Historic New England

Fur Coat

Three-quarter length women's fur coat (probably mink) with wide sleeves and narrow shawl collar. Lining is red and black jacquard. Closure down center front with hooks and eyes. Length cut down by original owner at unspecified later date.

Date: ca. 1940

Maker: unknown

Material: fur, musquashes, jacquard

GUSN: 305125

Accession Number: 2014.153.1

Bathing costume / Bathing suit

Three-piece bathing suit or bathing costume. (A) Long sleeved bathing top of blue wool with standing collar, front closure with metal buttons, marroon wool accents, and attached flannel "skirt" (possibily added later). (B) Pants of blue wool with red wool at bottom, marroon accents, side tie closure...

Date: 1880-1900

Maker: unknown

Material: wool (textile)

GUSN: 305126

Accession Number: 2014.154.1A-D

Brooch

Brooch shaped like a Scottie dog. Dog features have been burned into the wood base. Dog has a painted pink and yellow tartan sweater. Brass safety pin clasp.

Date: 1940-1950

Maker: unknown

Material: wood (plant material), paint (coating)

GUSN: 305127

Accession Number: 2014.155.1

Linoleum

Linoleum fragment with leaf, diamond, and stripe pattern in blues, greens, and maroon.

Date: 1940-1960

Maker: unknown

Material: linoleum

GUSN: 305128

Accession Number: 2014.156.1

Clay Figure

Figure on stand. Clay, wood, and wire. Colima, Mexico.

Date: 300BC-300AD

Maker: unknown

Material: clay, wood (plant material)

GUSN: 305129

Accession Number: 2014.157.1

Clay Figure

Figure on stand. Clay, wood, and wire. Colima, Mexico.

Date: 300BC-300AD

Maker: unknown

Material: clay, wood (plant material)

GUSN: 305130

Accession Number: 2014.157.2

Clay Figure

Figure. Clay. Jalisco or Colima, Mexico.

Date: 100BC-300AD

Maker: unknown

Material: clay, wood (plant material)

GUSN: 305131

Accession Number: 2014.157.3

Skirt

Skirt made of orange satin. Lined. Handmade. Zipper with hook and eye closure at top. No tag.

Date: 1960-1980

Maker: unknown

Material: silk (fiber)

GUSN: 305135

Accession Number: 2014.157.7

Necklace

This choker-style necklace is constructed from patented elbow coaxial adapter connectors joined together.

Date: ca. 1980

Maker: Johansen, John MacLane, 1916- (Artist) Alden Products Company, Inc. (Manufacturer)

Material: metal

GUSN: 305140

Accession Number: 2014.157.12

Necklace

This necklace was constructed from a single commercially-produced silver-colored chain. The artist took cut sections of aluminum wire and passed a section through a link in the chain. He then curled each end of the wire with pliers, locking the wire in place. The chain is long enough to pass overhea...

Date: ca. 1980

Maker: Johansen, John MacLane, 1916- (Maker)

Material: aluminum alloy, wire, chains (object genres)

GUSN: 305142

Accession Number: 2014.157.14

Commemorative Bowl

Bowl with color image of the Langdon House. Molded bead and leaf pattern around edge of rim. Purple and green iridescent glaze on rim.

Date: 1890-1930

Maker: George B. French Co. (Retailer)

Material: earthenware, lusterware, decals

GUSN: 305160

Accession Number: 2014.158.1

Set of Chairs

Set of four elaborately carved chairs. Chair backs feature a carved turreted tower at center.

Date: 1870-1900

Maker: unknown

Material: walnut (wood), carving (processes)

GUSN: 318542

Accession Number: 2014.160.2.1-.4

Fireset

Partial set of fire tools: tongs [.1] and shovel [.2] with brass ball shaped finials.

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 318544

Accession Number: 2014.160.4.1-.2

Pair of Andirons

Pair of andirons, brass with domed stepped finials. Open scrollwork legs with four bun shaped feet.

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 318559

Accession Number: 2014.160.16.1-.2

Pair of Andirons

Pair of andirons, brass ball top finials with cabriole legs.

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 318577

Accession Number: 2014.160.23.1-.2

Eleazer Arnold House Ornament

Three dimensional ornament depicting the Eleazer Arnold House [2014.161.1.1]. Silver plated brass. In original gold colored paper box with cover [2014.161.1.2a-c]. Cover [b] has clear plastic center. Interior of box has a removeable black velvet insert [c] for ornament. With pamphlet [2014.161.1.3]...

