Historic New England

Wallpaper

Fragment. Small, stylized flowers with stems framed by bellflower wreath and separated by medallions with hearts. Printed in brown, grey, yellow, pink, maroon and ivory on beige ground. Straight match.

Date: 1950-1960

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 177334

Accession Number: 1980.250.2

Wallpaper

Fragment. Stripe composed of continuous serpentine vine with circles, and alternating with sprigs on a field of dashes. Printed in green, purple, orange and beige on a pale green ground. Straight match.

Date: 1945-1950

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 177335

Accession Number: 1980.250.1

Wallpaper

Two wallpaper fragments. Birds flying amongst flowers, branches and tall grass.

Date: 1890-1910

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 177336

Accession Number: 1968.39

Wallpaper

Fragment. Floral stripe. Blue roses on a zig-zag pin-stripe ground. Unground paper.

Date: 1890-1900

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 177337

Accession Number: 1968.40.2

Wallpaper

Fragment. Allover floral and foliage design densely arranged over a green field. Printed in red, yellow, light blue, black and green on unground paper. Straight match.

Date: 1880-1890

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 177338

Accession Number: 1968.40

Wallpaper

Fragment. Allover yellow floral design, look like wild strawberries in bloom (?). Printed on unground paper. Straight match.

Date: 1880-1890

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 177339

Accession Number: 1968.44.2

Wallpaper

Fragment. Vertical grey stripe with vine bearing orange and green leaves flanked by beading and alternating with wider plain stripe on white ground. Straight match.

Date: 1870-1880

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 177340

Accession Number: 1968.44.1

Wallpaper

Two fragments of wallpaper border. Intersecting line leaf motif. Prints in black, brown and tan on white ground.

Date: 1795-1810

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 177341

Accession Number: 1968.45.1B

Wallpaper

Two fragments of allover, stylized floral patterned paper. Printed in blue and green on beige ground.

Date: 1815-1820

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 177342

Accession Number: 1968.45.2B

Wallpaper

Two fragments of allover, stylized floral patterned paper. Prints in green and yellow on beige ground.

Date: 1815-1820

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 177343

Accession Number: 1968.45.2A

Wallpaper

Fragments. Vertical striped pattern with horizontal pinstripes. Vertical meandering vine with flowers or berries. Printned in green, brown, orange and white on a grey or blue ground.

Date: 1875-1885

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 177344

Accession Number: 1968.45.4A

Wallpaper

Fragment. Vertical striped pattern with horizontal pinstripes. Vertical meandering vine with flowers or berries. Printed in green, brown, orange, white on a grey or blue ground.

Date: 1875-1885

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 177345

Accession Number: 1968.45.4B

Wallpaper

Fragments. The sidewall piece is a striped pattern with a spray or bouquet of flowers of daisies in the wide space between stripes. The stripes have geometric diamond shapes. Printed in green, black, orange and grey on cream ground.

Date: 1865-1875

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 177346

Accession Number: 1968.45.3

Wallpaper

Two fragments of aesthetic style border. Pattern consists of stylized fan and floral motifs. Prints in yellow, reds, maroon, white and black on olive ground.

Date: 1880-1890

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 177347

Accession Number: 1968.45.5

Wallpaper

Fragment. Indecipherable pattern. Printed in olive, red and black.

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 177349

Accession Number: 1968.45.4C

Wallpaper

Eight fragments of wallpaper. Tossed leaf pattern printed in brown and black on a white ground.

Date: 1795-1810

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 177350

Accession Number: 1968.45.1

Wallpaper

Fragment. Densely arranged foliage with berries and floral design with asymetrical strapwork scrolled elements. Printed in metallic gold and olive with fine vertical black lines over design.

Date: 1880-1890

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 177351

Accession Number: 1968.41

Wallpaper

Fragment. Vertical stripe, solid blue stripe alternating with stripe of running vine beads and foliage elements on white ground. Straight repeat.

Date: 1860-1870

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 177352

Accession Number: 1968.42

Wallpaper

Fragment. Allover foliate design with leaves and vaguely seaweed-looking forms. Printed in red, yellow and green on grey ground.

Date: 1845-1860

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 177353

Accession Number: 1968.43

Wallpaper

Five fragments. Pattern is hard to decipher. Stylized leaves and berries or flowers. Printed in orange, green and black on a white ground.

Date: 1790-1810

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 177354

Accession Number: 1968.47

Wallpaper

Fragments. Large-scale floral and foliate vine with fruit, possibly pomegranates. Stenciled in pink, orange, two greens, yellow and block-printed in black.

