Historic New England

Watercolor set

Tin box, painted black on exterior, cream interior. 12 cakes of watercolors, various colors.

Maker: unknown

Material: tin (metal), paint (coating), watercolors (paintings)

GUSN: 172238

Accession Number: 1990.1481

Chinese export porcelain soup plate in Rose Medallion pattern consisting of four alternating panels of groups of birds, flowers and butterflies, and people in a landscape scene around a gold circle enclosing a gold "SWG" monogram, border is a flower and butterfly design.

Date: ca. 1867

Maker: unknown

Material: porcelain

GUSN: 172239

Accession Number: 2006.44.1806.182

Watercolor, water holder

Round container with snap-shut lid, on a belt clip. For a water colorist to carry water.

Date: ca. 1885

Maker: unknown

Material: tin (metal)

GUSN: 172240

Accession Number: 1990.1482

T-Square

Simple wood T-square, attachement by four small screws.

Date: 1886-1887

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 172241

Accession Number: 1990.1483

Dessert plate

Chinese export porcelain dessert plate in Rose Medallion pattern consisting of four alternating panels of groups of birds, flowers and butterflies, and people in a landscape scene around a gold circle enclosing a gold "SWG" monogram, border is a flower and butterfly design.

Date: ca. 1867

Maker: unknown

Material: porcelain

GUSN: 172242

Accession Number: 2006.44.1806.145

Dessert plate

Chinese export porcelain dessert plate in Rose Medallion pattern consisting of four alternating panels of groups of birds, flowers and butterflies, and people in a landscape scene around a gold circle enclosing a gold "SWG" monogram, border is a flower and butterfly design.

Date: ca. 1867

Maker: unknown

Material: porcelain

GUSN: 172244

Accession Number: 2006.44.1806.146

Dessert plate

Chinese export porcelain dessert plate in Rose Medallion pattern consisting of four alternating panels of groups of birds, flowers and butterflies, and people in a landscape scene around a gold circle enclosing a gold "SWG" monogram, border is a flower and butterfly design.

Date: ca. 1867

Maker: unknown

Material: porcelain

GUSN: 172245

Accession Number: 2006.44.1806.147

Dessert plate

Chinese export porcelain dessert plate in Rose Medallion pattern consisting of four alternating panels of groups of birds, flowers and butterflies, and people in a landscape scene around a gold circle enclosing a gold "SWG" monogram, border is a flower and butterfly design.

Date: ca. 1867

Maker: unknown

Material: porcelain

GUSN: 172246

Accession Number: 2006.44.1806.142

Dessert plate

Chinese export porcelain dessert plate in Rose Medallion pattern consisting of four alternating panels of groups of birds, flowers and butterflies, and people in a landscape scene around a gold circle enclosing a gold "SWG" monogram, border is a flower and butterfly design.

Date: ca. 1867

Maker: unknown

Material: porcelain

GUSN: 172247

Accession Number: 2006.44.1806.143

Dessert plate

Chinese export porcelain dessert plate in Rose Medallion pattern consisting of four alternating panels of groups of birds, flowers and butterflies, and people in a landscape scene around a gold circle enclosing a gold "SWG" monogram, border is a flower and butterfly design.

Date: ca. 1867

Maker: unknown

Material: porcelain

GUSN: 172249

Accession Number: 2006.44.1806.144

Dessert plate

Chinese export porcelain dessert plate in Rose Medallion pattern consisting of four alternating panels of groups of birds, flowers and butterflies, and people in a landscape scene around a gold circle enclosing a gold "SWG" monogram, border is a flower and butterfly design.

Date: ca. 1867

Maker: unknown

Material: porcelain

GUSN: 172250

Accession Number: 2006.44.1806.139

T-square

Simple wooden T-square, with two pieces screwed together. Wood in unfinished and has a single hole at end of long arm.

Date: 1885-1900

Maker: unknown

Material: wood (plant material)

GUSN: 172251

Accession Number: 1990.1485

Dessert plate

Chinese export porcelain dessert plate in Rose Medallion pattern consisting of four alternating panels of groups of birds, flowers and butterflies, and people in a landscape scene around a gold circle enclosing a gold "SWG" monogram, border is a flower and butterfly design.

Date: ca. 1867

Maker: unknown

Material: porcelain

GUSN: 172252

Accession Number: 2006.44.1806.140

Dessert plate

Chinese export porcelain dessert plate in Rose Medallion pattern consisting of four alternating panels of groups of birds, flowers and butterflies, and people in a landscape scene around a gold circle enclosing a gold "SWG" monogram, border is a flower and butterfly design.

Date: ca. 1867

Maker: unknown

Material: porcelain

GUSN: 172253

Accession Number: 2006.44.1806.141

Drawing board

Single large plank with cross pieces tongued in at either end. Various pencil sketches, inlcuding hearts, standing man, children (labeled "Bambini"), peacock standing on head of arrow- struck wild cat (or cut?); prelate, sphinx

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 172254

Accession Number: 1990.1486

Dinner plate

Chinese export porcelain dinner plate in Rose Medallion pattern consisting of four alternating panels of groups of birds, flowers and butterflies, and people in a landscape scene around a gold circle enclosing a gold "SWG" monogram, border is a flower and butterfly design.

