Historic New England

Coffeepot

White, tall porcelain coffeepot with gold bands around stepped foot, body, and lip. Scroll-shaped handle and spout painted gold. The spout is molded in the shape of a bird with a palmette at the base. Lid has round, gold-painted knop and band around rim. Part of seventeen piece set.

Date: 1783-1835

Maker: unknown

Material: porcelain, gilding

GUSN: 49575

Accession Number: 1978.34.1AB

Teapot

White, tall porcelain teapot with gold bands around stepped foot, body, and lip. Scroll-shaped handle and spout painted gold. The spout is molded in the shape of a bird with a palmette at the base. Lid has round, gold-painted knop and band around rim. Part of seventeen piece set.

Date: 1783-1835

Maker: unknown

Material: porcelain, gilding

GUSN: 49577

Accession Number: 1978.34.2AB

Pitcher

White porcelain pitcher with a bulbous body tapered to a stepped foot and narrow neck with gold bands around the foot, neck, handle, and spout. Palmettes adorn handle attachments. Part of seventeen piece set.

Date: 1783-1835

Maker: unknown

Material: porcelain, gilding

GUSN: 49579

Accession Number: 1978.34.3

Bowl

White porcelain footed bowl with gold bands round rim and foot. Part of seventeen piece set.

Date: 1783-1835

Maker: unknown

Material: hard paste porcelain, gilding

GUSN: 49580

Accession Number: 1978.34.4

Teacup

Off-white porcelain teacup with flaring lip, scroll shaped, gold-painted handle, with gold bands around the lip and circular foot. Part of seventeen piece set.

Date: 1783-1835

Maker: unknown

Material: porcelain, gilding

GUSN: 49581

Accession Number: 1978.34.18

Sugar Bowl

White porcelain footed sugar bowl with gold bands on rim, shoulder, foot, and rim of lid. Gold-painted molded handles. Knop missing. Part of seventeen piece set.

Date: 1783-1835

Maker: unknown

Material: porcelain, gilding

GUSN: 49582

Accession Number: 1978.34.5AB

Teacup

White porcelain teacup with flaring lip, scroll shaped, gold-painted handle, with gold bands around the lip and circular foot. Part of eighteen piece set.

Date: 1783-1835

Maker: unknown

Material: porcelain, gilding

GUSN: 49584

Accession Number: 1978.34.6

Teacup

White porcelain teacup with scroll shaped, gold-painted handle, with gold bands around the lip and circular foot. Part of eighteen piece set. Slightly different form than other teacups in set.

Date: 1783-1835

Maker: unknown

Material: porcelain, gilding

GUSN: 49585

Accession Number: 1978.34.8

Teacup

White porcelain teacup with scroll shaped, gold-painted handle, with gold bands around the lip and circular foot. Part of eighteen piece set. Slightly different form than other teacups in set.

Date: 1783-1835

Maker: unknown

Material: porcelain, gilding

GUSN: 49586

Accession Number: 1978.34.9

Drop-leaf table

Drop leaf table. Mahogany with large drop leaves, arched skirts. Rests on cabriole legs with claw and ball feet.

Date: 1760-1800

Maker: unknown

Material: mahogany (wood)

GUSN: 49587

Accession Number: 1957.122

Table

No description

Date: 1890-1920

Maker: unknown

Material: oak (wood)

GUSN: 49588

Accession Number: 1978.39

Chest

No description

Maker: unknown

Material: leather

GUSN: 49589

Accession Number: 1978.47

Basket

Round ash splint basket with cover and a pair of hoop handles. The basket cover and opening is round, tapering to a square base. The body has two wide weavers near the rim and base, narrow weavers for the rest of the body. Some of the weavers are swabbed with indigo. The square base of the basket is...

Date: 1850-1900

Maker: Attributed to Wabanaki peoples (Maker)

Material: ash (wood), weaving, hand-painted

GUSN: 49590

Accession Number: 1978.52

Bandbox

Oval pasteboard bandbox (A) and lid (B) covered with wallpaper. Wallpaper has trailing rose vines and leaves printed in pinks, yellos, blues and green on a background of black dots which form negative stylized flower shapes. Roller printed. Lid has two slit openings that likely once held some sort o...

