Historic New England

Pitcher

Molded white clay body with colorless glaze. Exterior with overall. Gilt asymmetrical floral branches meander over body with bamboo and other blossoms, in the Japanese taste; two butterflies and one been. Body is spherical with round foot; cylindrical neck with round spouted mouth. Molded C-shaped h...

Date: 1878-1891

Maker: Haviland, Charles Field, 1878-1891 (Maker)

Material: porcelain

GUSN: 63953

Accession Number: 1970.746

Sugar Bowl

Sugar bowl with lid. Conforming bulbous body with a twisted c-shaped handle on each side. Slightly domed circular lid with button knop finial. Molded white clay body with colorless glaze. Over glaze maroon/oxblood ground imitating oriental wares. Over glaze thickly painted floral gilt decoration i...

Date: 1910

Maker: Minton's (Maker)

Material: gilding, porcelain

GUSN: 63954

Accession Number: 1970.747.2

Cream Pitcher

Cream pitcher with bulbous circular body in ginger-jar form with circular foot. Swells at shoulder to a circular neck with shaped and spouted mouth and elongated c-shaped handle. Molded white clay body with colorless glaze. Over glaze maroon/oxblood ground imitating oriental wares. Over glaze thic...

Date: 1910

Maker: Minton's (Maker)

Material: gilding, porcelain

GUSN: 63955

Accession Number: 1970.747.1

Coaster

Hand-hooked table mat or coaster. Circular with cream-colored ground. Rosey-lavender colored line border with inner border of stylized flower blossoms with green scroll leaf alternating.

Date: 1925-1950

Maker: unknown

Material: cotton (textile), hooking, wool (textile)

GUSN: 63956

Accession Number: 1970.748

Saltshaker

Colorless pressed class body with tapered bell-shaped form. Pressed pattern features diamond motif panels alternating with beaded stripes, imitating cut glass. Molded on bottom: PAT.2/APPL'D FOR/MADE IN U.S.A. Domed silver screw tops, pierced as casters.

Date: 1890-1925

Maker: unknown

Material: glass (material), pressing

GUSN: 63957

Accession Number: 1970.749.1

Pepper Shaker

Colorless pressed class body with tapered bell-shaped form. Pressed pattern features diamond motif panels alternating with beaded stripes, imitating cut glass. Molded on bottom: PAT.2/APPL'D FOR/MADE IN U.S.A. Domed silver screw tops, pierced as casters.

Date: 1890-1925

Maker: unknown

Material: glass (material), pressing

GUSN: 63958

Accession Number: 1970.749.2

Pepper Shaker

Molded colorless glass body. Flat bottom on cylindrical faceted body, vaguely imitates cut glass. Conforming glass screw cap pierced as caster top.

Date: 1930

Maker: unknown

Material: glass (material), molding (forming), pressing

GUSN: 63959

Accession Number: 1970.750.2

Saltshaker

Molded colorless glass body. Flat bottom on cylindrical faceted body, vaguely imitates cut glass. Conforming glass screw cap pierced as caster top.

Date: 1930

Maker: unknown

Material: glass (material), molding (forming)

GUSN: 63960

Accession Number: 1970.750.1

Plate

Circular plate with conforming well; wide rim with transfer pattern of floral reserves in Japanesque style, under glaze transfer print in well of Japanesque and western medallion design. Pastel and brown over glaze decoration. Cavetto with yellow and pink decoration. Similar to 1970.752.1-.12, bu...

Date: 1880

Maker: George L. Ashworth & Bros. (Maker)

Material: earthenware, transfer printing

GUSN: 63961

Accession Number: 1970.751.1

Plate

Circular plate with conforming well; wide rim with transfer pattern of floral reserves in Japanesque style, under glaze transfer print in well of Japanesque and western medallion design. Pastel and brown over glaze decoration. Cavetto with yellow and pink decoration. Similar to 1970.752.1-.12, bu...