Date: 2014

Maker: ChemArt Company (Manufacturer)

Material: brass (alloy), plated metal, paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 305195

Accession Number: 2014.161.1.1-.3

Chest

Chest with hinged lid, large spear shaped cast iron hinges. Four square block feet. Carved panels on front and sides depict mythical animals from Norse mythology. Interior side of lid is carved to copy the shape of the exterior hinges.

Date: 1901

Maker: von Rydingsvärd, Ida, 1862- (Carver)

Material: oak (wood), carving (processes)

GUSN: 305199

Accession Number: 2014.162.1

Library Desk

Large desk with two drawers on both sides. Pull out shelf with long narrow drawer at both ends. Eight rectangular legs with foliate carving on feet.

Date: ca. 1910

Maker: A. H. Davenport Co. (American furniture manufactory, active late 19th-early 20th centuries) (Manufacturer)

Material: mahogany (wood)

GUSN: 305200

Accession Number: 2014.162.2

Bust of Abraham Lincoln

Bust of Abraham Lincoln with quill, proclamation, and broken chain. Two circular holes in back with space for a pole for mounting.

Date: 1860-1900

Maker: unknown

Material: cast iron

GUSN: 305310

Accession Number: 2014.167.1

Commemorative Plate

Commemorative plate depicting the Langdon House. Floral border. Blue and white transfer print.

Date: 1890-1930

Maker: Wedgwood (Manufacturer) George B. French Co. (Retailer)

Material: earthenware, transfer printing

GUSN: 305311

Accession Number: 2014.168.1

Clock

Mantel clock, porcelain body and face. Elaborately painted porcelain clock with applied porcelain flowers has a man and a woman seated on the base. The woman is wearing a purple floral dress with blue veil and yellow shawl. The man is wearing a blue floral tunic. Small figures of a boy and girl sit ...

Date: 1860-1890

Maker: Meissen (Manufacturer) Japy Frere & Cie (Clockmaker)

Material: porcelain

GUSN: 305313

Accession Number: 2014.170.1

Pair of Candelabra

Pair of candelabra [.1a-.2a] with removable five-light candle arms [.1b-.2b]. Candelabrum [.1ab] has a figure of a girl wearing a fur trimmed pink coat and yellow floral skirt. A figure of a boy in a blue floral coat and knee breeches stands below offering the girl a goblet held in his right hand. C...

Date: 1860-1890

Maker: Meissen (Manufacturer)

Material: porcelain

GUSN: 305314

Accession Number: 2014.170.2.1AB-.2AB

Chamber pot

Ironstone chamber pot. Molded fluer de lis and scroll handle.

Maker: unknown

Material: ironstone (pottery)

GUSN: 305319

Accession Number: 2015.1.1

Teacup

One of a set of twenty five. Pink transfer-printed porcelain handled teacup. Interior pink lustre border with a hand painted floral design. Transfer-printed flowers with superimposed paint adorn the exterior body.

Date: 1830-1840

Maker: unknown

Material: porcelain, luster (optical property), hand-painted, transfer printing

GUSN: 305340

Accession Number: 1938.370.10

Rogers Group Sculpture - The Mock Trial, Argument for the Prosecution

Sculpture of a man pleading on his knees between two women with another man overlooking the scene.

Maker: Rogers, John (Artist)

Material: plaster, paint (coating)

GUSN: 305840

Accession Number: 1922.791

Lantern

Hanging lantern, rectangular shape with carved fretwork. Glazed glass panels with painted scenes of birds and flowers. One of a pair.

Date: Late nineteenth century

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 305842

Accession Number: 1942.2826

Dinner plate

Earthenware plate with scallop and dot-molded rim with red transfer-print pattern "Swiss Scenery." Scene depicts fanciful Swiss Chalets in a landscape with two figures and distant mountains. Framed at lower edge with flowers and scrolls. Flower and scroll border.

Date: 1840-1843

Maker: unknown

Material: earthenware, transfer printing, glazing (coating)

GUSN: 305883

Accession Number: 1993.447

Dinner plate

Earthenware plate with scalloped rim and red transfer-printed pattern "Olympia." Print depicts two men on horseback and a third standing nearby, all dressed in traditional Greek military uniforms (Evzones). Behind the men is a large monument with urn and a gate topped with a striding buck. In the d...