Date: ca. 1867

Maker: unknown

Material: porcelain

GUSN: 172255

Accession Number: 2006.44.1806.124

Wooden paddle

Wooden paddle with block of sandpapers. For sharpening pencils?

Maker: unknown

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

GUSN: 172256

Accession Number: 1990.1487

Dinner plate

Chinese export porcelain dinner plate in Rose Medallion pattern consisting of four alternating panels of groups of birds, flowers and butterflies, and people in a landscape scene around a gold circle enclosing a gold "SWG" monogram, border is a flower and butterfly design.

Date: ca. 1867

Maker: unknown

Material: porcelain

GUSN: 172257

Accession Number: 2006.44.1806.125

Pencil

Natural wood hexagonal pencil, much sharpened

Date: 1885-1919

Maker: unknown

Material: graphite pencils

GUSN: 172258

Accession Number: 1990.1488

Dinner plate

Chinese export porcelain dinner platef in Rose Medallion pattern consisting of four alternating panels of groups of birds, flowers and butterflies, and people in a landscape scene around a gold circle enclosing a gold "SWG" monogram, border is a flower and butterfly design.

Date: ca. 1867

Maker: unknown

Material: porcelain

GUSN: 172259

Accession Number: 2006.44.1806.126

Dinner plate

Chinese export porcelain dinner plate in Rose Medallion pattern consisting of four alternating panels of groups of birds, flowers and butterflies, and people in a landscape scene around a gold circle enclosing a gold "SWG" monogram, border is a flower and butterfly design.

Date: ca. 1867

Maker: unknown

Material: porcelain

GUSN: 172261

Accession Number: 2006.44.1806.123

Dinner plate

Chinese export porcelain dinner plate in Rose Medallion pattern consisting of four alternating panels of groups of birds, flowers and butterflies, and people in a landscape scene around a gold circle enclosing a gold "SWG" monogram, border is a flower and butterfly design.

Date: ca. 1867

Maker: unknown

Material: porcelain

GUSN: 172262

Accession Number: 2006.44.1806.122

Dinner plate

Chinese export porcelain dinner plate in Rose Medallion pattern consisting of four alternating panels of groups of birds, flowers and butterflies, and people in a landscape scene around a gold circle enclosing a gold "SWG" monogram, border is a flower and butterfly design.

Date: ca. 1867

Maker: unknown

Material: porcelain

GUSN: 172263

Accession Number: 2006.44.1806.121

Dinner plate

Chinese export porcelain dinner plate in Rose Medallion pattern consisting of four alternating panels of groups of birds, flowers and butterflies, and people in a landscape scene around a gold circle enclosing a gold "SWG" monogram, border is a flower and butterfly design.

Date: ca. 1867

Maker: unknown

Material: porcelain

GUSN: 172264

Accession Number: 2006.44.1806.120

Dinner plate

Chinese export porcelain dinner plate in Rose Medallion pattern consisting of four alternating panels of groups of birds, flowers and butterflies, and people in a landscape scene around a gold circle enclosing a gold "SWG" monogram, border is a flower and butterfly design.

Date: ca. 1867

Maker: unknown

Material: porcelain

GUSN: 172265

Accession Number: 2006.44.1806.127

Watercolor paper

Various sizes of loose watercolor paper, one boardback wtih some paper attached

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 172266

Accession Number: 1990.1489

Dinner plate

Chinese export porcelain dinner plate in Rose Medallion pattern consisting of four alternating panels of groups of birds, flowers and butterflies, and people in a landscape scene around a gold circle enclosing a gold "SWG" monogram, border is a flower and butterfly design.

Date: ca. 1867

Maker: unknown

Material: porcelain

GUSN: 172267

Accession Number: 2006.44.1806.118

Saucer

Porcelain saucer decorated in blue and white. Central landscape scene surrounded by rain and cloud border.

Date: 1800-1891

Maker: unknown

Material: porcelain

GUSN: 173698

Accession Number: 2006.44.2958

Saucer

Porcelain saucer, decorated in blue and white. Central landscape scene and rain and cloud border.

Date: 1800-1891

Maker: unknown

Material: porcelain

GUSN: 173699

Accession Number: 2006.44.2951

Saucer

Porcelain saucer decorated in blue and white with landscape in center and rain and clouds border.

Date: 1800-1891

Maker: unknown

Material: porcelain

GUSN: 173700

Accession Number: 2006.44.2954

Saucer

Porcelain saucer decorated in blue and white with central landscape scene and rain and cloud border.

Date: 1800-1891

Maker: unknown

Material: porcelain

GUSN: 173701

Accession Number: 2006.44.2953

Teacup

Porcelain teacup with loop handle. Blue and white decorations of lanscape around outside. Straight line border around inner edge, a design of foliage at inside bottom and three dots on handle.

