Historic New England

Teacup

Blue transfer-printed earthenware teacup. Beaded edge and floral motif.

Date: 1820-1840

Maker: unknown

Material: earthenware, transfer printing

GUSN: 28562

Accession Number: 1918.1595

Plate

Pearlware plate with scalloped rim. Rim is molded with a feather and sprig pattern and painted blue.

Date: 1800-1830

Maker: unknown

Material: earthenware, glazing (coating), pearlware, molding (forming), hand-painted

GUSN: 28563

Accession Number: 1918.1597

Soup plate

Ironstone soup plate with "flow blue" transfer-printed "Manilla" pattern. Scenic and floral border pattern and central pattern of pagodas and willow trees. Sprigs of flowers on underside of rim.

Date: 1834-1859

Maker: Podmore, Walker & Co. (Maker)

Material: earthenware, glazing (coating), ironstone (pottery), transfer printing

GUSN: 28564

Accession Number: 1918.1599

Luncheon Plate

Blue transfer-printed pearlware luncheon plate. Floral border surrounds a central scene featuring a coastal fishing town.

Date: 1820-1830

Maker: unknown

Material: pearlware, glazing (coating), transfer printing

GUSN: 28565

Accession Number: 1918.1601

Figure

No description

Maker: unknown

Material: porcelain

GUSN: 28194

Accession Number: 1918.550

Card Case

No description

Maker: unknown

Material: leather

GUSN: 28195

Accession Number: 1918.554

Soup Spoon

Shiny pewter spoon; re-cast, with no ornmentation.

Maker: unknown

Material: pewter (tin alloy), tin (metal)

GUSN: 28198

Accession Number: 1918.566

Pocket

Printed cotton pocket.

Maker: unknown

Material: cotton (textile)

GUSN: 28199

Accession Number: 1918.567

Pair of Stockings

Cream-colored stockings with a shell or scalloped pattern from top of the shin to the toes.

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 28200

Accession Number: 1918.568AB

Alphabet Sampler

Unfinished alphabet sampler. Narrow linen strip. Green cross stitched border with one green alphabet. One black row of cross stitching divides the space in two. Alphabets: #1-complete.

Maker: unknown

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

GUSN: 28201

Accession Number: 1918.569

Soap Dish

No description

Maker: unknown

Material: ceramic (material)

GUSN: 28202

Accession Number: 1918.583

Lamp

No description

Maker: unknown

Material: tin (metal)

GUSN: 28203

Accession Number: 1918.599

Sugar Bowl

No description

Maker: unknown

Material: glass (material)

GUSN: 28204

Accession Number: 1918.601

Cup Plate

No description

Maker: unknown

Material: glass (material)

GUSN: 28205

Accession Number: 1918.606

Cup Plate

No description

Maker: unknown

Material: glass (material)

GUSN: 28206

Accession Number: 1918.607

Glass

No description

Maker: unknown

Material: glass (material)

GUSN: 28207

Accession Number: 1918.627

Mug with lid

No description

Maker: unknown

Material: glass (material)

GUSN: 28208

Accession Number: 1918.628AB

"An Emblem of England"

Print of a woman wearing greek style robes holding a flag. Framed.

Date: 1799

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 28209

Accession Number: 1918.635

Six Quart Pitcher

Hound-handled pitcher. Body of pitcher has a scene in relief of stags being chased by hounds. Brown glaze with yellow highlights.

Date: 1852-1894

Maker: Possibly United States Pottery Co. (Maker) Possibly Norton Pottery (Maker)

Material: stoneware (pottery), enamel (fused coating), ceramic glaze

GUSN: 28210

Accession Number: 1918.642

Windsor Chair

Thumb back, plank seat, brown with green seat.

Date: 1840-1875

Maker: unknown

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

GUSN: 28213

Accession Number: 1918.648

Fragment

No description

Maker: unknown

Material: wood (plant material)

GUSN: 28214

Accession Number: 1918.663

Tool

No description

Maker: unknown

Material: wood (plant material)

GUSN: 28216

Accession Number: 1918.669

Tool

No description

Maker: unknown

Material: wood (plant material)

GUSN: 28217

Accession Number: 1918.673

Stool

Tall work stool; square legs, 8 stretchers, footrest; leather seat.

Date: 1790-1830

Maker: unknown

Material: maple (wood), leather, ash (wood), chestnut (wood), birch (wood), painting (coating)

GUSN: 28218

Accession Number: 1918.714

Shovel

No description

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 28219

Accession Number: 1918.718

Mirror

No description

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 28221

Accession Number: 1918.721

Vase

No description

Maker: unknown

Material: glass (material)

GUSN: 28223

Accession Number: 1918.732

Venetian Carpet Fragment

Rectangular strip; twill weave in uneven polychromatic stripes. Center one of green and yellow zig-zag pattern flanked by mirrowing twill diagonal lines. Selvage sides; one hemmed and raw end.

