Historic New England

Tavern Novelty Candle Box

Original Tavern Novelty duck candle box No. 751--4 Yellow Ducks containing: Two duck candles and two rabbit candles.

Date: 1930s-1940s

Maker: W & F Manufacturing (Manufacturer) Gurley, Franklin C., Mr. (Designer) Socony-Vacuum Oil Company, Inc. (Commissioner)

Material: paraffin (wax), cardboard

GUSN: 174476

Accession Number: 2009.17.2

Muslin sheets

Pair of muslin sheets in original packaging.

Maker: Cannon Mills, Inc. (Manufacturer)

Material: muslin

GUSN: 174477

Accession Number: 2009.17.3

"Sears Bandana Perma-Prest Daperies"

Bandana patterned draperies, 'Flame Red Brilliant' color in original packaging.

Maker: Sears, Roebuck and Company (Manufacturer)

Material: polyester, cotton (textile)

GUSN: 174478

Accession Number: 2009.17.4

"Sears Bandana Perma-Prest Draperies"

Bandana patterened bedspread, "Flame Red Brilliant" color in original packaging.

Maker: Sears, Roebuck and Company (Manufacturer)

Material: polyester, cotton (textile)

GUSN: 174479

Accession Number: 2009.17.5

Circular paste brooch

Brooch, gold, brass, paste and silver, open ciruclar brooch wtih series of paste stones forming a circle. Clasp consists of a straight pin which fastens into a loop.

Date: 19th Century

Maker: unknown

Material: gold (metal), brass (alloy), paste (glass), silver (metal)

GUSN: 174487

Accession Number: 1997.59

Cameo brooch

Shell cameo brooch set in gold, classical scene. In brown leather case lined with silk and cork. Scene is of women/goddess on shell or wave with two goldfish and merman in water. Two cherubs.

Date: 1840-1860

Maker: Franz, Constantin Roeser (Jeweler)

Material: shell and shell material, gold (metal)

GUSN: 174492

Accession Number: 1997.58

Portrait of "Grandma Hawthorne": older woman shown in black, wearing a red shawl with white and black trim; white neckerchief; white bonnet with black trim; brown backdrop with simulated columns, subject is show from the chest up. Gilded gold wooden frame.

Date: 1786-1864

Maker: Frothingham, James, 1786-1864 (Artist) Attributed to Doggett, John (American mirror manufacturer, active 1809) (Framer)

GUSN: 174496

Accession Number: 1997.44

Portrait of Thomas Carlyle

Portrait of Thomas Carlyle, a brown haired man wearing a black coat and shirt with white neckerchief. Left side of painting has a dark red background, right side brown. The painting is a frame within a frame with white around painting. Mahogany frame on the outside.

Date: 1786-1864

Maker: Frothingham, James, 1786-1864 (Artist)

GUSN: 174499

Accession Number: 1997.47

Sugar and Creamer

Porcelain sugar bowl and creamer decorated with Worcester coat of arms. Decoration has a shield in quarters. Top left is white with a black border on right and bottom and black stripe in middle. Two black pears above stripe and one black pear below. Top right and lower left quarters are red. Bot...

Maker: Worcester Royal Porcelain Co., Ltd. (Manufacturer)

Material: porcelain

GUSN: 174500

Accession Number: 2006.44.3024

Portraits of Mr. and Mrs. John Amory

Pair of portraits of John Amory and his wife, Katherine Green. Contemporary copies of the John Singleton Copley.

Date: 18th Century

Maker: Otis, Bass, 1784-1861 (Artist) Reproduction of Copley, John Singleton, 1738-1815 (Artist)

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

GUSN: 174502

Accession Number: 1997.46

Portrait of Katherine Green Amory (1728-1803)

Oil portrait of Katherine Green Amory (1728-1803) in a brown dress with lace at the low-cut neck and sleeves. She is resting on a balustrade. There is a green curtain to the left and clouds in the sky to the right.

Date: 1800-1861

Maker: Otis, Bass, 1784-1861 (Artist)

Material: oil paint (paint)

GUSN: 174503

Accession Number: 1997.46.1

Portrait of John Amory

Oil portrait of a man, John Amory, in a black suit with brass/gold buttons and a white shirt, wearing a grey wig. Holding a note in his hand. There is a square-rigged ship in the background and a curtain to the left. he frame is an ornate gilt. "Clark" written in chalk on back.