Date: 1712-1740

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 177355

Accession Number: 1969.225

Wallpaper

Fragment. Festoon border. Drapery swags in white imitation damask ornamented with beading and floral garlands. Printed in pink, two greens, tan, brown and burnt sienna on white ground.

Date: 1810-1820

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 177356

Accession Number: 1969.226B

Laco Olive Oil Jar

Small glass jar with very small handle and a green cap. Jar contains Laco olive oil.

Maker: unknown

Material: glass (material)

GUSN: 198431

Accession Number: 2006.44.2472

Soap dish

Three piece ceramic soap dish with lid. The soap dish is blue with dark blue and gold floral design all around it. There are also pink flowers on the cover in between two dark blue and gold bands, as well as flowers in between the blue and gold floral desgins on the base of the soap dish. The middle...

Maker: unknown

Material: ceramic (material)

GUSN: 198435

Accession Number: 2006.44.2474A-C

Soap dish

White ceramic soap dish in a bath tub shape. On the top of the dish the sides are chipping and there is a crack on the base and side of the soap dish.

Maker: unknown

Material: ceramic (material)

GUSN: 198446

Accession Number: 2006.44.2471

Perspective View of the Blockade of Boston Harbor

A color reproduction print of Christian Remick's "Perspective View of the Blockade of Boston Harbor." The image is made of three long pieces. There are masted ships all along the strip of green-blue water. A scroll at the top right shows the title and the author's name, and another scroll at the top...

Date: 1950

Maker: Reproduction of Remick, Christian, 1726-ca. 1769 (Artist) Vose Galleries (Dealer) Iconographic Society (Publisher)

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

GUSN: 198450

Accession Number: 2006.44.570

Soap dish

Ceramic soap dish with lid. The lid has a blue rectangular hand knob. The soap dish is white with blue painted design of houses. There is a blue trim with dark xs around the dish under the lid. On the second piece of the dish there are holes for the water to drain through into the basin.

Maker: unknown

Material: ceramic (material)

GUSN: 198454

Accession Number: 2006.44.2458A-C

Two piece Colgate shaving stick tubes

Two piece Colgate shaving stick tubes. There is a small stick and a large stick and they are contained in aluminum cylindar containers.

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 198462

Accession Number: 2006.44.2456

Colgate shaving stick tube

Small shaving stick tube. It is cylindricle and aluminum. .

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 198464

Accession Number: 2006.44.2456.1

Colgate shaving stick tube

Large shaving stick tube that is cylindrical and aluminum.

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 198466

Accession Number: 2006.44.2456.2

Protestant Reformation: Latimer preaching before Edward VI at St. Paul's Cross, A.D. 1548

A color print depicting a royal court with people dressed in fancy costume. A figure in a gold robe sits on a throne in the upper right corner while a girl in a black and white dress brings a book into the room on a gold pillow. There is a bearded man in the upper left corner who is pointing to the ...

Maker: Reproduction of Board, Ernest, 1877-1934 (Painter) Foster Brothers (Framer)

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

GUSN: 198468

Accession Number: 2006.44.571

Williams' shaving stick tube

Tall Williams' shaving stick tube that is made of aluminum and cyclindrical in shape. Engraved at the top an base of the tube.

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 198477

Accession Number: 2006.44.2457

Print

Framed print depicting a scene in a royal room. A man in a black robe is kneeling and giving children a illuminated manuscript in front of a crowd of people. Behind the figures is a window through which we can see water and a masted ship. At the bottom center of the pictures is a chained monkey. The...

Maker: unknown

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

GUSN: 198485

Accession Number: 2006.44.572

Pill bottle

Small brown medicine glass bottle with cotton in the top and white "pills" inside of it.

Maker: unknown

Material: glass (material)

GUSN: 198487

Accession Number: 2006.44.2438

Lodex box

Lodex box that is beige and olive green. Covered on all sides with instructions and product information.

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 198488

Accession Number: 2006.44.2442

Print

An engraving of a painting that depicts a victory of the British over the French on April 12, 1782. There are many ships engaged in battle across the middle. Life boats and people are along the bottom near sinking ships. Under the scene to the left is the painter's name and a numbered list of Englis...

Date: May 1, 1783

Maker: Reproduction of Paton, Richard, 1717-1791 (Painter) Fittler, James, 1758-1835 (Engraver) Boydell, John (English engraver, print publisher, 1719-1804) (Publisher) Reeves, John H., Mr. (Framer)

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

GUSN: 198491

Accession Number: 2006.44.573

Vasaline Analgic box

Orange box with black trim and black writing. Enclosed in the long and small rectangular box is Vaseline Analgic.