Date: 1850-1880

Maker: Pierce, Amasa (Maker)

Material: flatweaves, hand weaving, jute (fiber), wool (textile)

GUSN: 28224

Accession Number: 1918.733

Shoe Form

Berlin work shoe pattern.

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 28225

Accession Number: 1918.738

Ring

No description

Maker: unknown

Material: iron (metal)

GUSN: 28226

Accession Number: 1918.747

Small Round Box with Cover

Round paper box with cover. Tan paper with white paper lace trim. Octagonal paper affixed to cover with image of Cupid with bow and arrow. "Coral" handwritten in ink on cover.

Maker: unknown

Material: paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 28227

Accession Number: 1918.748AB

Ribbon

No description

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 28228

Accession Number: 1918.752

Pearlware blue transfer-printed urn with molded handles. Bands of alternating dendritic and diaper pattern around rim, neck, and handles. Body of urn is decorated with a landscape scene of four individuals in the foreground overlooking a body of water with several sailboats and a large building on...

Maker: unknown

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

GUSN: 28230

Accession Number: 1918.759

Shawl

Black silk crepe with damask border 5" wide of meandering design of sparse sprig of diamonds in center; tied-on fringe of silk thread all around.

Date: ca. 1824

Maker: unknown

Material: crepe (textile), damask, silk (textile), weaving

GUSN: 28231

Accession Number: 1918.763

Veil

Bright green silk gauze; satin striped fringed edge; large scale floral pattern on body; five large connecting floral motifs at border; drawstring.

Date: 1830-1840

Maker: unknown

Material: gauze, stripes, silk (textile), weaving

GUSN: 28232

Accession Number: 1918.766

ASSEMBLY, LATCH

Norfolk-type pull with broken thumb lever attached. Plate ends are rounded. Tagged "Found in Otis house during repairs of 1917 with key of 1918.777."

Date: ca. 1796

Maker: unknown

Material: iron (metal)

GUSN: 28233

Accession Number: 1918.776

Ankle Boot

Black/brown boot; three pairs of eyes--no laces; tongue; sole and heel--very worn; white twill lining.

Date: 1820-1840

Maker: unknown

Material: cotton (textile), stitching, leather

GUSN: 28236

Accession Number: 1918.792

Candle Mold

No description

Maker: unknown

Material: tin (metal)

GUSN: 28238

Accession Number: 1918.798

Nail

A nail with rounded brass head. Method of manufacture uncertain. Round shaft, pointed tip. Tag "Pin, Otis House. Found near one of windows."

Maker: unknown

Material: brass (alloy), iron (metal)

GUSN: 28239

Accession Number: 1918.805

Nail

Nail with crockery head set in brass; round shaft; pointed tip. Method of manufacture uncertain.

Maker: unknown

Material: brass (alloy), iron (metal)

GUSN: 28240

Accession Number: 1918.806

Nail

Nail with crockery head set in brass, round shaft, pointed tip. Flatter head than 1918.806.

Maker: unknown

Material: brass (alloy), iron (metal)

GUSN: 28241

Accession Number: 1918.807

Sauce Warmer

No description

Maker: unknown

Material: tin (metal)

GUSN: 28242

Accession Number: 1918.812

Decanter stopper

No description

Maker: unknown

Material: glass (material)

GUSN: 28243

Accession Number: 1918.813

Peaslee Garrison House

Watercolor painting of a red house and gray outbuildings on a hillside with chickens in the foreground. Rear view of the Peaslee Garrison House, East Haverhill, Massachusetts.

Date: 1915-1918

Maker: Warren, Harold B. (Artist)

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

GUSN: 28246

Accession Number: 1918.819

Button

A metal button with a frieze of stars on perimeter; a circle of crescent moons in the center.

Maker: unknown

Material: pewter (tin alloy), tin (metal)

GUSN: 28248

Accession Number: 1918.822

Button

Two dozen silver-plated waistcoat buttons, loose.

Date: 1800-1825

Maker: unknown

Material: metal

GUSN: 28249

Accession Number: 1918.823

Bone Buttons

Set of 40 bone buttons possibly made from horn. A string holds the buttons together with another button covered with white weave piece of cotton fabric. NOTE: The original 1918 accession card notes there are 42 bone buttons.

Maker: unknown

Material: ivory (tooth component)

GUSN: 28250

Accession Number: 1918.824

Shutter Knob

Round knob with top mssing; escutcheon plate with stamped (?) decoration.

Date: ca. 1796

Maker: unknown

Material: brass (alloy), iron (metal), stamping (forming)

GUSN: 28253

Accession Number: 1918.829

Shutter Knob

Pressed, flat round knob with beaded escutcheon plate (loose).

Date: 1796

Maker: unknown

Material: brass (alloy), pressing

GUSN: 28254

Accession Number: 1918.830

Shutter Knob

Small metal and glass shutter knob from the dining room of the Harrison Gray Otis House. Crosshatch pattern on metal visible through glass knob front. Attached escutcheon of brass with threaded screw attachment.

Date: 1796

Maker: unknown

Material: glass (material), metal

GUSN: 28255

Accession Number: 1918.831

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