Historic New England

Textile Fragment

White cotton fabric with a printed blue and red pattern.

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 7140

Accession Number: 1992.269

Saucer

Part of a set of china with an orange Fitzhugh pattern.

Date: 1810-1830

Maker: unknown

Material: gilding, porcelain

GUSN: 7141

Accession Number: 1937.372.4

Carpet Bag

White, red, orange, green, black floral hooked-type carpet; handle; flap and open top bound with striped twill tape; lined with brown linen; arched handle.

Maker: unknown

Material: wool (textile), linen (material), hand sewing, brass (alloy), textiles

GUSN: 7142

Accession Number: 1993.806

Saucer

Part of a set of china with an orange Fitzhugh pattern.

Date: 1810-1830

Maker: unknown

Material: gilding, porcelain

GUSN: 7143

Accession Number: 1937.372.5

Saucer

Part of a set of china with an orange Fitzhugh pattern.

Date: 1810-1830

Maker: unknown

Material: gilding, porcelain

GUSN: 7144

Accession Number: 1937.372.7

Saucer

Part of a set of china with an orange Fitzhugh pattern.

Date: 1810-1830

Maker: unknown

Material: gilding, porcelain

GUSN: 7145

Accession Number: 1937.372.11

Teacup

Part of a set of china with an orange Fitzhugh pattern.

Date: 1810-1830

Maker: unknown

Material: gilding, porcelain

GUSN: 7146

Accession Number: 1937.372.2

Teacup

Part of a set of china with an orange Fitzhugh pattern.

Date: 1810-1830

Maker: unknown

Material: gilding, porcelain

GUSN: 7147

Accession Number: 1937.372.3

Teacup

Part of a set of china with an orange Fitzhugh pattern.

Date: 1810-1830

Maker: unknown

Material: gilding, porcelain

GUSN: 7148

Accession Number: 1937.372.6

Teacup

Part of a set of china with an orange Fitzhugh pattern.

Date: 1810-1830

Maker: unknown

Material: gilding, porcelain

GUSN: 7149

Accession Number: 1937.372.10

Teacup

Part of a set of china with an orange Fitzhugh pattern.

Date: 1810-1830

Maker: unknown

Material: gilding, porcelain

GUSN: 7150

Accession Number: 1937.372.12

Soup plate

Scalloped edge; polychrome enamel sprays of flowers around border; gilt spearhead band around well; central enamelled landscape scene of hills & streams, with pagoda, trees and man atop ox in stream.

Date: 1760-1780

Maker: unknown

Material: enamel paint, gilding, painting (coating), porcelain

GUSN: 7153

Accession Number: 1927.2206

Soup plate

Scalloped edge; polychrome enamel sprays of flowers around border; gilt spearhead band around well; central enamelled landscape scene of hills & streams, with pagoda, trees and man atop ox in stream.

Date: 1760-1780

Maker: unknown

Material: enamel paint, gilding, painting (coating), porcelain

GUSN: 7154

Accession Number: 1927.2207

Soup plate

Scalloped edge; polychrome enamel sprays of flowers around border; gilt spearhead band around well; central enamelled landscape scene of hills & streams, with pagoda, trees and man atop ox in stream.

Date: 1760-1780

Maker: unknown

Material: enamel paint, gilding, painting (coating), porcelain

GUSN: 7155

Accession Number: 1927.2209

Soup plate

Scalloped edge; polychrome enamel sprays of flowers around border; gilt spearhead band around well; central enamelled landscape scene of hills & streams, with pagoda, trees and man atop ox in stream.

Date: 1760-1780

Maker: unknown

Material: enamel paint, gilding, painting (coating), porcelain

GUSN: 7156

Accession Number: 1927.2210

Soup plate

Scalloped edge; polychrome enamel sprays of flowers around border; gilt spearhead band around well; central enamelled landscape scene of hills & streams, with pagoda, trees and man atop ox in stream.

