Historic New England

Spoon rest

Carp-shaped with tail upturned to form handle. Hollow interior forms sauce well; blue floral sprig. White body with cobalt blue underglaze overall.

Date: 1868-1899

Maker: unknown

Material: porcelain, molding (forming), underglazing

GUSN: 7844

Accession Number: 1949.636.2

Butter dish

Buff-colored with overall green mineral glaze. Lily-pad leaf shape with faint veining. Circular foot ring.

Date: ca. 1870

Maker: unknown

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

GUSN: 7845

Accession Number: 1949.638.1

Butter dish

Buff-colored with overall green mineral glaze. Lily-pad leaf shape with faint veining. Circular foot ring.

Date: ca. 1870

Maker: unknown

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

GUSN: 7846

Accession Number: 1949.638.2

Butter dish

Buff-colored with overall green mineral glaze. Lily-pad leaf shape with faint veining. Circular foot ring.

Date: ca. 1870

Maker: unknown

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

GUSN: 7847

Accession Number: 1949.638.3

Butter dish

Buff-colored with overall green mineral glaze. Lily-pad leaf shape with faint veining. Circular foot ring.

Date: ca. 1870

Maker: unknown

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

GUSN: 7848

Accession Number: 1949.638.4

Butter dish

Circular with scalloped edge. Molded palm leaf overall decoration. Overall green mineral glaze coloring.

Date: 1916-1950

Maker: unknown

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

GUSN: 7849

Accession Number: 1949.639

Wine glass

Transparent vaseline yellow body. Undecorated circular bowl with applied vasiform baluster stem terminating in circular foot.

Date: 1885-1930

Maker: unknown

Material: glass (material), molding (forming)

GUSN: 7850

Accession Number: 1949.641.1

Wine glass

Transparent vaseline yellow body. Undecorated circular bowl with applied vasiform baluster stem terminating in circular foot.

Date: 1885-1930

Maker: unknown

Material: glass (material), molding (forming)

GUSN: 7851

Accession Number: 1949.641.2

Wine glass

Transparent vaseline yellow body. Undecorated circular bowl with applied vasiform baluster stem terminating in circular foot.

Date: 1885-1930

Maker: unknown

Material: glass (material), molding (forming)

GUSN: 7852

Accession Number: 1949.641.3

Wine glass

Transparent vaseline yellow body. Undecorated circular bowl with applied vasiform baluster stem terminating in circular foot.

Date: 1885-1930

Maker: unknown

Material: glass (material), molding (forming)

GUSN: 7853

Accession Number: 1949.641.4

Wine glass

Transparent vaseline yellow body. Undecorated circular bowl with applied vasiform baluster stem terminating in circular foot.

Date: 1885-1930

Maker: unknown

Material: glass (material), molding (forming)

GUSN: 7854

Accession Number: 1949.641.5

Wine glass

Transparent vaseline yellow body. Undecorated circular bowl with applied vasiform baluster stem terminating in circular foot.

Date: 1885-1930

Maker: unknown

Material: glass (material), molding (forming)

GUSN: 7855

Accession Number: 1949.641.6

General: underglaze blue and white Canton pattern showing scene of pagodas, trees and bridge. Canton border of cross-hatched and scalloped bands. Vegetable dish: covered, rectangular body with shaped corners. Canted sides. Domed conforming lid with pinecone finial.

Date: ca. 1820

Maker: unknown

Material: porcelain, glazing (coating), tin (metal)

GUSN: 7856

Accession Number: 1949.642.1AB

Serving dish

General: underglaze blue and white Canton pattern showing scene of pagodas, trees and bridge. Canton border of cross-hatched and scalloped bands. Serving dish: clamshell-shaped with shaped handle at top. Star and scalloped border; cross-hatch cavetto border.

Date: ca. 1800

Maker: unknown

Material: porcelain, glazing (coating), tin (metal)

GUSN: 7857

Accession Number: 1949.642.2

Vegetable dish

General: underglaze blue and white Canton pattern showing scene of pagodas, trees and bridge. Canton border of cross-hatched and scalloped bands. Vegetable dish: circular with foot ring; serrated edge. Floral sprigs on exterior. Broad Canton border; cross-hatched central reserve border.

