Historic New England

Mesh Christmas Stocking Full of Toys

Red mesh Christmas stocking sewn closed on all sides, containing small toys and games. Paper tag affixed to top corner of stocking depicts Santa Clause. Toys include dolls, paper horn (marked JAPAN), box of three Kroma colored chalks, Gloria Crayons, a popper, a noisemaker, several tin molds, a co...

Date: 1920-1930

Maker: unknown

Material: paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 48381

Accession Number: 1970.348

Plate

Pearlware transfer-print plate. Octagonal with molded rope twist rim and florette border. Green transfer-print pastoral scene.

Maker: unknown

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

GUSN: 48382

Accession Number: 1970.349

Plate

Creamware transfer-print plate. Green painted rim and a molded foliate border. Paint superimposed on a black transfer print illustrating a pastoral scene.

Maker: unknown

Material: earthenware, transfer printing, creamware, glazing (coating), hand-painted

GUSN: 48383

Accession Number: 1970.350

Plate

Earthenware transfer-print plate. Molded alphabet and a red vitruvian scroll border. Black transfer printed scene with several figures chopping wood and working outdoors.

Maker: unknown

Material: earthenware, transfer printing, glazing (coating)

GUSN: 48384

Accession Number: 1970.351

Children's Plate

Earthenware children's plate. Wavy edge and molded border with birds and foliate design. Black transfer printed scene with six people in front of a bank, and inscription from Poor Richard's Way to Wealth. Over painted with pink, yellow, and peach. Black line around edge.

Maker: unknown

Material: earthenware, transfer printing

GUSN: 48385

Accession Number: 1970.352

Plate

Pearlware transfer-print plate. Octagonal with molded rope twist rim and florette border. Green transfer-print pastoral scene.

Maker: unknown

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

GUSN: 48386

Accession Number: 1970.353

Children's Mug

Mold-blown glass children's mug. Semi-opaque white glass. Reeded at rim and base. Loop handle with beading along sides. Molded decoration depicting a man holding a beer stein.

Maker: unknown

Material: mold-blown glass, glass (material)

GUSN: 48387

Accession Number: 1970.356

Mug

No description

Maker: unknown

Material: glass (material)

GUSN: 48388

Accession Number: 1970.361

Mug

No description

Maker: unknown

Material: glass (material)

GUSN: 48389

Accession Number: 1970.362

Mug

No description

Maker: unknown

Material: glass (material)

GUSN: 48390

Accession Number: 1970.364

Mug

Opaque, white glass footed mug, tulip-shaped, with hand-painted floral motif surrounding an elongated hexagon with the words "Remember me." Applied scroll-shaped handle.

Maker: unknown

Material: glass (material)

GUSN: 48391

Accession Number: 1970.365

Mug

No description

Maker: unknown

Material: glass (material)

GUSN: 48392

Accession Number: 1970.366

Mug

Pressed, colorless glass tulip-shaped mug with hand-painted scene of blue and yellow bird on branch. Applied scroll handle.

Maker: unknown

Material: glass (material)

GUSN: 48393

Accession Number: 1970.367

Drinking Glass

Opaque white glass cup with hand-painted image of a man from the back bordered by scrolls, flower sprig on opposite side. Flared gilt rim.

Maker: unknown

Material: glass (material)

GUSN: 48394

Accession Number: 1970.370

Mug

Opaque white glass mug with hand-painted polychrome floral decoration. Applied scroll-shaped handle and gilt rim.

Maker: unknown

Material: glass (material)

GUSN: 48395

Accession Number: 1970.371

Mug

Earthenware mug. Black transfer printed design, titled "Farmer's Arms." Each side features a decorative farm-themed border composed of grain, farming tools, and a hen and rooster perched at the top. On one side, the border frames an agrarian scene with a horse pulling a harrow and at least two pe...

Maker: unknown

Material: earthenware, transfer printing

GUSN: 48396

Accession Number: 1970.372

Plate

Pearlware transfer-print plate. Molded alphabet and a red vitruvian scroll border. Black transfer print illustrating a pastoral scene.

Maker: unknown

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

GUSN: 48397

Accession Number: 1970.374

Plate

A blue transfer printed pearlware plate with a painted green rim. The central design depicts a domestic scene surrounded by text. The outer border consists of molded scrolls and animals.

