nailing, sawing, veneering, walnut (wood)

GUSN: 2977

Accession Number: 1991.1457

Portraits of Bay Horses

Two unframed 'portraits' of bay horses with docked tails and roached manes, standing haltered and tied to a sky-blue and gray wall, standing on straw bedding; both are painted to face each other and to suggest contiguous space; the name of each horse ('Bobs' and 'Surprise') is inscribed on the respe...

Date: 1898, possibly

Maker: Parmelly, Joseph G. (Maker)

Material: oil paint (paint), canvas

GUSN: 2978

Accession Number: 1991.1458.1-2

Dennison Hill Oil Painting on Panel

Long rectangular format, horizontal landscape with white farmhouse sitting against a blue sky at the top of a hill; a red house sits, several red and unpainted sheds and small barns sit to the left; at the far left a man rides a white horse; at left center, four men scythe hay in a field in front of...

Date: 1966

Maker: Kolman, Eleanor Meadowcroft (Maker) Reproduction of Alexander, Francis, 1800-1880 (Artist)

Material: oil paint (paint), panels (wood)

GUSN: 2979

Accession Number: 1991.1459

Watercolor

A rectangular, horizontal format view of Cogswell's Grant, with the house, grass and trees painted in shades of tan and brown; stone walls and stairs are painted in grey; the barn and the chimneys of the main house are in red; the view is looking east.

Date: 1941

Maker: Little, John B., Dr. (Maker)

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

GUSN: 2980

Accession Number: 1991.1460

Rug

Hooked area rug of squared form, of hooked wool and cotton on burlap ground; polychrome geometric quatrefoil pattern in blue, green, tan, black and burgundy, and black border.

Date: 1850-1899

Maker: unknown

Material: burlap, cotton (textile), hooking, wool (textile)

GUSN: 2981

Accession Number: 1991.1461

Towel Rack

Wooden towel rack, with dome trestle feet and 3 horizontal bars of mortise and tenon construction; unfinished (pine?); somewhat heavy.

Date: 1780-1899

Maker: unknown

Material: mortise-and-tenon joints, joining, nailing, pine (wood)

GUSN: 2982

Accession Number: 1991.1462

Towel Rack

Wooden towel rack with shaped trestle feet and two horizontal bars, painted allover with dark green paint.

Date: 1820-1899

Maker: unknown

Material: mortise-and-tenon joints, joining, painting (coating), wood (plant material)

GUSN: 2983

Accession Number: 1991.1463

Towel Rack

Wooden towel rack, low, composed of 2 hinged sections that fold flat; 'H' form with 3 bars, the top and bottom conforming to the squared stiles with incised lines; unpainted wood.

Date: 1800-1849

Maker: unknown

Material: mortise-and-tenon joints, joining, wood (plant material)

GUSN: 2984

Accession Number: 1991.1464

Table

Painted maple and pine country Queen Anne side table with overhanging rectangular top above single, molded front drawer with brass bail handle and batwing backplate; round tapering legs and high pad feet; remnants of old dark brown/black finish.

Date: 1725-1775

Maker: unknown

Material: dovetail joints, maple (wood), painting (coating), pine (wood)

GUSN: 2985

Accession Number: 1991.1465

Pencilpost Bed

Birch pencil-post bed with tester frame above tapered octagonal posts continuing to square legs with "lambs tongue" carving where they meet, with wide headboard straight on top with scrolled ends, pierced side rails, all with original reddish-brown stain; wears reproduction wallpaper tester (1992.47...

Date: 1780-1800

Maker: unknown

Material: birch (wood), carving (processes), mortise-and-tenon joints, joining, sawing, staining

GUSN: 2986

Accession Number: 1991.1466

Chest of Drawers

Case of drawers, six large drawers with two cupboards above containing shelves and closed by sunk-panel doors on butt hinges. Drawers have original wooden knobs and the case is in a Shaker design. It has a flat top with a molded edge on the case with two doors, each having a single flat recessed...

Date: 1815-1820

Maker: Attributed to Bishop, John, d. 1828 (Maker) Attributed to Bishop, Job (Maker)

Material: pine (wood), staining

GUSN: 2987

Accession Number: 1991.1467

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