Historic New England

Cup Plate

Pair of pressed glass cup plates. Daisy design in well of plate with stars surrounding well. Dotted decoration all-over. Densely scalloped rim.

Date: 1850-1900

Maker: unknown

Material: pressed glass, glass (material)

GUSN: 174772

Accession Number: 1993.586

Cup Plate

Pair of pressed glass cup plates. Daisy design in well of plate with stars surrounding well. Dotted decoration all-over. Densely scalloped rim. Number painted on dish is .86 instead of .586.

Date: 1850-1900

Maker: unknown

Material: glass (material)

GUSN: 174774

Accession Number: 1993.586.1

Cup Plate

Pair of pressed glass cup plates. Daisy design in well of plate with stars surrounding well. Dotted decoration all-over. Densely scalloped rim. Number painted on dish is .86 instead of .586.

Date: 1850-1900

Maker: unknown

Material: glass (material)

GUSN: 174775

Accession Number: 1993.586.2

Bottle

Flat flask-shaped bottle made of green molded glass. Has oval bottom, rounded sides, rounded shoulders, short cylindrical neck and heavy applied lip.

Date: 1790-1820

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 174777

Accession Number: 1993.576

Flat flask-shaped bottle made of green molded glass with oval bottom, rounded sides, rounded shoulders, short cylindrical neck and heavy applied lip. One side has molded bust of Columbia (female head) encircled by thirteen small stars. Opposite side has molded Eagle with shield and arrows, perched o...

Date: 1790-1820

Maker: unknown

Material: mold-blown glass, glass (material)

GUSN: 174779

Accession Number: 1993.576.1

Bottle

Flat flask-shaped bottle made of green molded glass with oval bottom, rounded sides, rounded shoulders, short cylindrical neck and heavy applied lip. One side has molded bust of George Washington encircled by "GEORGE WASHINGTON." Opposite side has molded eagle carrying a branch in its beak, with shi...

Date: 1790-1820

Maker: unknown

Material: mold-blown glass, glass (material)

GUSN: 174780

Accession Number: 1993.576.2

Bottle

Flat flask-shaped hand blown brown glass bottle with applied c-shaped handle. Kicked-up bottom. Ring at top of neck. Cork stopper inside top. Embossed circular label on front.

Date: 1875-1925

Maker: unknown

Material: blown glass, glass (material)

GUSN: 174781

Accession Number: 1993.577

Bottle

Tall square bottle made of pressed or molded glass with a light-green tint. Square body tapers at shoulders, forming a Gothic style arch on each side. Four edges are beveled. Wide cylindrical neck has heavy ring at base of neck. Manufacturers molded on bottom.

Date: c. 1860-1880

Maker: unknown

Material: pressed glass, glass (material)

GUSN: 174788

Accession Number: 1993.578

Bottle

Pair of square electric blue hand blown glass bottles. Slightly kicked up bottom. Flared rim.

Date: Late 18th C - Early 19th C

Maker: unknown

Material: blown glass, glass (material)

GUSN: 174796

Accession Number: 1993.575

Bottle

Pair of square electric blue hand blown glass bottles. Slightly kicked up bottom. Flared rim.

Date: 1875-1900

Maker: unknown

Material: glass (material)

GUSN: 174797

Accession Number: 1993.575.1

Bottle

Pair of square electric blue hand blown glass bottles. Slightly kicked up bottom. Flared rim.

Date: 1875-1900

Maker: unknown

Material: glass (material)

GUSN: 174798

Accession Number: 1993.575.2

Decanter

Blown glass decanter [a] with stopper [b]. Decanter has a tapered neck and flared rim. Stopper is flat and octagonal.

Date: 1800-1820

Maker: unknown

Material: blown glass, glass (material)

GUSN: 174799

Accession Number: 1993.573.1AB

Decanter

Glass decanter with a stopper. Rings around the neck and diamond pattern on the body. Silver sherry label hangs from the neck

Date: 1820-1840

Maker: unknown

Material: pressed glass, silver (metal), glass (material)

GUSN: 174807

Accession Number: 1993.572A-C

Club

Wood club from Tonga, a variation of apa'apai club. Four-sided, faceted shape ending in a faceted point. The club is narrower and rounder at the handle end, and progresses up to a more defined and wider surface at the head. Many carved panels filled with varying geometric designs of zigzags, lines,...

Maker: unknown

Material: wood (plant material)

GUSN: 174808

Accession Number: 2006.44.1489

Decanter

Decanter (a) with cut circular stopper (b) and rectangular silver "Whiskey" label (c) hanging around decanter neck. Decanter has cylindrical bulbous body, arched shoulder, three applied rings on neck and wide flaring lip. Decanter decorated with ribbing above base and oblong panels around shoulder. ...

