Historic New England

Bottle

Small case bottle (a) and stopper (b).

Date: 1780-1850

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 290714

Accession Number: 1958.327.12ab

Tumbler

Tumbler, fluted halfway up the sides, gold paint decoration.

Date: 1780-1850

Maker: unknown

Material: gilding

GUSN: 290717

Accession Number: 1958.327.13

Tumbler

Tumbler, fluted halfway up the sides, gold paint decoration.

Date: 1780-1850

Maker: unknown

Material: gilding

GUSN: 290719

Accession Number: 1958.327.14

Wine glass

Cordial glass, fluted from stem to one-third of the bowl.

Date: 1780-1850

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 290721

Accession Number: 1958.327.15

Cellarette

Wooden cellarette for twelve case bottles and sundry glasses. Wrought iron fittings and paper lining.

Date: 1780-1850

Maker: unknown

Material: wood (plant material), wrought iron (iron alloy), paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 290722

Accession Number: 1958.327.16

Two fragments of wallpaper from the Arnold Fenner House, Plainfield, Connecticut. Embossed, gilt-figured wallpaper with two narrow vertical stripes of foliate diamond figures per width of paper. A large foliate figure repeats at long intervals between the stripes. The figure has three large leaves...

Date: 1855-1865

Maker: unknown

Material: paper (fiber product), embossed wall coverings, metallic pigment

GUSN: 290727

Accession Number: 2001.281.954AB

Tea service

Seventeen piece porcelain tea set with molded basket of flowers, pink luster leaf and green dot trail, pink luster ivy trail, spray of blue and orange flowers with pink luster leaves. Vessels footed. Set consists of teapot, creamer, eight teacups, and seven saucers.

Date: 1790-1850

Maker: unknown

Material: porcelain

GUSN: 290730

Accession Number: 1958.340

Teapot

Teapot (a) with pink luster frond along spout, molded flower as lid (b) with pink luster highlights.

Date: 1790-1850

Maker: unknown

Material: luster (optical property)

GUSN: 290731

Accession Number: 1958.340.1ab

Creamer

Creamer with pink luster dashes on handle.

Date: 1790-1850

Maker: unknown

Material: luster (optical property)

GUSN: 290732

Accession Number: 1958.340.2

Teacup and saucer

Teacup (a), with handle, and saucer (b).

Date: 1790-1850

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 290733

Accession Number: 1958.340.3ab

Painting "Bird in Nest"

Watercolor painting of "Bird in Nest". Framed.

Maker: Bridges, Fidelia (American painter, 1834-1923) (Artist) Louis Prang & Co.

GUSN: 290734

Accession Number: 1990.181

Teacup and saucer

Teacup (a), with handle, and saucer (b).

Date: 1790-1850

Maker: unknown

Material: luster (optical property)

GUSN: 290736

Accession Number: 1958.340.4ab

Teacup and saucer

Teacup (a), with handle, and saucer (b).

Date: 1790-1850

Maker: unknown

Material: luster (optical property)

GUSN: 290737

Accession Number: 1958.340.5ab

Teacup and saucer

Teacup (a), with handle, and saucer (b).

Date: 1790-1850

Maker: unknown

Material: luster (optical property)

GUSN: 290738

Accession Number: 1958.340.6ab

Teacup and saucer

Teacup (a), with handle, and saucer (b)..

Date: 1790-1850

Maker: unknown

Material: luster (optical property)

GUSN: 290739

Accession Number: 1958.340.7ab

Teacup and saucer

Teacup (a), with handle, and saucer (b)

Date: 1790-1850

Maker: unknown

Material: luster (optical property)

GUSN: 290740

Accession Number: 1958.340.8ab

Teacup and saucer

Teacup (a), with handle, and saucer (b).

Date: 1790-1850

Maker: unknown

Material: luster (optical property)

GUSN: 290741

Accession Number: 1958.340.9ab

Teacup

Teacup, with handle.

Date: 1790-1850

Maker: unknown

Material: luster (optical property)

GUSN: 290742

Accession Number: 1958.340.10

Pair of Andirons

Pair of brass andirons with acorn shaped tops and smaller acorn shaped finials. Cabriole legs with flattened pad feet.

Maker: unknown

Material: brass (alloy), iron (metal), casting (process)

GUSN: 290743

Accession Number: 1990.224.1-.2

Pitcher

Oval porcelain pitcher with pink ivy trail on handle and around neck, 1790-1850 and red vine with green leaves and pink flowers and black curls. Body fluted.

Date: 1790-1850

Maker: unknown

Material: porcelain

GUSN: 290744

Accession Number: 1958.347

Costume Cap

Cap made of light-blue fabric. Two pieces sewn together to fit snuggly over head. Unfinished edge ironed/folded upwards for approximately front two-thirds. Secured to head with piece of white twisted cotton rope tied in loop. One part of German costume.