Date: 1760-1780

Maker: unknown

Material: enamel paint, gilding, painting (coating), porcelain

GUSN: 7157

Accession Number: 1927.2211

Ingrain carpet fragment

No description

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 7158

Accession Number: 1981.14.7

Soup plate

Scalloped edge; polychrome enamel sprays of flowers around border; gilt spearhead band around well; central enamelled landscape scene of hills & streams, with pagoda, trees and man atop ox in stream.

Date: 1760-1780

Maker: unknown

Material: enamel paint, gilding, painting (coating), porcelain

GUSN: 7159

Accession Number: 1927.2212

Carpet fragment

No description

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 7160

Accession Number: 1990.309.1-2

Primary border wavy blue band with gold sunbursts, thin red band and blue, gold and red pseudo-spearhead band; secondary border: blue and gold husk chain; main decoration: doves perched on twisted rope with branch between their beaks in oval framed in blue enamel with gold stars, edged in wavy red a...

Date: 1770-1810

Maker: unknown

Material: enamel paint, painting (coating), porcelain

GUSN: 7161

Accession Number: 1933.6376AB

Teapot

Primary border wavy blue band with gold sunbursts, thin red band and blue, gold and red pseudo-spearhead band; secondary border: blue and gold husk chain; main decoration: doves perched on twisted rope with branch between their beaks in oval framed in blue enamel with gold stars, edged in wavy red a...

Date: 1770-1810

Maker: unknown

Material: enamel paint, painting (coating), porcelain

GUSN: 7162

Accession Number: 1933.6390.3

Platter

Oval with border of wavy orange vine and wavy blue dotted line and straight blue dot line; border around well of orange wave; central decoration polychrome enamel flower bunch.

Date: 1780-1800

Maker: unknown

Material: enameling, painting (coating), porcelain

GUSN: 7164

Accession Number: 1953.155A

Platter

Oval with border of wavy orange vine and wavy blue dotted line and straight blue dot line; border around well of orange wave; central decoration polychrome enamel flower bunch.

Date: 1780-1800

Maker: unknown

Material: enameling, painting (coating), porcelain

GUSN: 7165

Accession Number: 1952.155C

Platter

Oval with border of wavy orange vine and wavy blue dotted line and straight blue dot line; border around well of orange wave; central decoration polychrome enamel flower bunch.

Date: 1780-1800

Maker: unknown

Material: enameling, painting (coating), porcelain

GUSN: 7166

Accession Number: 1952.155D

Wet drug jar

Delftware jug with light blue glaze and blue decoration. The jug is bowl shaped on a splayed foot, with a short, slightly flared spout, winged cherubs bearing flower branches perched at corners depicted on body. Metal lid of Delft jar.

Date: 1760-1780

Maker: unknown

Material: earthenware, painting (coating), glazing (coating), tin glaze

GUSN: 7167

Accession Number: 1941.1211AB

Evangelist Bell

Bronze bell with pierced sides decorated with molded symbols of the four New Testament evangelists. A U-shaped handle sits on a stepped top. Inside is a S-shaped hook for a clapper.

Date: 1868-1933

Maker: unknown

Material: bronze (metal), molding (forming)

GUSN: 12506

Accession Number: 1971.1638

Trinket Box

Four footed platform base with three stacked rectangular boxes progressively smaller in height with a detached lid at the top. Outside it is painted gold overall. The top of the lid, top of the base bottoms and insides of the boxes are speckled with metallic dusts. Inside the top box are three small...

Date: 1900-1991

Maker: unknown

Material: gilding, lacquering, wood (plant material)

GUSN: 12507

Accession Number: 1971.1639

Chueh Vessel

Bronze Oriental ceremonial libation vessel has three triangular legs. Bulbous body has two elongated spouts, and the side has a C-shaped handle. Incised Imperial decoration overall.

Date: 1900-1997

Maker: unknown

Material: bronze (metal)

GUSN: 12508

Accession Number: 1971.1640

Breton Peasant

Bust-length view of a peasant, executed in brown tones. Swarthy-faced man with long hair, wide brimmed hat, holding a pipe to his mouth with one hand and lighting it with the other. Set in an elaborate gilt and gesso frame with beading, and shell and foliate decorative elements. "Breton Peasant afte...

