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Elephant figurine in box

Cardboard box with lid (.1ab) containing miniature ivory elephant. Box is mint green color with printed image of girl holding bouquet of flowers. Red piece of felt inside.

Date: 1840-1870

Maker: unknown

Material: cardboard, printing (process)

GUSN: 175764

Accession Number: 1993.748.1

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Elephant figurine in box

Carved ivory elephant (.2) inside box. Number not marked on elephant.

Date: 1840-1870

Maker: unknown

Material: ivory (tooth component), carving (processes)

GUSN: 175765

Accession Number: 1993.748.2

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Miniature Tea Set

Miniature ceramic tea set. White with hand-painted pink flowers with green leaves, blue bands, and pink accents.

Date: Late 19th Century

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 175769

Accession Number: 1993.734

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Miniature Tea Set

Miniature ceramic tea set. White with hand-painted pink flowers with green leaves, blue bands, and pink accents. .1 = Pitcher. Pear shaped form with applied handle and applied s-shaped spout.

Date: Late 19th Century

Maker: unknown

Material: ceramic (material), hand-painted

GUSN: 175770

Accession Number: 1993.734.1

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Miniature Tea Set

Miniature ceramic tea set. White with hand-painted pink flowers with green leaves, blue bands, and pink accents. .2 = Creamer. Pear shaped form wtih handle and integral spout.

Date: Late 19th Century

Maker: unknown

Material: hand-painted, ceramic (material)

GUSN: 175771

Accession Number: 1993.734.2

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Miniature Tea Set

Miniature ceramic tea set. White with hand-painted pink flowers with green leaves, blue bands, and pink accents..3a Sugar Bowl, squat form with molded handles. .3b Lid with finial.

Date: Late 19th Century

Maker: unknown

Material: ceramic (material), hand-painted

GUSN: 175772

Accession Number: 1993.734.3

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Miniature Tea Set

Miniature ceramic tea set. White with hand-painted pink flowers with green leaves, blue bands, and pink accents. .4a Tea cup with applied handle, .4b saucer- saucer incorrectly marked 1994.734.4b.

Date: Late 19th Century

Maker: unknown

Material: ceramic (material), hand-painted

GUSN: 175773

Accession Number: 1993.734.4

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Paper doll

Homemade paper doll (.1) with dress (.2). Paper doll and dress with features drawn in pencil. Doll with short dark hair, slip, bloomers, and shoes. Dress with scalloped collar, button down front, banded curffs. Banded, flared out bottom and belt. Dress hinged at shoulder to fit.

Date: 1856

Maker: Nelson, Victoria (Maker)

Material: paper (fiber product), homemade, pencils (drawing and writing equipment)

GUSN: 175777

Accession Number: 1993.764

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Paper doll

Homemade paper doll (.1) with dress (.2). Paper doll and dress with features drawn in pencil. Doll with short dark hair, slip, bloomers, and shoes.

Date: 1856

Maker: Nelson, Victoria (Maker)

GUSN: 175778

Accession Number: 1993.764.1

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Paper doll

Homemade paper doll (.1) with dress (.2). Dress with scalloped collar, button down front, banded curffs. Banded, flared out bottom and belt. Dress hinged at shoulder to fit.

Date: 1856

Maker: Nelson, Victoria (Maker)

GUSN: 175779

Accession Number: 1993.764.2

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"History of the Bible"

Miniature book with leather cover and tied binding. Woodcut illustrations. 190 Pages. Endleaves missing. Final pages probably missing.

Date: 1839

Maker: H & E Phinney (Publisher)

Material: paper (fiber product), leather, bindings (gathered matter components)

GUSN: 175781

Accession Number: 1993.740

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Tape measure

Miniature cast iron pig with underside of stomach open and hollow to reveal tape measure [red, cotton] inside. Metal tail rotates around and winds tape meaure back inside pig.

Date: ca. 1850

Maker: unknown

Material: cast iron, cotton (textile)

GUSN: 175794

Accession Number: 1993.753

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Box

White pasteboard box with cover attached on right side of box with paper hinge. Top cover with relief black and gilded scrolled foliate decoration and image of woman with child in cradle framed within decoration.

Date: ca. 1850

Maker: unknown

Material: pasteboard (paper), relief printing

GUSN: 175797

Accession Number: 1993.746

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Writing Set

Writing set including three red-orange pieces of sealing wax, two black pieces of sealing wax, two metal wells with copper tops (one well with lid, one well with perforated top), one wood pencil with metal fasteners. Five metal quill tips, and a menagerie of colored circles of dried ink. All housed ...

Date: ca. 1850

Maker: unknown

Material: paper (fiber product), steel (alloy), copper (metal)

GUSN: 175800

Accession Number: 1993.747

Wallpaper

Unused sample. End of roll with wrapper. Art Nouveau flowers with sinuous flowing leaves. Printed in brown, tan, olive, light green, yellow, gray and dark green on beige ground. Straight repeat.