Date: 1800-1899

Maker: Otis, Bass, 1784-1861 (Artist)

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

GUSN: 174504

Accession Number: 1997.46.2

Cream pitcher

Porcelain cream pitcher decorated with Worcester coat of arms. Decoration has a shield in quarters. Top left is white with a black border on right and bottom and black stripe in middle. Two black pears above stripe and one black pear below. Top right and lower left quarters are red. Bottom right q...

Maker: Royal Worcester Porcelain Co., Ltd. (Manufacturer)

Material: porcelain

GUSN: 174506

Accession Number: 2006.44.3024.1

Sugar bowl

Porcelain sugar bowl decorated with Worcester coat of arms. Decoration has a shield in quarters. Top left is white with a black border on right and bottom and black stripe in middle. Two black pears above stripe and one black pear below. Top right and lower left quarters are red. Bottom right quar...

Maker: Worcester Royal Porcelain Co., Ltd. (Manufacturer)

Material: porcelain

GUSN: 174507

Accession Number: 2006.44.3024.2

Toy Jug

Miniature hand blown, pitcher with applied c-shaped handle. Vertical ribbing at base with pressed diaper and starburst decorations alternating around body. Wide pouring lip and flared rim.

Date: 1825-1840

Maker: Boston & Sandwich Glass Co. (Maker)

Material: blown glass, glass (material)

GUSN: 174509

Accession Number: 1993.590

Tumbler

Plain tumbler, hand-blown in colorless glass. Misshaped form-tilts slightly to one side, slight flare at rim. Pontil mark visible.

Date: 1800-1830

Maker: unknown

Material: glass (material)

GUSN: 174510

Accession Number: 1993.568

Platter

Porcelain oval platter, blue and white. Decorated with a landscae in the center and rain and cloud border.

Date: 1800-1891

Maker: unknown

Material: porcelain

GUSN: 174511

Accession Number: 2006.44.2989

Candlesticks

Pair of pressed and handblown glass candlesticks. Circular faceted base with scallops at bottom of facets. Stem is elaborately faceted with different shaped facets up the stem. Flared rim with six bubble-like scallops resembling flower petals.

Date: ca. 1840

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 174512

Accession Number: 1993.566

Candlesticks

Pair of pressed and handblown glass candlesticks. Circular faceted base with scallops at bottom of facets. Stem is elaborately faceted with different shaped facets up the stem. Flared rim with six bubble-like scallops resembling flower petals.

Date: ca. 1840

Maker: unknown

Material: pressed glass, blown glass, glass (material)

GUSN: 174513

Accession Number: 1993.566.1

Candlesticks

Pair of pressed and handblown glass candlesticks. Circular faceted base with scallops at bottom of facets. Stem is elaborately faceted with different shaped facets up the stem. Flared rim with six bubble-like scallops resembling flower petals.

Date: ca. 1840

Maker: unknown

Material: pressed glass, blown glass, glass (material)

GUSN: 174514

Accession Number: 1993.566.2

Cream pitcher

Blue ceramic cream pitcher decorated around the circumference with black and white geometic designs. Some of the stripes are incised. The handle is twisted like a rope.

Maker: unknown

Material: ceramic (material)

GUSN: 174515

Accession Number: 2006.44.3025

Vase

Short glass vase made of olive-green glass with irridescent threading in blues, purples and whites. Bulbous body consists of six sections gathered at shoulder with circular wide.

Date: 1900

Maker: unknown

Material: glass (material), blown glass

GUSN: 174516

Accession Number: 1993.585

Tea service

Porcelain tea service, consisting of: teapot with lid, sugar bowl with lid, cream pitcher and one eggcup. Green band around rim enhanced with gold designs on and below the green band. Also gold designs on spouts and handles.

Maker: Imperial Crown China (Manufacturer)

Material: porcelain

GUSN: 174517

Accession Number: 2006.44.3029

Cream pitcher

Porcelain cream pitcher. Green band around rim enhanced with gold designs on and below the green band. Also gold designs on spout and handle.

Maker: Imperial Crown China (Manufacturer)

Material: porcelain

GUSN: 174518

Accession Number: 2006.44.3029.1

Sugar bowl

Porcelain sugar bowl with lid. Green band around rim enhanced with gold designs on and below the green band. Gold designs on the two handles.

