Historic New England

Children's Mug

Earthenware children's mug. Gray transfer-printed design of a solider speaking with a mother and child. Silver luster accents the outer, upper lip of mug.

Date: 1815

Maker: unknown

Material: earthenware, transfer printing, lusterware

GUSN: 43259

Accession Number: 1970.1310.44

Children's Mug

Floral wreath (blue and white transfer-printed) of varying sized blossoms. Ribbon tied id lower center. "Emma" in cursive script.

Date: 1805-1820

Maker: unknown

Material: earthenware, transfer printing, pearlware

GUSN: 43470

Accession Number: 1970.1310.269

Pearlware children's mug. Blue transfer print design of flowers and c-scrolls is the backdrop for the inscription, "A Present for James". On the opposite side of the mug, there is a blue transfer-print image of a ruin in the background and two small figures in the foreground.

Date: 1825

Maker: unknown

Material: earthenware, pearlware, transfer printing

GUSN: 43561

Accession Number: 1970.1310.362

Children's Mug

Earthenware children's mug. Blue ground for mug. Black transfer-printed scene deipcts a side profile of a woman sitting on the ground next to a standing man, who is fishing.

Date: 1815

Maker: unknown

Material: earthenware, transfer printing

GUSN: 43581

Accession Number: 1970.1310.383

Children's Mug

Creamware children's mug. Pink luster accents encircle the upper lip of the mug. Oval transfer-printed black punctuated by small white circles containing individual letters of the alphabet as well as the numbers one through nine. In the center, there is the inscription "A Present/ for/ John"

Date: ca. 1810

Maker: unknown

Material: earthenware, creamware, transfer printing, lusterware

GUSN: 43651

Accession Number: 1970.1310.456

Children's Mug

Creamware children's mug. Pink lusterware accents around the upper rim of mug and 1/4" from the bottom of the mug. Dark reddish-brown block of rectangular color with white letters in the center spelling "SARAH".

Date: 1810

Maker: unknown

Material: earthenware, creamware, lusterware, transfer printing

GUSN: 43831

Accession Number: 1970.1310.646

Children's Mug

Pearlware children's mug. Biblical scene depicting "SAMUEL." Black transfer-printed image of a man praying next to a cascading staircase. Scene is accented by yellow, red, blue, and green overpainting.

Date: 1815

Maker: unknown

Material: earthenware, pearlware, overpainting (technique), transfer printing

GUSN: 43837

Accession Number: 1970.1310.652

Children's Mug

Two large brown bands of color encircle the earthenware children's mug. On upper band, there is a vine that encircles the mug. Small hand-painted stars encircle the mug in the lower band of color.

Date: 1810

Maker: unknown

Material: earthenware, transfer printing

GUSN: 43857

Accession Number: 1970.1310.673

Children's Mug

Children's earthenware mug. Lusterware accents the foot of the mug as well as the upper lip. Black transfer-printed circles and stars accent the center word, "ISABELLA."

Date: 1815

Maker: unknown

Material: earthenware, lusterware, overpainting (technique), transfer printing

GUSN: 43868

Accession Number: 1970.1310.684

Children's Mug

Pearlware children's mug. Floral motif around the interior of the mug and along the center of the handle. Two distinct images (red transfer-printing); first, three children are playing jump-rope and in the second, a young boy is playing with a dog.

Date: 1820

Maker: unknown

Material: earthenware, pearlware, transfer printing

GUSN: 43966

Accession Number: 1970.1310.786

Children's Mug

Pearlware children's mug. Bands of beige outlined by darker browns, with inscription in the center.

Date: 1815

Maker: unknown

Material: earthenware, transfer printing

GUSN: 44105

Accession Number: 1970.1310.932

Children's Mug

Pearlware children's mug. Elongated octagonal shape with inscription in center; wisteria-like vine wraps around the octagon on one side. Another elongated octagonal shape with different inscription on opposite side, with a wreath of leaves around the octagon. Hand-painted brown line around upper lip...

Date: 1810

Maker: unknown

Material: earthenware, pearlware, transfer printing

GUSN: 44108

Accession Number: 1970.1310.936

Children's Mug

Children's pearlware mug. Blue transfer printed design of a young boy and girl hitting a shuttlecock with a paddle. Blue line encircles exterior upper lip of mug as well as the center of the handle.

Date: 1815

Maker: unknown

Material: earthenware, transfer printing, pearlware

GUSN: 44115

Accession Number: 1970.1310.944

Children's Mug

Earthenware children's mug. Rectangular wreath with inscription,"A PRESENT FOR MARY" in the center, black and transfer-printed.

Date: 1810

Maker: unknown

Material: earthenware, transfer printing

GUSN: 44125

Accession Number: 1970.1310.954

Children's Mug

Earthenware children's mug. Red handpainted flowers with green leaves. Brown transfer-printed lettering in the center, "Thomas". Pink lusterware accents on the upper rim of mug.