Date: 1891-1900

Maker: Hamilton, R.

GUSN: 175802

Accession Number: 1971.2186A

Wallpaper "Green Worm"

Fragment. Green, undulating line outlined in white and meandering on a field of small blue or dark green pindots.

Date: 1805-1807

Maker: unknown

Material: paper (fiber product), ink

GUSN: 175803

Accession Number: 1971.930A

Wallpaper

Fragment. Continuous floral vine. Single flower with two buds printed in two greys and white with black flock over printed in orange on a green ground.

Date: 1805-1807

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 175804

Accession Number: 1971.930B

Wallpaper

Fragment. Striped paper. Vertical rows of losenges with stylized leaves alternating with rows of ellipses framing sprounting stylized flower buds. Printed in black and lavender on yellow ground. Straight repeat.

Date: 1805-1807

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 175805

Accession Number: 1971.464B

Wallpaper

Partial roll of floral wallpaper with allover design of yellow, blue and purple Commelina, or Day Flower, entwined with stems of grass printed in grey. Drop match.

Date: 1924-1945

Maker: M.H. Birge & Sons (Manufacturer) Burchfield, Charles Ephraim (American painter, draftsman, and illustrator, 1893-1967) (Designer)

Material: paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 175806

Accession Number: 1971.2183

Wallpaper

Partial roll. Allover net design against an imitation marble field. Block printed in gray, black and white on sea-green ground.

Date: 1805-1807

Maker: unknown

Material: wallpapers, laid paper

GUSN: 175807

Accession Number: 1971.2182A

Wallpaper

Continuous, horizontal band of white daisies with petals of black flock.

Date: 1805-1807

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 175808

Accession Number: 1971.2179B

Roll

Unused wallpaper fragment. "Paris Flock Border" with a design of sprigs of two daisies, backed by grass line the border. Printed in two greys, white, blue and purple with black flock overprinted with orange on orange ground.

Date: 1805-1807

Maker: unknown

Material: paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 175809

Accession Number: 1965.141

Wallpaper

Partial wallpaper roll. Allover, repeating floral sprigs, reverse printed in peach or with brown dots.

Date: 1805-1807

Maker: Bate, James (Manufacturer)

GUSN: 175810

Accession Number: 1971.2178

Wallpaper

Unused wallpaper fragment. Scenes from Mother Goose nursery rhymes. Man in front of water wheel; woman with many children (Old Woman Who Lived In a Shoe); mounted wolf head (Little Red Riding Hood). Printed in yellow, red, green, two shades of brown on a grey ground.

Date: 1875-1885

Maker: unknown

Material: paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 175811

Accession Number: 1971.2185

School Book Cover

Diaper pattern with sprigs in medallions in each losenge. Printed in green, black and white on a tan ground. Black and red elements have been placed over the white vine.

Date: 1780-1790

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 175812

Accession Number: 1971.2190

School Book Cover

Diaper pattern featuring floral vines and medallions enclosing a sprig. Printed in black, white and green on a tan ground.

Date: 1780-1790

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 175813

Accession Number: 1971.2189

Wallpaper Border

Wallpaper border fragment. Pattern consists of meandering bellflowers printed in black and white on a grey ground.

Date: 1785-1790

Maker: unknown

Material: block printing (relief printing process), stenciling

GUSN: 175814

Accession Number: 1923.5b

Wallpaper

Fragment. Pillar and Arch wallpaper with floral swags, a flower-filled urn and columns with Corinthian capitals. Printed in brown, white and black on a grey ground and stenciled in brown.

Date: 1787-1790

Maker: unknown

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

GUSN: 175815

Accession Number: 1923.5

Wallpaper

Partial roll. Diaper pattern framing arabesque element ornamented with birds and garlands. Straight match. Printed in tan.

Date: 1935-1950

Maker: Thomas Strahan, Inc. (Manufacturer)

GUSN: 175816

Accession Number: 1949.1169

Wallpaper

Partial roll. Diaper pattern with losenges framing foliated elements with pendants and flower centers. Printed in blue, brown and ochre and reverse printed in taupe.

Date: 1930-1938

Maker: Thomas Strahan, Inc. (Manufacturer)

GUSN: 175817

Accession Number: 1949.1168

Wallpaper

Full roll of reproduction wallpaper made for the front hall of the Hamilton House, South Berwick Maine. Bouquet of flowers in an urn flanked by Corinthian columns draped with floral garlands. Printed in white, brown and black on a blue ground.

Date: 1898

Maker: Gregory and Brown Co. (Manufacturer)

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

GUSN: 175818

Accession Number: 1949.1098.2A

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Wallpaper

Fragment. Meandering bell flowers printed in black and white on yellow-ochre ground.

Date: 1785-1790

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 175819

Accession Number: 1928.4B

Wallpaper

Fragment. Alternating rows of black urns with blue, oval fields framed by wreaths and connected by bell flower swags tied with bow knots. Printed on yellow ochre ground.

