Historic New England

Chinese export plate

Chinese export plate with painted floral and bamboo border.

Date: ca. 1740

Maker: unknown

Material: porcelain

GUSN: 174073

Accession Number: 2009.5.6

Chinese export plate

Chinese export plate with peony and butterfly border, center scene of a crane.

Date: ca. 1740

Maker: unknown

Material: porcelain

GUSN: 174074

Accession Number: 2009.5.7

Chinese Export Plate

Chinese export plate with blue band border, center scene of pink, blue, and orange flowers in an aqua colored vase.

Date: ca. 1740-1760

Maker: unknown

Material: porcelain

GUSN: 174075

Accession Number: 2009.5.8

Chinese export bowl

Chinese export bowl, black and gold pencil decoration.

Date: ca. 1740-1760

Maker: unknown

Material: porcelain

GUSN: 174076

Accession Number: 2009.5.9

Imari bowl

Imari bowl with center scene of a pagoda and boat.

Date: 1860-1880

Maker: unknown

Material: porcelain

GUSN: 174077

Accession Number: 2009.5.10

Rose Mandarin vase

Rose Mandarin Vase with flowers, butterflies, and scenes of people on celadon ground. Exact match to 1972.46.

Date: ca. 1860-1880

Maker: unknown

Material: porcelain, porcelain enamel

GUSN: 174078

Accession Number: 2009.5.11

Urn

Arts and Crafts style urn. Tan glazed body overglazed with hand-painted gray owl and tree branches.

Date: 1900-1920

Maker: unknown

Material: stoneware (pottery), hand-painted, glazing (coating)

GUSN: 174079

Accession Number: 2009.5.12

Vase

Tall green glass vase with gilt scroll decoration.

Date: 1900-1920

Maker: unknown

Material: art glass

GUSN: 174080

Accession Number: 2009.5.13

Glass oil lamp

Tall glass oil lamp, electrified. No shade or chimney.

Date: 1850

Maker: unknown

Material: glass (material)

GUSN: 174081

Accession Number: 2009.5.14

Metal lamp harp with porcelain finial

Metal lamp harp with ball shaped porcelain finial painted with two cherubs.

Date: ca. 1930

Maker: Hubbell (Manufacturer)

Material: porcelain, metal

GUSN: 174082

Accession Number: 2009.5.15

Bowl and Stand

Soapstone bowl in the shape of a clam shell with three clam shaped feet and custom carved wooden stand.

Date: 1860-1900

Maker: unknown

Material: soapstone (metamorphic rock), wood (plant material)

GUSN: 174083

Accession Number: 2009.5.16

Collection of Thirty Chinese Seals

Thirty Chinese carved seals in a Humphreys' homeopathic remedy box.

Date: 18th-19th century

Maker: unknown

Material: stone (rock)

GUSN: 174084

Accession Number: 2009.5.17

Brass mantel clock

Brass mantel clock with porcelain face, glass case. Floral garlands in a circle around hand mount, gold-toned hands.

Date: 1890-1910

Maker: Shreve, Crump & Low (Manufacturer) Shreve, Crump & Low (Retailer)

Material: brass (alloy), glass (material), porcelain

GUSN: 174085

Accession Number: 2009.5.18

Pair of candlestands

Pair of brass ormolu candle stands with covers

Date: 1890-1910

Maker: unknown

Material: brass (alloy)

GUSN: 174086

Accession Number: 2009.5.19

Pair of mirrors

Pair of oval gilt mirrors with wreath and ribbon ornament.

Date: 1890-1910

Maker: unknown

Material: wood (plant material), glass (material), gilding

GUSN: 174087

Accession Number: 2009.5.20

Pair of plaster cherub heads

Pair of plaster cherub heads from Harvard Church, Charlestown, MA [built in 1819].

Date: ca. 1819

Maker: unknown

Material: plaster

GUSN: 174088

Accession Number: 2009.5.21

Knife Rests

Pair of knife rests designed to look like andirons. Rococo revival style.

Date: 1905

Maker: Gorham & Co. (Manufacturer)

Material: electroplating, silver (metal)

GUSN: 174089

Accession Number: 2009.5.22

Set of Forks

Set of twelve forks with mother-of-pearl handles and an overall foliate motif.

Date: 1900

Maker: unknown

Material: mother of pearl, sterling silver

GUSN: 174090

Accession Number: 2009.5.23

Set of Knives

Set of eleven knives with mother-of-pearl handles and foliate design.