Date: ca. 1820

Maker: unknown

Material: porcelain, glazing (coating), tin (metal)

GUSN: 7858

Accession Number: 1949.642.3

Needlework Picture

Needlework picture depicting two women standing on either side of an apple tree. A man at the right in a red jacket and blue and white striped pants, points to a dog which is exiting the scene on the right. Silk crewel work on silk; satin stitch, outline stitch; framed, under glass.

Date: ca. 1750

Maker: unknown

Material: embroidering, wool (textile)

GUSN: 7859

Accession Number: 1949.186

Eggcup

General: underglaze blue and white Canton pattern showing scene of pagodas, trees and bridge. Canton border of cross-hatched and scalloped bands. Eggcup: deep bowl with thin stem and circular foot. Modified star borders. Swastika and diamonds on stem.

Date: 1834-1867

Maker: unknown

Material: porcelain, glazing (coating), tin (metal)

GUSN: 7860

Accession Number: 1949.642.4

Eggcup

General: underglaze blue and white Canton pattern showing scene of pagodas, trees and bridge. Canton border of cross-hatched and scalloped bands. Eggcup: deep bowl with thin stem and circular foot. Modified star borders. Swastika and diamonds on stem.

Date: 1834-1867

Maker: unknown

Material: porcelain, glazing (coating), tin (metal)

GUSN: 7861

Accession Number: 1949.642.5

Eggcup

General: underglaze blue and white Canton pattern showing scene of pagodas, trees and bridge. Canton border of cross-hatched and scalloped bands. Eggcup: deep bowl with thin stem and circular foot. Modified star borders. Swastika and diamonds on stem.

Date: 1834-1867

Maker: unknown

Material: porcelain, glazing (coating), tin (metal)

GUSN: 7862

Accession Number: 1949.642.6

Eggcup

General: underglaze blue and white Canton pattern showing scene of pagodas, trees and bridge. Canton border of cross-hatched and scalloped bands. Eggcup: deep bowl with thin stem and circular foot. Modified star borders. Swastika and diamonds on stem.

Date: 1834-1867

Maker: unknown

Material: porcelain, glazing (coating), tin (metal)

GUSN: 7863

Accession Number: 1949.642.7

Eggcup

General: underglaze blue and white Canton pattern showing scene of pagodas, trees and bridge. Canton border of cross-hatched and scalloped bands. Eggcup: deep bowl with thin stem and circular foot. Modified star borders. Swastika and diamonds on stem.

Date: 1834-1867

Maker: unknown

Material: porcelain, glazing (coating), tin (metal)

GUSN: 7864

Accession Number: 1949.642.8

Eggcup

General: underglaze blue and white Canton pattern showing scene of pagodas, trees and bridge. Canton border of cross-hatched and scalloped bands. Eggcup: deep bowl with thin stem and circular foot. Modified star borders. Swastika and diamonds on stem.

Date: 1834-1867

Maker: unknown

Material: porcelain, glazing (coating), tin (metal)

GUSN: 7865

Accession Number: 1949.642.9

Eggcup

General: underglaze blue and white Canton pattern showing scene of pagodas, trees and bridge. Canton border of cross-hatched and scalloped bands. Eggcup: deep bowl with thin stem and circular foot. Modified star borders. Swastika and diamonds on stem.

Date: 1834-1867

Maker: unknown

Material: porcelain, glazing (coating), tin (metal)

GUSN: 7866

Accession Number: 1949.642.10

Plate

General: underglaze blue and white Canton pattern showing scene of pagodas, trees and bridge. Canton border of cross-hatched and scalloped bands. Plate: slightly shaped broad rim. Muddy body and broadly executed design.

Date: 1845-1860

Maker: unknown

Material: porcelain, glazing (coating), tin (metal)

GUSN: 7867

Accession Number: 1949.642.11

Plate

General: underglaze blue and white Canton pattern showing scene of pagodas, trees and bridge. Canton border of cross-hatched and scalloped bands. Plate: slightly shaped broad rim. Muddy body and broadly executed design.

