Historic New England

Pitcher

Stoneware lekythos-shaped pitcher with brown slip-cast body, incised horses in landscape around body. Blue and green palmettes around neck and base with four bands of white and blue rosettes in relief around body and neck.

Date: 1876

Maker: Doulton Lambeth (Manufacturer)

Material: sgraffito (technique), slip casting, stoneware (pottery), relief (sculpture techniques)

GUSN: 29150

Accession Number: 1920.519

Pitcher

Creamware pitcher. Polychrome transfer-printed design. Oval medallions depicting patriotic scenes featuring a memorial to George Washington and plans for Washington D.C.. A cartoon on the front shows John Bull and Napoleon pulling a cow by the horns and tail while Jefferson milks the cow. The image...

Date: c. 1810

Maker: Akin, James, 1773-1846 (Cartoonist)

Material: creamware, gilding, glazing (coating), transfer printing

GUSN: 29151

Accession Number: 1920.521

Plate

Earthenware plate with a scalloped edge. Scroll and basket weave border. Mottled brown, green, and yellow mottled glaze.

Maker: unknown

Material: earthenware, glazing (coating)

GUSN: 29152

Accession Number: 1920.522

Copperplate-printed textile fragment "The Dance" and "The Departure"

This rectangular fragment has a repeating red and white scene of a family departing a cottage and a group of young people dancing in a ring around a musician leaning against a tree. The scene is bordered by trees and foliage. The top edge of the fragment is hemmed, with the remains of a tape binding...

Date: 1790-1800

Maker: Attributed to Marshall, John, Manchester Printworks (Printer)

Material: copper engraving (printing process), cotton (textile), piecing, textiles

GUSN: 29153

Accession Number: 1920.523

Cloth Fragment

Sheer white fabric with a stitched dot pattern.

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 29154

Accession Number: 1920.541

Scale

No description

Maker: unknown

Material: brass (alloy)

GUSN: 29155

Accession Number: 1920.542

Coin

No description

Maker: unknown

Material: brass (alloy)

GUSN: 29156

Accession Number: 1920.543

Drawer Pulls

Pair of brass drawer knobs. Stamped with stylized flower head. Attached screw, unattached escutcheon plate.

Maker: unknown

Material: brass (alloy)

GUSN: 29158

Accession Number: 1920.548

Oval Tobacco Box

Oval tin with tight fitting cover. Exterior painted black with gold lettering that reads: "May we never Feel want Nor ever want Feeling."

Date: 1800

Maker: unknown

Material: tin (metal), painting (image-making)

GUSN: 29159

Accession Number: 1920.549

Fan

Dark green silk leaf; plain ivory sticks.

Date: ca. 1820

Maker: unknown

Material: ivory (tooth component), silk (textile)

GUSN: 29160

Accession Number: 1920.552

Tablespoon

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

Date: 1810

Maker: unknown

Material: silver (metal)

GUSN: 29161

Accession Number: 1920.553

Eyeglasses

No description

Maker: unknown

Material: brass (alloy)

GUSN: 29162

Accession Number: 1920.554

Writing Tablet

A writing tablet with a carved ivory cover, writing sheets, and a metal latch.

Maker: unknown

Material: ivory (tooth component)

GUSN: 29163

Accession Number: 1920.560

Mechanical Pencil

No description

Maker: unknown

Material: ivory (tooth component)

GUSN: 29164

Accession Number: 1920.561

Mechanical Pencil

No description

Maker: unknown

Material: ivory (tooth component)

GUSN: 29165

Accession Number: 1920.562

Thread Winder

No description

Maker: unknown

Material: wood (plant material)

GUSN: 29166

Accession Number: 1920.563

Thread Winder

No description

Maker: unknown

Material: wood (plant material)

GUSN: 29167

Accession Number: 1920.564

Telescope

No description

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 29168

Accession Number: 1920.566

Pocket Knife

A hinged ivory pocket knife with carved accents.

Maker: unknown

Material: ivory (tooth component)

GUSN: 29169

Accession Number: 1920.568

Scissors in a Case

Red-brown leather case with blue velvet trim and a very small pair of scissors.

Maker: unknown

Material: iron (metal), leather

GUSN: 29170

Accession Number: 1920.569

Needles

No description

Maker: unknown

Material: ivory (tooth component)

GUSN: 29171

Accession Number: 1920.570

Wine Glass

No description

Maker: unknown

Material: glass (material)

GUSN: 28550

Accession Number: 1918.1575

Wine Glass

No description

Maker: unknown

Material: glass (material)

GUSN: 28551

Accession Number: 1918.1576

Platter

Large, oval platter with blue painted and molded Cord and Herringbone rim.

