Historic New England

Coffee cup

Porcelain coffee cup. Cream background with identical magenta pastoral scenes on the outside of the cup. A solid magenta line encircles the inner edge of the rim. A v-shaped feather pattern encircles the inner edge of the rim, just inside of the solid line. A solid magenta line also runs partially d...

Maker: Wedgwood (Maker)

Material: porcelain

GUSN: 180126

Accession Number: 2006.44.1114.9

The Woodman's Return

Framed color print of four figures in an outdoor scene. The four figures stand on a path that leads out of the woods on the left to a small cottage to the right. There is a man in a loose shirt with breeches and socks. He has a hat, a barrel and carries bound sticks over his left shoulder. The woman...

Date: 1797

Maker: After Wheatley, Francis, 1747-1801 (Artist) Whefsell, J (Engraver)

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

GUSN: 180129

Accession Number: 2006.44.1059

Teacup

Porcelain blue and white teacup. Painted with landscape scenes and line border inside rim. Bottom inside of cup is painted with a bit of foliage. Squared off handle with a spur pointing upwards.

Date: 1800-1891

Maker: unknown

Material: porcelain

GUSN: 180130

Accession Number: 2006.44.2993

Teacup

Porcelain blue and white teacup. Painted outside with landscape scenes, order inside rim has crossed lines and abit of foliage painted in inside bottom of cup. Ear shaped loop handle.

Date: 1800-1891

Maker: unknown

Material: porcelain

GUSN: 180132

Accession Number: 2006.44.2994

Ship "Brookline" of Salem

Framed watercolor painting of a ship in water. It is painted black with a brown stripe with "Brookline" painted on the bow. On three masts there are seventeen unfurled sales. There are four blue and white flags on the first mast and a long red and blue with white stars pennant on the second mast. An...

Date: 1903

Maker: Macpherson, M (Copyist)

Material: paper (fiber product), watercolor (paint), wood (plant material)

GUSN: 180135

Accession Number: 2006.44.1070

Plate

Porcelain plate with a red Bird and Sacred Flower design of flowers, birds and butterlies in red with gold detailing over a white glaze body.

Date: 1800-1860

Maker: unknown

Material: porcelain

GUSN: 180136

Accession Number: 2006.44.1820.8

Pitcher

Small white jasperware pitcher heavily decorated with scenes in relief. Decoration show Dionysus with satyrs. On one side Dionysus sits on a donkey supports by two satyrs and his arm is raised, looped through a grape vine. The other side Dionysus walks supported in between two satyrs. The handle...

Date: 20th Century

Maker: Possibly Wedgwood (Manufacturer)

Material: porcelain

GUSN: 180137

Accession Number: 2006.44.3049

Salt Dish

Pair of cut glass salts. Oval shaped body with all over diaper pattern around bowl. Ridged rim. Hexagonal base with cut starburst design on bottom of base. Facets on bottom of bowl below diapering.

Date: ca. 1820

Maker: unknown

Material: cut glass, glass (material)

GUSN: 180138

Accession Number: 1993.565

Salt Dish

Pair of cut glass salts. Oval shaped body with all over diaper pattern around bowl. Ridged rim. Hexagonal base with cut starburst design on bottom of base. Facets on bottom of bowl below diapering.

Date: ca. 1820

Maker: unknown

Material: glass (material)

GUSN: 180139

Accession Number: 1993.565.1

Salt Dish

Pair of cut glass salts. Oval shaped body with all over diaper pattern around bowl. Ridged rim. Hexagonal base with cut starburst design on bottom of base. Facets on bottom of bowl below diapering.

Date: ca. 1820

Maker: unknown

Material: glass (material)

GUSN: 180140

Accession Number: 1993.565.2

Door knocker

Brass plated iron doorknocker (A) molded in the form of a dolphin. Circular brass plated extension with cylindrical finial at back (B) has screws that attach the fixture to the door. B is section of the door knocker that is tapped when knocking.

Date: 19th Century

Maker: F. Abela & Sons (Maker)

Material: brass (alloy)

GUSN: 180141

Accession Number: 1993.851AB

Ship "Eliza" of Salem

Framed watercolor of a ship on the water. There are ten people aboard the ship. Eighteen sails are unfurled and one is furled. A green rowboat is hanging off the stern as well as an American flag. The front mast has a blue and white pennant and the middle mast has a red and blue flag with white star...

