Historic New England

Tea Service

White china tea service with gold bands. There are seven teacups and six saucers.

Maker: unknown

Material: bone china, porcelain

GUSN: 198656

Accession Number: 2006.44.2877

Teacup

Small white teacup with a gold band at the base, the middle, and the interior edge. The handle has a gold band on it as well. The cup starts out narrow and gets wider at the top.

Maker: unknown

Material: porcelain

GUSN: 198660

Accession Number: 2006.44.2877.1

Saucer

Porcelain saucer with white body and raspberry and gold banded edge.

Date: ca. 1900

Maker: Ch Pillivuyt & Cie (Manufacturer)

Material: porcelain

GUSN: 198662

Accession Number: 2006.44.3093.25

Teacup

Small white teacup with a gold band at the base, the middle, and the interior edge. The handle has a gold band on it as well. The cup starts out narrow and gets wider at the top.

Maker: unknown

Material: porcelain

GUSN: 198664

Accession Number: 2006.44.2877.3

Saucer

Porcelain saucer with white body and raspberry and gold banded edge.

Date: ca. 1900

Maker: Ch Pillivuyt & Cie (Manufacturer)

Material: porcelain

GUSN: 198665

Accession Number: 2006.44.3093.26

Teacup

Small white teacup with a gold band at the base, the middle, and the interior edge. The handle has a gold band on it as well. The cup starts out narrow and gets wider at the top.

Maker: unknown

Material: porcelain

GUSN: 198666

Accession Number: 2006.44.2877.4

Teacup

Small white teacup with a gold band at the base, the middle, and the interior edge. The handle has a gold band on it as well. The cup starts out narrow and gets wider at the top.

Maker: unknown

Material: porcelain

GUSN: 198667

Accession Number: 2006.44.2877.2

Teacup

Small white teacup with a gold band at the base, the middle, and the interior edge. The handle has a gold band on it as well. The cup starts out narrow and gets wider at the top.

Maker: unknown

Material: porcelain

GUSN: 198668

Accession Number: 2006.44.2877.6

Demitasse saucer

Porcelain demitasse saucer with white body and raspberry and gold banded edge.

Date: ca. 1900

Maker: Ch Pillivuyt & Cie (Manufacturer)

Material: porcelain

GUSN: 198669

Accession Number: 2006.44.3093.53

Teacup

Small white teacup with a gold band at the base, the middle, and the interior edge. The handle has a gold band on it as well. The cup starts out narrow and gets wider at the top.

Maker: unknown

Material: porcelain

GUSN: 198670

Accession Number: 2006.44.2877.7

Teacup

Small white teacup with a gold band at the base, the middle, and the interior edge. The handle has a gold band on it as well. The cup starts out narrow and gets wider at the top.

Maker: unknown

Material: porcelain

GUSN: 198671

Accession Number: 2006.44.2877.5

Demitasse saucer

Porcelain demitasse saucer with white body and raspberry and gold banded edge.

Date: ca. 1900

Maker: Ch Pillivuyt & Cie (Manufacturer)

Material: porcelain

GUSN: 198672

Accession Number: 2006.44.3093.54

Saucer

Small white saucer with a gold band around the outside edge.

Maker: unknown

Material: porcelain

GUSN: 198673

Accession Number: 2006.44.2877.13

Demitasse saucer

Porcelain demitasse saucer with white body and raspberry and gold banded edge.

Date: ca. 1900

Maker: Ch Pillivuyt & Cie (Manufacturer)

Material: porcelain

GUSN: 198674

Accession Number: 2006.44.3093.52

Saucer

Small white saucer with a gold band around the outside edge.

Maker: unknown

Material: porcelain

GUSN: 198675

Accession Number: 2006.44.2877.10

Teacup

Porcelain teacup with white body, raspberry and gold banded edges and monogrammed "Ps".

Date: ca. 1900

Maker: Ch Pillivuyt & Cie (Manufacturer)

Material: porcelain

GUSN: 198676

Accession Number: 2006.44.3093.9

Saucer

Small white saucer with a gold band around the outside edge.

Maker: unknown

Material: porcelain

GUSN: 198677

Accession Number: 2006.44.2877.8

Saucer

Small white saucer with a gold band around the outside edge.

Maker: unknown

Material: porcelain

GUSN: 198678

Accession Number: 2006.44.2877.12

Saucer

Small white saucer with a gold band around the outside edge.