Date: 1830

Maker: unknown

Material: cut glass, pressed glass

GUSN: 174809

Accession Number: 1993.571.1A-C

Dessert Bowls

Dessert bowl or sherbet made of pressed clear glass in Ashburton type design. Shallow bowl decorated with six large facets. Short squat stem opens to wide foot with six scallops around edge.

Date: ca. 1840

Maker: unknown

Material: pressed glass, glass (material)

GUSN: 174812

Accession Number: 1993.556

Club

Long, heavy, cylindrical wooden war club, or povai, covered with carved panels containing small zig-zag patterns, very likely from Tonga but possibly from Samoa or Fiji. Only the handle end and top of the club are unadorned. The shape of the club tapers from narrower at the handle to wider at the h...

Maker: unknown

Material: wood (plant material)

GUSN: 174813

Accession Number: 2006.44.1488

Stephen Clarendon Phillips

A chromolithograph of Stephen C. Phillips. He is seated in a red backed chair, wearing a black suit jacket, bowtie and high white collar. The frame is gold painted wood with ornate plaster flowers and vines attached to give the appearance of carvings; plaster is also gold painted. Inside edge is ova...

Date: 19th Century

Maker: unknown

Material: paper (fiber product), ink

GUSN: 173665

Accession Number: 2006.44.598

Off Nixs Mate, Boston Harbor

An oil painting portrait of ships in Boston Harbor. The ship in the foreground is an American ship with a total of 5 flags flying (note added to paper file on 2.23.03 says 3 pennants). A yellow and white tug-boat is in front, and a brick platform is at the bottom right corner. Frame is wood with pla...

Date: 1876

Maker: Curtis, George, 1816-1881 (Artist)

Material: canvas, oil paint (paint)

GUSN: 173666

Accession Number: 2006.44.599

Classical Landscape

A large, unframed oil painting with two large trees on left side and two buildings of classical architecture on right side. Cattle and robed figures are in the foreground, a small body of water and bridge in the middle ground, and distant hills in the background.

Date: 1807

Maker: Ropes, George, 1788-1819 (Artist)

Material: canvas, oil paint (paint)

GUSN: 173667

Accession Number: 2006.44.600

Steamer mold

Cylindrical tin mold with cover. Large tapered vertical spike in center of base. Cover has small ring shaped handle. Used for steaming pudding or brown bread.

Maker: unknown

Material: tin (metal)

GUSN: 173668

Accession Number: 2006.44.2295AB

Portrait of Mrs. Stephen W. Phillips (Anna Pingree Phillips)

A chalk drawing of Anna Phillips, seated and looking off to the viewer's left side. Her hair is pulled up; she wears a dress with a high collar and she has her hands folded on her lap. The paper substrate is gray, which contrasts with the black and white chalk drawing medium. The frame is brown with...

Date: 1909

Maker: unknown

Material: paper (fiber product), chalk

GUSN: 173669

Accession Number: 2006.44.601

Portrait of Stephen Phillips

A black and white chalk drawing of Stephen ("Stevie") Phillips as a young boy. He is seated, wearing white shirt and large round hat. The paper substrate is brown, and contrasts with the chalk colors. The frame is brown wood with vinelike designs and the sides and leaflike designs in the four corner...

Date: 1904

Maker: unknown

Material: paper (fiber product), chalk

GUSN: 173670

Accession Number: 2006.44.602

Jelly mold

Oval tube shaped jelly mold.

Maker: unknown

Material: tin (metal)

GUSN: 173671

Accession Number: 2006.44.2294

View of Chestnut Street

A black and white etching of Chestnut Street. Trees line the left side. A horse drawn cart comes towards the viewer in the distance, and a figure crosses horizontally t the right. Frame is simple, narrow black wood with a slightly raised outer edge.

Date: 1889

Maker: unknown

Material: paper (fiber product), ink

GUSN: 173672

Accession Number: 2006.44.603

Jelly mold

Circular tube shaped jelly mold. One small triangular shaped handle.

Maker: unknown

Material: tin (metal)

GUSN: 173673

Accession Number: 2006.44.2293

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

Date: 1800-1890

Maker: unknown

Material: porcelain

GUSN: 173687

Accession Number: 2006.44.2959

Napkins

Linen cut in profile of fowls - .1 A & B pale yellow, .2 A & B pale greens; embroidered eyes and feathers; buttonhole stitching around edges,

Maker: unknown

Material: linen (material), silk (textile), embroidery (visual works), appliqué (technique)

GUSN: 173688

Accession Number: 1993.803

Napkins

Linen cut in profile of fowls - .1 A & B pale yellow, .embroidered eyes and feathers; buttonhole stitching around edges.

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 173689

Accession Number: 1993.803.1AB

Napkins

Linen cut in profile of fowls - 2 A & B pale greens; embroidered eyes and feathers; buttonhole stitching around edges,

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 173690

Accession Number: 1993.803.2AB

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

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