Date: 1830-1850

Maker: Possibly William Adams & Sons (Maker)

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

GUSN: 28552

Accession Number: 1918.1579

Mug

Earthenware tan colored handled mug. Brown bands around the rim and base.

Date: 1825-1850

Maker: unknown

Material: earthenware, glazing (coating)

GUSN: 28553

Accession Number: 1918.1582

Custard Cup

No description

Maker: unknown

Material: earthenware

GUSN: 28554

Accession Number: 1918.1584

Crock

No description

Maker: unknown

Material: earthenware

GUSN: 28555

Accession Number: 1918.1585

Tea bowl

Handleless, hand-painted porcelain cup. Exterior: faded black wavy border; flower buds, and basket of flowers. Interior: faded dot-and-line black border.

Date: 1750-1775

Maker: unknown

Material: porcelain, hand-painted, glazing (coating)

GUSN: 28556

Accession Number: 1918.1586

Teacup and saucer

Teacup: Body flares out from midpoint; ear-shaped handle with rounded thumbhold; scalloped edge to rim; exterior border: band of black zigzag and orange dot; black rosebud painted on exterior of body; interior border: band of black arches and orange dots. Saucer: Same border as interior of cup; bor...

Date: 1810-1820

Maker: unknown

Material: painting (coating), porcelain

GUSN: 28557

Accession Number: 1918.1587-.1588

Coffee Cup

Blue transfer-printed pearlware coffee cup. Exterior floral and scroll motif. Interior scroll border around the rim.

Date: 1820-1830

Maker: unknown

Material: earthenware, transfer printing

GUSN: 28558

Accession Number: 1918.1589

Fruit Basket

Earthenware fruit basket. Dual scroll molded handles with brown accents. Pierced diamond lattice body. Brown bands around rim, body, and base.

Maker: unknown

Material: creamware

GUSN: 28559

Accession Number: 1918.1590

Lid

No description

Maker: unknown

Material: earthenware

GUSN: 28560

Accession Number: 1918.1593

Teapot

Cream colored earthenware handled teapot. Faceted spout. Pointed button finial.

Date: 1760-1780

Maker: unknown

Material: glazing (coating), stoneware (pottery)

GUSN: 28561

Accession Number: 1918.1594

Teacup

Blue transfer-printed earthenware teacup. Beaded edge and floral motif.

Date: 1820-1840

Maker: unknown

Material: earthenware, transfer printing

GUSN: 28562

Accession Number: 1918.1595

Plate

Pearlware plate with scalloped rim. Rim is molded with a feather and sprig pattern and painted blue.

Date: 1800-1830

Maker: unknown

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

GUSN: 28563

Accession Number: 1918.1597

Soup plate

Ironstone soup plate with "flow blue" transfer-printed "Manilla" pattern. Scenic and floral border pattern and central pattern of pagodas and willow trees. Sprigs of flowers on underside of rim.

Date: 1834-1859

Maker: Podmore, Walker & Co. (Maker)

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

GUSN: 28564

Accession Number: 1918.1599

Luncheon Plate

Blue transfer-printed pearlware luncheon plate. Floral border surrounds a central scene featuring a coastal fishing town.

Date: 1820-1830

Maker: unknown

Material: pearlware, glazing (coating), transfer printing

GUSN: 28565

Accession Number: 1918.1601

Plate

Octagonal pearlware plate with blue painted, molded feather edge.

Date: 1800-1830

Maker: unknown

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

GUSN: 28566

Accession Number: 1918.1603

Soup Plate

Creamware soup plate with a scroll molded scalloped edge.

Date: 1800-1810

Maker: unknown

Material: creamware, glazing (coating)

GUSN: 28567

Accession Number: 1918.1604

Dish

No description

Maker: unknown

Material: ceramic (material)

GUSN: 28568

Accession Number: 1918.1605

Plate

Creamware transfer-print plate. Scalloped edge and a molded border of rococo curlicues and floral sprays. Green transfer printed image of a girl feeding chickens.

Maker: unknown

Material: earthenware, transfer printing, creamware, glazing (coating)

GUSN: 28569

Accession Number: 1918.1606