Historic New England

Pitcher

Squat baluster form with a beaded rim, flaring spout, and molded raised figures and devices on the side. These show the Greek goddess Diana and her dogs, a flowerhead, and a man drinking over a barrel. It has a ribbed base and applied handle. The underglaze blue is on the collar and body, while the ...

Date: 1830-1850

Maker: unknown

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

GUSN: 11361

Accession Number: 1991.1695

Pitcher

Molded rim and flaring spout on a pear shaped body with a flared foot. The body is decorated with wide brown bands of undulating wavy cream lines enclosing a central cafe au lait colored band with blue, brown and cream "worming". Applied handle with molded terminals.

Date: 1800-1850

Maker: unknown

Material: creamware, earthenware, mocha ware, molding (forming)

GUSN: 11362

Accession Number: 1991.1696

Mixing Bowl

Large bowl with a wide circular mouth with a rolled edge and gently rounded sides leading to a ringed foot. Covered with a dull yellow glaze.

Date: 1875-1920

Maker: unknown

Material: earthenware, glazing (coating), stoneware (pottery)

GUSN: 11363

Accession Number: 1991.1697

Mixing Bowl

A bowl with a circular flaring rim on sloping rounded sides and a ring foot. Decorated with five brown bands and glazed yellow.

Date: 1850-1900

Maker: unknown

Material: earthenware, glazing (coating)

GUSN: 11364

Accession Number: 1991.1698

Mixing Bowl

Wide circular mouth with a thick molded, straight-sided rim on molded, gently rounded sides. Brown glazed.

Date: 1825-1920

Maker: unknown

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

GUSN: 11365

Accession Number: 1991.1699

Mixing Bowl

Wide circular mouth with straight-sided rim; sloping body; decorated with blue and white banding and a circular foot. Glazed yellow overall. The rim is notched at the sides for handles.

Date: 1850-1900

Maker: unknown

Material: glazing (coating), earthenware

GUSN: 11366

Accession Number: 1991.1700

Jug

Wide, circular straight-sided mouth that narrows to the neck on an ovoid body; two applied handles at the shoulders; brown and black splotches under a warm yellow-brown glaze.

Date: 1800-1850

Maker: unknown

Material: glazing (coating), redware, lead glaze

GUSN: 11367

Accession Number: 1991.1701

Swan Decoy

Hollow carved in the form of a swimming swan, with a shaped neck and head, tack eyes and a shaped bill. The swan has weathered white paint and a bill painted in black. The neck and head are in two separate parts, with the bird having a tin plate on the base.

Date: 1890-1910

Maker: unknown

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

GUSN: 11368

Accession Number: 1991.1702

Decoy

A rough hewn "archaic" goose carved from drift wood with an arched neck in a feeding position. Some white paint is visible at the neck and under chest and tail section.

Date: 1890-1920

Maker: unknown

Material: wood (plant material), carving (processes), painting (image-making)

GUSN: 11369

Accession Number: 1991.1703

Decoy

Hollow carved in the form of a full-bodied duck with wings and a rounded tail are carved into the relief. An inset head with an incised bill and painted tack eyes. Painted black, while the bill is in yellow.

Date: 1890-1920

Maker: unknown

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

GUSN: 11370

Accession Number: 1991.1704

Decoy

Wooden carved and painted decoy representing a goose standing on two dowel legs. It has a long neck, solid body carved from one piece and a wood stand. The eyes were made from shoe buttons and the head is detachable and on a peg. It has white painted cheeks and underbelly, and a brown body with inci...

Date: 1875-1910

Maker: Hart, Charles, Mr. (Maker)

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

GUSN: 11373

Accession Number: 1991.1705

Decoy

Carved, painted and nail constructed wooden decoy representing a "loomer" goose. It has wooden slats composing body and tail, carved breast, neck and head. The goose has a brown and black back and a white breast. The beak and head are delicately carved. The interior construction is very solid with c...

