Historic New England

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

"Décor Chinois" Wallpaper

Thirty-one fragments of chinoiserie-style wall panels. Naturalistic depiction of flowers, foliage, blooming branches and butterflies. The inspiration for these panels came from 18th-century, handpainted, Chinese wallpapers. Printed in over twenty colors on a white ground.

Date: 1856-1867

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 295405

Accession Number: 1929.1854.2.27

"Décor Chinois" Wallpaper

Thirty-one fragments of chinoiserie-style wall panels. Naturalistic depiction of flowers, foliage, blooming branches and butterflies. The inspiration for these panels came from 18th-century, handpainted, Chinese wallpapers. Printed in over twenty colors on a white ground.

Date: 1856-1867

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 295406

Accession Number: 1929.1854.2.28

"Décor Chinois" Wallpaper

Thirty-one fragments of chinoiserie-style wall panels. Naturalistic depiction of flowers, foliage, blooming branches and butterflies. The inspiration for these panels came from 18th-century, handpainted, Chinese wallpapers. Printed in over twenty colors on a white ground.

Date: 1856-1867

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 295407

Accession Number: 1929.1854.2.29

"Décor Chinois" Wallpaper

Thirty-one fragments of chinoiserie-style wall panels. Naturalistic depiction of flowers, foliage, blooming branches and butterflies. The inspiration for these panels came from 18th-century, handpainted, Chinese wallpapers. Printed in over twenty colors on a white ground.

Date: 1856-1867

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 295409

Accession Number: 1929.1854.2.30

"Décor Chinois" Wallpaper

Thirty-one fragments of chinoiserie-style wall panels. Naturalistic depiction of flowers, foliage, blooming branches and butterflies. The inspiration for these panels came from 18th-century, handpainted, Chinese wallpapers. Printed in over twenty colors on a white ground.

Date: 1856-1867

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 295410

Accession Number: 1929.1854.2.31

Wallpaper

Four fragments of twentieth century wallpaper from the left chamber of the Captain Thomas French House, Conway, Massachusetts. On the reverse side of the wallpaper is the transfered painted design of the plaster wall beneath. The painted design in black and white on brick red plaster.

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 295600

Accession Number: 1972.119A-D

Painted Window Shade

Painted window shade depicting landscape with cottages and children near a river.

Date: 1840-1860

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 295602

Accession Number: 1979.90

Painted Window Shade

Hand painted window shade depicting wooded landscape with boat on water and castle.

Date: 1840-1860

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 295604

Accession Number: 1979.91

Painted Window Shade

Hand-painted window shade depicting a wooded landscape with boat.

Date: 1840-1860

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 295605

Accession Number: 1979.92

Wallpaper

Fabric panel with long fragment of wallpaper and border attached. Wallpaper has pattern of undulating, serpentine lines forming symmetrical hourglass shapes. Between lines are grapevines and 3-leaf clovers. Printed in two blues, orange, black, grey and white on a blue ground. Border with festoons, d...

Date: 1790-1816

Maker: unknown

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

GUSN: 295845

Accession Number: 1972.113A

Set of curtains

Valance [.1] and two curtain panels [.2-.3] with all-over design of red roses, green leaves on light green ground. Left window overlooking front courtyard, Belfry Chamber.

Date: 1840-1860

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 295948

Accession Number: 1942.3979.1.1-.3

Set of curtains

Valance [.1] and two curtain panels [.2-.3] with all-over design of red roses, green leaves on light green ground. Right window overlooking front courtyard, Belfry Chamber.

Date: 1840-1860

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 295950

Accession Number: 1942.3979.3.1-.3

Wallpaper

Wallpaper fragment. Scene of a large Gothic/Turkish structure (probably a cathedral) with a long, meandering bridge with stairs. A sailboat is departing and people ascend the stairs. Printed in blue, aqua, three greens, two browns, tan, grey, and pale pink on white ground.

Date: 1845-1860

Maker: unknown

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

GUSN: 295974

Accession Number: 1971.185.4BC

Scenic Wallpaper

One panel of the scenic paper "El Dorado." Tropical foliage and a flowing river or stream in the foreground, mountain in the background. Printed in greys, greens, browns, blues, yellow, peach and lavender on an irise ground.

Date: 1849

Maker: Zuber Et Cie (Manufacturer) Ehrmann, Eugene (Designer)

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

GUSN: 295981

Accession Number: 1996.34.1

Sofa

Sofa with blue upholstery.

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 295982

Accession Number: 1966.133

Scenic Wallpaper

One panel of a the scenic paper "El Dorado." Meandering waterway and palm trees in the foreground, mountain in the background. Printed in greys, greens, browns, blues, yellow, peach and lavender on an irise ground.