Date: 1880

Maker: George L. Ashworth & Bros. (Maker)

Material: earthenware, transfer printing

GUSN: 63962

Accession Number: 1970.751.2

Plate

Circular plate with conforming well; wide rim with transfer pattern of floral reserves in Japanesque style, under glaze transfer print in well of Japanesque and western medallion design. Pastel and brown over glaze decoration. Cavetto with yellow and pink decoration. Similar to 1970.752.1-.12, bu...

Date: 1880

Maker: George L. Ashworth & Bros. (Maker)

Material: earthenware, transfer printing

GUSN: 63963

Accession Number: 1970.751.3

Plate

Circular plate with conforming well; wide rim with transfer pattern of floral reserves in Japanesque style, under glaze transfer print in well of Japanesque and western medallion design. Pastel and brown over glaze decoration. Cavetto with yellow and pink decoration. Similar to 1970.752.1-.12, bu...

Date: 1880

Maker: George L. Ashworth & Bros. (Maker)

Material: earthenware, transfer printing

GUSN: 63964

Accession Number: 1970.751.4

Plate

Circular plate with conforming well; wide rim with transfer pattern of floral reserves in Japanesque style, under glaze transfer print in well of Japanesque and western medallion design. Pastel and brown over glaze decoration. Cavetto with yellow and pink decoration. Similar to 1970.752.1-.12, bu...

Date: 1880

Maker: George L. Ashworth & Bros. (Maker)

Material: earthenware, transfer printing

GUSN: 63965

Accession Number: 1970.751.5

Plate

Circular plate with conforming well; wide rim with transfer pattern of floral reserves in Japanesque style, under glaze transfer print in well of Japanesque and western medallion design. Pastel and brown over glaze decoration. Cavetto with yellow and pink decoration. Similar to 1970.752.1-.12, bu...

Date: 1880

Maker: George L. Ashworth & Bros. (Maker)

Material: earthenware, transfer printing

GUSN: 63966

Accession Number: 1970.751.6

Plate

Circular plate with conforming well; wide rim with transfer pattern of floral reserves in Japanesque style, under glaze transfer print in well of Japanesque and western medallion design. Pastel and brown over glaze decoration. Cavetto with yellow and pink decoration. Similar to 1970.752.1-.12, bu...

Date: 1880

Maker: George L. Ashworth & Bros. (Maker)

Material: earthenware, transfer printing

GUSN: 63967

Accession Number: 1970.751.7

Plate

Circular plate with conforming well; wide rim with transfer pattern of floral reserves in Japanesque style, under glaze transfer print in well of Japanesque and western medallion design. Pastel and brown over glaze decoration. Cavetto with yellow and pink decoration. Similar to 1970.752.1-.12, bu...

Date: 1880

Maker: George L. Ashworth & Bros. (Maker)

Material: earthenware, transfer printing

GUSN: 63968

Accession Number: 1970.751.8

Plate

Circular plate with conforming well; wide rim with transfer pattern of floral reserves in Japanesque style, under glaze transfer print in well of Japanesque and western medallion design. Pastel and brown over glaze decoration. Cavetto with yellow and pink decoration. Similar to 1970.752.1-.12, bu...

Date: 1880

Maker: George L. Ashworth & Bros. (Maker)

Material: earthenware, transfer printing

GUSN: 63969

Accession Number: 1970.751.9

Plate

Circular plate with conforming well; wide rim with transfer pattern of floral reserves in Japanesque style, under glaze transfer print in well of Japanesque and western medallion design. Pastel and brown over glaze decoration. Cavetto with yellow and pink decoration. Similar to 1970.752.1-.12, bu...

Date: 1880

Maker: George L. Ashworth & Bros. (Maker)

Material: earthenware, transfer printing

GUSN: 63970

Accession Number: 1970.751.10

Plate

Circular plate with conforming well; wide rim with transfer pattern of floral reserves in Japanesque style, under glaze transfer print in well of Japanesque and western medallion design. Pastel and brown over glaze decoration. Cavetto with yellow and pink decoration. Similar to 1970.752.1-.12, bu...