Maker: Imperial Crown China (Manufacturer)

Material: porcelain

GUSN: 174519

Accession Number: 2006.44.3029.2ab

Butter chip

Majolica butter chip decorated in green, yellow, brown and maroon. Decorated with a fleur-de-lis and two fantastic bird-like creatures. Edge is fluted and decorated with a geen band topped by a yellow band with brown lines.

Maker: unknown

Material: porcelain

GUSN: 175157

Accession Number: 2006.44.3041.9

Butter chip

Majolica butter chips decorated in green, yellow, brown and maroon. Decorated with a fleur-de-lis swirls, curlicues and a swag. Edge is fluted and decorated with a geen band topped by a yellow band with brown lines.

Maker: unknown

Material: porcelain

GUSN: 175161

Accession Number: 2006.44.3041.10

Butter chip

Majolica butter chips decorated in green, yellow, brown and maroon. Decorated with a fleur-de-lis a fantastic bird-like creature and a swag of fruit and leaves. Edge is fluted and decorated with a geen band topped by a yellow band with brown lines.

Maker: unknown

Material: porcelain

GUSN: 175162

Accession Number: 2006.44.3041.11

Butter chip

Majolica butter chip decorated in green, yellow, brown and maroon. Decorated with a fleur-de-lis a fantastic bird-like creature and a swag of fruit of leaves. Edge is fluted and decorated with a geen band topped by a yellow band with brown lines.

Maker: unknown

Material: porcelain

GUSN: 175164

Accession Number: 2006.44.3041.12

Butter chip

Majolica butter chip decorated in green, yellow, brown and maroon. Decorated with a fleur-de-lis, two fantastic bird-like creatures. Edge is fluted and decorated with a geen band topped by a yellow band with brown lines.

Maker: unknown

Material: porcelain

GUSN: 175165

Accession Number: 2006.44.3041.13

Butter chip

Majolica butter chip decorated in green, yellow, brown and maroon. Decorated with a fleur-de-lis, a fantastic bird-like creatures, and a swag. Edge is fluted and decorated with a geen band topped by a yellow band with brown lines.

Maker: unknown

Material: porcelain

GUSN: 175166

Accession Number: 2006.44.3041.14

Silhouette of Captain Stephen Phillips

Silhouette of Captain Stephen Phillips. Chalk highlights lightly outline sash and the edges of uniform. Painted black oval frame

Date: 1793-1822

Maker: Bache, William (Artist)

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

GUSN: 175246

Accession Number: 2006.44.691

Planter

Planter: SEE 1993.814.2ab, .3ab

Date: 1900-1910

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 175247

Accession Number: 1993.814

Jardiniere

A) Small, round, white, clear-glazed earthenware planter with four short legs, openwork side, and a removable, plain earthenware container (B).

Date: 1900-1910

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 175248

Accession Number: 1993.814.2

Jardiniere

A) Open sides composed of thin vertical "bars." Sides taper to narrow base. Bars decorated with swags of green-glazed rosettes and leaves with gold bows at tops of swags. Base impressed with indistinct decorative shield inside oval. B) Round, plain inner container with tapered sides. Clay is mottled...

Date: 1900-1910

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 175249

Accession Number: 1993.814.3

Thomas Leonard Willis

Framed silhouette of Thomas Leonard Willis as a young boy. China white detailing on clothing. Small brass oval frame with continuous ornate design around the perimeter.

Date: ca. 1820

Maker: Bache, William (Artist)

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

GUSN: 175250

Accession Number: 2006.44.692

Sauceboat

Individual Ironstone sauceboat in a tureen form with (a) attached tureen and saucer, (b) lid and (c) ladle. Tureen has footed base attached to oval saucer with high rim. Tureen has two molded opposing scroll handles with molded anthemion leaves. b. Domed lid has ladel slot, and mushroom finial over ...

Date: 1890-1900

Maker: unknown

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

GUSN: 175251

Accession Number: 1993.819A-C

Runner

Hamadan style runner with center panel of a repeating diamond and rosette pattern on red ground. Floral rosette border on dark blue ground. The edges of the runner are bound in red. The top end of the runner has fringe and the bottom end has a woven cotton band. This runner rotates yearly with 2006....

Date: ca. 1900

Maker: unknown

Material: wool (hair)

GUSN: 175252

Accession Number: 2006.44.694

Inkwell

Glazed porcelain (?) inkwell with two sculpted birds with blue wings and spots of gilt; painted flowers in pin, orange and blue. Two holes in front for holding pens. Sculpted yellow and pink flower in center with green stem. Gilded band around oval bottom.