Date: 1868-1933

Maker: unknown

Material: beading (edging pattern), beading (process), gesso, gilding, oil paint (paint), canvas, shell (animal material), wood (plant material)

GUSN: 12509

Accession Number: 1971.1641

Harvard College Yard

Print of pen and ink drawing of Harvard College Yard. Under glass in a black molded frame.

Date: copyright 1890

Maker: Wiseman, Robert R., Mr. (Artist) Frederick A. Stokes Co. (Printer)

Material: glass (material), ink, paper (fiber product), photographs, wood (plant material)

GUSN: 12510

Accession Number: 1971.1642

Portrait of a Boy

Sepia toned print of a little boy leaning on a large wooden barrel. He is wearing ragged clothing and has curly hair. Under glass on a white mat, set in a simple gold molded frame with a thin black stripe.

Date: 1900 -1933

Maker: Boucher (Artist)

Material: glass (material), paper (fiber product), photographs, wood (plant material)

GUSN: 12512

Accession Number: 1971.1644

Photograph

Series of seven postcard-like photographs of views of Mt. Desert Island, ME. Under glass, in a thin black molded frame and set on an off-white mat.

Date: 1900-1950

Maker: unknown

Material: glass (material), paper (fiber product), photographs, wood (plant material)

GUSN: 12513

Accession Number: 1971.1645

Scatter Rug

Coarsely woven rug with three borders of yellow-red-beige decorated with simple geometric patterns. Red central rectangle decorated with simple geometric shapes. Short fringe at both ends.

Date: 1868-1899

Maker: unknown

Material: wool (textile)

GUSN: 12514

Accession Number: 1971.1646

Dressing Glass

Four scrolled feet on a trestle base with a medial stretcher vase and ring turned. Stiles are ring-turned with and urn and ball finial. Movable rectangular mirror has a mahogany veneer frame. Doweled to stiles at the center. Mirror backed with pine board.

Date: 1800-1850

Maker: unknown

Material: glass (material), mahogany (wood), veneer

GUSN: 12515

Accession Number: 1971.1647

Ladies' Fan

Cotton folding fan with hand painted birds and blossoming tree branches. Bamboo frame. Embossed foliate design on the frame ends, painted green. Stamped foliate design on the inner frame stays, painted green and gold. Brass handle at the bottom.

Date: 1868-1933

Maker: unknown

Material: bamboo (material), brass (alloy), cotton (textile), embossing, painting (image-making), hand-painted, stamping (forming)

GUSN: 12516

Accession Number: 1971.1648

Inkwell

Cast in the shape of a kitten in a shoe. The kitten has a single hinge at the back of the neck where the case opens, revealing an enclosed cylindrical glass ink bottle inside the shoe. The inside of the kitten is hollow.

Date: 1868 -1933

Maker: unknown

Material: bronze (metal), casting (process), glass (material)

GUSN: 12517

Accession Number: 1971.1649

Photograph

Black and white photograph of the Portsmouth Athenaeum doorway. Under glass and in a plain wooden frame, stained.

Date: 1900-1933

Maker: unknown

Material: glass (material), paper (fiber product), photographs, wood (plant material)

GUSN: 12518

Accession Number: 1971.1650.1

Photograph

Black and white photograph of the Jacob Wendell House doorway. Under glass and in a plain wooden frame, stained.

Date: 1900-1933

Maker: unknown

Material: glass (material), paper (fiber product), photographs, wood (plant material)

GUSN: 12519

Accession Number: 1971.1650.2

Empire Dressing Table

Empire period dressing table with four identical turned legs with bulbed feet, foliate carving, and ring turning surmounted by straight case and slightly overhanging top. Long bowed rectangular drawer in front with mushroom handles. Similarly proportioned recessed case set up on five short bulbed tu...

Date: 1840

Maker: unknown

Material: carving (processes), mahogany (wood), veneer

GUSN: 12520

Accession Number: 1971.1651

Print

Black and white print of a crouched fox, centered, looking at a rabbit in a trap in the foreground. Molded and gilt wood frame, under glass.