Date: 1834-1859

Maker: Podmore, Walker & Co. (Maker)

Material: earthenware, transfer printing, glazing (coating)

GUSN: 305884

Accession Number: 1993.448

Salad plate

Small earthenware plate with scalloped rim and red transfer-printed pattern "Pomerania." European-style buildings and a bridge over a river. Two figures on bridge. Border of scrolls, shells and flowers against vermiculate ground.

Date: 1830-1841

Maker: John Ridgway & Co. (Maker)

Material: earthenware, glazing (coating), transfer printing

GUSN: 305885

Accession Number: 1993.461

Luncheon plate

Earthenware plate with scalloped rim and red transfer-printed pattern "Florentine." Pattern depicts three women at leisure in a garden with large urn. In the distance is a building with arches, column and domed tower. Border pattern of floral sprays alternating with flowers and cartouches.

Date: 1834-1859

Maker: Podmore, Walker & Co. (Maker)

Material: earthenware, glazing (coating), transfer printing

GUSN: 305886

Accession Number: 1993.463

Rogers Group Sculpture - Weighing the Baby

Plaster sculpture of a man and a woman weighing a baby on a scale.

Date: 1876

Maker: Rogers, John (Maker)

Material: plaster, paint (coating)

GUSN: 305895

Accession Number: 1921.274

Rogers Group Sculpture - The Picket Guard

No description

Maker: Rogers, John

Material: plaster, paint (coating)

GUSN: 305898

Accession Number: 1921.371

Saucer

Round white earthenware saucer transfer-printed in forest green underglaze and covered with transparent glaze. Border of faux wood boards and nails. Center image of a wooden bucket on wood board floor.

Date: 1955

Maker: Marshall-Burns (Maker)

Material: earthenware, transfer printing, glazing (coating)

GUSN: 305925

Accession Number: 1999.105.5

Scarab Paperweight

Earthenware paperweight with blue glaze molded in the shape of a scarab beetle.

Date: 1890-1920

Maker: Grueby Faience Company (Maker)

Material: earthenware, glazing (coating)

GUSN: 305959

Accession Number: 1966.927

Plate

Earthenware plate depicting "Cranberrying" scene. Plate is one of a set of twelve in the series "New England Industries" featuring black monochrome images adapted from wood engravings by Clare Leighton. Scenes include: codfishing; cranberrying; farming; grist milling; ice cutting; lobstering; loggin...

Date: 1952

Maker: Leighton, Clare (Designer) Wedgwood (Maker)

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

GUSN: 305961

Accession Number: 2001.96.2

Plate

Earthenware plate depicting "Farming" scene. Plate is one of a set of twelve in the series "New England Industries" featuring black monochrome images adapted from wood engravings by Clare Leighton. Scenes include: codfishing; cranberrying; farming; grist milling; ice cutting; lobstering; logging; ma...

Date: 1952

Maker: Leighton, Clare (Designer) Wedgwood (Maker)

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

GUSN: 305962

Accession Number: 2001.96.3

Plate

Earthenware plate depicting "Grist Milling" scene. Plate is one of a set of twelve in the series "New England Industries" featuring black monochrome images adapted from wood engravings by Clare Leighton. Scenes include: codfishing; cranberrying; farming; grist milling; ice cutting; lobstering; loggi...

Date: 1952

Maker: Leighton, Clare (Designer) Wedgwood (Maker)

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

GUSN: 305963

Accession Number: 2001.96.4

Plate

Earthenware plate depicting "Ice Cutting" scene. Plate is one of a set of twelve in the series "New England Industries" featuring black monochrome images adapted from wood engravings by Clare Leighton. Scenes include: codfishing; cranberrying; farming; grist milling; ice cutting; lobstering; logging...

Date: 1952

Maker: Wedgwood (Maker) Leighton, Clare (Designer)

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

GUSN: 305964

Accession Number: 2001.96.5

Plate

Earthenware plate depicting "Logging" scene. Plate is one of a set of twelve in the series "New England Industries" featuring black monochrome images adapted from wood engravings by Clare Leighton. Scenes include: codfishing; cranberrying; farming; grist milling; ice cutting; lobstering; logging; ma...