Date: 1967

Maker: unknown

Material: cotton (textile), hand sewing, machine sewing (technique)

GUSN: 173057

Accession Number: 1994.36.2

Suspenders

Pair of non-adjustable suspenders made of woven light-blue fabric with bright orange and bright yellow stripe. Handsewn to form "X" in back. Front has horizontal bridge band at chest. Each end folded inward and glued. One part of German costume.

Date: 1967

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 173058

Accession Number: 1994.36.3

Dinner plate

Porcelain dinner plate with a serpentine shaped edge in a blue and white Nanking pattern. Central landscape scene featuring a river, houses and a bridge, framed with a diaper pattern band, rim decorated with butterlies over patterned designs.

Date: 18th century

Maker: unknown

Material: porcelain

GUSN: 173060

Accession Number: 2006.44.1835

Dinner plate

Porcelain dinner plate with a serpentine shaped edge in a blue and white Nanking pattern. Central landscape scene featuring a river, houses and a bridge, framed with a diaper pattern band, rim decorated with butterlies over patterned designs.

Date: 18th century

Maker: unknown

Material: porcelain

GUSN: 173061

Accession Number: 2006.44.1836

Dinner plate

Porcelain dinner plate with in a blue and white Nanking pattern. Central landscape scene featuring a river, houses and a bridge, framed with alternating panels of flowers and a trellis design, rim decorated with butterlies and abstract flowes.

Date: 18th century

Maker: unknown

Material: porcelain

GUSN: 173062

Accession Number: 2006.44.1837

Dinner plate

Porcelain dinner plate with in a blue and white Nanking pattern. Central landscape scene featuring a river, houses and a bridge, framed with a chain of double curlicues, rim decorated with butterlies and abstract flowers.

Date: 18th century

Maker: unknown

Material: porcelain

GUSN: 173063

Accession Number: 2006.44.1838

Platter

Porcelain platter in blue and white Canton pattern. Central design is a landscape scene with a river, houses and a bridge with a rain and cloud pattern border.

Date: 18th century

Maker: unknown

Material: porcelain

GUSN: 173064

Accession Number: 2006.44.1909

Bowl

Round porcleain bowl with foot ring. Painted polychrome decoration of sprays of flowers, a bird and grasshopper on a rock. Inner rim has a blue band with trellis pattern.

Date: 18th century

Maker: unknown

Material: porcelain

GUSN: 173065

Accession Number: 2006.44.1871

Stand

Round wood stand with pierced scroll carving and four feet.

Maker: unknown

Material: wood (plant material)

GUSN: 173066

Accession Number: 2006.44.1908

Dinner plate

Octagonal porcelain dinner plate with in a blue and white Nanking pattern. Central landscape scene featuring a river, houses and ships, framed with a chain of double curlicues, rim decorated with butterlies and abstract flowers.

Date: 18th century

Maker: unknown

Material: porcelain

GUSN: 173067

Accession Number: 2006.44.1833

Dinner plate

Porcelain dinner plate with in a blue and white Imperial Nanking pattern. Central scene features a woman carrying a baskety followed by a small boy holding a fish in front of a willow tree, scene framed with a chain of double curlicues, rim decorated with butterlies and abstract flowers, outer rim p...

Date: 18th century

Maker: unknown

Material: porcelain

GUSN: 173068

Accession Number: 2006.44.1834

Dinner service

Porcelain dinner service in a blue and white Fitzhugh pattern consisting of clusters of vegetation around a central circular design of an abstract flower over a diaper pattern, border is a Nanking pattern of a ring of arrows and dots surrounded by an outer band in a diaper design.

Date: 1800-1850

Maker: unknown

Material: porcelain

GUSN: 173070

Accession Number: 2006.44.1832

Sauce tureen with stand

Porcelain covered sauce tureen with twisted rope handles and flower finial on an oval stand in a blue and white Fitzhugh pattern consisting of clusters of vegetation around a central circular design of an abstract flower over a diaper pattern, border is a Nanking pattern of a ring of arrows and dots...

Date: 1800-1850

Maker: unknown

Material: porcelain

GUSN: 173071

Accession Number: 2006.44.1832.1a-c

Dinner plate

Porcelain dinner plate in a blue and white Fitzhugh pattern consisting of clusters of vegetation around a central circular design of an abstract flower over a diaper pattern, border is a Nanking pattern of a ring of arrows and dots surrounded by an outer band in a diaper design.

Date: 1800-1850

Maker: unknown

Material: porcelain

GUSN: 173072

Accession Number: 2006.44.1832.3

Dinner plate

Porcelain dinner plate in a blue and white Fitzhugh pattern consisting of clusters of vegetation around a central circular design of an abstract flower over a diaper pattern, border is a Nanking pattern of a ring of arrows and dots surrounded by an outer band in a diaper design.

