Historic New England

Paperweight

Large, round glass paperweight with white, red, and blue abstract floral design.

Maker: unknown

Material: glass (material)

GUSN: 45131

Accession Number: 1950.291

Print

No description

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 45132

Accession Number: 1950.202

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

Coffeepot

Blue transfer-printed pearlware coffeepot. Round finial. Foliate molded handle and spout. Floral transfer-printed design adorns spout, handle, cover, and foot. Hunting scene adorns body.

Date: 1820-1830

Maker: unknown

Material: pearlware, glazing (coating), transfer printing

GUSN: 45154

Accession Number: 1950.275AB

Coffeepot

Dark blue w/ border of scrolls and large flowers; ear-shaped handle and bell-shaped lid w/ honey-comb finial; scene of boy resting under tree on grounds of building w/ central pedimented portice, columns (printed upside down around top). A= cover

Date: 1820-1830

Maker: unknown

Material: earthenware, glazing (coating), transfer printing

GUSN: 45155

Accession Number: 1950.276AB

Coffeepot

This large coffeepot is transfer printed in dark blue with a large flower in wreath outer border and an inner border of seashells surrounding a central scene of a sailboat in the moonlihgt on a small lake with Wadsworth Tower in the background. The coffeepot has a tall footring, C-curved handle, an...

Date: 1820-1830

Maker: Enoch Wood & Sons (Maker)

Material: pearlware, glazing (coating), transfer printing

GUSN: 45156

Accession Number: 1950.277AB

Puzzle Jug

Earthenware puzzle jug with a blue accented scalloped rim. Three spouts on a molded band. Various pierced designs on body and rim. Red accents on handle, foot, and spouts. Hand painted floral and foliate design. Monogram adorns the body.

Date: 1800-1810

Maker: unknown

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

GUSN: 45157

Accession Number: 1950.278

Dress

Blue & gold checked iridescent taffeta; standing band collar; darts; piped straight waist. Bodice lined w/ brown cotton; 7 blue velvet covered buttons at back (one is missing); piped armscye; leg o' mutton sleeves w/ blue velvet band at wrist. Skirt is pleated at front w/ cartridge pleats at back;...

Date: 1860-1870

Maker: unknown

Material: stitching, silk (textile), taffeta

GUSN: 45318

Accession Number: 1951.61

Box

No description

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 45319

Accession Number: 1951.64

Paper Doll

No description

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 45320

Accession Number: 1951.68

Comb Box

Turquoise-colored, demi-lune shaped, lidded cardboard box with paper label for Alfred Willard, comb merchant, of Boston.

Date: 1826-1836

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 45321

Accession Number: 1951.71

Kerchief

Brown checked kerchief; homespun; sewn on label says "Homespun Pocket Handkerchief, 1790, Portsmouth, N.H."

Date: 1790

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 45322

Accession Number: 1951.72

Alphabet/Verse Sampler

Alphabet/Verse sampler with lines letters divided by lines of cross stitch and half cross stitch. Polychromatic threads. Alphabets: #1 "A-Y", missing "J", "U"; #2 "A-Z", missing "J", "U". Stitches used: cross stitch, eyelet hole stitch, and star stitch.

Date: 1773

Maker: Sevey, Sarah (Embroiderer)

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

GUSN: 45323

Accession Number: 1951.73

Needlework Picture

Needlework picture worked on paper. Front of picture is a silk and wool embroidered weeping willow arching over a printed and appliqued silk urn inscribed "G.W. Born Feb. 22, 1732. Died at Mount Vernon, Dec. 14, 1799. Aged 68". The bottom of the plinth is inscribed "The just shall be had in everlast...

Date: 1800

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 45324

Accession Number: 1951.74

Purse

A beaded reticule with three horizontal bands. Bottom with geographic motif in red, green, yellow, and light blue. Middle with large flowers in shades of yellow and blue, pink buds, and green leaves. Top row with geometric motif in red, blue, and white. Taupe silk added to the top of the purse as we...