Date: 1785-1790

Maker: unknown

Material: paper (fiber product), printing ink

GUSN: 175820

Accession Number: 1923.4

Wallpaper border

Rolled sample. Two rows of blue flock interlace overprinted with light blue and black.

Date: 1860-1870

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 175821

Accession Number: 1949.1177

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Wallpaper

Several partial rolls. Allover grid formed by black pindots on an ivory ground.

Date: 1895-1898

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 175822

Accession Number: 1949.1174a

Wallpaper border

Serveral rolls of borders. Repeating lobed pendants bordered above and below by continuous rows of basket weave pattern. Printed in two greens, black, white and grey.

Date: 1870-1890

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 175823

Accession Number: 1949.1175a

Wallpaper border

Partial roll. Entwined vine with husks framing clusters of blue berries. Printed in two blues, tan, brown and metallic gold.

Date: 1860-1890

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 175824

Accession Number: 1949.1176a

Wallpaper

Fragment of border consisting of two American flags on staff crossed and tied with rope and tassels in center. Flags have 49 stars and 13 stripes. Printed in red, blue, white, two browns and black with gilt powder on light ground. Repeat undetermined.

Date: 1870-1890

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 175825

Accession Number: 1929.578

Wallpaper

Fragment of border(?) of two American flags on staffs crossed; shield of 13 stars and 13 stripes in center. Eagle with striped flag and one star sits atop shield. Below shield are two smaller flags with one star and six stripes. Larger flags have 49 stars and 11(?) stripes. Printed in red, blue, thr...

Date: 1870-1890

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 175826

Accession Number: 1929.577

Window Shade

Paper window shade. Exotic and colorful bird is perched on a branch. "Bird of Paradise." Framed by a border of flowers and scrolling foliage. Interlacing detail on the top and bottom of frame. Printed in yellow, purple, red, burgundy, blue, grey, white, brown, caramel on a teal ground. Reverse side ...

Date: 1865-1875

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 175827

Accession Number: 1929.575

Wallpaper

Unused sample. Interlace formed by thorny stems with white blossoms enclosing peonies. Printed in tan, raw umber, two greens, ivory, pale pink, light peach, and metallic gold, blue and pink on an embossed ochre ground.

Date: 1880-1890

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 175828

Accession Number: 1985.26.276

Wallpaper

Floral border with foliage and a bottom band of beading. Printed in two reds, red-brown, three greens, two yellows, and tan.

Date: 1880-1890

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 175829

Accession Number: 1985.26.121

Wallpaper

Unused sample. Repeating grid of stylized acanthus leaf with athemion base surrounded by a stiff leaf wreath. Printed in pink and metallic copper on a salmon ground.

Date: 1880-1890

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 175830

Accession Number: 1985.26.253

Wallpaper

Unused sample. Imitation silk moire in liquid mica against a field of wide green stripes on embossed paper. Straight match.

Date: 1890-1910

Maker: Frederick Beck & Company (Manufacturer)

GUSN: 175831

Accession Number: 1985.26.104

Wallpaper

Snowdrops and crocii. Sunbursts and dots are sprinkled in the background and bottom band of billets. Printed in mauve, dark mauve, beige, ochre, gold and taupe on a yellow-cream ground.

Date: 1880-1887

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 175832

Accession Number: 1985.26.133

Wallpaper

Dense floral border with tulips. PRinted in red, blue, gold on a chestnut brown ground.

Date: 1880-1890

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 175833

Accession Number: 1985.26.138

Wallpaper

Unused sample. Repeating stylized fleur-deplys surrounded by scrolls and berries or beads below a continuous chain border. Printed in beige, metallic copper and gold on a pale yellow ground.

Date: 1880-1890

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 175834

Accession Number: 1985.26.222

View of Greenwich

Aquatint in frame of a harbor with nine ships and seven small boats. Foreground has a wharf in lower right corner. The background shows a harbor front property with buildings. There is a mock frame around the scene.

Date: June 1, 1795

Maker: J. & J. Boydell (Publisher) Stadler, Joseph Constantine (Engraver) After Farrington, Joseph, 1747-1821 (Artist)

Material: paper (fiber product), ink, watercolor (paint), wood (plant material), aquatint (printing process)

GUSN: 175376

Accession Number: 2006.44.776

View of Sion House

Aquatint in frame of field with trees, river and a building. There are eight figures and a dog in the foreground and a few boats with people in the river. There is a mock frame around the scene.

Date: June 1, 1795

Maker: After Farrington, Joseph, 1747-1821 (Artist) Stadler, Joseph Constantine (Engraver) J. & J. Boydell (Publisher)

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

GUSN: 175383

Accession Number: 2006.44.777

Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts

Framed color engraving of Harvard Yard with Holden Chapel, Harvard Hall and Massachusetts Hall, trees, a long fence and figures in a field in the foreground one of which is on a horse.

Date: 1834

Maker: unknown

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

GUSN: 175385

Accession Number: 2006.44.778