Date: after 1891

Maker: unknown

Material: porcelain

GUSN: 173702

Accession Number: 2006.44.2975

Teacup

Porcelain teacup, blue and white, decorated with landscape around outside, straight line border around inner edge. A bit of foliage adorns the bottom of the inside of the cup and the loop handle has three blue dots.

Date: after 1891

Maker: unknown

Material: porcelain

GUSN: 173706

Accession Number: 2006.44.2974

Vegetable dish

Scalloped oval porcelain vegetable dish, white with blue decorations. Ouside has four flowers at each corner. Border is rain and cloud. Bottom of inside painted with a landscape. Lid is decorated with a landscape. Blue oval knoblike finial.

Date: 1800-1891

Maker: unknown

Material: porcelain

GUSN: 173707

Accession Number: 2006.44.2977AB

Cocktail Napkins

Sheer linen rectangles - three white, one blue, one lavendar, one pink, one peach, one apricot with small applique rooster (two blue, one green, other yellow) with embroidered red comb next to appliqued black ash fray wiht embroidered smoking cigerette; hemmed all around.

Date: ca. 1950

Maker: unknown

Material: linen (material), appliqué (visual works), embroidery (visual works)

GUSN: 173708

Accession Number: 1993.804

Bowl

Porcelain bowl with scalloped edge. Size of scallops in a repeating pattern of big, small, small and repeat around rim. White with blue decoration. Outside has three floral motifs at equal distances around. Inside bottom has landscape. Inside border is rain and cloud.

Date: 1800-1891

Maker: unknown

Material: porcelain

GUSN: 173713

Accession Number: 2006.44.2979

Cocktail Napkin

Sheer linen rectangles - three white, one blue, one lavendar, one pink, one peach, one apricot with small applique rooster (two blue, one green, other yellow) with embroidered red comb next to appliqued black ash fray wiht embroidered smoking cigerette; hemmed all around.

Date: ca. 1950

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 173714

Accession Number: 1993.804.1

Cocktail Napkin

Sheer linen rectangles - three white, one blue, one lavendar, one pink, one peach, one apricot with small applique rooster (two blue, one green, other yellow) with embroidered red comb next to appliqued black ash fray wiht embroidered smoking cigerette; hemmed all around.

Date: ca. 1950

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 173715

Accession Number: 1993.804.2

Cocktail Napkin

Sheer linen rectangles - three white, one blue, one lavendar, one pink, one peach, one apricot with small applique rooster (two blue, one green, other yellow) with embroidered red comb next to appliqued black ash fray wiht embroidered smoking cigerette; hemmed all around.

Date: ca. 1950

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 173716

Accession Number: 1993.804.3

Cocktail Napkin

Sheer linen rectangles - three white, one blue, one lavendar, one pink, one peach, one apricot with small applique rooster (two blue, one green, other yellow) with embroidered red comb next to appliqued black ash fray wiht embroidered smoking cigerette; hemmed all around.

Date: ca. 1950

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 173717

Accession Number: 1993.804.4

Cocktail Napkin

Sheer linen rectangles - three white, one blue, one lavendar, one pink, one peach, one apricot with small applique rooster (two blue, one green, other yellow) with embroidered red comb next to appliqued black ash fray wiht embroidered smoking cigerette; hemmed all around.

Date: ca. 1950

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 173718

Accession Number: 1993.804.5

Cocktail Napkin

Sheer linen rectangles - three white, one blue, one lavendar, one pink, one peach, one apricot with small applique rooster (two blue, one green, other yellow) with embroidered red comb next to appliqued black ash fray wiht embroidered smoking cigerette; hemmed all around.

Date: ca. 1950

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 173719

Accession Number: 1993.804.6

Cocktail Napkin

Sheer linen rectangles - three white, one blue, one lavendar, one pink, one peach, one apricot with small applique rooster (two blue, one green, other yellow) with embroidered red comb next to appliqued black ash fray wiht embroidered smoking cigerette; hemmed all around.

Date: ca. 1950

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 173720

Accession Number: 1993.804.7

Cocktail Napkin

Sheer linen rectangles - three white, one blue, one lavendar, one pink, one peach, one apricot with small applique rooster (two blue, one green, other yellow) with embroidered red comb next to appliqued black ash fray wiht embroidered smoking cigerette; hemmed all around.

Date: ca. 1950

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 173721

Accession Number: 1993.804.8

Breadstick pan

Rectangular breadstick pan with twelve trough shaped compartments. Used to make breadsticks.

Maker: Probably August Kreamer & Co. (Manufacturer)

Material: metal

GUSN: 173730

Accession Number: 2006.44.2271

French roll pan

Rectangular pan with twelve curved compartments. Two rows of six compartments separated by five metal spacers. Short handles at ends.

Maker: unknown

Material: cast iron

GUSN: 173733

Accession Number: 2006.44.2272

Roll pan

Rectangular pan with twelve rectangular compartments with rounded corners. Two rows of four vertical compartments flank a center row of four horizontal compartments.

Maker: Probably Russell & Erwin Manufacturing Company (Manufacturer) Probably Waterman, Nathaniel (Designer)

Material: cast iron

GUSN: 173734

Accession Number: 2006.44.2273