Date: 1845-1860

Maker: unknown

Material: porcelain, glazing (coating), tin (metal)

GUSN: 7868

Accession Number: 1949.642.12

Soup plate

General: underglaze blue and white Canton pattern showing scene of pagodas, trees and bridge. Canton border of cross-hatched and scalloped bands. Soup plate: broadly executed decoration. Wide flat rim with deep undecorated cavetto. Circular foot ring.

Date: 1845-1860

Maker: unknown

Material: porcelain, glazing (coating), tin (metal)

GUSN: 7869

Accession Number: 1949.642.13

Soup plate

General: underglaze blue and white Canton pattern showing scene of pagodas, trees and bridge. Canton border of cross-hatched and scalloped bands. Soup plate: broadly executed decoration. Wide flat rim with deep undecorated cavetto. Circular foot ring.

Date: 1845-1860

Maker: unknown

Material: porcelain, glazing (coating), tin (metal)

GUSN: 7870

Accession Number: 1949.642.14

Soup plate

General: underglaze blue and white Canton pattern showing scene of pagodas, trees and bridge. Canton border of scalloped bands. Soup plate: star border without cross-hatch. Deep cobalt, broadly executed design.

Date: 1834-1867

Maker: unknown

Material: porcelain, glazing (coating), tin (metal)

GUSN: 7871

Accession Number: 1949.642.15

Maria Longworth Storer :from music and art to popes and presidents /Constance J. Moore, Nancy M. Broermann.

xxi, 365 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm, "Maria Longworth Storer: From Music and Art to Popes and Presidents tells the story of one of Cincinnati's most prominent women activists and socialites, Maria Longworth Storer. A philanthropist and talented artist, known as the founder of Rookwood Pottery, Ma...

Creators: Moore, Constance J., author. Broermann, Nancy, 1950- author. University of Cincinnati. Press.

GUSN: 361429

Call Number: Stacks E748.S884 M66 2019

Lives of houses /edited by Kate Kennedy and Hermione Lee.

xvii, 297 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm,

Creators: Kennedy, Kate, editor. Lee, Hermione, editor.

GUSN: 361430

Call Number: Stacks PN164.L58 2020

Twentieth-century building materials :history and conservation /edited with a new preface by Thomas C. Jester.

xv, 320 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 25 cm, A guide to the materials used in architecture during the past century, as well as tips on building repair and restoration. With more than 200 illustrations, including a full-color photographic essay, it focuses on the history and conservation of mo...

Creators: Jester, Thomas C., editor. Tomlan, Michael A. Building modern America. Getty Conservation Institute,

GUSN: 361431

Call Number: Stacks TA403.6 .T87 2014

Boston's Apollo :Thomas McKeller and John Singer Sargent /edited by Nathaniel Silver ; with contributions by Trevor Fairbrother [and seven others].

256 pages : illustrations (some color), portraits (some color), facsimiles ; 29 cm, "In 1916, John Singer Sargent (1856-1925) met Thomas Eugene McKeller (1890-1962), a young Black elevator attendant, at Boston's Hotel Vendome. McKeller posed for most of the figures--both male and female--in Sargent'...

Creators: Sargent, John Singer, 1856-1925, artist. Silver, Nathaniel E., editor, curator, contributor. Fisher, Paul, 1952- contributor. Greene, Nikki A. (Nikki Alma Rose), contributor. O'Grady, Lorraine, contributor. Hirschler, Erica E., contributor. Fairbrother, Trevor J., contributor. Riley, Casey (Curator), contributor. Tóibín, Colm, 1955- contributor. Sargent, John Singer, 1856-1925. Works. Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum,

GUSN: 361432

Call Number: Stacks N6537.S32 A4 2020

Larry Salk :California dreaming and the evolution of American fashion art, 1945-1965 /Frederic A. Sharf with Susan Ward.

62 pages : color illustrations ; 28 cm

Date: Ã2007.