Date: 1900

Maker: Landers, Frary & Clark (Manufacturer) Possibly Rand & Crane (Dealer)

Material: sterling silver, mother of pearl

GUSN: 174091

Accession Number: 2009.5.24

Saltcellars

A pair of silver saltcellars with an octagonal shape, a single large foot, and dual caryatid handles. Bowl has a broad scalloped lip with a beaded edge.

Date: 1900

Maker: Black, Starr & Frost (Retailer)

Material: sterling silver

GUSN: 174092

Accession Number: 2009.5.25

Wallpaper

Unused sample. End of roll with wrapper. Art Nouveau flowers with sinuous flowing leaves. Printed in brown, tan, olive, light green, yellow, gray and dark green on beige ground. Straight repeat.

Date: 1891-1900

Maker: Hamilton, R.

GUSN: 175802

Accession Number: 1971.2186A

Wallpaper "Green Worm"

Fragment. Green, undulating line outlined in white and meandering on a field of small blue or dark green pindots.

Date: 1805-1807

Maker: unknown

Material: paper (fiber product), ink

GUSN: 175803

Accession Number: 1971.930A

Wallpaper

Fragment. Continuous floral vine. Single flower with two buds printed in two greys and white with black flock over printed in orange on a green ground.

Date: 1805-1807

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 175804

Accession Number: 1971.930B

Fragment. Striped paper. Vertical rows of losenges with stylized leaves alternating with rows of ellipses framing sprounting stylized flower buds. Printed in black and lavender on yellow ground. Straight repeat.

Date: 1805-1807

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 175805

Accession Number: 1971.464B

Wallpaper

Partial roll of floral wallpaper with allover design of yellow, blue and purple Commelina, or Day Flower, entwined with stems of grass printed in grey. Drop match.

Date: 1924-1945

Maker: M.H. Birge & Sons (Manufacturer) Burchfield, Charles Ephraim (American painter, draftsman, and illustrator, 1893-1967) (Designer)

Material: paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 175806

Accession Number: 1971.2183

Wallpaper

Partial roll. Allover net design against an imitation marble field. Block printed in gray, black and white on sea-green ground.

Date: 1805-1807

Maker: unknown

Material: wallpapers, laid paper

GUSN: 175807

Accession Number: 1971.2182A

Wallpaper

Continuous, horizontal band of white daisies with petals of black flock.

Date: 1805-1807

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 175808

Accession Number: 1971.2179B

Roll

Unused wallpaper fragment. "Paris Flock Border" with a design of sprigs of two daisies, backed by grass line the border. Printed in two greys, white, blue and purple with black flock overprinted with orange on orange ground.

Date: 1805-1807

Maker: unknown

Material: paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 175809

Accession Number: 1965.141

Wallpaper

Partial wallpaper roll. Allover, repeating floral sprigs, reverse printed in peach or with brown dots.

Date: 1805-1807

Maker: Bate, James (Manufacturer)

GUSN: 175810

Accession Number: 1971.2178

Wallpaper

Unused wallpaper fragment. Scenes from Mother Goose nursery rhymes. Man in front of water wheel; woman with many children (Old Woman Who Lived In a Shoe); mounted wolf head (Little Red Riding Hood). Printed in yellow, red, green, two shades of brown on a grey ground.

Date: 1875-1885

Maker: unknown

Material: paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 175811

Accession Number: 1971.2185

School Book Cover

Diaper pattern with sprigs in medallions in each losenge. Printed in green, black and white on a tan ground. Black and red elements have been placed over the white vine.

Date: 1780-1790

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 175812

Accession Number: 1971.2190

School Book Cover

Diaper pattern featuring floral vines and medallions enclosing a sprig. Printed in black, white and green on a tan ground.

Date: 1780-1790

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 175813

Accession Number: 1971.2189

Wallpaper Border

Wallpaper border fragment. Pattern consists of meandering bellflowers printed in black and white on a grey ground.

Date: 1785-1790

Maker: unknown

Material: block printing (relief printing process), stenciling

GUSN: 175814

Accession Number: 1923.5b

Wallpaper

Fragment. Pillar and Arch wallpaper with floral swags, a flower-filled urn and columns with Corinthian capitals. Printed in brown, white and black on a grey ground and stenciled in brown.