Maker: Crowell, A. Elmer (Maker)

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

GUSN: 11376

Accession Number: 1991.1706

Decoy

Brown painted canvas over a wooden frame and bottom. The head and neck are whittled. The canvas is nailed to the wood, and a hook is nailed into the wooden bottom with a string attached.

Date: 1875-1920

Maker: unknown

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

GUSN: 11378

Accession Number: 1991.1707

Decoy

Carved and painted wooden decoy representing a goose with a forward stretched neck; white breast and black back, tail and head; with white jowls and a hollow bottom.

Date: 1880-1910

Maker: unknown

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

GUSN: 11379

Accession Number: 1991.1708

Decoy

A large carved and painted wooden decoy representing a Canada goose with a black and gray body. It has a black head with a white stripe, cheeks and tail. It has brown glass eyes and a very delicately incised beak area. There is a lead weight inserted into the base and a second nailed to the base. A ...

Date: 1900-1920

Maker: Safford, Charles Augustus (Maker)

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

GUSN: 11380

Accession Number: 1991.1709

Decoy

In the form of a Canada goose with a carved wood neck, head and slat frame body covered with papier mache. Painted in a stylized mannerism with realistic coloring.

Date: 1900-1930

Maker: unknown

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

GUSN: 11381

Accession Number: 1991.1710

Canada Goose Decoy

A full bodied form of a Canadian goose in blasa body with carved "humped" wings and pine. The head and neck were shoe button eyes; painted in black, brown, and white.

Date: 1900-1930

Maker: unknown

Material: carving (processes), balsa (wood), pine (wood), painting (coating)

GUSN: 11386

Accession Number: 1991.1711

Decoy

A very large carved and painted wooden decoy, painted black with white highlighting and eyes of tacks. Dowel constructed head and a square insert. Broken leather straps on th bottom and at both ends.

Date: 1875-1920

Maker: unknown

Material: pine (wood)

GUSN: 11387

Accession Number: 1991.1713

Decoy

Carved and painted wood and laminated cone decoy representing a Canadian goose. Made in horizontal sections with top and bottom of the cone's central section, neck and head in wood. Cork "wings" are tucked in at base of neck and the neck is slightly outstretched, with an incised bill. There is a la...

Date: 1900-1920

Maker: unknown

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

GUSN: 11388

Accession Number: 1991.1714

Shawl

Of rectangular form, pale green wool printed with polychrome sprig devices within an inner border of festooned "lancet window" motif and an outer border of segmented paisley devices. There is self fringe at the ends.

Date: 1860-1880

Maker: unknown

Material: printing (process), wool (textile)

GUSN: 11551

Accession Number: 1991.1749

Tablecloth

Of rectangular form, printed in red, blue, yellow and black. It is patterned with a field of a large paisley filled potted tree, flanked by peafowl flowering vines and shaped corner blocks. All this within a border of tree of life designs and segmented paisley "cone" filled "gates". It has a reinfor...

Date: 1860-1920

Maker: unknown

Material: cotton (textile), printing (process)

GUSN: 11552

Accession Number: 1991.1750

Textile Sample

Of rectangular form, twill woven wool striped in red, white and navy. The stripes are patterned with various paisley devices in red, yellow, green, blue and black. Linen tape is sewn to the side edges and frayed ends.

Date: 1840-1900

Maker: unknown

Material: wool (textile), weaving

GUSN: 11553

Accession Number: 1991.1751

Handkerchief

Of almost square form, printed on a red ground with a field of diamonds with a floral device in cream, black and red. All this with a leaf, flower, dot and geometric patterned band bordered in cream, red and black. It has a machine sewn hem.

Date: 1850-1890

Maker: unknown

Material: cotton (textile), printing (process)

GUSN: 11554

Accession Number: 1991.1752

Handkerchief

Of square form, printed on a red ground with scattered flowers within a wide floral sprig border in cream, black and red.

Date: 1850-1890

Maker: unknown

Material: cotton (textile), printing (process)

GUSN: 11555

Accession Number: 1991.1753

Tablecover

Of square form, a beige ground with printed small red and green foliate devices within a complex border comprised of stylized foliate and floral devices in red, pink, green, brown and blue.

