Historic New England

Pitcher

Blue transfer-printed pearlware pitcher. Floral motif surrounds the inside and outside of the mouth and spout. The body is adorned by a vine pattern and two medallions illustrating the landing at Plymouth.

Date: 1820-1830

Maker: Enoch Wood & Sons (Maker)

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

GUSN: 31247

Accession Number: 1927.117

Pitcher

Blue transfer-printed pitcher. Floral motif surrounds the inside and outside of the mouth and spout. The body is adorned by a floral and vine pattern surrounding two vignettes that depict the Massachusetts State House and New York City Hall.

Date: 1820-1825

Maker: Attributed to Stubbs, Joseph (Maker)

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

GUSN: 31248

Accession Number: 1927.118

Pitcher

Dark blue with border of large medallions of canalboats and canal scenes; under spout: USA coat of arms with two fanciful scenes of canal above and below in medallions.

Date: ca. 1824

Maker: unknown

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

GUSN: 31249

Accession Number: 1927.120

Child's Sugar Bowl

Miniature sugar bowl (a) with bulbous hexagonal body with double handles and octagonal lid (b) with button knop. Blue transfer-printed scene of a log cabin on either side of bowl. Border pattern of stars on star ground. Star is molded and printed on top of knop.

Date: 1840

Maker: Ridgway, John, 1830-1855 (Maker)

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

GUSN: 31250

Accession Number: 1927.121AB

Tea Bowl

Blue transfer-printed pearlware tea bowl. Floral border surrounds the interior of the rim and the base has a print of a cow. The exterior body has a transfer print illustrating the Massachusetts State House.

Date: 1820-1830

Maker: John Rogers & Son (Maker)

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

GUSN: 31251

Accession Number: 1927.122

Saltcellar

Pearlware saltcellar with round bowl on short stemmed foot. Blue, feathered band near rim.

Date: 1800-1830

Maker: unknown

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

GUSN: 31252

Accession Number: 1927.123

Caster

Pear-shaped pearlware caster. Molded band around mid-section of body is hand-painted blue. Blue hand-painted band around base and floret on top.

Date: 1800-1830

Maker: unknown

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

GUSN: 31253

Accession Number: 1927.124

Caster

Earthenware caster. Blue, tan, and brown bands of varying sizes. Superimposed seaweed design. Pierced top.

Date: 1790-1820

Maker: unknown

Material: earthenware, glazing (coating)

GUSN: 31254

Accession Number: 1927.125

Cream Pitcher

Earthenware cream pitcher with a foliate molded handle. Rust colored body with a blue band. Superimposed black tree design.

Date: 1800-1825

Maker: unknown

Material: earthenware, glazing (coating)

GUSN: 31255

Accession Number: 1927.126

Teapot

Blue transfer-printed earthenware teapot. Rectangular molded finial. Foliate and diamond design adorns the cover, rim, handle, and spout. Scene of Jedburgh Abbey on exterior body and spout.

Date: 1790-1829

Maker: Stubbs, Joseph (Maker)

Material: earthenware, glazing (coating), transfer printing

GUSN: 31256

Accession Number: 1927.127

Teapot

Blue transfer-printed pearlware teapot. Floral molded finial. Foliate and floral motif. Landscape scene depicting two boys on a shore.

Date: 1820-1830

Maker: unknown

Material: pearlware, glazing (coating), transfer printing

GUSN: 31257

Accession Number: 1927.129

Tureen

Earthenware transfer-printed blue tureen with two handles and a cover. Interior floral border surrounding a transfer-printed pastoral scene. Same scene adorns the exterior body and cover.

Date: 1825-1830

Maker: Attributed to Hall, Ralph (Maker)

Material: earthenware, glazing (coating), transfer printing

GUSN: 31258

Accession Number: 1927.132AB

Sugar Bowl

Blue transfer-printed pearlware footed sugar bowl. Floral and aquatic motif. Sea shell molded handles.

Date: 1820-1830

Maker: unknown

Material: earthenware, transfer printing

GUSN: 31259

Accession Number: 1927.135

Pitcher

Creamware pitcher. Polychrome transfer-printed design. Nautical scene on one side and The Cordwainers Arms on the other.

