Historic New England

Brick

No description

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 46480

Accession Number: 1961.138D

Tea Bowl and Saucer

Porcelain tea bowl and saucer. Scalloped edge with paint and enamel decoration of swag, garland, and bamboo. Centralized floral bouquet.

Date: 1750-1760

Maker: unknown

Material: enameling, hand-painted, porcelain

GUSN: 46481

Accession Number: 1961.139AB

Coffee Cup and Saucer

Porcelain coffee cup and saucer. Hand painted floral motif.

Maker: unknown

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

GUSN: 46482

Accession Number: 1961.140AB

Coffee cup

Border: gold band with arches, bordered in red; polychrome enamel poppies, leaves, fence; ear-shaped handle with red painted decoration on spine and around terminals.

Date: 1740-1765

Maker: unknown

Material: enameling, painting (coating), porcelain

GUSN: 46483

Accession Number: 1961.141

Syllabub Glass

No description

Maker: unknown

Material: glass (material)

GUSN: 46484

Accession Number: 1961.143.1

Syllabub Glass

No description

Maker: unknown

Material: glass (material)

GUSN: 46485

Accession Number: 1961.143.3

Syllabub Glass

No description

Maker: unknown

Material: glass (material)

GUSN: 46486

Accession Number: 1961.143.4

Syllabub Glass

No description

Maker: unknown

Material: glass (material)

GUSN: 46487

Accession Number: 1961.143.5

Syllabub Glass

No description

Maker: unknown

Material: glass (material)

GUSN: 46488

Accession Number: 1961.143.6

Punch bowl

Porcelain bowl with polychrome enameled and painted chrysantheums on exterior.

Date: 1740-1760

Maker: unknown

Material: enamel paint, painting (coating), porcelain

GUSN: 46489

Accession Number: 1961.372

Syllabub Glass

No description

Maker: unknown

Material: glass (material)

GUSN: 46490

Accession Number: 1961.144.1

Syllabub Glass

No description

Maker: unknown

Material: glass (material)

GUSN: 46491

Accession Number: 1961.144.2

Syllabub Glass

No description

Maker: unknown

Material: glass (material)

GUSN: 46492

Accession Number: 1961.144.3

Syllabub Glass

No description

Maker: unknown

Material: glass (material)

GUSN: 46493

Accession Number: 1961.144.4

Syllabub Glass

No description

Maker: unknown

Material: glass (material)

GUSN: 46494

Accession Number: 1961.144.6

Chair

Chair, one of a pair. Painted oak. Continuous bent front leg to stile, bentwood back; original paint displays peacock feathers and banding.

Date: 1808-1815

Maker: Gragg, Samuel (American cabinetmaker, 1772-ca. 1855) (Furniture maker) Penniman, John Ritto, 1782-1841 (Painter)

Material: oak (wood), bentwood, paint (coating)

GUSN: 46495

Accession Number: 1961.145A

Fireboard from Asa Martin House

Row of trees with the largest at the center, with a small church with steeple to the left. From the Asa Martin House of Grafton, NH, built circa 1790.

Date: 1805-1815

Maker: unknown

Material: oil paint (paint), panels (wood), panel paintings (painting by form)

GUSN: 46496

Accession Number: 1961.146

Needlework Picture

Needlework picture; oval, pastoral scene depicting shepard and shepardess; shepard plays a pipe. Silkwork picture, satin stitch; watercolor sky, arms, hands, faces of figures.

Date: 1809-1810

Maker: unknown

Material: embroidering, silk (textile), watercolor (paint)

GUSN: 46497

Accession Number: 1961.147

Painting

Half length, young woman in brown dress, white lace collar and sleeves.

Date: 1810

Maker: Nixon (Artist)

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

GUSN: 46498

Accession Number: 1961.148

Painting

Bust length, man in profile, black coat, blue vest, brown hair.

Date: 1810

Maker: Nixon (Artist)

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

GUSN: 46499

Accession Number: 1961.149

Alphabet Sampler

Small alphabet sampler, vertical rectangle. Natural linen ground, polychromatic. Rows of geometric needlework at top. Alphabets: #1 missing "J", "U"

Date: 1771

Maker: Purinton, Huldah (Embroiderer)

Material: cross-stitching, embroidering, linen (material), silk (textile)

GUSN: 46500

Accession Number: 1961.150

Alphabet/Verse Sampler. Green and tan thread on ivory linen ground. Alphabets in top half, verse at bottom, floral border below. Vertical rectangle. Alphabets: #1-"A-X", #2-complete, #3-complete; Numbers: "1-9,0"

Maker: Lummus, Ruth (Embroiderer)

Material: cross-stitching, embroidering, linen (material), silk (textile)

GUSN: 46501

Accession Number: 1961.151

Alphabet/Verse Sampler

Alphabet/Verse Sampler. Horizontal rectangle, natural linen ground. Blue alphabet at top set against a background of turquoise cross stitch and satin stitch. Polychromatic. Alphabets: #1-incomplete #2-missing "J"; Numbers: "1-9"; cross stitch, satin stitch, eyelet hole.

Date: ca. 1806

Maker: Alley, Ruth, 1793- (Embroiderer)

Material: cross-stitching, embroidering, linen (material), silk (textile)

GUSN: 46502

Accession Number: 1961.152

Alphabet/Verse Sampler

Alphabet/Verse Sampler. Large balloon like flowers in pots and rose bushes at bottom. Alphabets: #1 missing "J"; #2 "A-W", missing "J"; cross stitch, eyelet hole, chain stitch.

