Historic New England

Teacup and saucer

Teacup (a), with handle, and saucer (b).

Date: 1790-1850

Maker: unknown

Material: luster (optical property)

GUSN: 290738

Accession Number: 1958.340.6ab

Teacup and saucer

Teacup (a), with handle, and saucer (b)..

Date: 1790-1850

Maker: unknown

Material: luster (optical property)

GUSN: 290739

Accession Number: 1958.340.7ab

Teacup and saucer

Teacup (a), with handle, and saucer (b)

Date: 1790-1850

Maker: unknown

Material: luster (optical property)

GUSN: 290740

Accession Number: 1958.340.8ab

Teacup and saucer

Teacup (a), with handle, and saucer (b).

Date: 1790-1850

Maker: unknown

Material: luster (optical property)

GUSN: 290741

Accession Number: 1958.340.9ab

Teacup

Teacup, with handle.

Date: 1790-1850

Maker: unknown

Material: luster (optical property)

GUSN: 290742

Accession Number: 1958.340.10

Pair of Andirons

Pair of brass andirons with acorn shaped tops and smaller acorn shaped finials. Cabriole legs with flattened pad feet.

Maker: unknown

Material: brass (alloy), iron (metal), casting (process)

GUSN: 290743

Accession Number: 1990.224.1-.2

Pitcher

Oval porcelain pitcher with pink ivy trail on handle and around neck, 1790-1850 and red vine with green leaves and pink flowers and black curls. Body fluted.

Date: 1790-1850

Maker: unknown

Material: porcelain

GUSN: 290744

Accession Number: 1958.347

Dessert plate

Porcelain plate with pink luster rim, red flowers, blue buds and half-green, half-pink luster leaves, pink luster vine and leaves.

Date: 1790-1850

Maker: unknown

Material: porcelain, luster (optical property)

GUSN: 290745

Accession Number: 1958.350.1

Dessert plate

Porcelain plate with pink luster rim, red flowers, blue buds and half-green, half-pink luster leaves, pink luster vine and leaves.

Date: 1790-1850

Maker: unknown

Material: porcelain, luster (optical property)

GUSN: 290746

Accession Number: 1958.350.2

Wallpaper

Fragment of wallpaper with all-over stylized foliate pattern. Roller-printed in gray and green on white ground. Reproduced by Waterhouse Wallhangings as "Duxbury Leaves."

Date: 1860-1870

Maker: unknown

Material: paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 290747

Accession Number: 2001.281.955

Saucer

Porcelain saucer with hand painted green leaves and pink luster flowers.

Date: 1790-1850

Maker: unknown

Material: porcelain

GUSN: 290751

Accession Number: 1958.387

Fragment of block-printed wallpaper from Bourne, Massachusetts. Pattern of small red and white floral rosettes or medallions alternating with smaller red floral sprigs. Probably ungrounded paper. Reproduced as "Eagle Hill" by Waterhouse Wallhangings.

Date: 1800-1820

Maker: unknown

Material: paper (fiber product), block printing (relief printing process)

GUSN: 290753

Accession Number: 2001.281.956

Wallpaper

Two fragments of block-printed wallpaper from Centerville, Massachusetts. Pattern of small red and white floral rosettes alternating with smaller red floral sprigs. Probably ungrounded paper. The wallpaper was covered by pages of the Boston Cultivator farm journal dating from circa 1849-1850, see...

Date: 1800-1820

Maker: unknown

Material: paper (fiber product), block printing (relief printing process)

GUSN: 290757

Accession Number: 2001.281.957.1AB

Fragments of "The Boston Cultivator" farm journal

Four fragments of "The Boston Cultivator" farm journal dating from circa 1849-1850. Pages of the newspaper were used to cover a wall. The newspaper covered an early nineteenth-century medallion and sprig wallpaper, see 2001.281.957.1ab. An imprint of the wallpaper is visible on some of the newspa...

Date: 1849-1850

Maker: The Boston Cultivator (Printer)

Material: paper (fiber product), printing (process)

GUSN: 290760

Accession Number: 2001.281.957.2A-D

Transparency of Wallpaper Pattern

Transparency of the reproduction wallpaper pattern "General John Walker" produced by Surflex Roller Co. Ltd., Yorkshire, England for Waterhouse Wallhangings in 1981. Per correspondence, the transparency was sent to Bernard Scott of Waterhouse Wallhangings in February, 1981 for his approval before w...

Date: 1981

Maker: Surflex Roller Co. Ltd. (Manufacturer)

Material: plastic (organic material), film (material by form)

GUSN: 290794

Accession Number: 2001.281.958

Wallpaper

Two long fragments of wallpaper in the "Griffin" pattern. Fragments are mid-nineteenth century reproduction of the late-eighteenth century neoclassical "Griffin" wallpaper by French manufacturer Reveillon (see 1917.145a and b) . In the pattern, a cartouche or shelf figure frames a bowl. Griffins ...