Maker: unknown

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

GUSN: 48398

Accession Number: 1970.375

Plate

A black transfer printed whiteware plate. The central design depicts a pastoral scene which is surrounded by text.

Maker: unknown

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

GUSN: 48399

Accession Number: 1970.376

Plate

Pearlware transfer-print plate. Scalloped edge with molded floral border. Black transfer-print scene illustrating two men working with water barrels.

Maker: unknown

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

GUSN: 48400

Accession Number: 1970.377

Plate

A transfer printed pearlware plate with a pink painted rim. The central black and white design depicts a scene of young men chopping down a tree. The alphabet and virtuvian scroll motif are molded on the outer rim.

Maker: unknown

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

GUSN: 48401

Accession Number: 1970.378

Plate

Pearlware transfer-print plate. Red painted rim and a molded alphabet border. Paint superimposed on a black transfer-print illustrating a pastoral scene.

Maker: unknown

Material: earthenware, transfer printing, pearlware, hand-painted, glazing (coating)

GUSN: 48402

Accession Number: 1970.379

Plate

Pearlware transfer-print octagonal plate. Molded rope twist rim and floral border. Green transfer print illustrating a shop on a street.

Maker: unknown

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

GUSN: 48403

Accession Number: 1970.380

Plate

Pearlware transfer-print plate. Scalloped edge, red painted rim, and a molded strawberry border. Black transfer printed pastoral scene.

Maker: unknown

Material: earthenware, transfer printing, pearlware, hand-painted, glazing (coating)

GUSN: 48404

Accession Number: 1970.381

Plate

Pearlware transfer-print plate. Octagonal with molded rope twist rim and florette border. Green transfer-print pastoral scene.

Maker: unknown

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

GUSN: 48405

Accession Number: 1970.382

Plate

Pearlware transfer-print plate. Molded alphabet and a red painted rim. Paint superimpossed on a black transfer print illustrating a pastoral scene.

Maker: unknown

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

GUSN: 48406

Accession Number: 1970.383

Mug

Earthenware mug. Shaped base, raised dot pattern band at rim, and loop handle with leaf terminals. Mochaware decoration with vareigated loops on blue ground, with solid bands above and below in blue and brick red.

Maker: unknown

Material: earthenware, mocha ware

GUSN: 48407

Accession Number: 1970.384

Coverlet

Blue, gold and tan wool with natural cotton; reversible; overall geometric gridwork pattern of bars and small blocks. All edges hemmed; sides and bottom with fringe.

Date: 1800-1840

Maker: unknown

Material: cotton (textile), fringe, weaving, piecing, textiles, wool (textile)

GUSN: 49800

Accession Number: 1980.180

Bodice and belt

A=Bodice; B=Belt. Bodice (A) of pale green silk crepe; standing collar; filet crochet yoke; long sleeves full to elbow, fitted below. Blouson front; trimmed w/ narrow band of ruching around yoke; mid-bust, sleeves & cuffs in greek key; boned; hook & eye & snap closure; white cotton lining. Matchi...

Date: ca. 1905

Maker: unknown

Material: cotton (textile), crepe (textile), stitching, machine-made, silk (textile)

GUSN: 49801

Accession Number: 1980.186AB

Dress

Three-piece dress with bodice(a), skirt (b), and petticoat (c). Dark green and light green printed silk with vermicelli pattern with white crescents. Bodice (a) has a standing band collar; yoke and center front insert of lace with applique of crescent with pink moon/sun/star? echoing motif of fabric...

Date: ca. 1906

Maker: unknown

Material: silk (textile), cotton (textile), stitching, machine-made, appliqué (technique)

GUSN: 49802

Accession Number: 1980.187A-C

Cloth fragment

L-shaped, selvage to selvage; cut-out glazed polychromatic printed cotton; repeating columns, daisy-like flowers; thorn-like lattice. Birds perched on lattice. Heavily glazed; tightly and fine woven cotton.

Date: 1820-1835

Maker: unknown

Material: block printing (relief printing process), chintz, cotton (textile), glazing (coating), textiles, tin (metal)

GUSN: 49803

Accession Number: 1980.188

Wallpaper

Wallpaper (A) and border (B) fragments from the hall of the Lakeman Johnson House, circa 1840. Wallpaper (A) is a landscape scenary paper with harbor scene and irise sky framed by Gothic cartouches entwined with red roses and blue morning glories, printed on white polished ground. Straight repeat. ...