Date: 1820-1860

Maker: unknown

Material: silk (textile), wool (textile), weaving

GUSN: 11556

Accession Number: 1991.1754

Tablecloth

Of square form, a red flannel printed in black with a circular reserve with an eight lobed patterned device at the center. It is enclosed by a ring of grape vines and stylized classical motifs. It has cone and bell flower spray at the corners with spandrels of the scroll devices. All of this within ...

Date: 1850-1880

Maker: unknown

Material: wool (textile)

GUSN: 11557

Accession Number: 1991.1755

Table Throw

Of nearly square form, faded pink and off white cotton woven into a plaid pattern, with off white triple bars enclosing pink squares. It is hemmed on all sides.

Date: 1820-1840

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 11558

Accession Number: 1991.1756

Hand or Face Towel

Each is of square form with salvage on two sides and self fringe at the ends. It is woven in ecru linen with white cross bars that form squares.

Date: 1800-1850

Maker: unknown

Material: linen (material), weaving

GUSN: 11559

Accession Number: 1991.1757.1-2

Cloth Sample

A rectangular panel of fabric with frayed ends. It is pinned under along the sides. The fabric ground is almost a black with a print of shaggy flowerr blossoms on a vine in "dot" yellow, orange, purple, and red.

Date: 1880-1920

Maker: unknown

Material: printing (process)

GUSN: 11560

Accession Number: 1991.1758

Coverlet

Two rectangular pieces of a coverlet, comprised of natural linen and brown and butter natural colored wool yarns, woven in a geometric pattern.

Date: 1820-1840

Maker: unknown

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

GUSN: 11561

Accession Number: 1991.1759AB

Handkerchief

Of square form, woven in off white, brown and oyster on cotton in an overall rectangular check pattern.

Date: 1820-1860

Maker: unknown

Material: cotton (textile), weaving

GUSN: 11562

Accession Number: 1991.1760

Handkerchief

Of square form, butternut and off white linen woven into a small check pattern, within a wide butternut and double off white band border. Two ends are hand hemmed, and two sides have slavage.

Date: 1820-1860

Maker: unknown

Material: linen (material), weaving

GUSN: 11563

Accession Number: 1991.1761.1-2

Handkerchief

Of square form, woven in bright brown/butternut on a natural colored linen in a check pattern within a plaid border. The check is formed by natural linen bars/lines on a brown ground. Two ends are hand hemmed, and two sides are selvedge.

Date: 1825-1850

Maker: unknown

Material: linen (material), weaving

GUSN: 11564

Accession Number: 1991.1762

Handkerchief

Of square form, woven in blue, off white and butternut linen. It has a blue and butternut check and off white cross-bar pattern within a wide border of like colors.

Date: 1820-1860

Maker: unknown

Material: linen (material), weaving

GUSN: 11565

Accession Number: 1991.1763

Handkerchief

Large square form, with blue and white linen woven into a check pattern with a wide blue border. Two ends are hand-hemmed, and two edges are selvedge.

Date: 1820-1860

Maker: unknown

Material: linen (material), weaving

GUSN: 11566

Accession Number: 1991.1764

Handkerchief

A man's handkerchief. Of square form, woven with green, yellow, blue, pink and off white cotton in a plaid pattern. It is enclosed on three sides by a wide striped border. Two ends are hand-hemmed.

Date: 1820-1850

Maker: unknown

Material: cotton (textile), weaving

GUSN: 11567

Accession Number: 1991.1765

Handkerchief

Of square form, linen in off white and butternut woven in double-line check pattern, with a wide butternut band at the border. It is hand hemmed.

Date: 1830-1860

Maker: unknown

Material: linen (material), weaving

GUSN: 11568

Accession Number: 1991.1766.1-.2

Bed Sheet

A hand-woven rectangular linen sheet, pieced, with two hand-hemmed ends and two salvage ends.