Date: 1860-1875

Maker: unknown

Material: paper (fiber product), metallic pigment

GUSN: 290797

Accession Number: 2001.281.959AB

Torchière

Three-legged mahogany torchière with circular top. Cabriole legs and pad feet. Gadrooned rings just above legs and midway up shaft.

Date: ca. 1800

Maker: unknown

Material: mahogany (wood)

GUSN: 290800

Accession Number: 1977.75.1

Firetool stand

Brass firetool stand. Circular base with four bun feet. Ball finial. Gallery runs around base. Base of stand has a pebbled surface.

Maker: unknown

Material: brass (alloy), casting (process), spinning (metalworking)

GUSN: 290801

Accession Number: 1968.167.1

Fireplace tongs

Brass fireplace tongs with ball finial.

Maker: unknown

Material: brass (alloy), casting (process)

GUSN: 290802

Accession Number: 1968.167.2

Fireplace poker

Brass fireplace poker with ball finial. Squared blunt end. Poker has a metal rod wrapped around the neck to hang the poker from the arm of the firetool stand.

Maker: unknown

Material: brass (alloy), iron (metal), casting (process)

GUSN: 290803

Accession Number: 1968.167.3

Dog Figurine

Ceramic figurine of a seated dog, possibly a greyhound. White with green painted base. Remnants of paint and glaze on surface, including collar and blue eyes.

Date: 1880-1890

Maker: unknown

Material: earthenware

GUSN: 290812

Accession Number: 1931.1473

Glass Girandole

Glass girandole with two arms. Cut glass bobeche has nine suspended drops. Right arm has a single drop attached to the bottom edge of the bobeche. Split beaded chains with large drop at one end run from each bobeche up to a glass dome hung with four drops. Flattened molded glass finial. Rectangular ...

Date: 1850-1890

Maker: unknown

Material: cut glass

GUSN: 290814

Accession Number: 1976.166.1

Wallpaper

Three fragments of neoclassical hall wallpaper from Worcester, Massachusetts. The primary motif of the pattern is two parrots perched on top of a basket of flowers and fruit [Fragment A]. In the background is a pattern of repeating small stylized white sprigs [Fragment B]. The paper includes a wid...

Date: 1810-1830

Maker: unknown

Material: paper (fiber product), block printing (relief printing process)

GUSN: 290815

Accession Number: 2001.281.960A-C

Transparency of Wallpaper Pattern

Transparency of the background pattern of the reproduction wallpaper "Louise" by Waterhouse Wallhangings. Pattern consists of small stylized sprigs.

Date: 1975-1985

Maker: unknown

Material: plastic (organic material), film (material by form)

GUSN: 290817

Accession Number: 2001.281.961

Wallpaper Border or Frieze

Fragment of Art Nouveau-style wallpaper border or frieze with flowering vine pattern. Equally spaced green stems grow upward from the bottom of the border, each with a yellow blossom in profile and two three-lobed green leaves against a red background. The vines rise and intertwine along the top o...

Date: 1900-1910

Maker: unknown

Material: paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 290822

Accession Number: 2001.281.962

Wallpaper

Small fragment of damask-patterned wallpaper. The wallpaper was chosen by John Quincy Adams for use in the formal sitting room of the "Old House," part of the Adams National Historical Park, Quincy, Massachusetts. The paper has a dense floral swag and foliate scrolls pattern with hanging cord and t...

Date: 1826

Maker: unknown

Material: paper (fiber product), block printing (relief printing process)

GUSN: 290826

Accession Number: 2001.281.963

Wallpaper

Fragment of striped wallpaper from Contoocook, New Hampshire. Pattern of stripes with alternating motifs, one stripe of stylized dandelion figures printed in white and gray, another of stylized lacy ribbon in white, and a third in solid purple. The solid stripe divides the two stripes with motifs. ...

Date: 1810-1825

Maker: unknown

Material: laid paper, block printing (relief printing process)

GUSN: 290829

Accession Number: 2001.281.964

Decanter

Decanter (a) with cut circular stopper (b) and rectangular silver "Bourbon" label (c) hanging around decanter neck. Decanter has cylindrical bulbous body, arched shoulder, three applied rings on neck and wide flaring lip. Decanter decorated with ribbing above base and oblong panels around shoulder. ...