Date: 1815

Maker: unknown

Material: earthenware, lusterware, transfer printing

GUSN: 44132

Accession Number: 1970.1310.961

Children's Mug

Children's earthenware mug. Purple background with black transfer-printed design over top. The image is of a young boy pushing a young woman in a wheel barrow.

Date: 1815

Maker: unknown

Material: earthenware, transfer printing

GUSN: 44135

Accession Number: 1970.1310.965

Children's Mug

Children's mug with canary yellow background. Red transfer-printed design with inscription in center. Directly around the inscription is an elongated octagon and a floral wreath encircles that.

Date: 1815

Maker: unknown

Material: earthenware, transfer printing

GUSN: 44217

Accession Number: 1970.1310.1048

Wallpaper Border

Wallpaper fragment (one of three). Continuous vine of stylized flowers. Block-printed in grey, white, yellow, two pinks, blue and green on a black ground.

Date: 1800-1820

Maker: unknown

Material: paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 294219

Accession Number: 1920.325.2

Wallpaper

Walllpaper fragment. All over arcs crowned with foliage in a heavily dotted ground. Elements are too stylized to permit naturalistic interpretation. Printed in black and white on tan. Straight match.

Date: 1800-1820

Maker: unknown

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

GUSN: 294220

Accession Number: 1920.324B

Wallpaper

Wallpaper fragment (one of three). Block-printed with floral sprig pattern, including stylized tulips and lilacs. Printed in blue and gray on light blue ground.

Date: 1820-1830

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 294227

Accession Number: 1920.325.1C

Wallpaper

Wallpaper fragments. Sidewall panel paper part of a fresco set (see 1988.43.1). Pattern of taupe, tan and black guilloche on a red field bordered by bead and reel molding delineate a panel with stylized diaper pattern cut from a field of beige strapwork.

Date: 1850-1860

Maker: unknown

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

GUSN: 294229

Accession Number: 1988.43.2F

Wallpaper

Fragment. Floral-trail pattern with a meandering green vine spouting different flowers: carnations, clematis and peony blossoms. Printed in orange, red, pink, white and green on a light blue ground. Straight repeat. British tax stamps on verso.

Date: 1770-1785

Maker: unknown

Material: block printing (relief printing process)

GUSN: 294230

Accession Number: 1978.140G-I

Handmade paper banner

Paper banner or wall hanging with religious motto from the "Worsted" church in Canterbury, New Hampshire. Attributed to Lizzie Monmouth (Elizabeth Harper Monmouth). The banner is oval in shape and made from pieces of decoupaged white paper backed with white fabric. The center of the banner is a larg...

Date: 1870-1880

Maker: Attributed to Monmouth, Elizabeth Harper, d. 1880s (Artist)

Material: paper (fiber product), wallpapers, textile materials

GUSN: 294235

Accession Number: 1972.112.1

Handmade paper banner

Paper banner or wall hanging with religious motto from the "Worsted" church in Canterbury, New Hampshire. Attributed to Lizzie Monmouth (Elizabeth Harper Monmouth). The banner is oval in shape and made from pieces of decoupaged white paper backed with white fabric. The center of the banner is a larg...

Date: 1870-1880

Maker: Attributed to Monmouth, Elizabeth Harper, d. 1880s (Artist)

Material: paper (fiber product), wallpapers, textile materials, metal

GUSN: 294253

Accession Number: 1972.112.2

Handmade paper banner

Paper banner or wall hanging with religious motto from the "Worsted" church in Canterbury, New Hampshire. Attributed to Lizzie Monmouth (Elizabeth Harper Monmouth). The banner an oblong oval in shape and made from pieces of decoupaged white paper backed with wallpaper. The wallpaper backing is strip...

Date: 1870-1880

Maker: Attributed to Monmouth, Elizabeth Harper, d. 1880s (Artist)

Material: paper (fiber product), wallpapers, découpage (image making technique)

GUSN: 294281

Accession Number: 1972.112.3

Wallpaper

Used wallpaper fragment. Trophy Paper. Pattern consists of vertical stripes behind bouquets and trophies of war, including shield, arrows and quiver, flag and sword. Prints in black and white on yellow ground.

Date: 1770-1785

Maker: unknown

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

GUSN: 294440

Accession Number: 1978.141.1B

Table

Dropleaf table, oblong center leaf with two hinged scalloped leaves. One long drawer. Twist reeded legs with casters.

Date: 1900-1920

Maker: unknown

Material: mahogany (wood)

GUSN: 294670

Accession Number: 1963.355

Wallpaper

Wallpaper in Coffin House Parlor, Newburyport, Massachusetts. Original to Parlor and still intact on walls.