Date: 1800-1850

Maker: unknown

Material: porcelain

GUSN: 173073

Accession Number: 2006.44.1832.4

Syllabub cup

Porcelain covered syllabub cup with a twisted handle and a turtle finial in a blue and white Fitzhugh pattern consisting of clusters of vegetation around a central circular design of an abstract flower over a diaper pattern, border is a Nanking pattern of a ring of arrows and dots surrounded by an o...

Date: 1800-1850

Maker: unknown

Material: porcelain

GUSN: 173074

Accession Number: 2006.44.1832.16ab

Syllabub cup

Porcelain covered syllabub cup with a twisted handle and a turtle finial in a blue and white Fitzhugh pattern consisting of clusters of vegetation around a central circular design of an abstract flower over a diaper pattern, border is a Nanking pattern of a ring of arrows and dots surrounded by an o...

Date: 1800-1850

Maker: unknown

Material: porcelain

GUSN: 173075

Accession Number: 2006.44.1832.17ab

Syllabub cup

Porcelain covered syllabub cup with a twisted handle and a turtle finial in a blue and white Fitzhugh pattern consisting of clusters of vegetation around a central circular design of an abstract flower over a diaper pattern, border is a Nanking pattern of a ring of arrows and dots surrounded by an o...

Date: 1800-1850

Maker: unknown

Material: porcelain

GUSN: 173076

Accession Number: 2006.44.1832.18ab

Platter

Porcelain oval platter in a blue and white Fitzhugh pattern consisting of clusters of vegetation around a central circular design of an abstract flower over a diaper pattern, border is a Nanking pattern of a ring of arrows and dots surrounded by an outer band in a diaper design.

Date: 1800-1850

Maker: unknown

Material: porcelain

GUSN: 173077

Accession Number: 2006.44.1832.10

Luncheon Set

Mats ivory linen; drawnwork floral motifs in center diamond and in two inch border; selvage sides, hemmed top and bottom. Napkins-drawnwork border with diamond motif at corner; one selvage side hemmed three sides.

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 173078

Accession Number: 1993.812.1

Armorial tea bowl

Armorial porcelain tea bowl with foot ring. White body with painted polychrome decoration consisting of a coat-of-arms with a shield in four sections with boars and stars and chevrons. Shield is flanked by two winged horses and surmounted by a globe with wings and gold foliate scrolls. Inner rim fea...

Date: 1740-1760

Maker: The Century House (Dealer)

Material: porcelain

GUSN: 173079

Accession Number: 2006.44.1828.1

Armorial saucer

Armorial porcelain saucer with a white body and painted polychrome decoration consisting of a coat-of-arms with a shield in four sections with boars and stars and chevrons. Shield is flanked by two winged horses and surmounted by a globe with wings and gold foliate scrolls. Inner rim features a gold...

Date: 1740-1760

Maker: unknown

Material: porcelain

GUSN: 173080

Accession Number: 2006.44.1828.2

Luncheon Set

Mats ivory linen; drawnwork floral motifs in center diamond and in two inch border; selvage sides, hemmed top and bottom. Napkins-drawnwork border with diamond motif at corner; one selvage side hemmed three sides. (A-D)

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 173081

Accession Number: 1993.812.2

Armorial tea bowl

Armorial porcelain tea bowl with foot ring with a white body and painted polychrome decoration with two coat-of-arms, one with an asymmetrical cartouche with three birds surmounted by a helmet with a bird with splayed wings, the other is an asymmetrical cartouche with three white roses on a blue gro...

Date: ca. 1750

Maker: The Century House (Dealer)

Material: porcelain

GUSN: 173083

Accession Number: 2006.44.1827.1

Armorial saucer

Armorial porcelain saucer with a white body and painted polychrome decoration with two coat-of-arms, one with an asymmetrical cartouche with three birds surmounted by a helmet with a bird with splayed wings, the other is an asymmetrical cartouche with three white roses on a blue ground surmounted by...

Date: ca. 1750

Maker: The Century House (Dealer)

Material: porcelain

GUSN: 173084

Accession Number: 2006.44.1827.2

Armorial teacup

Armorial porcelain teacup with loop handle. White body with blue, gold and black painted decoration of a shield with a gold monogram "EMJ", above is an animal face between two wings, all framed by gold and blue cloth swags with tassels, alternating blue and gold diamonds around outer rim and blue ba...

Date: 1800-1820

Maker: unknown

Material: porcelain

GUSN: 173085

Accession Number: 2006.44.1847.3

Teacup

Porcelain teacup with straight sides, flared rim, and round handle with finger rests. Painted polychrome decoration of a gilt Greek key pattern and a border of beasts among arabesques of foliage with a gilt framed reserve enclosing a sheath of wheat flanked by two scythes at front, gilding around ri...

Date: 1846

Maker: Sevres (Maker)

Material: porcelain

GUSN: 173086

Accession Number: 2006.44.1866.1