Date: 1880

Maker: George L. Ashworth & Bros. (Maker)

Material: earthenware, transfer printing

GUSN: 63971

Accession Number: 1970.751.11

Plate

Circular plate with conforming well; transfer printed chinoiserie decoration; light blue, pink and yellow, maroon over glaze. Similar to 1970.751.1-.11, but not identical.

Date: 1880

Maker: George L. Ashworth & Bros. (Maker)

Material: earthenware, transfer printing

GUSN: 63972

Accession Number: 1970.752.1

Plate

Circular plate with conforming well; transfer printed chinoiserie decoration; light blue, pink and yellow, maroon over glaze. Similar to 1970.751.1-.11, but not identical.

Date: 1880

Maker: George L. Ashworth & Bros. (Maker)

Material: earthenware, transfer printing

GUSN: 63973

Accession Number: 1970.752.2

Plate

Circular plate with conforming well; transfer printed chinoiserie decoration; light blue, pink and yellow, maroon over glaze. Similar to 1970.751.1-.11, but not identical.

Date: 1880

Maker: George L. Ashworth & Bros. (Maker)

Material: earthenware, transfer printing

GUSN: 63974

Accession Number: 1970.752.3

Plate

Circular plate with conforming well; transfer printed chinoiserie decoration; light blue, pink and yellow, maroon over glaze. Similar to 1970.751.1-.11, but not identical.

Date: 1880

Maker: George L. Ashworth & Bros. (Maker)

Material: earthenware, transfer printing

GUSN: 63975

Accession Number: 1970.752.4

Plate

Circular plate with conforming well; transfer printed chinoiserie decoration; light blue, pink and yellow, maroon over glaze. Similar to 1970.751.1-.11, but not identical.

Date: 1880

Maker: George L. Ashworth & Bros. (Maker)

Material: earthenware, transfer printing

GUSN: 63976

Accession Number: 1970.752.5

Plate

Circular plate with conforming well; transfer printed chinoiserie decoration; light blue, pink and yellow, maroon over glaze. Similar to 1970.751.1-.11, but not identical.

Date: 1880

Maker: George L. Ashworth & Bros. (Maker)

Material: earthenware, transfer printing

GUSN: 63977

Accession Number: 1970.752.6

Plate

Circular plate with conforming well; transfer printed chinoiserie decoration; light blue, pink and yellow, maroon over glaze. Similar to 1970.751.1-.11, but not identical.

Date: 1880

Maker: George L. Ashworth & Bros. (Maker)

Material: earthenware, transfer printing

GUSN: 63978

Accession Number: 1970.752.7

Photograph

Photographic print, three-quarter length view of a man wearing a wig and eighteenth century dress; he is holding a rolled document; seaview in background.

Date: 1890

Maker: Smith, Henry Wright, b. 1828 (Maker) AFTER Smibert, John (American painter, 1688-1751) (Maker) Hastings & Davenport (Framer)

Material: engraving (printing process), paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 65683

Accession Number: 1929.665

Portable Desk

Portable writing desk.

Date: 1800-1850

Maker: unknown

Material: lacquering, wood (plant material)

GUSN: 65684

Accession Number: 1930.879

Fireplace Tiles

Set of twenty-five tinglazed earthenware tiles with waterside scenes in roundel; purple underglaze; cross on circular motf.

Date: 1774

Maker: unknown

Material: earthenware, glazing (coating), tin glaze, tin (metal)

GUSN: 65685

Accession Number: 1931.795

Banjo Clock

Circular face with roman numerals; case; mirrored "S" scrolls over box

Date: 1810-1830

Maker: unknown

Material: brass (alloy), gesso, gilding, mahogany (wood), veneering

GUSN: 65686

Accession Number: 1931.1337

Bell

Lambrequin ornament; ringed handle; knop with hole; baluster clapper.

