Historic New England

Trueen with cover

No description

Maker: unknown

Material: porcelain

GUSN: 39016

Accession Number: 1937.350AB

Border: bands of gold and reddish brown with gold swag and tassle; border around well: gold dots with reddish brown centers; central sepia-colored landscape scene with gold in oval: trees, left with house and pine tree, right; cipher "JL" in sky. Fruit basket: oval with latticework sides and rectang...

Date: 1790-1810

Maker: unknown

Material: painting (coating), porcelain, underglazing

GUSN: 39017

Accession Number: 1937.351

Basket

No description

Maker: unknown

Material: porcelain

GUSN: 39018

Accession Number: 1937.352A

Dish

No description

Maker: unknown

Material: porcelain

GUSN: 39019

Accession Number: 1937.352B

Sauceboat

No description

Maker: unknown

Material: porcelain

GUSN: 39020

Accession Number: 1937.354

Dish

No description

Maker: unknown

Material: porcelain

GUSN: 39021

Accession Number: 1937.360

Dish

No description

Maker: unknown

Material: porcelain

GUSN: 39022

Accession Number: 1937.361

Butter dish

Butter dish with underplate in orange Fitzhugh pattern. Oval with gilt bud finial painted gilt leaf.

Date: 1810-1830

Maker: unknown

Material: gilding, leaf (plant material), foliation (pattern), leaf (metal), painting (coating), porcelain

GUSN: 39023

Accession Number: 1937.369.1AB-.2

Demitasse Cup

Child's porcelain cup with gadrooned, gilt spine handle. Interior: blue and gold alternating dot band. Exterior: gold border with blue enamel abstract leaf and flowers and rounded arch and dot below; monogram "S.H.L." in gold oval.

Date: 1790-1810

Maker: unknown

Material: enameling, gilding, hand-painted, porcelain

GUSN: 39024

Accession Number: 1937.375.1

Child's Coffee Cup

Child's porcelain cup with broken off handle. Exterior gilt band around rim; interior border of blue pinpoint quatrefoils on thin double gilt band; exterio: "IL" monogram within blue enamel and gold oval with gold stars on enamel ground.

Date: 1790-1810

Maker: unknown

Material: enameling, gilding, hand-painted, porcelain

GUSN: 39025

Accession Number: 1937.376

Plate

No description

Maker: unknown

Material: porcelain

GUSN: 39026

Accession Number: 1937.384

Saucer

Porcelain saucer. Black-gray floral pattern with metallic gold around rim. Metallic gold oval with landscapes and buildings in black-gray in center of plate.

Maker: unknown

Material: porcelain

GUSN: 39027

Accession Number: 1937.385A

Saucer

No description

Maker: unknown

Material: porcelain

GUSN: 39028

Accession Number: 1937.385B

Jar

No description

Maker: unknown

Material: porcelain

GUSN: 39030

Accession Number: 1937.389

Ginger jar

Blue hand-painted ginger jar. No cover.

Maker: unknown

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

GUSN: 39031

Accession Number: 1937.391

Ginger Jar

Blue hand-painted ginger jar with cover.

Date: 1890

Maker: unknown

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

GUSN: 39032

Accession Number: 1937.392

Bowl

No description

Maker: unknown

Material: earthenware

GUSN: 39033

Accession Number: 1937.395

Box with Sliding Lid

Small, oblong wooden box with sliding lid. Box lid is handcarved with heart and six pointed star contained within a circle. Also various patterns composed of smaller elements, including spiralled disks and concentric squares. Box contains wound bundle of raffia straw.

Maker: unknown

Material: wood (plant material)

GUSN: 39034

Accession Number: 1937.408AB

Pen Holder

No description

Maker: unknown

Material: wood (plant material)

GUSN: 39035

Accession Number: 1937.412

Portable Desk

No description

Maker: unknown

Material: wood (plant material)

GUSN: 38778

Accession Number: 1936.830.1

Needle

Metal needle with a hook and a wooden handle.

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 38779

Accession Number: 1936.831

Needle

Metal needle with a hook and a wooden handle.

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 38780

Accession Number: 1936.832

Shawl

Burgundy wool brushed to a nap with silk braid trim arranged along borders for turnover shawl; braid pattern of grape leaves & squiggles.

Date: 1845-1855

Maker: unknown

Material: napping, brushwork, wool (textile), weaving

GUSN: 38781

Accession Number: 1936.834

Shawl

Black silk gauze with tied on wool fringe; large square.