Date: 1815-1825

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 294675

Accession Number: 1963.412

Fireboard

Fireboard with breadboard ends. One side covered with wallpaper. Includes a laid paper with pale blue ground covered with overall vine motif with grapes, flowers, and pears in green, gold and blue.

Date: 1800-1830

Maker: unknown

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

GUSN: 294758

Accession Number: 1985.670

Wallpaper border

Multiple pieces of wallpaper border attached wallpaper (see wallpaper 1967.122.1) from a single room. Papers were found in a bureau drawer in the Stetson House in Hanover, Massachusetts but may originate from the Broad Oak Farm also in Hanover. The border is a continuous floral vine block printed ...

Date: 1815-1835

Maker: unknown

Material: laid paper, block printing (relief printing process)

GUSN: 294764

Accession Number: 1967.122.2

Wallpaper

Large fragment of floral and column stripe wallpaper. Grey ground with floral vine printed in blues, browns, pink, white, yellow. Columns printed in blues and brown. Straight repeat.

Date: 178701790

Maker: unknown

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

GUSN: 294765

Accession Number: 1965.7.1B

Portrait of Abigail Penfield Harwood (1779-1867)

Half-length portrait of Abigail Penfield Harwood. The older woman has gray hair and dark eyes. She is seated and wearing a black dress with white lace collar and white lace bonnet. Oil paint on panel. Not framed.

Date: 1836

Maker: Powers, Asahel L. (American painter, 1813-1843) (Artist)

Material: oil paint (paint), panels (wood)

GUSN: 294780

Accession Number: 2014.34.1

Portrait of Eleazer Van Ness Harwood (1816-1880)

Half-length portrait of Eleazer Van Ness Harwood. The young man has dark hair and dark eyes. He is seated and wearing a white shirt, black coat, waistcoat, and neck cloth. He has a small triangular gold brooch pinned to his waistcoat and is holding a book in his left hand. Oil paint on mattress tick...

Date: 1836

Maker: Powers, Asahel L. (American painter, 1813-1843) (Artist)

Material: oil paint (paint), ticking

GUSN: 294781

Accession Number: 2014.34.2

Framed letter

Framed letter regarding portraits by Asahel Powers. Allen Harwood to his sister Elizabeth Harwood.

Date: 1836

Maker: Harwood, Allen Penfield, 1818-1893 (Author)

Material: paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 294782

Accession Number: 2014.34.3

'Poodle' Skirt

Skirt, black wool felt with appliqued design of a white poodle wearing a plaid kilt, sash, and matching plaid tam with feather.

Date: 1950-1960

Maker: Filene's (Department Store) (Retailer)

Material: wool (textile), fur

GUSN: 294796

Accession Number: 2014.35.1

Reproduction Wallpaper

Partial roll of reproduction wallpaper in the "General Samuel McClellan" pattern (#155947) by Waterhouse Wallhangings, Inc. Wallpaper has a large-scale coffered design in imitation of plaster work. Large quatrefoils frame trophies composed of drums, flags, horns, pikes and swords. Roller-printed in ...

Date: 1970-1980

Maker: Waterhouse Wallhangings (Manufacturer)

Material: paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 293111

Accession Number: 2001.281.876

Reproduction Wallpaper

Partial roll (.1) and two samples (.2 and .3) of reproduction wallpaper in the "Gore Place" pattern by Waterhouse Wallhangings, Inc. Wallpaper has an all-over pattern of flowers including roses and morning glories. Flowers and trailing foliage are outlined by several rows of very small pindots. Patt...

Date: 1970-1980

Maker: Waterhouse Wallhangings (Manufacturer)

Material: paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 293113

Accession Number: 2001.281.877.1-.3

Reproduction Wallpaper

Four partial rolls of reproduction wallpaper in the "Parkman House" pattern by Waterhouse Wallhangings, Inc. Wallpaper has a large-scale repeating pattern of medallions formed of rosettes, swags and anthemions. Stylized bees are interspersed between medallions. Three roller-printed colorways are pre...

Date: 1970-1980

Maker: Waterhouse Wallhangings (Manufacturer)

Material: paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 293123

Accession Number: 2001.281.878.1-.4

Reproduction Wallpaper

Partial roll of reproduction wallpaper in the "Penobscot" pattern (#156335) by Waterhouse Wallhangings, Inc. Wallpaper has an all-over geometric pattern with circular motifs formed by four elongated ovals and an abstracted four-petal flower. The center of each circle is filled with either an abstra...

Date: 1970-1980

Maker: Waterhouse Wallhangings (Manufacturer)

Material: paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 293131

Accession Number: 2001.281.879

Reproduction Wallpaper

Partial roll of reproduction wallpaper in the "Petite Pillement" pattern (#149254) by Waterhouse Wallhangings, Inc. Wallpaper has a large-scale pattern of flowering tree branches with birds sitting on branches. Interspersed throughout the pattern are vignettes showing Asian scenes including pagodas...