Date: ca. 1830

Maker: unknown

Material: cut glass, pressed glass

GUSN: 290870

Accession Number: 1993.571.2A-C

Wallpaper

Fragment of wallpaper affixed to paperboard with printed label "Wall Paper from Governor Gore House, Waltham, Massachusetts." Known as the "Devil Paper" or "Devils Paper", the wallpaper's pattern is influenced by the grotesque figures of French printmaker Jacques Callot (1592-1635). The pattern, b...

Date: 1820-1840

Maker: unknown

Material: paper (fiber product), block printing (relief printing process)

GUSN: 290872

Accession Number: 2001.281.965

Vase

One of a pair of vases with deep orange enameled vignettes with gilt accents on white ground. White clay body with colorless glaze. Vasi or gallipot form with globular body and defined shoulders. Slightly tapered out at mouth. Vase decorated with gilt stylized floral devices and a feathered border a...

Date: 1820

Maker: unknown

Material: porcelain

GUSN: 290873

Accession Number: 1972.29B

Wallpaper

Fragment of striped wallpaper from the General Sylvanus Thayer Birthplace, Braintree, Massachusetts. Vertical stripes composed of six-pointed stars in circles alternate with stripes of a vine with feather-like leaves. Dividing these stripes, which are block-printed in orange and white, are stripes...

Date: 1808-1820

Maker: unknown

Material: paper (fiber product), block printing (relief printing process)

GUSN: 290883

Accession Number: 2001.281.966

Wallpaper

Two fragments of neoclassical wallpaper found lining a trunk from Monmouth, Maine. Large-scale pattern of foliate swags and floral sprays. The swags enclose three pastoral vignettes. Visible in these fragments are a shepherdess holding a crook [Fragment A] and a group of sheep [Fragment B]. Missi...

Date: 1790-1820

Maker: unknown

Material: laid paper, block printing (relief printing process), stenciling

GUSN: 290933

Accession Number: 2001.281.967AB

Wallpaper

Fragment of floral wallpaper from Captain Snow House, Provincetown, Massachusetts. Naturalistic floral vine with red and white roses, blue tendrils and leaves form a background pattern on white ground. Secondary stripe in gray with metallic gold edge only partially visible. Roller-printed in two p...

Date: 1855-1870

Maker: unknown

Material: paper (fiber product), metallic pigment

GUSN: 290944

Accession Number: 2001.281.968

"Jacob and Laban"

Framed print of Jacob and Laban. Artist Claude Lorrain. Engraver Wiliam Woollett. Plain gilt frame. A young man meeting an older man and two young women by the edge of the water. Cows on opposite bank. Stone arched bridge in background.

Date: 1783

Maker: unknown

Material: paper (fiber product), gilding

GUSN: 290981

Accession Number: 1935.70

Wallpaper

Fragment of diaper-pattern wallpaper from the Captain Snow House, Provincetown, Massachusetts. Repeating diamonds formed by lines with geometric diamond and concentric circles frame Gothic-style quatrefoils. Roller-printed in light cream and metallic gold on cream ground. The paper is affixed to ...

Date: 1865-1880

Maker: unknown

Material: paper (fiber product), metallic pigment

GUSN: 290997

Accession Number: 2001.281.969.1

Wallpaper

Two fragments of flocked border from the Captain Snow House, Provincetown, Massachusetts. One fragment [A] appears to be a corner and the other [B] is a straight edge affixed to sidewall (see 2001.281.969.1). Fragment [A] has a stylized urn and flower figure placed at a forty-five degree angle to...

Date: 1865-1880

Maker: unknown

Material: paper (fiber product), flocking, block printing (relief printing process), metallic pigment

GUSN: 291003

Accession Number: 2001.281.969.2A-C

Wallpaper

Three fragments of floral wallpaper from Cotuit, Massachusetts. The largest fragment [A] is affixed to the back of a cardboard promotional calendar for "The National Shawmut Bank" dated 1956. The wallpaper has an all-over design of stylized flowers and foliage in imitation of a tapestry or other t...

Date: 1870-1880

Maker: unknown

Material: paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 291004

Accession Number: 2001.281.970A-C

Wallpaper

Two fragments of wallpaper from the Wade Homestead, Ipswich, Massachusetts. Wallpaper is printed with a geometric tile pattern featuring a stylized floral and foliate medallion in a sixteen-sided tile. The tiles are divided by lozenge figures with sprig and twig figures. The paper is roller-print...

Date: 1870-1880

Maker: unknown

Material: paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 291007

Accession Number: 2001.281.971.1AB

Wallpaper

Fragment of diaper-pattern wallpaper presumed to be from the Wade Homestead, Ipswich, Massachusetts. Navy blue quatrefoils consisting of four stylized flower heads are framed by a white, diamond-shaped lattice. Roller-printed in blue, white and black on ungrounded paper. Wood pulp is visible in t...