Creators: Sharf, Frederic A., 1934- Salk, Lawrence. Ward, Susan. Brigham and Women's Hospital. Sharf Admitting Center.

GUSN: 361433

Call Number: Coll TT509.S53 2007

Style and the city :New York city fashion art : two decades of advertising drawings : 1955-1975 /by Frederic A. Sharf with Morton Kaish and Alexandra B. Huff.

72 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 28 cm

Date: 2010.

Creators: Sharf, Frederic A., 1934- Kaish, Morton, 1927- Huff, Alexandra B.

GUSN: 361434

Call Number: Coll NC998.5.N72 N489 2010

Figure, fabric, fantasy :five decades of American fashion drawing (1940s-1980s) : Jean S. and Frederic A. Sharf Collection, Museum of Fine Arts, Boston /Alexandra B. Huff and Frederic A. Sharf with Phil French and Morton Kaish.

102 pages : illustrations (chiefly color), portraits ; 29 cm

Creators: Huff, Alexandra B., author. Sharf, Frederic A., 1934- author. French, Phil, author. Kaish, Morton, 1927- author. Museum of Fine Arts, Boston,

GUSN: 361435

Call Number: Coll TT509.H86 2012

Embroidered dreams :designs from the House of Madeleine & Madeleine : Jean S. and Frederic A. Sharf Collection /Emily Banis Stoehrer.

62 pages : color illustrations ; 29 cm

Date: Ã2014.

Creators: Stoehrer, Emily Banis. Museum of Fine Arts, Boston.

GUSN: 361436

Call Number: Coll TT505.M334 S76 2014

Maine and American art :the Farnsworth Art Museum /Michael K. Komanecky, Jane Bianco, Angela Waldron.

384 pages : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 29 x 25 cm, Published on the occasion of Maine's bicentennial, the book considers more than 200 major artworks of American art from the Farnsworth Art Museum's impressive holdings and details how the state has figured prominently in the development of Amer...

Creators: Komanecky, Michael, author. Bianco, Jane, author. Waldron, Angela, author. Farnsworth Art Museum.

GUSN: 361437

Call Number: Coll ND230.M2 K66 2020

Plans and views of public parks /Charles E. Beveridge, editor ; Lauren Meier, associate editor ; Irene Mills, assistant editor.

xiv, 429 pages : illustrations (some color), maps (some color), plans (some color) ; 29 x 29 cm.

Creators: Olmsted, Frederick Law, 1822-1903, designer. Beveridge, Charles E., editor. Meier, Lauren, editor. Mills, Irene. editor.

GUSN: 361448

Call Number: Stacks SB470.O5 F74 2015

Frederick Law Olmsted :plans and views of communities and private estates /Charles E. Beveridge, Lauren Meier, and Irene Mills, editors.

xvii, 588 pages : illustrations (some color), maps (some color), plans (some color) ; 29 cm., Master landscape architect Frederick Law Olmsted (1822-1903) is renowned for his public parks, but few know the extent of his accomplishment in meeting other needs of society. Lavishly illustrated with over...

Creators: Olmsted, Frederick Law, 1822-1903, author. Beveridge, Charles E., editor. Meier, Lauren, editor. Mills, Irene, editor.

GUSN: 361449

Call Number: Stacks SB470.O5 A3 2020

Asher Benjamin :American architect, author, artist /Bill Ranauro.

xvi, 232 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm, "From the rural backwater of Hartland, Connecticut, Asher Benjamin would rise to become one of the most important yet overlooked figures of American architecture in the first half of the nineteenth century. Taking inspiration from the neoclassical design...

Creators: Ranauro, Bill, author.

GUSN: 361450

Call Number: Stacks NA737.B46 R36 2021

Bunny Williams on garden style /written with Nancy Drew.

287 pages : chiefly color illustrations ; 28 cm, In Bunny Williams on Garden Style , Williams visits impeccably designed gardens around the world, shedding light on the key components that make a garden so appealing and idyllic. For Williams, gardens offer an escape, and she imparts vital informatio...

Creators: Williams, Bunny, 1944- author. Drew, Nancy, 1948- author.