Date: 1850-1875

Maker: unknown

Material: silk (fiber)

GUSN: 38782

Accession Number: 1936.835

Antimacassar

White cotton knotted fillet mesh. Geometric motifs. Long tail of thread at corner.

Maker: unknown

Material: cotton (textile), embroidering, textiles

GUSN: 38783

Accession Number: 1936.844

Slipcover

No description

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 38784

Accession Number: 1936.845

Window Curtain Panel

Rectangular; paisley stripes in dull browns, tans and greens. Hemmed top and bottom; selvage sides.

Maker: unknown

Material: cotton (textile)

GUSN: 38785

Accession Number: 1936.846

Window Curtain

Window curtain panel, red, blue, and green paisley design on cream ground. Two lengths of fabric stitched together, on 34 3/4" wide the other 11" wide. Top edge has 1 1/8" hem; Bottom edge has 1 1/4" hem; right edge 1/4" hem; left edge has no hem, it is the selvedge.

Maker: unknown

Material: cotton (textile)

GUSN: 38786

Accession Number: 1936.847

Shoes

Each slipper in this pair is constructed of white kid leather with a square toe topped with a small white bow and fastened with white silk ribbon laces. The vamp measures 3/8".

Date: ca. 1835

Maker: unknown

Material: stitching, leather, ribbon (material), silk (textile)

GUSN: 38787

Accession Number: 1936.849

Cloth Fragment

Blue and purple grape-patterned fabric.

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 38788

Accession Number: 1936.851

Purse

Tan cotton purse with multicolored wool stitched leaf pattern. Red and orange stitched wool trim. Multicolored wool tassels for drawstring.

Maker: unknown

Material: cotton (textile), wool (hair)

GUSN: 38789

Accession Number: 1936.852

Handbag

Cream and pink silk and cotton with floral embroidered lace at top and silk ribbon drawstring.

Maker: unknown

Material: cotton (textile), silk (fiber)

GUSN: 38790

Accession Number: 1936.853

Box

No description

Maker: unknown

Material: wood (plant material)

GUSN: 38791

Accession Number: 1936.854

Needle Case and Pincushion

Needlebook with perforated cardboard covers; bird designs on both sides; purple silk inside cushion and natural flannel for needles.

Maker: unknown

Material: silk (textile), cardboard

GUSN: 38792

Accession Number: 1936.856

Pin Cushion

Round pin ball with cream colored fabric and green beaded decoration.

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 38793

Accession Number: 1936.857

Pocket Watch

A Niagara Falls style wall pocket of blue wool and adorned with three dimensional, thick clear beadwork, with outlining and edging in clear beads, and fribbon loop at top.

Date: ca. 1900

Maker: unknown

Material: wool (textile), beads (pierced objects), beading (process), beadwork, cotton (fiber)

GUSN: 38794

Accession Number: 1936.858

Pincushion

Hat-shaped pincushion; brown silk with blue ribbon trim.

Maker: unknown

Material: silk (textile)

GUSN: 38795

Accession Number: 1936.860

Sewing Kit

Black felt needle case shaped like a hand and a sleeve with pink stitching.

Maker: unknown

Material: felt (textile)

GUSN: 38796

Accession Number: 1936.861

Beaker

Cylindrical pewter beaker with flared rim, incised bands below rim and near base.

Date: 1825-1850

Maker: unknown

Material: pewter (tin alloy), tin (metal)

GUSN: 38798

Accession Number: 1936.869

Hourglass

No description

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 38799

Accession Number: 1936.870

Sewing Bird

This bird-shaped sewing clamp has a round, red velvet pincushion mounted on its post. The post and table clamp were cast with a foliate motif.

Date: ca. 1850

Maker: unknown

Material: iron (metal)

GUSN: 38801

Accession Number: 1936.872

Thimble

Metal thimble.

Maker: unknown

Material: iron (metal)

GUSN: 38802

Accession Number: 1936.874

Thimble

Metal thimble.

Maker: unknown

Material: iron (metal)

GUSN: 38803

Accession Number: 1936.875

Small Scale and Weights in Case

Small scale and weights in wooden, hinged box with latch. Measurement conversions are written in pencil on a piece of paper affixed to the inside of the box cover.

Maker: unknown

Material: wood (plant material), metal, string (fiber product), cloth

GUSN: 38806

Accession Number: 1936.883A-I