Historic New England

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

Dessert plate

Porcelain plate with pink luster rim, red flowers, blue buds and half-green, half-pink luster leaves, pink luster vine and leaves.

Date: 1790-1850

Maker: unknown

Material: porcelain, luster (optical property)

GUSN: 290745

Accession Number: 1958.350.1

Dessert plate

Porcelain plate with pink luster rim, red flowers, blue buds and half-green, half-pink luster leaves, pink luster vine and leaves.

Date: 1790-1850

Maker: unknown

Material: porcelain, luster (optical property)

GUSN: 290746

Accession Number: 1958.350.2

Wallpaper

Fragment of wallpaper with all-over stylized foliate pattern. Roller-printed in gray and green on white ground. Reproduced by Waterhouse Wallhangings as "Duxbury Leaves."

Date: 1860-1870

Maker: unknown

Material: paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 290747

Accession Number: 2001.281.955

Saucer

Porcelain saucer with hand painted green leaves and pink luster flowers.

Date: 1790-1850

Maker: unknown

Material: porcelain

GUSN: 290751

Accession Number: 1958.387

Fragment of block-printed wallpaper from Bourne, Massachusetts. Pattern of small red and white floral rosettes or medallions alternating with smaller red floral sprigs. Probably ungrounded paper. Reproduced as "Eagle Hill" by Waterhouse Wallhangings.

Date: 1800-1820

Maker: unknown

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

GUSN: 290753

Accession Number: 2001.281.956

Wallpaper

Two fragments of block-printed wallpaper from Centerville, Massachusetts. Pattern of small red and white floral rosettes alternating with smaller red floral sprigs. Probably ungrounded paper. The wallpaper was covered by pages of the Boston Cultivator farm journal dating from circa 1849-1850, see...

Date: 1800-1820

Maker: unknown

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

GUSN: 290757

Accession Number: 2001.281.957.1AB

Fragments of "The Boston Cultivator" farm journal

Four fragments of "The Boston Cultivator" farm journal dating from circa 1849-1850. Pages of the newspaper were used to cover a wall. The newspaper covered an early nineteenth-century medallion and sprig wallpaper, see 2001.281.957.1ab. An imprint of the wallpaper is visible on some of the newspa...

Date: 1849-1850

Maker: The Boston Cultivator (Printer)

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

GUSN: 290760

Accession Number: 2001.281.957.2A-D

Transparency of Wallpaper Pattern

Transparency of the reproduction wallpaper pattern "General John Walker" produced by Surflex Roller Co. Ltd., Yorkshire, England for Waterhouse Wallhangings in 1981. Per correspondence, the transparency was sent to Bernard Scott of Waterhouse Wallhangings in February, 1981 for his approval before w...

Date: 1981

Maker: Surflex Roller Co. Ltd. (Manufacturer)

Material: plastic (organic material), film (material by form)

GUSN: 290794

Accession Number: 2001.281.958

Wallpaper

Two long fragments of wallpaper in the "Griffin" pattern. Fragments are mid-nineteenth century reproduction of the late-eighteenth century neoclassical "Griffin" wallpaper by French manufacturer Reveillon (see 1917.145a and b) . In the pattern, a cartouche or shelf figure frames a bowl. Griffins ...

Date: 1860-1875

Maker: unknown

Material: paper (fiber product), metallic pigment

GUSN: 290797

Accession Number: 2001.281.959AB

Torchière

Three-legged mahogany torchière with circular top. Cabriole legs and pad feet. Gadrooned rings just above legs and midway up shaft.

Date: ca. 1800

Maker: unknown

Material: mahogany (wood)

GUSN: 290800

Accession Number: 1977.75.1

Firetool stand

Brass firetool stand. Circular base with four bun feet. Ball finial. Gallery runs around base. Base of stand has a pebbled surface.

Maker: unknown

Material: brass (alloy), casting (process), spinning (metalworking)

GUSN: 290801

Accession Number: 1968.167.1

Fireplace tongs

Brass fireplace tongs with ball finial.

Maker: unknown

Material: brass (alloy), casting (process)

GUSN: 290802

Accession Number: 1968.167.2

Fireplace poker

Brass fireplace poker with ball finial. Squared blunt end. Poker has a metal rod wrapped around the neck to hang the poker from the arm of the firetool stand.