Date: 1845-1860

Maker: unknown

Material: paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 291011

Accession Number: 2001.281.971.2

Wallpaper

Fragment of diaper-pattern wallpaper presumed to be from the Wade Homestead, Ipswich, Massachusetts. Figure of four small green diamonds with red diamond at the center on gray background is framed by diamond lattice. Roller-printed in green, red, gray and black on ungrounded paper.

Date: 1845-1860

Maker: unknown

Material: paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 291012

Accession Number: 2001.281.971.3

Wallpaper

Fragment of floral stripe wallpaper roller-printed in metallic gold on gray ground. Wider stripes with stylized flowering vine alternate with narrower stripes with geometric pattern.

Date: 1870-1880

Maker: unknown

Material: paper (fiber product), metallic pigment

GUSN: 291013

Accession Number: 2001.281.972

Wallpaper Sample

A page torn from a "Peerless" Wallpaper sample book. Pattern number 4523, named "The Helena." White on blue damask pattern with floral bouquets and lace ribbon swags. Roller-printed in white and pale blue on blue ground. Paper has light ribbed texture.

Date: 1910-1920

Maker: Gledhill Wallpaper Company (1880-1920) (Manufacturer)

Material: paper (fiber product), embossed wall coverings

GUSN: 291014

Accession Number: 2001.281.973.1

"The Madonna Standing on Clouds with SS. Sixtus and Barbara"

Print of Raphael's "Sistine Madonna". Gilt frame with incised art nouveau crosses in each corner.

Maker: Reproduction of Raphael (Italian painter, architect, 1483-1520) (Artist)

Material: paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 291044

Accession Number: 1951.215

Painting of Nasturtiums

Gouache painting of red and yellow nasturtiums with green leaves on brown paper. Plain gilt frame.

Maker: unknown

Material: paper (fiber product), gouache (paint)

GUSN: 291056

Accession Number: 2014.18.1

Wallpaper Sample

A page torn from a "Peerless" Wallpaper sample book. Pattern number 4528. Alternating stripes of green edged with a solid white line and line of white dots. Paper is embossed with floral sprays and flowers in baskets. Paper also has ribbed texture.

Date: 1910-1910

Maker: Gledhill Wallpaper Company (1880-1920) (Manufacturer)

Material: embossed wall coverings, paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 291059

Accession Number: 2001.281.973.2

Print

Black and white print of cattle standing in a pasture, after a painting by Emile van Marcke, French painter of the Barbizon school who specialized in pastoral scenes of cattle. In varnished wood frame.

Maker: J. Eastman Chase (Framer)

Material: paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 291060

Accession Number: 1988.528

Wallpaper Sample

A page torn from a "Peerless" Wallpaper sample book. Pattern number 4541, named "The Marseillaise." All-over fleur de lis pattern with narrow, uneven horizontal stripes through-out in imitation of a woven textile. Roller-printed in red on red, ingrain paper with visible wood pulp.

Date: 1910-11920

Maker: Gledhill Wallpaper Company (1880-1920) (Manufacturer)

Material: paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 291061

Accession Number: 2001.281.973.3

Wallpaper Sample

A page torn from a "Peerless" Wallpaper sample book. Pattern number 4542, named "The Paris." All-over fleur de lis pattern with narrow, uneven horizontal stripes through-out the pattern. Roller-printed in green on green, ingrain paper with visible wood pulp.

Date: 1910-1920

Maker: Gledhill Wallpaper Company (1880-1920) (Manufacturer)

Material: paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 291062

Accession Number: 2001.281.973.4

Wallpaper Sample

A page torn from a "Peerless" Wallpaper sample book. Pattern number 4544, named "The Marguerite." Pink and tan floral stripe wallpaper roller-printed in two pinks, red, two greens, mustard yellow and yellow on a liquid mica ground. Paper is lightly embossed with a ribbed texture.

Date: 1910-1920

Maker: Gledhill Wallpaper Company (1880-1920) (Manufacturer)

Material: paper (fiber product), embossed wall coverings, mica (white pigment)

GUSN: 291063

Accession Number: 2001.281.973.5

Wallpaper Sample

A page torn from a "Peerless" Wallpaper sample book. Pattern number 4547, named "The Regent." Alternating stripes of green are edged with solid white lines and lines of white dots. Metallic gold fleur de lis spaced at intervals. Roller-printed in pale green, white and metallic gold on green ground...

Date: 1910-1920

Maker: Gledhill Wallpaper Company (1880-1920) (Manufacturer)

Material: paper (fiber product), embossed wall coverings, metallic pigment

GUSN: 291066

Accession Number: 2001.281.973.6

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