Historic New England

Mourning Picture

Memorial to William Bridge; Obit. February 22,1817. Narrow black and gilt frame.

Date: 1817

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 45133

Accession Number: 1950.204

Mourning picture, watercolor on silk ground. Depicts a woman in mourning dress standing by a large tomb under a weeping willow. Memorial to "...Jonathan Davis who died March 15, 1800 age 42." Gilt wood frame with reverse painted glass.

Date: ca. 1800

Maker: unknown

Material: silk (textile), watercolor (paint), ink

GUSN: 45134

Accession Number: 1950.205

Memorial to George Washington

Woman at large monument bearing George Washington's portrait. Falls at right.

Date: 1800-1825

Maker: unknown

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

GUSN: 45135

Accession Number: 1950.206

Pincushion

Scalloped edged pincushion with glass beading; tan velvet center; white beads with blue leaves; hanging beaded fringe.

Date: 19th century

Maker: unknown

Material: beads (pierced objects)

GUSN: 45136

Accession Number: 1950.209

Platter

Blue transfer-printed pearlware platter. Foliate platter surrounds a central scene depicting the Four Courts in Dublin.

Date: 1820-1830

Maker: unknown

Material: pearlware, glazing (coating), transfer printing

GUSN: 45137

Accession Number: 1950.213

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: 45138

Accession Number: 1950.233

Dinner Plate

Blue transfer-printed pearlware dinner plate. Floral border surrounds a central scene depicting Batalha in Portugal.

Date: 1820-1830

Maker: unknown

Material: pearlware, glazing (coating), transfer printing

GUSN: 45139

Accession Number: 1950.234

Soup Plate

Blue transfer-printed pearlware soup plate. Foliate border surround a central landscape scene featuring a family and cathedral.

Date: 1820-1830

Maker: Ralph Stevenson & Williams (Maker)

Material: pearlware, glazing (coating), transfer printing

GUSN: 45140

Accession Number: 1950.235

Dinner Plate

Blue transfer-printed pearlware dinner plate. Foliate and vine border surround a landscape scene featuring ruins.

Date: 1820-1830

Maker: unknown

Material: pearlware, glazing (coating), transfer printing

GUSN: 45141

Accession Number: 1950.236

Dinner Plate

Blue transfer-printed pearlware dinner plate. Foliate border surrounds a central coastal scene featuring a river, bridge, and a tower.

Date: 1820-1830

Maker: unknown

Material: pearlware, glazing (coating), transfer printing

GUSN: 45142

Accession Number: 1950.238

Plate

Earthenware plate with a scalloped edge. Rope molded border. Mottle brown, blue, and green glaze.

Date: 1750-1785

Maker: unknown

Material: earthenware, glazing (coating)

GUSN: 45143

Accession Number: 1950.240

Wash Pitcher

Pearlware pitcher with blue transfer-printed "Views of the Erie Canal" pattern. Naturalistic flowers are printed on the interior and exterior of the rim, the handle and base. The flowers frame two different scenes of the bridge, "View of the Aqueduct Bridge at Rochester" and "View of the Aqueduct B...

Date: 1825

Maker: Enoch Wood & Sons (Maker)

Material: earthenware, transfer printing, pearlware

GUSN: 45144

Accession Number: 1950.242

Platter

Blue transfer-printed pearlware platter. Floral border surrounds a central pastoral scene featuring cows and a town in the distance.

Date: 1820-1830

Maker: unknown

Material: earthenware, glazing (coating), transfer printing

GUSN: 45145

Accession Number: 1950.251

Platter

Earthenware platter with scalloped rim and brown transfer-print pattern "Grecian Scenery." Scene of figures among Grecian temples, statuary and ruins. Waterway with ships and mountains in the distance. Border is printed with repeating scenes of exotic, domed-roof buildings framed by scrolls and flow...

Date: 1830-1850

Maker: unknown

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

GUSN: 45146

Accession Number: 1950.256

Platter

Blue transfer-printed earthenware platter. Foliate border surrounds a central panoramic scene.