Date: 1952

Maker: Wedgwood (Maker) Leighton, Clare (Designer)

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

GUSN: 305965

Accession Number: 2001.96.7

Plate

Earthenware plate depicting "Marble Quarrying" scene. Plate is one of a set of twelve in the series "New England Industries" featuring black monochrome images adapted from wood engravings by Clare Leighton. Scenes include: codfishing; cranberrying; farming; grist milling; ice cutting; lobstering; lo...

Date: 1952

Maker: Wedgwood (Maker) Leighton, Clare (Designer)

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

GUSN: 305966

Accession Number: 2001.96.8

Plate

Earthenware plate depicting "Ship Building" scene. Plate is one of a set of twelve in the series "New England Industries" featuring black monochrome images adapted from wood engravings by Clare Leighton. Scenes include: codfishing; cranberrying; farming; grist milling; ice cutting; lobstering; loggi...

Date: 1952

Maker: Wedgwood (Maker) Leighton, Clare (Designer)

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

GUSN: 305967

Accession Number: 2001.96.9

Plate

Earthenware plate depicting "Sugaring" scene. Plate is one of a set of twelve in the series "New England Industries" featuring black monochrome images adapted from wood engravings by Clare Leighton. Scenes include: codfishing; cranberrying; farming; grist milling; ice cutting; lobstering; logging; m...

Date: 1952

Maker: Wedgwood (Maker) Leighton, Clare

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

GUSN: 305968

Accession Number: 2001.96.10

Plate

Earthenware plate depicting "Tobacco Growing" scene. Plate is one of a set of twelve in the series "New England Industries" featuring black monochrome images adapted from wood engravings by Clare Leighton. Scenes include: codfishing; cranberrying; farming; grist milling; ice cutting; lobstering; log...

Date: 1952

Maker: Wedgwood (Maker) Leighton, Clare (Designer)

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

GUSN: 305969

Accession Number: 2001.96.11

Plate

Earthenware plate depicting "Whaling" scene. Plate is one of a set of twelve in the series "New England Industries" featuring black monochrome images adapted from wood engravings by Clare Leighton. Scenes include: codfishing; cranberrying; farming; grist milling; ice cutting; lobstering; logging; ma...

Date: 1952

Maker: Wedgwood (Maker) Leighton, Clare (Designer)

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

GUSN: 305970

Accession Number: 2001.96.12

Plate

Earthenware plate depicting "Lobstering" scene. Plate is one of a set of twelve in the series "New England Industries" featuring black monochrome images adapted from wood engravings by Clare Leighton. Scenes include: codfishing; cranberrying; farming; grist milling; ice cutting; lobstering; logging;...

Date: 1952

Maker: Wedgwood (Maker) Leighton, Clare (Designer)

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

GUSN: 305971

Accession Number: 2001.96.6

Tray

Blue transfer-printed pearlware tray. Border of alternating medallions featuring Ceres and war trophies. Central scene depicting two soldiers participating in the Texian Campaigne.

Date: 1830-1860

Maker: unknown

Material: pearlware, transfer printing, overglazing

GUSN: 305972

Accession Number: 1993.455

Washbasin

Pearlware wash basin with blue transfer-printed scene of a large manor house set in a wooded park with a lake. Three groups of figures and two dogs in foreground. Entwined leaf and vine border on body of basin and around rim.

Maker: Francis Morley & Co. (Manufacturer)

Material: pearlware, transfer printing, glazing (coating)

GUSN: 306009

Accession Number: 1988.591

Teacup

Black transfer-printed pearlware teacup. Black painted rim. Two transfer-printed scenes depicting men sailing and children playing.

Maker: Shorthose & Co. (Maker)

Material: pearlware, transfer printing, glazing (coating)

GUSN: 306034

Accession Number: 1949.105.14

Teacup

Black transfer-printed pearlware teacup. Black painted rim. Two transfer-printed scenes depicting men sailing and children playing.

Date: 1817-1822

Maker: Shorthose & Co. (Maker)

Material: pearlware, transfer printing, glazing (coating)

GUSN: 306035

Accession Number: 1949.105.15

Teacup

Black transfer-printed pearlware teacup. Black painted rim. Two transfer-printed scenes depicting men sailing and children playing.

Date: 1817-1822

Maker: Shorthose & Co. (Maker)

Material: pearlware, transfer printing, glazing (coating)

GUSN: 306036

Accession Number: 1949.105.16

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