Date: 1902

Maker: unknown

Material: paper (fiber product), watercolor (paint), wood (plant material)

GUSN: 180142

Accession Number: 2006.44.1071

Dessert Service

Set of Venetian glass goblets, fingerbowls and saucers. Colors are green, red, blue and yellow. Decorated around rims with delicate designs in gold graffito highlighted with white and green enamel. The goblet bowls are shaped with four lobes. The stems are clear glass and have a ring of scalloped...

Date: 1899

Maker: Compagnia di Venezia-Murano (Retailer)

Material: Venetian glass, glass (material)

GUSN: 180145

Accession Number: 2006.44.1116

Goblet

Red Venetian glass goblet. Decorated around rim with delicate designs in gold graffito highlighted with white and green enamel. The goblet bowl is shaped with four lobes. The stem is clear glass and has a ring of scalloped glass around it.

Date: 1899

Maker: Compagnia di Venezia-Murano (Retailer)

Material: glass (material)

GUSN: 180151

Accession Number: 2006.44.1116.4

Goblet

Green Venetian glass goblet. Decorated around rim with delicate designs in gold graffito highlighted with white and green enamel. The goblet bowl is shaped with four lobes. The stem is clear glass and has a ring of scalloped glass around it.

Date: 1899

Maker: Compagnia di Venezia-Murano (Retailer)

Material: glass (material)

GUSN: 180152

Accession Number: 2006.44.1116.9

Goblet

Red Venetian glass goblet. Decorated around rim with delicate designs in gold graffito highlighted with white and green enamel. The goblet bowl is shaped with four lobes. The stem is clear glass and has a ring of scalloped glass around it.

Date: 1899

Maker: Compagnia di Venezia-Murano (Retailer)

Material: glass (material)

GUSN: 180157

Accession Number: 2006.44.1116.5

Goblet

Blue Venetian glass goblet. Decorated around rim with delicate designs in gold graffito highlighted with white and green enamel. The goblet bowl is shaped with four lobes. The stem is clear glass and has a ring of scalloped glass around it.

Date: 1899

Maker: Compagnia di Venezia-Murano (Retailer)

Material: glass (material)

GUSN: 180159

Accession Number: 2006.44.1116.8

Goblet

Green Venetian glass goblet. Decorated around rim with delicate designs in gold graffito highlighted with white and green enamel. The goblet bowl is shaped with four lobes. The stem is clear glass and has a ring of scalloped glass around it.

Date: 1899

Maker: Compagnia di Venezia-Murano (Retailer)

Material: glass (material)

GUSN: 180160

Accession Number: 2006.44.1116.11

Goblet

Blue Venetian glass goblet. Decorated around rim with delicate designs in gold graffito highlighted with white and green enamel. The goblet bowl is shaped with four lobes. The stem is clear glass and has a ring of scalloped glass around it.

Date: 1899

Maker: Compagnia di Venezia-Murano (Retailer)

Material: glass (material)

GUSN: 180161

Accession Number: 2006.44.1116.6

Goblet

Yellow Venetian glass goblet. Decorated around rim with delicate designs in gold graffito highlighted with white and green enamel. The goblet bowl is shaped with four lobes. The stem is clear glass and has a ring of scalloped glass around it.

Date: 1899

Maker: Compagnia di Venezia-Murano (Retailer)

Material: glass (material)

GUSN: 180162

Accession Number: 2006.44.1116.1

Goblet

Red Venetian glass goblet. Decorated around rim with delicate designs in gold graffito highlighted with white and green enamel. The goblet bowl is shaped with four lobes. The stem is clear glass and has a ring of scalloped glass around it.

Date: 1899

Maker: Compagnia di Venezia-Murano (Retailer)

Material: glass (material)

GUSN: 180163

Accession Number: 2006.44.1116.3

Goblet

Yellow Venetian glass goblet. Decorated around rim with delicate designs in gold graffito highlighted with white and green enamel. The goblet bowl is shaped with four lobes. The stem is clear glass and has a ring of scalloped glass around it.

Date: 1899

Maker: Compagnia di Venezia-Murano (Retailer)

Material: glass (material)

GUSN: 180164

Accession Number: 2006.44.1116.2

Goblet

Green Venetian glass goblet. Decorated around rim with delicate designs in gold graffito highlighted with white and green enamel. The goblet bowl is shaped with four lobes. The stem is clear glass and has a ring of scalloped glass around it.

Date: 1899

Maker: Compagnia di Venezia-Murano (Retailer)

Material: glass (material)

GUSN: 180165

Accession Number: 2006.44.1116.10

Goblet

Blue Venetian glass goblet. Decorated around rim with delicate designs in gold graffito highlighted with white and green enamel. The goblet bowl is shaped with four lobes. The stem is clear glass and has a ring of scalloped glass around it.