Date: 1820-1830

Maker: Ralph Stevenson & Williams (Maker)

Material: earthenware, glazing (coating), transfer printing

GUSN: 45147

Accession Number: 1950.260

Platter

Blue transfer-printed platter. Rope molded outer border. Inner pierced loop border. Central landscape scene featuring men with a pack mule with ruins in the distance.

Date: 1820-1830

Maker: John Rogers & Son (Maker)

Material: earthenware, glazing (coating), transfer printing

GUSN: 45148

Accession Number: 1950.262A

Coffeepot

Blue transfer-printed pearlware coffeepot. Acanthus styled band surrounds lid and rim. Pastoral scene adorns the body.

Date: 1825-1840

Maker: unknown

Material: pearlware, glazing (coating), transfer printing

GUSN: 45149

Accession Number: 1950.263AB

Pitcher

Blue transfer-printed pearlware pitcher. Floral motif border surrounds the inside and outside of the mouth and spout. The exterior body is adorned by a general scroll and floral pattern. The Great Seal of the United States adorns the body under the spout.

Date: 1827-1831

Maker: Attributed to William Adams & Sons (Maker)

Material: earthenware, glazing (coating), transfer printing

GUSN: 45150

Accession Number: 1950.267

Teapot

Blue transfer-printed pearlware footed teapot. Floral and aquatic motif surrounds scenes depicting Commodore MacDonough's victory in New York.

Date: 1820-1830

Maker: Enoch Wood & Sons (Maker)

Material: pearlware, glazing (coating), transfer printing

GUSN: 45151

Accession Number: 1950.271AB

Teapot

Blue transfer-printed pearlware teapot. Foliate, floral, and chain motif. Domestic scene adorns the body.

Date: 1827-1831

Maker: Adams, William, 1827-1831 (Maker)

Material: pearlware, glazing (coating), transfer printing

GUSN: 45152

Accession Number: 1950.272AB

Teapot

Blue transfer-printed earthenware teapot. Rope molded foot and floral molded finial. Floral motif surrounds a central domestic scene.

Date: 1820-1830

Maker: unknown

Material: earthenware, glazing (coating), transfer printing

GUSN: 45153

Accession Number: 1950.273

Shaker

Pair of pear-shaped pewter shakers; "turned foot" design; pewter stoppers in bottom; circular piercing in top; small beaded design under the piercing at the top.

Date: 1800

Maker: Danforth, Thomas, III

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

GUSN: 45207

Accession Number: 1950.469.1-.2

Shaker

Pear-shaped pewter shaker; "turned foot" design; pewter stopper in bottom; circular piercing in top; small beaded design under the piercings at the top.

Date: ca. 1800

Maker: Danforth, Thomas, III (Pewterer)

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

GUSN: 45208

Accession Number: 1950.469.3

Lamp

No description

Maker: unknown

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

GUSN: 45209

Accession Number: 1950.471B

Lamp

No description

Maker: unknown

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

GUSN: 45210

Accession Number: 1950.471A

Flagon

Pewter bell-shaped flagon. Flagon has hinged lid with two acron thumb rests and slightly angular handle.

Date: 1750-1799

Maker: unknown

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

GUSN: 45211

Accession Number: 1950.474

Lamp

No description

Maker: unknown

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

GUSN: 45212

Accession Number: 1950.475

Lamp

No description

Maker: unknown

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

GUSN: 45213

Accession Number: 1950.476

Coffeepot

Large pewter coffeepot with flower-shaped or scalloped top echoed by molded scallop pattern on body. Hinged lid with black-painted wooden knop. C-shaped black-painted wooden handle. S-shaped spout.

Date: 1830-1833

Maker: James Dixon & Sons (Pewterer)

Material: pewter (tin alloy), tin (metal), wood (plant material), paint (coating)

GUSN: 45214

Accession Number: 1950.478

Pitcher, Cream

Ribbed, pumpkin-shaped pewter cream pitcher with ribbed, foliate scroll handle and braided rim.

Date: 1830

Maker: James Dixon & Sons (Pewterer)

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

GUSN: 45215

Accession Number: 1950.479

Sugar Bowl

Urn-shaped pewter sugar bowl (B) with scalloped body, domed lid (A) with ball finial, crenate rim; and pair of opposing S-shaped scroll handles.