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 198505

Accession Number: 2006.44.2460

Pileated Woodpecker

An engraving done by Robert Havell, Jr. from an original drawing by John James Audubon of four woodpeckers sitting on branches. The birds are numbered according to their sex and age and the key is at the center under the title. The frame is painted black with a gold painted inside edge.

Maker: Reproduction of Audubon, John James, 1785-1851 (Artist) Havell, Robert, Jr., 1793-1878 (Engraver) R.R. Donnelley & Sons Company (Printer) Foster Brothers (Dealer)

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

GUSN: 198510

Accession Number: 2006.44.574

Essence of Peppermint bottle

Small dark brown colored medicine bottle with a white label that has directions written on it in green lettering. Stopper is missing.

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 198511

Accession Number: 2006.44.2445

Relief medicine bottle

Tall dark brown medicine bottle with no stopper at the top. It has a large white label with blue writing and a blue border on the front.

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 198518

Accession Number: 2006.44.2444

L'Orage

A black and white print of an engraving by Brunet Debaunes of a painting originally by Corot. There is a tree leaning to the left in the center of the scene and a woman carrying a load is walking towards the left side. there is a sailboat on the edge of the water. The frame is stained wood with a go...

Date: 1891

Maker: Reproduction of Corot, Jean-Baptiste-Camille, 1796-1875 (Artist) Brunet-Debaines, Alfred-Louis, 1845-ca. 1935 (Engraver) Boussod Valadon & Co (Copyright holder) Chase, J. Eastman (Framer)

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

GUSN: 198524

Accession Number: 2006.44.575

Autumn Landscape with Haystack

Watercolor painting of an autumn landscape. There is a tree with white bark on the right and a haystack to the left. A rooftop is pictured behind the trees. The frame is made of brown wood with a beaded inner edge and decorative waves appled to the outer edge.

Maker: Aldrich, Annie E, 1857-1937 (Painter)

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

GUSN: 198543

Accession Number: 2006.44.576

Bath towel

White bath towels with floral weave.

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 198546

Accession Number: 2006.44.2490.2

Bath towel

White cotton bath towel with fringe and "P" monogram.

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 198547

Accession Number: 2006.44.2494.3

Print

A brown and white ink print of two nude children using a stone to sharpen arrows. the background is a draped cloth with a table in the bottom right corner with a case full of arrows on it. The frame is wood painted gold with a beaded edge.

Maker: Reproduction of Correggio, Antonio Allegri, 1489-1534 (Artist)

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

GUSN: 198548

Accession Number: 2006.44.577

Sheep in a Pasture

A black and white print depicting sheep grazing and laying in a pasture underneath a row of trees. A single sheep's head is in the lower right corner. The frame is wood with a plaster overlay and the sides are whte and lined and the inner border is beaded with a gold point.

Date: 1887

Maker: Monks, John Austin Sands, 1850-1917 (Artist)

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

GUSN: 198549

Accession Number: 2006.44.578

Painting

A watercolor painting of a winter scene of a narrow river with a tree-lined bank. The trees have few leaves and the remaining leaves are brown-gold. The wood frame is painted gold with a raised outer edge.

Maker: Phillips, James Duncan, 1876-1954 (Painter)

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

GUSN: 198552

Accession Number: 2006.44.579

Esther Couronnee Par Assuerus

A black and white print on brown paper depicting a crowd of people standing around a raised platform on which a man stands facing a woman with his hands in her hair. There is text in French in the margin below the scene. The frame is made of wood and painted gold with a carved outer border and a bea...

Maker: Reeves, John H., Mr. (Framer)

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

GUSN: 198553

Accession Number: 2006.44.580

Mardochee Refuse de Flechir Les Genoux Devant Aman.

A black ink print on brown paper of a crowd surrounding a man who is ascending steps into a bulding at the left of the scene. There is text in French in the bottom margin under the picture. The frame is made of wood and is painted gold with a carved outer border and beaded inner border.

Maker: unknown

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

GUSN: 198555

Accession Number: 2006.44.581

Landscape Print

A black and white print of trees in a watery area. Artist's signature and copyright in lower right margin in pencil. The frame is made of wood and is painted black with rounded corners.

Maker: Foster Brothers (Framer)

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

GUSN: 198556

Accession Number: 2006.44.582

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