Date: 1840-1849

Maker: unknown

Material: brass (alloy)

GUSN: 65687

Accession Number: 1932.723

Photograph of Henry James (1843-1916)

Sepia-toned photograph in three-quarter length of Henry James wearing an overcoat, holding a glove, and leaning on a chair.

Date: 1880

Maker: Murphy, T. J. (Framer)

Material: paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 65688

Accession Number: 1933.1020

Photograph of Henry Wadswoth Longfellow (1807-1882)

Sepia-toned photograph of Henry Wadsworth Longfellow seated in chair leaning his left elbow on an elaborate cupboard.

Date: 1880

Maker: Barton, S. A. (Framer)

Material: paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 65689

Accession Number: 1934.1987

Photograph of Charles Dickens and His Daughters

Black and white copy of an illustration of a Charles Dickens in a wire chair reading to two young women.

Date: 1880

Maker: AFTER Anfray, F. (Maker)

Material: phototypes (prints)

GUSN: 65690

Accession Number: 1934.2313

Footstool

4baluster legs; molded side rails; bl. twill uphl. central wreath

Date: 1830

Maker: unknown

Material: pine (wood), turning (shaping process), walnut (wood), wool (textile)

GUSN: 65691

Accession Number: 1934.2916

Print

Shoulder length black and white portrait of a man facing left; The sitter has long sideburns and is balding

Date: 1890

Maker: Benjamin, W. E. (Lithographer)

Material: lithography, paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 65692

Accession Number: 1935.848

Portrait of Nathaniel Hawthorne

Waist-length sepia portrait of a man, seated, with coat, holds hat; moustache.

Date: 1860

Maker: unknown

Material: engraving (printing process), lithography, paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 65693

Accession Number: 1935.849

Painting

Wooded landscape; blues, greens, browns

Date: 1891

Maker: Fenno, Almira T. (Artist)

Material: watercolor (paint)

GUSN: 65694

Accession Number: 1935.1559

Photograph

View of white house, fence and street foreground; candles in windows

Date: 1935

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 65695

Accession Number: 1937.1366

Photograph With Poem on Reverse

Portrait of a woman reading at table; small vase of wildflowers; handwritten. poem on back

Date: 1870-1890

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 65696

Accession Number: 1938.1444

Rug

Rectangular; borders in bls, pnks, beige & white; red ground/bl. cntrl. diamond

Date: 1850-1939

Maker: unknown

Material: wool (textile)

GUSN: 65697

Accession Number: 1939.497

Pillow

Piping; maroon with flowers & insects; greens, pinks, blues, yellow, red.

Date: 1890-1899

Maker: unknown

Material: damask, silk (textile)

GUSN: 65698

Accession Number: 1942.1490

Armchair

Barrel back chair with cariole legs, tufted upholstery in a striped patterned silk.

Date: 1920

Maker: unknown

Material: moiré, oak (wood), pine (wood), silk (textile)

GUSN: 65699

Accession Number: 1947.795

Photograph

Black and white photograph of an elderly woman, facing right and wearing an ermine stole; bust-length portrait

Date: 1910

Maker: Possibly Foster Brothers (Framer)

GUSN: 65700

Accession Number: 1949.1084

Bookcase

Cove cornice; 2hinged doors with glass; lower 4drawer cabinet

Date: 1810-1820

Maker: unknown

Material: pine (wood), walnut (wood)

GUSN: 65701

Accession Number: 1949.1104

Bird's Eye View Map

Map of South Berwick, Maine. Three dimensional view depicts the concentration of population, names of streets, horse drawn carts, and pedestrians. Plain wood frame.

Date: 1877

Maker: Ruger & Stoner (Publisher) Jos. A. Richards & Co. (Lithographer)

Material: lithography, paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 65702

Accession Number: 1966.382