Historic New England

Decorated Redware Vase

Redware vase; polychrome floral decoration; Southwestern U.S.

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 252669

Accession Number: 1949.1069

Kerosene Lamp

Glass kerosene lamp with etched glass shade; metal fittings.

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 252682

Accession Number: 1949.1070

Paperweight

Heart-shaped; red Morocco leather paperweight.

Date: 1800-1830

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 252686

Accession Number: 1949.1071

Traveling Mirror with Case

Chinese traveling mirror with printed paper case.

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 252690

Accession Number: 1949.1072

Curling Iron Burner

Traveling curling iron burner.

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 252691

Accession Number: 1949.1073

School Bell

Brass "school" beel with wooden handle.

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 252693

Accession Number: 1949.1074

Commemorative Medal from the World's Columbian Exposition

Brown metal commemorative medal from the World's Columbian Exposition of Chicago. Representation of Christopher Columbus on the heads side and text box with writing on the tails side. Two female figures, a ship, and two torches surround the text box.

Date: 1892-1893

Maker: unknown

Material: alloy

GUSN: 252695

Accession Number: 1949.1103

Tinsel Picture

Tinsel picture; depicts bird carrying Mexican; framed.

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 252952

Accession Number: 1966.658

Portrait of William Hogarth

Engraved copy of William Hogarth self portrait.

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 252953

Accession Number: 1961.269

Colored Print

Print depicting school entrance; framed

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 252954

Accession Number: 1966.649.1

Colored Print

Colored print depicting school.

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 252955

Accession Number: 1966.649.2

Photograph

Photographic print of woman and dog; grained and gilt oval frame.

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 252956

Accession Number: 1966.742

Woodcut Print

Woodcut print; depicts gingerbread cottage, Oak Bluffs; signed by maker, Petronie Ortiz.

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 252957

Accession Number: 1966.880.1

Woodcut Print

Wodcut print; depicts "West Chop"; signed by maker, Petronie Ortiz.

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 252958

Accession Number: 1966.880.2

Print

Print; depicts New Hampshire scene, by C. L Fox.

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 252959

Accession Number: 1953.445

Lithographic Print

Lithograph; depicts Minot's Ledge Light House.

Date: ca. 1860

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 252961

Accession Number: 1966.877

Picture Frame

No description

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 252966

Accession Number: 1993.514

Picture Frame

Framed daguerreotypeportrait of Ralph Waldo Emerson made by J.J. Hawes, 19 Tremont Row.

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 252968

Accession Number: 1920.321

Colored Lithographic Print

Colored lithograph depicting a breezy day.

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 252970

Accession Number: 1966.711

Colored Print

Colored print; depicts ship.

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 252971

Accession Number: 1966.867

Lithographic Print

Colored lithograph; depicts whaling.

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 252972

Accession Number: 1966.672

Picture Frame

No description

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 252975

Accession Number: 1983

Oil Painting

Oil painting; depicts mother with sleeping child.

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 252978

Accession Number: 1934.2040

Watercolor Painting

Original watercolor of a woman; head and shoulders profile; framed.

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 252981

Accession Number: 1934.2856

Engraving

Engraving; from an original work by Pugh; published by J. Wesson; framed.

Date: 1771

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 252982

Accession Number: 1935.861

Watercolor Painting

Watercolor painting; depicts sumack leaves; framed.

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 252983

Accession Number: 1953.248

Templum Veneres

Engraving; depicts "Templum Veneres,"

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 253041

Accession Number: 1990.214

Hera

Pastel portrait depicts woman with pomegranates and peacock.

Date: Late 1880s

Maker: Stillman, Marie Euphrosyne, 1844-1927 (Artist)

Material: pastels (crayons), panels (wood)

GUSN: 253042

Accession Number: 1990.202

Italian Riviera Watercolors

Three watercolor paintings framed together; depict Italian Riviera Bordaglisa, by Meta Gaskell (daughter of English novelist, Elizabeth Gaskell).

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 253043

Accession Number: 1990.194

Il Molino di Claudio

Engraving by Carl Friderich.; depicts "Il Molino di Claudio" after the original "The Mill" by Claude Lorrain in the Palazzo Doria Pamphilj in Rome. In black wood frame with gilded sight edge.

Date: 1804

Maker: unknown

Material: paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 253044

Accession Number: 1990.215

Portrait of Major General Benjamin Lincoln

Engraved portrait of Major General Benjamin Lincoln, in wood frame.

Maker: unknown

Material: engravings (prints), paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 253045

Accession Number: 1990.213

Engraved Portrait of C.E. Norton

Engraving of C.E. Norton.

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 253047

Accession Number: 1990.209

Engraved Portrait of C.E. Norton

Engraving of C.E. Norton.

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 253048

Accession Number: 1990.210

Painting of Bordighera, Italy

Watercolor of Bordighera, Liguria, Italy, showing view over green valley with a few houses, with mountains in distance. Painted by Meta Gaskell (daughter of English novelist, Elizabeth Gaskell); in plain black frame, no window mat.

Maker: unknown

Material: watercolor (paint), paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 253049

Accession Number: 1990.197

Painting of the Italian Riviera, Bordighera

Watercolor painting of a large sail boat on the beach, with figures on the boat, and barrels on and adjacent to the boat, on the Italian Riviera, Bordighera; by Meta Gaskell (daughter of English novelist, Elizabeth Gaskell).