Date: 1790-1810

Maker: unknown

Material: creamware, enameling, glazing (coating), transfer printing

GUSN: 31260

Accession Number: 1927.137

Pitcher

Creamware pitcher. Polychrome transfer-printed design. Pastoral scene on one side and a portrait of The Farmers Arms on the other. Grape and vine design below the spout.

Date: 1790-1810

Maker: unknown

Material: creamware, glazing (coating), transfer printing

GUSN: 31261

Accession Number: 1927.138

Pitcher

An earthenware handled pitcher. Pinched oval mouth with an upturned spout.. Decorated with two molded blue heart-shaped medallions illustrating children playing. A molded green palmette border around base and a floret chain around the rim.

Date: 1840-1850

Maker: unknown

Material: earthenware, glazing (coating), molding (forming)

GUSN: 31262

Accession Number: 1927.139

Compote

Octagonal-shaped earthenware compote on footed stem. Flow blue or blue hand-painted floral pattern on interior and foliate branches on exterior. Molded scroll handles.

Date: 1840-1860

Maker: unknown

Material: earthenware, glazing (coating), ironstone (pottery), transfer printing, flow blue (ceramic glaze)

GUSN: 31263

Accession Number: 1927.142

Furniture Drawer Pulls and Related Hardware

Set of brass drawer pulls with plates. Related hardware.

Maker: unknown

Material: brass (alloy)

GUSN: 31264

Accession Number: 1927.143

Sugar bowl

Squat, lobed, octagonal body w/ domed, octagonal cover w/ pointy finial; two scrolled handles.

Date: 1850-1860

Maker: unknown

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

GUSN: 31265

Accession Number: 1927.149AB

Platter

Blue transfer-printed earthenware platter. Floral border surrounds a central landscape scene featuring men fish and a small town in the distance.

Date: 1820-1830

Maker: Attributed to Enoch Wood & Sons (Maker)

Material: earthenware, glazing (coating), transfer printing

GUSN: 31266

Accession Number: 1927.153

Dinner plate

Earthenware plate with dark blue transfer-printed pattern "Chusan" overpainted with dark blue and metallic gold. Border pattern of stylized flowers and foliate scrolls. Central scene of bamboo shoots sprouting flowers and a pair of exotic birds.

Date: 1800-1833

Maker: unknown

Material: earthenware, transfer printing, hand-painted, overglazing

GUSN: 31267

Accession Number: 1927.155

Dinner plate

Earthenware plate with blue transfer-printed floral pattern "Anemome." Large flowers on meandering stems printed on rim and one smaller sprig in plate center.

Date: 1840-1860

Maker: Minton (Maker)

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

GUSN: 31268

Accession Number: 1927.156

Plate

Blue transfer-printed pearlware plate with a scalloped edge. Foliate border surround a central scene depicting Fonthill Abbey.

Date: 1820-1830

Maker: Stevenson, Ralph (Maker)

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

GUSN: 31269

Accession Number: 1927.159

Plate

Blue transfer-printed plate with a scalloped edge. Molded scroll border with a foliate transfer print. Central scene illustrating a rural landscape.

Date: 1827-1831

Maker: William Adams & Sons (Maker)

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

GUSN: 31270

Accession Number: 1927.165

Plate

Blue transfer-printed pearlware plate. Foliate border surrounds a central scene depicting Drury Lane in London.

Date: 1820-1830

Maker: S. Tams & Co. (Maker)

Material: earthenware, glazing (coating), transfer printing

GUSN: 31271

Accession Number: 1927.166

Dessert Plate

Blue transfer-printed pearlware dessert plate with a scalloped edge. A foliate border surrounds a central scene depicting Gunton Hall.

Date: 1820-1830

Maker: unknown

Material: earthenware, glazing (coating), transfer printing

GUSN: 31272

Accession Number: 1927.171

Saucer

Dark blue saucer with transfer-printed roses and leaves on the border surrounding a central scene of George Washington holding a scroll at a tomb.