Date: 1970-1980

Maker: Waterhouse Wallhangings (Manufacturer) Pillement, Jean (Artist)

Material: paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 293136

Accession Number: 2001.281.880

Reproduction Wallpaper

Partial roll of reproduction wallpaper in the "Pineapple Stencil" pattern (#109576) by Waterhouse, Wallhangings, Inc. Wallpaper has large-scale vertical stripes of highly abstracted pineapples and leaves alternating with geometric stripes. Roller-printed in blue and red on a beige ground. Paper is a...

Date: 1970-1980

Maker: Waterhouse Wallhangings (Manufacturer) After Eaton, Moses (American stencil artist, 1796-1886) (Artist)

Material: paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 293138

Accession Number: 2001.281.881

Reproduction Wallpaper

Partial roll of reproduction wallpaper in the "Rose and Ribbon" pattern (#153193) by Waterhouse Wallhangings, Inc. Wallpaper has a floral stripe pattern with wider vertical stripes of stylized roses and foliage alternating with a narrower vertical stripes of intertwined ribbons and flowers. Roller-p...

Date: 1970-1980

Maker: Waterhouse Wallhangings (Manufacturer)

Material: paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 293141

Accession Number: 2001.281.882

Reproduction Wallpaper

Partial roll of reproduction wallpaper in the "Tapestry Floral" pattern (#130426) by Waterhouse Wallhangings, Inc. Wallpaper has an all-over design of stylized flowers and foliage in imitation of a tapestry or other textile. Roller-printed in green on a white ground. Pattern is based on a wallpaper ...

Date: 1970-1980

Maker: Waterhouse Wallhangings (Manufacturer)

Material: paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 293194

Accession Number: 2001.281.883

Serving table

Serving table with white marble top with serpentine edge. Wooden base also serpentine has beaded edge. S-shaped legs on both sides meet at center of side, topped with turned finials. Curving medial stretcher also formed by two S-shapes.

Date: 1845-1870

Maker: unknown

Material: white marble, wood (plant material)

GUSN: 293195

Accession Number: 1958.264

Reproduction Wallpaper

Partial roll of reproduction wallpaper in the "Wheat Damask" pattern (#154304) by Waterhouse Wallhangings, Inc. Wallpaper has a large-scale pattern of rosettes topped with rococo scrolling foliage and stylized wheat motifs in the style of a damask textile. Roller-printed to resemble an 18th-century ...

Date: 1970-1980

Maker: Waterhouse Wallhangings (Manufacturer)

Material: paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 293196

Accession Number: 2001.281.884

Trestle table

Trestle table. Surface formed by three hand-sawn boards encased in frame with mitred corners. Table supported at each end with single leg connected with chamfered medial stretcher. Table pinned with wire nails and screws and was originally painted white.

Date: 1870-1950

Maker: unknown

Material: wood (plant material), steel (alloy)

GUSN: 293198

Accession Number: 1958.265

Reproduction Wallpaper

Partial roll of reproduction wallpaper border in the "Belmont Mansion - Front Hall" pattern (#246) by Waterhouse Wallhangings, Inc. Wallpaper has a large-scale pattern of rococo scrolling stylized flowers and foliage bordered on the top and bottom by wide vertical stripes with interlaced scroll moti...

Date: 1970-1980

Maker: Waterhouse Wallhangings (Manufacturer)

Material: metallic paint, paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 293199

Accession Number: 2001.281.885

Side chair

One of a pair of arrow-back windsor chairs painted black with white slip. Legs and stretchers turned. Curved head rail stenciled with cornucopias of fruit and flowers, three spindles with flowers and leaves.

Date: 1800-1860

Maker: unknown

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

GUSN: 293200

Accession Number: 1958.267.1

Reproduction Wallpaper

Partial roll of reproduction wallpaper marked "Wm. Faulkner Adam" by Waterhouse Wallhangings, Inc. Wallpaper has a large-scale damask-style design of floral bouquets in urns with beaded swags and foliate scrolls. Background has narrow vertical stripes. Roller-printed in pale yellow (motifs) and ligh...

Date: 1970-1980

Maker: Waterhouse Wallhangings (Manufacturer)

Material: paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 293201

Accession Number: 2001.281.886

Side chair

One of a pair of arrow-back windsor chairs painted black with white slip. Legs and stretchers turned. Curved head rail stenciled with cornucopias of fruit and flowers, three spindles with flowers and leaves.

Date: 1800-1860

Maker: unknown

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

GUSN: 293202

Accession Number: 1958.267.2

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