Maker: unknown

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

GUSN: 290803

Accession Number: 1968.167.3

Dog Figurine

Ceramic figurine of a seated dog, possibly a greyhound. White with green painted base. Remnants of paint and glaze on surface, including collar and blue eyes.

Date: 1880-1890

Maker: unknown

Material: earthenware

GUSN: 290812

Accession Number: 1931.1473

Glass Girandole

Glass girandole with two arms. Cut glass bobeche has nine suspended drops. Right arm has a single drop attached to the bottom edge of the bobeche. Split beaded chains with large drop at one end run from each bobeche up to a glass dome hung with four drops. Flattened molded glass finial. Rectangular ...

Date: 1850-1890

Maker: unknown

Material: cut glass

GUSN: 290814

Accession Number: 1976.166.1

Wallpaper

Three fragments of neoclassical hall wallpaper from Worcester, Massachusetts. The primary motif of the pattern is two parrots perched on top of a basket of flowers and fruit [Fragment A]. In the background is a pattern of repeating small stylized white sprigs [Fragment B]. The paper includes a wid...

Date: 1810-1830

Maker: unknown

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

GUSN: 290815

Accession Number: 2001.281.960A-C

Transparency of Wallpaper Pattern

Transparency of the background pattern of the reproduction wallpaper "Louise" by Waterhouse Wallhangings. Pattern consists of small stylized sprigs.

Date: 1975-1985

Maker: unknown

Material: plastic (organic material), film (material by form)

GUSN: 290817

Accession Number: 2001.281.961

Wallpaper Border or Frieze

Fragment of Art Nouveau-style wallpaper border or frieze with flowering vine pattern. Equally spaced green stems grow upward from the bottom of the border, each with a yellow blossom in profile and two three-lobed green leaves against a red background. The vines rise and intertwine along the top o...

Date: 1900-1910

Maker: unknown

Material: paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 290822

Accession Number: 2001.281.962

Wallpaper

Small fragment of damask-patterned wallpaper. The wallpaper was chosen by John Quincy Adams for use in the formal sitting room of the "Old House," part of the Adams National Historical Park, Quincy, Massachusetts. The paper has a dense floral swag and foliate scrolls pattern with hanging cord and t...

Date: 1826

Maker: unknown

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

GUSN: 290826

Accession Number: 2001.281.963

Tea service

Twenty-five piece mulberry transfer-printed whiteware tea service with oriental scene of man, woman, bridge and flowers. Set consistes of two teapots, sugar bowl, creamer and eleven teacups and ten saucers.

Date: 1810-1880

Maker: unknown

Material: earthenware, transfer printing

GUSN: 291545

Accession Number: 1958.349

Teapot

Octagonal mulberry transfer-printed whiteware teapot (a) with oriental scene of man, woman, bridge and flowers. Molded decoration on spout and handle. Knop of lid (b) with molded flower.

Date: 1810-1880

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 291548

Accession Number: 1958.349.1ab

Wallpaper Border

Fragment of rolled wallpaper border. Pattern of stylized flowers draped through and around white scrolls with strapwork on a background of red flocking. Bands of bead and reel pattern in gray run along upper and lower edges of the border. Block-printed in white, four grays, three greens, three blu...

Date: 1860-1870

Maker: unknown

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

GUSN: 291549

Accession Number: 2001.281.1017

Teapot

Octagonal mulberry transfer-printed whiteware teapot (a) with oriental scene of man, woman, bridge and flowers. Molded decoration on spout and handle. Knop of lid (b) with molded flower.

Date: 1810-1880

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 291552

Accession Number: 1958.349.2ab

Sugar bowl

Octagonal mulberry transfer-printed whiteware sugar bowl (a) with two handles. Knop of lid (b) in form of flower.

Date: 1810-1880

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 291554

Accession Number: 1958.349.3ab

Wallpaper Border

Fragment of rolled wallpaper border. Pattern imitates architectural molding with rosettes, paneling inlays, dental molding, and scrolling acanthus figures. Green flocked flowers and scalloped lower edge also incorporated into the pattern. Block-printed in brown, mustard, tan, gold leaf and green f...

Date: 1860-1875

Maker: unknown

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

GUSN: 291555

Accession Number: 2001.281.1018

Creamer

Mulberry transfer-printed whiteware creamer with oriental scene.