GUSN: 361451

Call Number: Stacks SB457.5 .W493 2015

Boston's oldest buildings and where to find them /Joseph M. Bagley.

222 pages : illustrations (chiefly color), maps (chiefly color) ; 26 cm, "A guidebook for Boston's 50 oldest buildings. Written in a conversational manner that does not bog the reader down in technical jargon, but allows them to see the history of Boston through the lens of its oldest structures whi...

Creators: Bagley, Joseph M., 1985- author.

GUSN: 361452

Call Number: Stacks F73.37 .B325 2021

Urban archipelago :an environmental history of the Boston Harbor Islands /Pavla Simková.

xi, 255 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm., "The Boston Harbor Islands have been called Boston's "hidden shores." While some are ragged rocks teeming with coastal wildlife, such as oystercatchers and harbor seals, others resemble manicured parks or have the appearance of wooded hills rising gently...

Creators: éSimková, Pavla, 1986- author.

GUSN: 361453

Call Number: Stacks GF504.M4 S56 2021

Lost towns of New England /Renee Mallet.

108 pages ; illustrations ; 23 cm, "New England is home to abandoned towns and forgotten main streets that once bustled with life and commerce. From villages sunk underwater to cities undone by the rise and fall of mill life, madness or just plain bad luck, these ghost towns offer a unique look into...

Creators: Mallet, Renee, author.

GUSN: 361454

Call Number: Stacks F4.M35 2021

Colonial Weymouth :the Forgotten Second Settlement /Mark Robert Schneider ; Maps by David Finney ; Photographs by Annemarie Reardon unless otherwise noted.

iii, 332 pages : illustrations, maps ; 23 cm

Creators: Schneider, Mark R. (Mark Robert), 1948- author. Finney, David, mapmaker. Reardon, Annemarie, photographer.

GUSN: 361455

Call Number: Stacks F74.W77 S36 2021

The best ever! :Parades in New England, 1788-1940 /Jane C. Nylander.

xvi, 384 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 21 x 26 cm, "Parades tell us something important about American culture and almost every place has a parade tradition. The Best Ever! explores this tradition as enacted in the small cities and towns of New England, events that at once celebrated the skel...

Creators: Nylander, Jane C., 1938- author.

GUSN: 361456

Call Number: Stacks GT4005.N95 2021

The citizen poets of Boston :a collection of forgotten poems, 1789-1820 /Paul Lewis, editor.

xv, 234 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm

Creators: Lewis, Paul, 1949- editor.

GUSN: 361457

Call Number: Stacks PS549.B6 C58 2016

Arts and crafts jewelry in Boston :Frank Gardner Hale and his circle /Nonie Gadsen, Meghan Melvin, Emily Stoehrer.

190 pages : illustrations (black and white, and colour) ; 26 cm, "A vibrant and active community of jewelry makers at the turn of the century in Boston, united by the ideals of the Arts and Crafts movement, created works of wearable art that came to define the 'Boston look' -- characterized by color...

Creators: Gadsden, Nonie, author. Melvin, Meghan, author. Stoehrer, Emily Banis, author. Snodgrass, Jennifer (Editor), editor. Museum of Fine Arts, Boston,

GUSN: 361458

Call Number: Coll NK7301.B67 M53 2018 c.1 (and 1 more)

American history, art, and culture :writings in honor of Jonathan Leo Fairbanks /Pat Warner and Gerald W.R. Ward, editors.

167 pages : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 26 cm

Creators: Warner, Pat. Ward, Gerald W. R. Fuller Craft Museum.

GUSN: 361459

Call Number: Coll NK805.A43 2018

American glass :the collections at Yale /John Stuart Gordon.

xi, 312 pages : color illustrations ; 27 cm, "Glass can be decorative or utilitarian, and its forms often reflect technological innovations and social change. Drawing on an insightful selection from the Yale University Art Gallery and other collections at Yale, American Glass illuminates the vital a...

Creators: Gordon, John Stuart, 1977- author. Yale University. Art Gallery,

GUSN: 361460

Call Number: Coll NK5102.Y35 G67 2018

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