Date: 5/1/1845

Maker: unknown

Material: gesso, glass (material), paper (fiber product), photographs, wood (plant material)

GUSN: 12521

Accession Number: 1971.1652

Print

Framed print called "American Feathered Game", a picture of birds strung up by their feet against a gray oval ground and a white background. Under glass in a plain gilt painted frame. 1) Has birds with predominately browns and greys. 2) Has birds with predominately grey, green and blue.

Date: dated 1854

Maker: Currier, Nathaniel (Printer) Tait, Arthur Fitzwilliam, 1819-1905 (Painter) Kniersch, O. (Engraver)

Material: glass (material), paper (fiber product), photographs, wood (plant material)

GUSN: 12522

Accession Number: 1971.1653.1-2

Photograph

Sepia tone photograph of a frescoed interior by Tiziano in the Academia di Belle Arti. In a molded walnut frame, painted black on the lower edge and sides.

Date: 1900-1933

Maker: unknown

Material: glass (material), paper (fiber product), photographs, wood (plant material)

GUSN: 12523

Accession Number: 1971.1654

Mahjongg Game with Case

Box has a upward sliding front lid (b). Inside reveals five drawers, each has a turned silver-colored handle at the center. Top four drawers, equal in size, have carved and decorated ivory game tiles (a). Larger bottom drawer is divided into three compartments. Each holds long rectangular ivory bett...

Date: 1900-1930

Maker: unknown

Material: ivory (tooth component), wood (plant material)

GUSN: 12524

Accession Number: 1971.1655AB

George Washington Figurine

Circular base. Figure shown in stride, holding a rolled paper in his right hand, left arm bent clutching his toga to his chest. Under his toga, he wears his colonial attire, buckled shoes and stockings.

Date: 1868-1899

Maker: unknown

Material: parian (porcelain), porcelain

GUSN: 12525

Accession Number: 1971.1656

Allegorial Figure

Standing figure of Athena with a helmet and shield. Dressed in Greek apron and toga.

Date: 1834-1867

Maker: Reproduction of Thorwaldsen, Albert Bertel, 1770-1844 (Sculptor)

Material: parian (porcelain), porcelain

GUSN: 12526

Accession Number: 1971.1657

Victorian Occasional Table

Marble top. four elaborately scrolled bracket feet resting on castors. Feet curve out, then turn sharply inward, joining a turned central pedestal. Below the pedestal is a bulbous-shaped drop finial. Four shaped legs curve outward, leaving the pedestal to rejoin at the top. Oval marble top rests on ...

Date: 1868-1899

Maker: unknown

Material: marble (rock), red oak (wood)

GUSN: 12527

Accession Number: 1971.1658

Print

A black and white print of the Madonna and Child with John the Baptist. Wood frame, painted black with raised quatrefoil motif with flower and leaf design. Inner edge gilded. Enclosed under glass. Circular reserve contains a seated Madonna holding the Child in her lap, John stands behind and to the ...

Date: 1800-1899

Maker: Lanxio, Ralph (Maker)

Material: gesso, gilding, glass (material), leaf (plant material), foliation (pattern), leaf (metal), painting (coating), paper (fiber product), wood (plant material)

GUSN: 12528

Accession Number: 1971.1659

Water Pitcher

Conical shaped body has a pinched neck, and a scrolled spout with a conforming lid and a mushroom shaped enamel finial. Applied C-handle and it is painted brownish-orange.

Date: 1868-1899

Maker: unknown

Material: painting (coating), tin (metal)

GUSN: 12529

Accession Number: 1971.1660

Watering Can

Green painted watering can has a cylindrical body which tapers at the top. Base and lip are molded and stepped. C-Shaped bail and handle. Angular two-part spout. black, red and gilt band above and below the spout. The inside is painted blue and the bottom is black.

Date: 1900-1997

Maker: unknown

Material: painting (coating), tin (metal)

GUSN: 12530

Accession Number: 1971.1661

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