Date: 19th / 20th century

Maker: unknown

Material: metal, silk (textile), enamel (fused coating), beads (pierced objects), beadwork, beading (process), cotton (fiber)

GUSN: 45325

Accession Number: 1951.78

Purse

A glass beaded reticule with a landscape / town scene altered and extended on top with green silk and metal frame, clasp, and chain.

Date: 19th / 20th century

Maker: unknown

Material: beading (process), beadwork, metal, silk (textile), silk (fiber), cotton (fiber)

GUSN: 45326

Accession Number: 1951.79

Tablespoon

Silver tablespoon with a fiddle handle, rounded shoulders, and a pointed oval bowl.

Date: 1830-1840

Maker: Harding, Newell, 1796-1862 (Maker)

Material: silver (metal)

GUSN: 45327

Accession Number: 1951.86

Teaspoon

Silver teaspoon with a spatulate handle, rounded shoulders, and a pointed oval bowl.

Date: 1815-1825

Maker: Frobisher, B. C., 1792-1862 (Maker)

Material: silver (metal)

GUSN: 45328

Accession Number: 1951.87

Teaspoon

One of a set of ten. Silver teaspoon with a fiddle handle, rounded shoulders, and a pointed oval bowl.

Date: 1825-1842

Maker: Frobisher, B. C., 1792-1862 (Silversmith)

Material: silver (metal)

GUSN: 45329

Accession Number: 1951.91

Teaspoon

One of a set of ten. Silver teaspoon with a fiddle handle, rounded shoulders, and a pointed oval bowl.

Date: 1825-1842

Maker: Frobisher, B. C., 1792-1862 (Silversmith)

Material: silver (metal)

GUSN: 45330

Accession Number: 1951.100

Dinner Fork

One of a set of six. Silver dinner fork with a fiddle handle, rounded shoulders, and four tines.

Date: 1830-1850

Maker: Farrington & Hunnewell (Silversmith)

Material: silver (metal)

GUSN: 45331

Accession Number: 1951.101

Child's Dress

Long; white; with white work embroidery of flowers and leaves along hem and bands on bodice; lace ruffles along "V" panel and shoulders to neckline and along short sleeves; drawstring neckline; drawnwork.

Date: 1830

Maker: Brigham, Lucy Merriam (Maker)

Material: cotton (textile), drawn thread work, embroidering

GUSN: 45332

Accession Number: 1951.119

Lamp

No description

Maker: unknown

Material: glass (material)

GUSN: 45333

Accession Number: 1951.127

Lamp

No description

Maker: unknown

Material: glass (material)

GUSN: 45334

Accession Number: 1951.128B

Lamp

No description

Maker: unknown

Material: glass (material)

GUSN: 45335

Accession Number: 1951.128A

Thimble Holder

Wooden thimble holder, carved in the shape of an acorn.

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 45336

Accession Number: 1951.129

Spider

No description

Maker: unknown

Material: iron (metal)

GUSN: 45337

Accession Number: 1951.133

Dress

This matching bodice (A) and skirt (B) are made from light brown taffeta. The bodice is basque style with a standing band collar, smocked and shirred front plastron panel covering a hook and eye closure at the center front. Long sleeves with turned back cuffs which show an inserted, smocked panel...

Date: 1880-1884

Maker: unknown

Material: cotton (textile), stitching, silk (textile), taffeta

GUSN: 45338

Accession Number: 1951.135AB

Portrait of Deacon William Brown

Bust length portrait of Deacon William Brown (1749-1815), a gray-haired man with white cravat and shirt, black jacket. Gilt frame, oval liner.

Date: 1800-1815

Maker: unknown

Material: paper (fiber product), pastels (crayons)

GUSN: 45339

Accession Number: 1951.142

Lamp

No description

Maker: unknown

Material: tin (metal)

GUSN: 45340

Accession Number: 1951.143

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