Date: 1787-1790

Maker: unknown

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

GUSN: 175815

Accession Number: 1923.5

Wallpaper

Partial roll. Diaper pattern framing arabesque element ornamented with birds and garlands. Straight match. Printed in tan.

Date: 1935-1950

Maker: Thomas Strahan, Inc. (Manufacturer)

GUSN: 175816

Accession Number: 1949.1169

Wallpaper

Partial roll. Diaper pattern with losenges framing foliated elements with pendants and flower centers. Printed in blue, brown and ochre and reverse printed in taupe.

Date: 1930-1938

Maker: Thomas Strahan, Inc. (Manufacturer)

GUSN: 175817

Accession Number: 1949.1168

Wallpaper

Full roll of reproduction wallpaper made for the front hall of the Hamilton House, South Berwick Maine. Bouquet of flowers in an urn flanked by Corinthian columns draped with floral garlands. Printed in white, brown and black on a blue ground.

Date: 1898

Maker: Gregory and Brown Co. (Manufacturer)

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

GUSN: 175818

Accession Number: 1949.1098.2A

Wallpaper

Fragment. Meandering bell flowers printed in black and white on yellow-ochre ground.

Date: 1785-1790

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 175819

Accession Number: 1928.4B

Wallpaper

Fragment. Alternating rows of black urns with blue, oval fields framed by wreaths and connected by bell flower swags tied with bow knots. Printed on yellow ochre ground.

Date: 1785-1790

Maker: unknown

Material: paper (fiber product), printing ink

GUSN: 175820

Accession Number: 1923.4

Wallpaper border

Rolled sample. Two rows of blue flock interlace overprinted with light blue and black.

Date: 1860-1870

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 175821

Accession Number: 1949.1177

Wallpaper

Several partial rolls. Allover grid formed by black pindots on an ivory ground.

Date: 1895-1898

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 175822

Accession Number: 1949.1174a

Wallpaper border

Serveral rolls of borders. Repeating lobed pendants bordered above and below by continuous rows of basket weave pattern. Printed in two greens, black, white and grey.

Date: 1870-1890

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 175823

Accession Number: 1949.1175a

Wallpaper border

Partial roll. Entwined vine with husks framing clusters of blue berries. Printed in two blues, tan, brown and metallic gold.

Date: 1860-1890

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 175824

Accession Number: 1949.1176a

Wallpaper

Fragment of border consisting of two American flags on staff crossed and tied with rope and tassels in center. Flags have 49 stars and 13 stripes. Printed in red, blue, white, two browns and black with gilt powder on light ground. Repeat undetermined.

Date: 1870-1890

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 175825

Accession Number: 1929.578

Wallpaper

Fragment of border(?) of two American flags on staffs crossed; shield of 13 stars and 13 stripes in center. Eagle with striped flag and one star sits atop shield. Below shield are two smaller flags with one star and six stripes. Larger flags have 49 stars and 11(?) stripes. Printed in red, blue, thr...

Date: 1870-1890

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 175826

Accession Number: 1929.577

Window Shade

Paper window shade. Exotic and colorful bird is perched on a branch. "Bird of Paradise." Framed by a border of flowers and scrolling foliage. Interlacing detail on the top and bottom of frame. Printed in yellow, purple, red, burgundy, blue, grey, white, brown, caramel on a teal ground. Reverse side ...

Date: 1865-1875

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 175827

Accession Number: 1929.575

Wallpaper

Unused sample. Interlace formed by thorny stems with white blossoms enclosing peonies. Printed in tan, raw umber, two greens, ivory, pale pink, light peach, and metallic gold, blue and pink on an embossed ochre ground.

Date: 1880-1890

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 175828

Accession Number: 1985.26.276

Wallpaper

Floral border with foliage and a bottom band of beading. Printed in two reds, red-brown, three greens, two yellows, and tan.

Date: 1880-1890

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 175829

Accession Number: 1985.26.121

Wallpaper

Unused sample. Repeating grid of stylized acanthus leaf with athemion base surrounded by a stiff leaf wreath. Printed in pink and metallic copper on a salmon ground.

Date: 1880-1890

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 175830

Accession Number: 1985.26.253

Wallpaper

Unused sample. Imitation silk moire in liquid mica against a field of wide green stripes on embossed paper. Straight match.

Date: 1890-1910

Maker: Frederick Beck & Company (Manufacturer)

GUSN: 175831

Accession Number: 1985.26.104

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