Date: 1709-1791

Maker: Possibly Willcox, Anna (Maker)

Material: embroidering, linen (material), weaving

GUSN: 11569

Accession Number: 1991.1767

Blanket

Of rectangular form, comprised of two panels of twill weave in off white wool, joined by a hand-sewn seam. The ends are overcast with navy blue wool yarn embroidered in "X's".

Date: 1835-1845

Maker: unknown

Material: embroidering, wool (textile), weaving

GUSN: 11570

Accession Number: 1991.1768

Blanket

Of rectangular form, comprised of two panels of hand-woven off white wool, joined by a hand-sewn sea. The top end is accented with a pink wool chain stitch. It is hand-hemmed at both ends.

Date: 1800-1830

Maker: unknown

Material: embroidering, wool (textile), weaving

GUSN: 11571

Accession Number: 1991.1769

Bedspreads and Bolster Cover

Two bedspreads and a bolster cover in a printed glazed cotton fabric patterned with sprigs of flowers in red, blue, green and black on a coffee ground. 1991.1770.1 is comprised of three panels of fabric. The reverse has a tiny printed "T" pattern in ivory and white. Overall it is quilted in a sc...

Date: 1820-1845

Maker: unknown

Material: cotton (textile), glazing (coating), piecing, printing (process), quilting

GUSN: 11572

Accession Number: 1991.1770.1-3

Doorstop

Heavy solid, round, green glass doorstop, that is patterned with sqaures.

Date: 1800-1900

Maker: unknown

Material: glass (material), molding (forming)

GUSN: 11573

Accession Number: 1992.760

Jug

A squat, bulbous form with a flaring neck, a spout and a wide strap handle. It has a cork at its mouth. It has a dark brown glaze.

Date: 1850-1900

Maker: unknown

Material: glazing (coating), stoneware (pottery)

GUSN: 11574

Accession Number: 1992.765

Jug

Of cylindrical form with a wide collar and sloping shoulders. It has a strap handle. It may have been glazed brown.

Date: 1850-1875

Maker: unknown

Material: glazing (coating), stoneware (pottery)

GUSN: 11575

Accession Number: 1992.766

Bottle

A double bottle, of two cylindrical forms with rounded shoulders and small wide collared mouths set on their shoulders. They are joined at the sides and by an arched strap handle. A redware body with a brown glaze.

Date: 1850-1900

Maker: unknown

Material: glazing (coating), lead glaze

GUSN: 11576

Accession Number: 1992.767

Oriental Carpet

Of rectangular form, a red field with diamond shaped small medallions with striped flower-like extensions to each side. There are also "arrow" devices in blues, yellow, red and off white. These enclose a large dark blue hexagonal medallion, with arrow shaped ends filled with twisted arrow or bird de...

Date: 1875-1925

Maker: unknown

Material: cotton (textile), dovetail joints, knotting, wool (textile)

GUSN: 11577

Accession Number: 1992.239

Boxed Traveling Set of Tumblers

Round paper box which stores a set of six graduated glass drinking tumblers. It has paneled paper that covers the inside panel. Likely used as a traveling set.

Date: 1780-1810

Maker: unknown

Material: paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 11578

Accession Number: 1992.610.1

Boxed Traveling Set of Tumblers

A set of six graduated glass drinking tumblers with paneled sides and gilt rims. Likely used as a traveling set.

Date: 1780-1810

Maker: unknown

Material: gilding, glass (material)

GUSN: 11579

Accession Number: 1992.610.2-7

Pot

It has a rolled circular rim on a ovoid form with a flat bottom and a glazed interior/unglazed exterior.

Date: 1800-1860

Maker: unknown

Material: glazing (coating), lead (metal)

GUSN: 11580

Accession Number: 1992.775

Foot Stool

It has a rectangular overhanging top cut with shaped handhold at the center and a shaped skirt at the sides. There are splayed end boards with a double arch cut-out. There are traces of green paint.

Date: 1840-1860

Maker: unknown

Material: pine (wood)

GUSN: 11581

Accession Number: 1991.835

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