Date: 1849

Maker: Zuber Et Cie (Manufacturer) Ehrmann, Eugene (Designer)

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

GUSN: 295984

Accession Number: 1996.34.3

Wallpaper

Wallpaper fragment. Pattern of feathers, scrolling foliage, swags of beads with hanging pendants. The pattern is printed in alternating stripes of greens and tans with areas of Block-printed in two greens, two browns, and white on an off-white, polished ground.

Date: 1840-1850

Maker: unknown

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

GUSN: 295985

Accession Number: 2000.2224C

Wallpaper

Large wallpaper fragments. Pattern of feathers, scrolling foliage, swags of beads with hanging pendants. The pattern is printed in alternating stripes of greens and tans with areas of Block-printed in two greens, two browns, and white on an off-white, polished ground.

Date: 1840-1850

Maker: unknown

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

GUSN: 295986

Accession Number: 2000.2224D

Can of Pemmican

Can of Pemmican, Metal can has a metal key opener affixed to the bottom. Can contains seedless raisins, peanuts, evaporated apples, dextrose, soy oil, hydrogenated shortening, vanilla extract, and salt.

Date: c. 1955-1965

Maker: H & M Packing Corp. (Manufacturer)

Material: metal, food

GUSN: 295987

Accession Number: 2011.119.1.1

Can of Pemmican

Can of Pemmican, Metal can has a metal key opener affixed to the bottom. Can contains seedless raisins, peanuts, evaporated apples, dextrose, soy oil, hydrogenated shortening, vanilla extract, and salt.

Date: c. 1955-1965

Maker: H & M Packing Corp. (Manufacturer)

Material: metal, food

GUSN: 295988

Accession Number: 2011.119.1.2

Wallpaper

Wallpaper fragment. First layer of wallpaper attached to sheathing board. Bamboo and drapery pattern printed in white, orange, black, and blue on ochre ground.

Date: 1810-1820

Maker: Possibly Moses Grant, Jr. & Co.

Material: wallpapers, paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 296125

Accession Number: 1967.166.1.1

Wallpaper

Wallpaper fragment. Second layer of wallpaper attached to sheathing board. Floral bouquet in urn and two rose bouquets connected by swag of cording with tassles. Stripe of green leaves. Printed in varnish green, red, pink and white on beige ground. Straight repeat.

Maker: unknown

Material: wallpapers, paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 296126

Accession Number: 1967.166.1.2

Wallpaper

Wallpaper fragment. Third [top] layer of wallpaper attached to sheathing board. Verticle stripes of foliate vine, geometric diamonds, and solid bands, printed in black and orange on beige ground.

Date: 1815-1820

Maker: unknown

Material: wallpapers, paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 296127

Accession Number: 1967.166.1.3

Wallpapered board

Sheathing board with wallpaper adhering. White foliate and fern block printed on mustard ground. Evidence of second paper: small black net and green/red floral motifs on white ground.

Date: 1810-1820

Maker: unknown

Material: wallpapers, softwood, paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 296254

Accession Number: 1990.303

Wallpapered board

Board fragment with wallpaper remnants on both sides. Side 1 has a striped paper with floral swags in orange, two green, white, and brown on a tan ground. Swags are poorly printed and badly aligned. Side 2 has a light blue abstract foliate pattern on a white ground (in other samples, the blue foliat...

Date: c. 1840-1860

Maker: unknown

Material: wallpapers, softwood

GUSN: 296577

Accession Number: 1936.1203

Wallpapered board

Board/ sheathing fragment with wallpaper remnants on both sides. Side 1 has four papers: 1) Blue foliate and floral abstract stripe alternating with green vine stripe on white ground; 2) Foliate in light green and brown with brown pin dots on white ground; 3) Floral swag and in orange and two greens...

Date: c. 1840-1860

Maker: unknown

Material: wallpapers, softwood

GUSN: 296578

Accession Number: 1936.1204

Wallpapered board

Board/ sheathing fragment with two wallpaper remnants on one side. 1) Vine and stripe in two browns alternating with blue and brown foliate stripe on white ground. 2) Blue floral stripe with green accents alternating with vine and stripe in two greens on white ground.

Date: c. 1840-1850

Maker: unknown

Material: wallpapers, softwood

GUSN: 296580

Accession Number: 1936.1205

Wallpapered board

Board with sheathing fragment with wallpaper remnants on both sides. Side 1 has two papers: 1) foliate stripe in two greens on ungrounded paper; 2) floral swag in orange and two greens on tan striped paper. Side 2 has a blue abstract floral and foliate pattern with green accents on a white ground. T...

Date: c. 1840-1860

Maker: unknown

Material: wallpapers, softwood

GUSN: 296581

Accession Number: 1936.1206

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