Maker: unknown

Material: porcelain

GUSN: 198679

Accession Number: 2006.44.2877.11

Saucer

Small white saucer with a gold band around the outside edge.

Maker: unknown

Material: porcelain

GUSN: 198680

Accession Number: 2006.44.2877.9

Teacup

Porcelain teacup with white body, raspberry and gold banded edges and monogrammed "Ps".

Date: ca. 1900

Maker: Ch Pillivuyt & Cie (Manufacturer)

Material: porcelain

GUSN: 198683

Accession Number: 2006.44.3093.10

Saucer

Porcelain saucer. White base with a gilt band.

Date: 1800-1830

Maker: Manufacture de Nast (Manufacturer)

Material: porcelain

GUSN: 198684

Accession Number: 2006.44.2869.5

Teacup

Porcelain teacup with white body, raspberry and gold banded edges and monogrammed "Ps".

Date: ca. 1900

Maker: Ch Pillivuyt & Cie (Manufacturer)

Material: porcelain

GUSN: 198686

Accession Number: 2006.44.3093.11

Demitasse cup

Porcelain demitasse cup with white body, raspberry and gold banded edges and monogrammed "P".

Date: ca. 1900

Maker: Ch Pillivuyt & Cie (Manufacturer)

Material: porcelain

GUSN: 198688

Accession Number: 2006.44.3093.38

Dark blue pitcher with a putti on the front under the spout. There is decorative gold scroll work around the light blue putti mural. The pitcher has three gold legs. The handle is gold and scrolled. The spout is scalloped and wide.

Maker: unknown

Material: bone china, porcelain

GUSN: 198689

Accession Number: 2006.44.2880

Demitasse cup

Porcelain demitasse cup with white body, raspberry and gold banded edges and monogrammed "P".

Date: ca. 1900

Maker: Ch Pillivuyt & Cie (Manufacturer)

Material: porcelain

GUSN: 198690

Accession Number: 2006.44.3093.39

Tea service

Dark blue tea service with a monogram "APP" on it. The set contains a coffeepot, a teapot, and a cream pitcher.

Maker: unknown

Material: bone china, metal, porcelain

GUSN: 198691

Accession Number: 2006.44.2872

Demitasse cup

Porcelain demitasse cup with white body, raspberry and gold banded edges and monogrammed "P".

Date: ca. 1900

Maker: Ch Pillivuyt & Cie (Manufacturer)

Material: porcelain

GUSN: 198693

Accession Number: 2006.44.3093.40

Plate

Porcelain plate with white body, green and gold banded edges and and scenic picture of an abbey in the forest in the center.

Maker: unknown

Material: porcelain

GUSN: 198696

Accession Number: 2006.44.2878

Teapot

Dark blue tea pot with a monogrammed "APP" on the front attached with small meetal chains. The base and top and spout are edged in metal and that is what the chains are attached to. The handle has a leaf detail on the top. The lid has a scalloped handle. Attached to the lid is a crackled white tea ...

Maker: unknown

Material: porcelain

GUSN: 198700

Accession Number: 2006.44.2872.2a-c

Bay of Naples

Oil painting of the Bay of Naples. Ther eis a small figure wearing a red coat and a black hat standing on rocks in the center of the picture. On the right side there are overgrown ruins of an arcade. On the left there are three protrusions of land. The farthest are two mountains with a small town. T...

Maker: Duncan, Mary Willis, 1805-1888 (Painter)

Material: oil paint (paint), gesso, wood (plant material)

GUSN: 198701

Accession Number: 2006.44.620

Cream pitcher

Dark blue cream pitcher with a monogrammed "APP" on the front in scripted metal. The base and top are edged in metal and the monogram is attached to the base and top with small chains. The handle has a leaf design on the top.

Maker: unknown

Material: porcelain

GUSN: 198703

Accession Number: 2006.44.2872.3

Plate

Porcelain plate with white body, pink roses and scalloped edge.

Maker: unknown

Material: porcelain

GUSN: 198704

Accession Number: 2006.44.2879.1

Coffeepot

Dark blue coffeepot with a mongrammed "APP" on the front attached with small chains to the base and top. The handle has a scalloped top and the handle has a leaf design at its top. The spout is curved and narrow. The spout, base, and top are edged in the smae metal as the monogram.