Date: 1899

Maker: Compagnia di Venezia-Murano (Retailer)

Material: glass (material)

GUSN: 180166

Accession Number: 2006.44.1116.7

Finger bowl

Red Venetian glass finger bowl. Decorated around the rim with delicate designs in gold graffito highlighted with white and green enamel.

Date: 1899

Maker: Compagnia di Venezia-Murano (Retailer)

Material: glass (material)

GUSN: 180167

Accession Number: 2006.44.1116.28

Finger bowl

Green Venetian glass finger bowl. Decorated around the rim with delicate designs in gold graffito highlighted with white and green enamel.

Date: 1899

Maker: Compagnia di Venezia-Murano (Retailer)

Material: glass (material)

GUSN: 180169

Accession Number: 2006.44.1116.34

Vase

Short cyclindrical vase with flared rim and slightly ribbed sides. Shiny black glaze. Nannie Borden Phillips butterfly mark on bottom.

Maker: Phillips, Nannie Jencks (Borden), 1877-1963 (Maker)

Material: clay

GUSN: 179895

Accession Number: 2006.44.2234

Bowl

Bowl with flat bottom, ribbed sides, and flared rim. Cranberry colored glaze. Three circular marks on bottom where bowl was attached to supports.

Maker: unknown

Material: clay

GUSN: 179899

Accession Number: 2006.44.2236

Ship "Sapphire" of Salem

Framed oil painting of a ship with the American flag and four blue flags, two with white crosses and one with a white square. There are three ships and a lighthouse to the left of the ship in the background.

Date: 1830

Maker: Pringle, James Fulton, 1788-1847 (Artist)

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

GUSN: 179900

Accession Number: 2006.44.784

Cup

Straight sided cup with slightly flared rim. Dark brown glaze with black iridescent glaze on bottom third of cup. Nannie Borden Phillips butterfly mark on bottom.

Maker: Phillips, Nannie Jencks (Borden), 1877-1963

Material: clay

GUSN: 179904

Accession Number: 2006.44.2237

South Sea Whale Fishery

Framed engraving of a ship in the middleground with longboats with men catching whales in the foreground. Another ship is in the background to the left and a land mass is in the background to the right.

Date: ca. 1825

Maker: Sutherland, Thomas, 1785-1838 (Engraver) After Huggins, William John, 1781-1845 (Artist)

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

GUSN: 179906

Accession Number: 2006.44.801

Bowl

Circular bowl with short sides and small footed base. Dark purple glaze. Nannie Borden Phillips butterfly mark on bottom.

Maker: Phillips, Nannie Jencks (Borden), 1877-1963 (Maker)

Material: clay

GUSN: 179909

Accession Number: 2006.44.2232

"St. Paul" of Salem

Framed watecolor on paper of a ship with eight sails unfurled and seven furled, the body is painted black with a white horizontal strip. There are four figures on board. The ship is flying seven flags on its masts, two of which are American flags. There are two ships in the background to the left an...

Date: 1906

Maker: Macpherson, M (Copyist)

Material: paper (fiber product), watercolor (paint), wood (plant material)

GUSN: 179910

Accession Number: 2006.44.802

Pitcher

Acorn shaped pitcher with no handle. Square footed base. Dark brown glaze. Oval stamp on bottom.

Maker: unknown

Material: clay

GUSN: 179917

Accession Number: 2006.44.2238

Ship "Sapphire" of Salem

Framed watercolor of two views of the same ship. Side view in the foreground with seventeen sails unfurled and four sails furled. The two top masts have four blue and white flags each and there is an American flag at the stern. There are ten figures on board. Land in background.

Date: 1902

Maker: Macpherson, M (Copyist)

Material: paper (fiber product), watercolor (paint), wood (plant material)

GUSN: 179918

Accession Number: 2006.44.803

Tray

Oval shaped wooden tray with beveled edge. Stained dark brown.

Maker: unknown

Material: wood (plant material)

GUSN: 179919

Accession Number: 2006.44.2235

Sukey of Salem

Framed watercolor of a ship on the water. Sails are unfurled and there is a large American flag at then end of the ship. there is a sailboat and land in the right background.

Date: 1905

Maker: Macpherson, M (Copyist) Reproduction of Ropes, George, 1788-1819 (Artist)

Material: paper (fiber product), watercolor (paint), wood (plant material)

GUSN: 179920

Accession Number: 2006.44.804

Vase

Bulbous vase with dark blue glaze. Three circular holes drilled into rim.

Maker: unknown

Material: clay

GUSN: 179921

Accession Number: 2006.44.2231

Sieve

Funnel shaped metal sieve with three interchangable metal circles.