Date: 1850-1890

Maker: James Dixon & Sons (Pewterer)

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

GUSN: 45216

Accession Number: 1950.480AB

Tankard

Delftware tankard with hand-painted green, red, and yellow hunting scene of man with dogs crossing river. Pewter base (flared) and cover with ball thumb hold.

Date: 1750-1780

Maker: unknown

Material: earthenware, pewter (tin alloy), glazing (coating), tin glaze

GUSN: 45217

Accession Number: 1950.482

Teapot

Oval pewter teapot, engraved with flower and leaf design; hinged lid with oval ornament; long, straight spout; sun design engraved on the bottom.

Date: 1815-1865

Maker: unknown

Material: tin (metal)

GUSN: 45218

Accession Number: 1950.488

Photograph Portrait

Bust-length portrait of old woman with spectacles and ruffled cap.

Date: 1850-1875

Maker: unknown

Material: albumen (egg white)

GUSN: 45219

Accession Number: 1950.489

Coffee Canister

Large metal canister, with slanting shoulders and round, fitted cover. Canister is painted black with gold trim and gold and red stenciled image and "COFFEE" on the front.

Maker: unknown

Material: tin (metal)

GUSN: 45220

Accession Number: 1950.490

Pitcher

Silver lusterware pitcher. Rounded body with a loop handle and molded thumb rest.

Date: 1815-1825

Maker: unknown

Material: earthenware, glazing (coating), lusterware

GUSN: 45221

Accession Number: 1950.495

Cup Plate

Pressed glass cup plate, eight-pointed geometric design with heart border motif. Attributed to Boston and Sandwich Glass Company.

Maker: unknown

Material: glass (material)

GUSN: 45222

Accession Number: 1950.501

Platter

Rectangular earthenware platter with deaply incised, blue-painted feather edge.

Date: 1820-1840

Maker: William Adams & Sons (Maker)

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

GUSN: 45223

Accession Number: 1950.505

Plate

A blue transfer print pearlware plate. The central design depicts the Old North Church, which is bordered by a floral motif.

Date: 1890-1910

Maker: Wedgwood (Maker) Jones, McDuffee, & Stratton (Vendor)

Material: earthenware, glazing (coating), transfer printing

GUSN: 45224

Accession Number: 1950.509

Luncheon Plate

Blue transfer-printed pearlware luncheon plate. Border of alternating medallions featuring castles and floral sprays. Central scene depicts Florentine.

Date: 1843-1855

Maker: Mayer, Thomas, John, Jos (Maker)

Material: earthenware, glazing (coating), transfer printing

GUSN: 45225

Accession Number: 1950.511

Toy Chair

No description

Maker: unknown

Material: wood (plant material)

GUSN: 45226

Accession Number: 1950.606

Doll

No description

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 45227

Accession Number: 1950.607

Doll

No description

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 45228

Accession Number: 1950.608

Pitcher

No description

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 45229

Accession Number: 1950.515

Tea Set

No description

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 45230

Accession Number: 1950.609

Doll

No description

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 45232

Accession Number: 1950.519

Alphabet/Verse Sampler

Alphabet/Verse sampler with floral border. Rows divided by decorative bands of needlework. Verse in lower section with floral embroidery below. Natural linen ground. Polychromatic threads. Alphabets: #1 missing "J"; #2 missing "J". Numbers: "1-21". Stitches used: large and small cross stitch.

Date: 1800

Maker: Sargeant, Martha Willis, 1788- (Embroiderer)

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

GUSN: 45233

Accession Number: 1950.530

Bellows

No description

Maker: unknown

Material: wood (plant material)

GUSN: 45234

Accession Number: 1950.532

Cup

Small pewter footed cup. Loop handle with scrolling ends and thumb rest. Two rows of incised bands around the body.

Date: 1825-1850

Maker: unknown

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

GUSN: 45235

Accession Number: 1950.534

Candlesnuffer

No description

Maker: unknown

Material: tin (metal)

GUSN: 45236

Accession Number: 1950.536

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