Maker: unknown

Material: porcelain

GUSN: 198706

Accession Number: 2006.44.2872.1ab

Shepherd Boy

Charcoal and pencil drawing on brown paper of a shepherd boy. The boy is in the center of the picture and is wearing a hat, a white highlighted shirt, and wooden clogs. He is holding his staff with two hands. The background is mountainous. The wood frame is gilt with a raised outer edge, a concave c...

Date: 1850-1883

Maker: Phillips, Margaret Mason Peele, 1803-1883 (Painter)

Material: charcoal (plant material), chalk, paper (fiber product), wood (plant material)

GUSN: 198707

Accession Number: 2006.44.621

"Braid-Aid" Box

"Braid-Aid" rectangular box with top and bottom, buff colored

Date: 1950s

Maker: Braid-Aid Company (Manufacturer)

Material: cardboard

GUSN: 250534

Accession Number: 1999.65.1ab

"Braid-Aid" rug braiding tools

"Braid-Aid Vari-Folder" rug braiding tools, set of three, adjustable for use with a range of fabric widths and thicknesses.

Date: 1950s

Maker: Braid-Aid Company (Manufacturer)

Material: steel (alloy)

GUSN: 250543

Accession Number: 1999.65.2a-c

"Braid-Aid" instruction pamphlet

"Braid-Aid Vari-Folder" instruction pamphlet, 4 pages.

Date: 1950s

Maker: Braid-Aid Company (Manufacturer)

Material: paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 250546

Accession Number: 1999.65.3

Rug braiding tool

Oblong metal tool with small hole at one end [bodkin for lacing braided rugs?] found in box with "Braid-Aid" set.

Maker: unknown

Material: metal

GUSN: 250548

Accession Number: 1999.65.4

Serving Cart

Serving cart No. 45. Rectangular wood cart with four swiveling castors. Top tray is removable and reversible.

Date: 1950-1960

Maker: Wegner, Hans J. , 1914-2007 (Designer) Andreas Tuck (Manufacturer)

Material: teak (wood), oak (wood)

GUSN: 250626

Accession Number: 2011.4.1AB

Linen fragment, "Pinwheel" pattern, Linen, Belgium, 1950s-1960s

Imported Belgian linen fragment with a handprinted "Pinwheel" patten. Fabric is unused remnant from some pillow upholstery used at the Elizabeth Mills Brown House, a modern house in Guilford, Connecticut designed and built by E. Carleton Granbery, between 1950-1956.

Date: 1950s-1960s

Maker: unknown

Material: linen (material), weaving

GUSN: 250627

Accession Number: 2011.4.2

Curtain fragment

Wool fabric fragment in a "Canton" pattern produced by Arc-Com Fabrics, New York. Fragment is unused remnant from some curtains used at the Elizabeth Mills Brown House, a modern house in Guilford, Connecticut designed and built by E. Carleton Granbery, between 1950-1956

Date: 1950s-1960s

Maker: unknown

Material: wool (textile), weaving

GUSN: 250628

Accession Number: 2011.4.3

Wooden Souvenir Dish

Wooden souvenier dish; pagoda carved on surface.

Maker: unknown

Material: wood (plant material), carving (processes)

GUSN: 250632

Accession Number: 1949.736

Splay-legged Stool

Windsor stool; wooden with turned splay legs; stretchers; incised.

Maker: unknown

Material: wood (plant material), turning (shaping process), incising

GUSN: 250636

Accession Number: 1949.737

Wash Trough

Free-standing washing trough; wood; arched legs; painted maroon.

Maker: unknown

Material: wood (plant material), arched, paint (coating)

GUSN: 250641

Accession Number: 1949.739

Trasnferware Cup and Saucer

Pink transferware; earthenware over-sized cup with handle composed of circular piece over an attached curved piece; matching saucer; rural scene with cows in the foreground.

Date: ca. 1840

Maker: unknown

Material: earthenware, transfer printing, creamware

GUSN: 250646

Accession Number: 1949.742

Decorated Papier Mache Tray

Circular; papier mache; black on red decoration.

Maker: unknown

Material: paper by production method

GUSN: 250654

Accession Number: 1949.745

Mustard Pot

Salt-glazed; stoneware; straight sides with reeding at top; protruding ear-like handles on either side; dome-like lid, flattened at the top with a cookie-like knob on top; floral/foliate pattern in glaze on body.

Maker: unknown

Material: stoneware (pottery), salt glaze

GUSN: 250658

Accession Number: 1949.746