Date: 1845-1855

Maker: unknown

Material: paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 49804

Accession Number: 1980.201AB

Handkerchief

White handkerchief with rounded lace edges.

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 49806

Accession Number: 1981.209

Flatware Case

Flatware case with inlay and metal hardware.

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 49808

Accession Number: 1980.216.1

Flatware Case

No description

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 49809

Accession Number: 1980.216.2

Tilt-top Table

Tilt-top table. Mahogany, maple cleats. Large oval top, urn-turned baluster pedestal; tripod base. Rests on brass feet and casters.

Date: 1825-1845

Maker: unknown

Material: mahogany (wood), maple (wood)

GUSN: 49810

Accession Number: 1980.217

Landscape Photograph

Photograph, angled view of front and side of Lyman House with two men and a woman standing on front steps and gravel drive curving among trees into distance.

Date: 1860-1880

Maker: unknown

Material: albumen (egg white)

GUSN: 49811

Accession Number: 1980.218

Photographic Print

Side view of the Vale (Lyman Estate) showing long expanse of porch and garden and drive at right.

Date: 1865-1870

Maker: Possibly A. A. Childs & Co. (Framer)

Material: albumen (egg white)

GUSN: 49812

Accession Number: 1980.219

Yarn Winder

No description

Maker: unknown

Material: wood (plant material)

GUSN: 49813

Accession Number: 1980.221

Spinning Wheel

No description

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 49814

Accession Number: 1980.222

Spinning Wheel

This flax wheel is composed of oak and maple, with turned legs, spokes and finials, with a riven oak bench and wheel rim. The end of the bench is stamped with a maker's mark (see Inscriptions). The wheel is not complete; it is missing a treadle and is dis-assembled.

Date: 1750-1850

Maker: Adams, Samuel (Maker)

Material: wood (plant material), oak (wood), maple (wood)

GUSN: 49815

Accession Number: 1980.223B

Table Scarf

No description

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 49816

Accession Number: 1980.228

Footstool

Tapered, tunred legs; flat, round frame; green and red cover.

Date: 1855-1875

Maker: unknown

Material: walnut (wood)

GUSN: 49817

Accession Number: 1980.230

Chair

Chair with wide flaring back and arms. Cabriole legs. Green striped upholstery with fringe.

Date: 1860-1880

Maker: unknown

Material: rosewood (wood), tufting, upholstering

GUSN: 49818

Accession Number: 1980.231.1

Candlestick

No description

Maker: unknown

Material: brass (alloy)

GUSN: 49819

Accession Number: 1980.234.2

Floorcloth

No description

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 49820

Accession Number: 1980.244

Bowl

Cream-glazed earthenware bowl with green interior and black band. The exterior has repeating border of geese and foliage, bands of blue, green, and brown.

Date: 1917

Maker: Paul Revere Pottery, Inc. (Brighton, Mass.) (Manufacturer) Saturday Evening Girls (Organization) (Maker) Galner, Sara, 1894-1982 (Illustrator)

Material: glazing (coating), earthenware

GUSN: 49826

Accession Number: 1980.257

Serving dish

Oval, earthenware dish with scalloped rim and mulberry-colored transfer-print from the "Caledonia" series by William Adams and Sons. The pattern depicts two Scottish highland hunters, one climbs a rock with his rifle. In the distance a stag is chased by a dog, another hunter follows after them. The...

Date: 1830-1840

Maker: William Adams & Sons (Maker)

Material: earthenware, glazing (coating), transfer printing

GUSN: 49827

Accession Number: 1980.259.27

Luncheon plate

Earthenware plate with mulberry-colored transfer-print pattern "Canova." Landscape scene with urn-on-plinth and trees in the foreground. In the mid-ground is a waterway with figures on a boat and buildings on a far bank. Border pattern has vignettes of urn and boat alternating with floral sprays.

Date: 1836-1838

Maker: Mayer, Thomas (Maker)

Material: earthenware, glazing (coating), transfer printing

GUSN: 49828

Accession Number: 1980.260.34

Platter

No description

Maker: unknown

Material: glass (material)

GUSN: 49829

Accession Number: 1980.260.6B

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