Maker: unknown

Material: watercolor (paint)

GUSN: 253050

Accession Number: 1990.198

Dining Table

Victorian dining table in the Georgian-revival style, extension type with three leaves and a crank mechanism.

Date: 1850

Maker: Moore & Campion (Furniture maker)

Material: mahogany (wood), veneer, inlays (decorations)

GUSN: 273099

Accession Number: 1985.745

Tall Case Clock

Hepplewhite tall case clock, mahogany and inlay. Dial inscribed "Allen Killey-Sandwich".

Date: 1800-1830

Maker: unknown

Material: mahogany (wood), veneer

GUSN: 273101

Accession Number: 1985.746

Desk on Frame

Queen Anne desk on frame, case fitted with one long and four short drawers. Fall front encloses pigeon-hole interior compartment. Frame has cabriole legs.

Date: ca. 1750

Maker: unknown

Material: maple (wood)

GUSN: 273102

Accession Number: 1985.747

Dress fragment

Fragment of a printed muslin fabric with brown floral motif. In an envelope marked "October 26, 1891" with an accompanying letter giving history as being from a dress worn by Dorothy Quincy, wife of Governor John Hancock.

Date: ca. 1780

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 273103

Accession Number: 1985.749

Mug

Earthenware mug (mochaware). Cylindrical with leaf terminal handle. Two brown bands at rim and base, with parallel wavy lines in blue slip around middle.

Maker: unknown

Material: earthenware, mocha ware

GUSN: 273234

Accession Number: 1970.407

Mug

Earthenware mug. Cylindrical with loop handle and acanthus-type leaf decoration in relief on handle. Blue and tan body with incised bands. Painted with floral swags and border in gold.

Maker: unknown

Material: earthenware

GUSN: 273235

Accession Number: 1970.419

Wallpaper

Wallpaper fragment. Large scale pattern with central shield or medallion radiating foliated scrolls terminating in flowers. Block printed in red, two grays, white and metalic silver. Paper has a rib texture and white ground.

Date: 1950-1957

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 273236

Accession Number: 2000.1686

Wallpaper

Fragment of four uncut wallpaper borders. Gray leaf with architectural molding edge against red background. Block printed in two grays, white, black, yellow and red. Borders printed on ungrounded paper.

Date: 1865-1875

Maker: unknown

Material: paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 273238

Accession Number: 1918.894

Wallpaper

Wallpaper fragment from Stoughton, Massachusetts. Wide, large scale striped pattern. One stripe features alternating vignettes of a red urn with a green marble ashlar. The vignettes of this stripe are framed in borders with c-scrolls. The other stripe is alternating ashlars of gray and green marb...

Date: 1840-1860

Maker: unknown

Material: paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 273268

Accession Number: 1935.980

Wallpaper

Wallpaper and border fragments from the Timothy Johnson House, North Andover, Massachusetts. Pillar and arch pattern paper (A) with border (B) of leaves under small arches topped with a band of beading. Block-printed in black, brown and white on a grey ground.

Date: 1760-1770

Maker: unknown

Material: paper (fiber product), block printing (relief printing process)

GUSN: 273271

Accession Number: 2001.281.110AB

Wallpaper

Three wallpaper fragments from the General Sylvanus Thayer House in Braintree, Massachusetts. Entwined, stylized floral vine and dotted ribbon with continuous dotted vine. Block-printed in white on blue paper.

Date: 1800-1810

Maker: unknown

Material: paper (fiber product), block printing (relief printing process)

GUSN: 273291

Accession Number: 2001.281.111A-C

Wallpaper Border

Wallpaper border fragment from the Clapp House, Dorchester, Massachusetts. Stylized floral and foliate border with architectural motif along one edge. Block-printed in three blues, yellow, orange, tan and brown on probable tan ground. Brick red colored flock surrounds pattern and is printed with ...

Date: 1825-1835

Maker: unknown

Material: paper (fiber product), block printing (relief printing process)

GUSN: 273292

Accession Number: 2001.281.112

Wallpaper

Wallpaper fragment from Middleton, Massachusetts. Large fragment of fresco wallpaper upright, or Montant, decorated with a vertical border on left side and a central stripe ornamentation consisting of a fruit bowl alternating with a fountain framed by a pillar and arch. Printed in white, tan, brow...

Date: 1850-1870

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 273293

Accession Number: 2001.281.113

Wallpaper

Wallpaper fragment from the Whipple House, Ipswich, Massachusetts. Large-scale floral spray pattern featuring a carnation. Stenciled in yellow, green, pink, blue and purple and block-printed in varnish red and black on unground paper. English tax stamp on verso.

Date: 1750-1760

Maker: (Manufacturer)

Material: paper (fiber product), block printing (relief printing process)

GUSN: 273294

Accession Number: 2001.281.114

Bandbox Paper

Unused roll of bandbox paper. Paper depicts a wagon scene with men and dogs. Block-printed in white, pink, dark and light green, and brown varnish on blue ground.

Date: 1825-1840

Maker: unknown

Material: paper (fiber product), block printing (relief printing process)

GUSN: 273364

Accession Number: 2001.281.115

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