Date: 1970

Maker: unknown

Material: paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 49591

Accession Number: 1978.53.2AB

Box

No description

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 49592

Accession Number: 1978.53.3

Print

No description

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 49594

Accession Number: 1978.57

Print

No description

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 49595

Accession Number: 1978.58

Print

No description

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 49596

Accession Number: 1978.63

Stand

Rectangular case with drawer stop tapered cupboard with door, interior shelf; painted yellow and green

Date: 1840-1860

Maker: unknown

Material: pine (wood)

GUSN: 49599

Accession Number: 1978.70.11

Floorcloth

Canvas and gesso with a red, yellow, and purple geometric design.

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 49416

Accession Number: 1976.474

Floorcloth

Canvas and gesso with a red, yellow, green, and black floral design.

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 49417

Accession Number: 1976.475

Teapot stand

Scalloped shape; thin orange band under wavy purple dot band; central design is spray of three pink flowers and green leaves.

Date: 1790-1810

Maker: unknown

Material: enameling, painting (coating), porcelain

GUSN: 49425

Accession Number: 1976.266

Wine glass

Stemmed glass with conical, fluted bowl; hexagonal stem; and circular flat base. At top of stem, joining bowl with stem, is a large hexagonal ring. Base is polished.

Date: ca. 1830

Maker: unknown

Material: glass (material)

GUSN: 49426

Accession Number: 1977.5.1

Needlework Kit

Fish shaped needlework case with silver scales. Small knife and scissors inside. In original fitted leather box.

Date: 1765-1790

Maker: unknown

Material: silver (metal)

GUSN: 49427

Accession Number: 1977.17

Print

No description

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 49428

Accession Number: 1977.36

Firescreen

Wooden firescreen with stitched fabric pattern. Adjustable up and down. Clawed feet.

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 49429

Accession Number: 1977.39

Chair seat cover fragment

Spade-shaped seat top with sides; cotton jacquard of relief pink-peach floral spray in center framed by Rococo-like scrolls; cream ground.

Date: 1900-1933

Maker: unknown

Material: cotton (textile), jacquard, weaving, upholstery

GUSN: 49432

Accession Number: 1977.47B

Fan-back Windsor Chair

No description

Date: 1785-1800

Maker: unknown

Material: painting (coating), wood (plant material)

GUSN: 49433

Accession Number: 1977.50.1

Windsor Chair

Windsor side chair with a fan back; plain and turned spindles; thick saddle seat; H-stretcher.

Date: 1790-1810

Maker: unknown

Material: ash (wood), maple (wood), pine (wood)

GUSN: 49434

Accession Number: 1934.3076

Chair

Wooden dining chair with light wood inlay design on splat and seat front. Salmon red fabric seat. carved claw feet. Broken front leg.

Date: 1810-1830

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 49438

Accession Number: 1977.73.2

Tilt-top Table

Tilt-top table. Mahogany with birch block and cleats. Square top with serpentine edge. Turned vase and ring pillar with scalloped base. Rests on tripod cabriole legs with sharp central creases. Creases continue to feet, where they are flanked by knobs that emulate claws.

Date: 1775-1800

Maker: unknown

Material: mahogany (wood)

GUSN: 49439

Accession Number: 1977.76

Stand

No description

Date: 1868-1899

Maker: unknown

Material: mahogany (wood)

GUSN: 49440

Accession Number: 1977.79

Stand

Cabriole legs with claw feet, foliate carved knees, turned, carved pillar; round top.

Date: ca. 1920

Maker: unknown

Material: inlays (decorations), mahogany (wood)

GUSN: 49441

Accession Number: 1977.81

Andiron

No description

Maker: unknown

Material: brass (alloy)

GUSN: 49443

Accession Number: 1977.102A

Andiron

No description

Maker: unknown

Material: brass (alloy)

GUSN: 49444

Accession Number: 1977.102B

Needlework Picture

Image of a royal figure.

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 49446

Accession Number: 1977.112

Cloth Fragment

Rectangular white cotton panel; "china-blue" block print chinese figures with man playing flute atop water buffalo and pagoda. Hemmed edges.

Date: 1750-1760

Maker: unknown

Material: block printing (relief printing process), cotton (textile), textiles

GUSN: 49448

Accession Number: 1977.124

Shawl

Tan ground with 16 1/2" border of tall, repeating paisley (botehs) and 4 1/4" inner border of tilted botehs alternating with stylized bouquets; primarily dark blue and pink; 1 sewn on border missing; cotton warp, silk wefts in ground; wool patterning wefts.

Date: 1820-1830

Maker: unknown

Material: textiles

GUSN: 49449

Accession Number: 1977.125