Maker: unknown

Material: aluminum (metal)

GUSN: 179925

Accession Number: 2006.44.2298A-D

Brig "Rolla" of Salem

Framed water color of a ship at sea during sunset. The ship has nine unfurled sails and one furled. The front mast has a red, white and blue pennant, and an American flag at the stern. There are four figures on the deck.

Date: 1908

Maker: Macpherson, M (Copyist)

Material: paper (fiber product), watercolor (paint), wood (plant material)

GUSN: 179928

Accession Number: 2006.44.805

Malay of Salem

Framed watercolor of a ship with no sails unfurled. The first mast has a blue and white flat, the second mast has an American flag in the shape of along triangle, and there is an American flag at the stern. There are mountains in the left background and town on the right.

Date: 1905

Maker: Macpherson, M (Copyist)

Material: paper (fiber product), watercolor (paint), wood (plant material)

GUSN: 179934

Accession Number: 2006.44.806

Ship at Sea "Ketch"

Farmed watercolor of a ship at sea with eight unfurled sails and one furled sail. The top mast has a white flag and a long triangular shaped American flag. Another American flag is at the stern. There are nine figures on the deck. Open ocean is in the right backgroud and two ships and land are in th...

Date: 1903

Maker: Macpherson, M (Copyist)

Material: paper (fiber product), watercolor (paint), wood (plant material)

GUSN: 179938

Accession Number: 2006.44.807

Bowl

Bowl with flat bottom and slightly curved sides, rolled rim. Orange-brown exterior glaze and cream colored interior glaze.

Maker: unknown

Material: clay

GUSN: 179940

Accession Number: 2006.44.1799

Bark Patriot of Salem, 1817

Framed watercolor of a ship at sea with eight sails unfurled and three sails furled. On the first mast is a red and white flag, on the second is a long triangular red and blue flag, and on the last mast is an American flage. There are eight figures on the deck. In the left background is land with a ...

Date: 1905

Maker: Macpherson, M (Copyist)

Material: paper (fiber product), watercolor (paint), wood (plant material)

GUSN: 179941

Accession Number: 2006.44.808

Sugar bowl

Porcelain sugar bowl with lid. White decorated with blue flowers and gilt lines around rims. Border of curliques around lid, knob finial, and small round hole for ventilation. Two squared off handles on base.

Maker: unknown

Material: porcelain

GUSN: 179950

Accession Number: 2006.44.3045AB

Ship "Thomas Perkins" of Salem, 1837

Framed watercolor of the ship "Thomas Perkins" at sea with four sails unfurled and eleven furled. There is land on both the left and right sides in the background. There are four figures on the deck. The middle mast is flying a red, white and blue pennant and there is an American flag off the stern.

Date: 1903

Maker: Macpherson, M (Copyist)

Material: paper (fiber product), watercolor (paint), wood (plant material)

GUSN: 179951

Accession Number: 2006.44.810

Sch. "Spy" of Salem

Framed watercolor of a ship at sea with seven sails unfurled. There are six figures on deck, a blue and white pennant on the first mast, and the second mast has a long triangular American flag. Top sail has the name of the ship in reverse.

Date: 1904

Maker: Macpherson, M

Material: paper (fiber product), watercolor (paint), wood (plant material)

GUSN: 179956

Accession Number: 2006.44.811

Tea service

Set of six porcelain teacups and saucers. Decorated primarily in bluish gray with highlights of pink, yellow and green. Saucers have two branches with leaves and a large pink flower, alternating with two butterflies. Cups have one of each, branch with flower and butterfly and also a loop handle.

Date: 1920-1940

Maker: Noritake (Manufacturer)

Material: porcelain

GUSN: 179957

Accession Number: 2006.44.3047

Northern Whale Fishery

Framed lithograph of a whale fishery. There are four ships in view and fourteen longboats. The ships are surrounded by ice and in the left background is a shipwreck on the ice. There are walruses, whales, seals and narwhales in the lower left corner. Numerous figures are pictured hunting, killing an...

Maker: unknown

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

GUSN: 179961

Accession Number: 2006.44.812

Wine Bottle

Dark green glass bottle with long neck, curved shoulders, and kicked up bottom. An applied, stamped, round emblem is just below shoulder. The name "Fayerweather" wraps around the outer edge of the emblem and meets at a square enclosing two diamonds. At center is a four-pointed star shape. There are ...

Date: ca. 1757

Maker: unknown

Material: glass (material), free-blown glass, stamping (forming)

GUSN: 179963

Accession Number: 1993.144

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