Date: 1820

Maker: Enoch Wood & Sons (Maker)

Material: earthenware, glazing (coating), transfer printing

GUSN: 31273

Accession Number: 1927.179

Plate

Blue transfer-printed pearlware plate. Floral border surrounds a central scene depicting Fonthill Abbey in Wiltshire.

Date: 1819-1836

Maker: Clews, James & Ralph (Maker)

Material: earthenware, glazing (coating), transfer printing

GUSN: 31274

Accession Number: 1927.180

Dinner Plate

Blue transfer-printed pearlware dinner plate. Four medallions surround a centralized circular medallion. Each medallion features a different quadruped bordered by scrolls.

Date: 1814-1832

Maker: Hall & Sons, John (Maker)

Material: earthenware, glazing (coating), transfer printing

GUSN: 31275

Accession Number: 1927.183

Plate

Blue transfer-printed pearlware plate. Small scroll and foliate border surrounds a central scene that depicts the Northumberland Castle.

Date: 1827-1831

Maker: William Adams & Sons (Maker)

Material: earthenware, glazing (coating), transfer printing

GUSN: 31276

Accession Number: 1927.187

Plate

A blue transfer print pearlware plate. The central design depicts the Kent East Indiaman, which is bordered by an aquatic motif.

Date: 1820-1830

Maker: Enoch Wood & Sons (Maker)

Material: earthenware, glazing (coating), transfer printing

GUSN: 31277

Accession Number: 1927.194

Plate

Blue transfer-printed pearlware plate. Floral border surrounds a central scene depicting Belvoir Castle.

Date: 1808-1829

Maker: Stevenson, Andrew (Maker)

Material: earthenware, glazing (coating), transfer printing

GUSN: 31278

Accession Number: 1927.197

Parasol

Parasol of natural linen with pinked edges and a cream silk lining.

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 31279

Accession Number: 1927.203

Doll Clothes

No description

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 31280

Accession Number: 1927.205B

Soup Plate

Blue transfer-printed pearlware plate with a scalloped edge, Floral border surrounds a central hunting scene.

Date: 1820-1830

Maker: unknown

Material: pearlware, glazing (coating), transfer printing

GUSN: 31281

Accession Number: 1927.206

Saucer

Blue transfer-printed pearlware saucer. Floral and scroll border surrounds a central nature scene featuring birds and their nest.

Date: 1820-1830

Maker: unknown

Material: pearlware, transfer printing, glazing (coating)

GUSN: 31282

Accession Number: 1927.207

Fireboard

Wallpaper from a fireboard, depicting the Castle of Chillon on the Lake of Geneva. Paper applied to canvas backing and wooden frame.

Maker: unknown

Material: oil paint (paint), oil painting (technique), wallpapers

GUSN: 31285

Accession Number: 1927.210

Fireboard

Paper from fireboard, representing a farmyard scene (a) with chickens feeding next to a well. Upper edge border (b) features full white vine coiling around a horizontal columnn. Left and right borders (c) are green stylized floral and scroll. Paper applied to canvas backing and wooden frame.

Maker: unknown

Material: oil paint (paint), wallpapers, oil painting (technique)

GUSN: 31286

Accession Number: 1927.211A-C

Chair

No description

Maker: unknown

Material: metal

GUSN: 31287

Accession Number: 1927.212

Ice Skate

No description

Date: ca. 1850

Maker: unknown

Material: iron (metal), wood (plant material)

GUSN: 31288

Accession Number: 1927.225A

Ice Skate

No description

Date: ca. 1850

Maker: unknown

Material: iron (metal), wood (plant material)

GUSN: 31289

Accession Number: 1927.225B

Knife

No description

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 31290

Accession Number: 1927.227A

Knife

No description

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 31291

Accession Number: 1927.227B

Knife

No description

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 31292

Accession Number: 1927.227C

Sander

No description

Maker: unknown

Material: wood (plant material)

GUSN: 31293

Accession Number: 1927.228

Infant's Cap

White; embroidered--diamond motif with net in center of top; outlined by band of net circles; back of head embroidered with points (point toward front) with band of circles with net at back; neck panel embroidered with dot.

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 31294

Accession Number: 1927.229