Date: 1840-1890

Maker: unknown

Material: porcelain

GUSN: 175253

Accession Number: 1993.823

Sugar and Creamer

Sugar and creamer decorated with Palmer Cox's Brownies. Matching ceramic creamer (.1) with lidded sugar (.2). Creamer has inverted pear shaped body with wide pouring spout and single ear-shaped applied handle. C-scroll band molded around top and bottom. Rim and handle accented with gold band and spl...

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 175254

Accession Number: 1993.820

Cream Pitcher

Creamer has inverted pear shaped body with wide pouring spout and single ear-shaped applied handle. C-scroll band molded around top and bottom. Rim and handle accented with gold band and splotches. Decorated with Palmer Cox's Brownies.

Date: 1880-1920

Maker: unknown

Material: porcelain, hand-painted

GUSN: 175255

Accession Number: 1993.820.1

Rade & Port de Tape Stil

Lithograph engraving on machine made paper. Scene of invading tropical harbor with seven ships, three of them with their masts out. The third ship from the left is flying a French flag. People stand along the harbor and watch. In the lower right corner is a woman standing next to canoe. Two palm tre...

Maker: unknown

Material: paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 175256

Accession Number: 2006.44.739

Sugar Bowl

Porcelain sugar bowl and lid with Palmer Cox's Brownies hand-painted on side, inverted pear-shaped body with small molded opposing handles and domed lid with vertical donut shaped finial. C-scroll band molded at top and bottom of sugar bowl and on lid. Accented with gold bands and splotches.

Date: 1880-1920

Maker: unknown

Material: porcelain, hand-painted

GUSN: 175258

Accession Number: 1993.820.2AB

Pitcher

Liverpool pitcher with c-shaped handle and black transfer-printed decoration. Pitcher split (broken) into two pieces. One side of pitcher with gentlemen, priest and angel standing around memorial of George Washington. Around image are the names of the thirteen original colonies. Other side also with...

Date: ca. 1790

Maker: Herculaneum Pottery (Maker)

Material: earthenware, transfer printing

GUSN: 175259

Accession Number: 1993.815

The Sinking of the US Frigate Essex

Framed watercolor painting of three ships, one sinking (The Essex). The Essex is located on the left half of the painting while the other two ships are on the right half with holes in their masts. The background is a harbor with large mountains on the horizon.

Date: 1900-1930

Maker: Macpherson, M (Artist)

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

GUSN: 175260

Accession Number: 2006.44.741

Dinner Plate

Earthenware plate with brown transfer-printed pattern "Oriental" depicting four figures, one riding a camel, walking beside a river surrounded by exotic foliage. Exotic temples in background. Rim pattern of cartouches framing exotic buildings or floral spray on brown ground.

Date: 1870-1900

Maker: Ridgways (Manufacturer)

Material: earthenware, transfer printing, glazing (coating)

GUSN: 175263

Accession Number: 1993.608

Painting on porcelain

Small oval painting of Madonna and child on porcelain. The Madonna is wearing a green shawl with red rectangular geometric pattern and red sleeve. The Child's bare legs are exposed and is wearing a yellow cloth. Next to the Child is a cherub. Carved leaf scroll frame with gold paint.

Maker: unknown

Material: porcelain, wood (plant material)

GUSN: 175265

Accession Number: 2006.44.742

Bric-a-brac

Pair of cermic hands holding open shells, possibly for holding jewelry (or possibly a creamer (?), or other service item). White hand with outstretched finger stands on pink ruffled cuff with blue band. Pink colored shells with scalloped and wavy sides. One end of shell appears to be a spout. Opposi...

Date: 1876-1900

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 175266

Accession Number: 1993.825

Mug

Large pearlware mug with cobalt blue decoration on body and handle.

Date: 1790-1810

Maker: unknown

Material: pearlware

GUSN: 175267

Accession Number: 1993.621

A Winter Scene

Oil painting done in impasto of a winter scene of a thickly settled wood. The snow is enhanced with many colors dominated by blue. There are two hills intersecting diagonally from the horizon line, which is hidden by pine trees. The focus point is a birch tree without any foliage and a broken bottom...

Date: 1875-1925

Maker: unknown

Material: oil paint (paint), canvas, wood (plant material)

GUSN: 175268

Accession Number: 2006.44.744

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