Date: 1802

Maker: Alley, Miriam, 1791- (Embroiderer)

Material: cross-stitching, embroidering, linen (material)

GUSN: 46503

Accession Number: 1961.153.1

Box

No description

Maker: unknown

Material: wood (plant material)

GUSN: 46504

Accession Number: 1961.155

Pitcher

Pinched oval shape w/ pointy, slightly upturned mouth and ear-shaped handle w/ green leaf in relief on spine and under mouth; green-edged palmette border around base; blue, orange and green stylized florette chain around rim; 2 heart-shaped medallions depict: 1) Sportive Innocence--girl, boy, dog an...

Date: 1840-1850

Maker: unknown

Material: earthenware, glazing (coating), leaf (plant material), foliation (pattern), leaf (metal), Pratt ware, molding (forming), relief (sculpture techniques), tin (metal)

GUSN: 46505

Accession Number: 1961.158

Dinner plate

Scrolled pink latticework border; central decoration: pink thistle & rose sprays with gilt highlights.

Date: 1760-1780

Maker: unknown

Material: enamel paint, gilding, porcelain

GUSN: 46506

Accession Number: 1961.160

Butterdish

Blue and white; 12-sided rim; circular foot; network and scallop outer border; network inner border; right-oriented landscape scene with pavillion, right; bridge, foreground; trees and rocks, left; two clusters of buildings; trees, left background; two boats in distance and one in foreground, beyond...

Date: 1840-1850

Maker: unknown

Material: porcelain, underglazing

GUSN: 46507

Accession Number: 1961.161

Saucer

No description

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 46508

Accession Number: 1961.164A

Saucer

No description

Maker: unknown

Material: porcelain

GUSN: 46671

Accession Number: 1962.127.13

Teacup

No description

Maker: unknown

Material: porcelain

GUSN: 46672

Accession Number: 1962.127.14

Saucer

No description

Maker: unknown

Material: porcelain

GUSN: 46673

Accession Number: 1962.127.15

Teacup

No description

Maker: unknown

Material: porcelain

GUSN: 46674

Accession Number: 1962.127.16

Saucer

No description

Maker: unknown

Material: porcelain

GUSN: 46675

Accession Number: 1962.127.17

Teacup

No description

Maker: unknown

Material: porcelain

GUSN: 46676

Accession Number: 1962.127.18

Saucer

No description

Maker: unknown

Material: porcelain

GUSN: 46677

Accession Number: 1962.127.19

Teacup

No description

Maker: unknown

Material: porcelain

GUSN: 46678

Accession Number: 1962.127.20

Saucer

No description

Maker: unknown

Material: porcelain

GUSN: 46679

Accession Number: 1962.127.21

Teacup

No description

Maker: unknown

Material: porcelain

GUSN: 46680

Accession Number: 1962.127.22

Saucer

No description

Maker: unknown

Material: porcelain

GUSN: 46681

Accession Number: 1962.127.23

Alphabet/Verse Sampler

Alphabet/Verse Sampler. Vertical rectangle, natural linen ground. Large scale floral border, alphabet and verse between two large green posts with a M shaped canopy above. Polychromatic. One alphabet missing "I" & "U". Cross stitch, satin stitch, long and short satin, stem, filling, whip stitch, an...

Date: 1801

Maker: Pickard, Hannah, 1789- (Embroiderer)

Material: cross-stitching, embroidering, linen (material), silk (textile)

GUSN: 46682

Accession Number: 1962.129

Needlework Picture

This oval, silk mourning picture depicts a large tomb in middle ground with a painted inscription on its front and side. A female figure, representing Hope, dressed in white leans on an anchor and points toward Heaven. A small pond with swan occupies the foreground.

Date: 1805

Maker: Pickard, Hannah, 1789- (Embroiderer)

Material: embroidering, paintings (visual works), silk (textile)

GUSN: 46683

Accession Number: 1962.130

Photograph

View of large two story wood house with projecting front entrance pediment, Doric columns, quoining and double chimneys; street in foreground with family members posed on porch and surrounding wooden fence.

Date: 1855-1864

Maker: E.W. Noyes Co. (Framer)

Material: albumen (egg white)

GUSN: 46684

Accession Number: 1962.133

Sash Weight

Rectangular; carried on round rod and eye; wrapped in lead sheet.

Maker: unknown

Material: iron (metal), lead (metal)

GUSN: 46685

Accession Number: 1962.159

Sash Weight

Cylindrical casting, rounded at both ends. Eye from top to side.

Date: ca. 1881

Maker: unknown

Material: casting (process), iron (metal)

GUSN: 46686

Accession Number: 1962.160

Sash Weight

Cylintrical casting; cut square at one end and flattened for transverse eye at other.

Date: ca. 1881

Maker: unknown

Material: casting (process), iron (metal)

GUSN: 46687

Accession Number: 1962.161

Sash Weight

Rectangular; cut square at one end and flattened at other for eye. With fragment of cord.

Maker: unknown

Material: iron (metal)

GUSN: 46688

Accession Number: 1962.162

WEIGHT, SASH

Rectangular; cut square at one end and flattened at other for eye.

Maker: unknown

Material: iron (metal)

GUSN: 46689

Accession Number: 1962.163

Sash Weight

Rectangular; carried on round rod and eye.

Maker: unknown

Material: iron (metal)

GUSN: 46690

Accession Number: 1962.164

Sash Weight

Cylindrical; rough casting; tapered ends. Transverse bell-shaped eye with opening also on center in top.

Maker: unknown

Material: casting (process), iron (metal)

GUSN: 46691

Accession Number: 1962.165

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