Date: 1810-1880

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 291558

Accession Number: 1958.349.4

Wallpaper Border

Rolled wallpaper border. Pattern of undulating gimp ribbon wrapped with beaded cord. The border is flocked with green felt except for the tan cord figure and the pink center of the gimp ribbon. The lower edge of the border has been cut along the pattern to create a scalloped edge. Block-printed i...

Date: 1855-1865

Maker: unknown

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

GUSN: 291560

Accession Number: 2001.281.1019

Teacup and saucer

Mulberry transfer-printed whiteware teacup (a) and saucer (b) with oriental scene. Teacup handless with footed base.

Date: 1810-1880

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 291562

Accession Number: 1958.349.5ab

Teacup and saucer

Mulberry transfer-printed whiteware teacup (a) and saucer (b) with oriental scene. Teacup handless with footed base.

Date: 1810-1880

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 291563

Accession Number: 1958.349.6ab

Wallpaper Border

Rolled wallpaper border. Pattern of alternating stylized shell and flower figures block-printed in yellow and brown above a band of green flocking overprinted with clover and fretwork pattern in green and black. Narrow yellow and brown stripes run along the bottom of the border. Block-printed in ye...

Date: 1865-1875

Maker: unknown

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

GUSN: 291564

Accession Number: 2001.281.1020

Teacup and saucer

Mulberry transfer-printed whiteware teacup (a) and saucer (b) with oriental scene. Teacup handless with footed base.

Date: 1810-1880

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 291565

Accession Number: 1958.349.7ab

Wallpaper Border

Fragment of rolled wallpaper border. Pattern imitates architectural molding. Medallion and stylized flower figures alternate along a band resembling chain-links. Block-printed in metallic gold, brown, peach and green flocking on ungrounded paper. Flocking is overprinted in light green and black.

Date: 1865-1875

Maker: unknown

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

GUSN: 291566

Accession Number: 2001.281.1021

Teacup and saucer

Mulberry transfer-printed whiteware teacup (a) and saucer (b) with oriental scene. Teacup handless with footed base.

Date: 1810-1880

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 291567

Accession Number: 1958.349.8ab

Teacup and saucer

Mulberry transfer-printed whiteware teacup (a) and saucer (b) with oriental scene. Teacup handless with footed base.

Date: 1810-1880

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 291568

Accession Number: 1958.349.9ab

Teacup and saucer

Mulberry transfer-printed whiteware teacup (a) and saucer (b) with oriental scene. Teacup handless with footed base.

Date: 1810-1880

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 291569

Accession Number: 1958.349.10ab

Teacup and saucer

Mulberry transfer-printed whiteware teacup (a) and saucer (b) with oriental scene. Teacup handless with footed base.

Date: 1810-1880

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 291570

Accession Number: 1958.349.11ab

Teacup and saucer

Mulberry transfer-printed whiteware teacup (a) and saucer (b) with oriental scene. Teacup handless with footed base.

Date: 1810-1880

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 291571

Accession Number: 1958.349.12ab

Teacup and saucer

Mulberry transfer-printed whiteware teacup (a) with oriental scene and saucer (b). Teacup handless with footed base.

Date: 1810-1880

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 291573

Accession Number: 1958.349.13ab

Teacup and saucer

Mulberry transfer-printed whiteware teacup (a) with oriental scene and saucer (b). Teacup handless with footed base.

Date: 1810-1880

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 291576

Accession Number: 1958.349.14ab

Teacup

Mulberry transfer-printed teacup with oriental scene. Handless and with footed base.

Date: 1810-1880

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 291578

Accession Number: 1958.349.15

Wallpaper Border

Rolled wallpaper border. Dense pattern of naturalistic flowers and foliage against dark green flocked background. Part of the roll's bottom edge has been cut around the shape of the pattern, the rest of the roll remains uncut. The pattern is block-printed in three greens, four blues, two shades of...

Date: 1850-1865

Maker: unknown

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

GUSN: 291584

Accession Number: 2001.281.1022

Teacup and saucer

One of a set of pearlware cups (a) and saucers (b) decorated with pink bands containing pink luster wavy lines below rims. Vine and flowers below rims, red rose with green leaves and pink luster sprays on bases.

Date: 1780-1830

Maker: unknown

Material: earthenware, luster (optical property)

GUSN: 291585

Accession Number: 1958.351.1AB

Wallpaper Border

Two fragments of rolled wallpaper border with a pattern of gold quatrefoil figures against black flocking. Gray and orange elongated trefoil or diamond figures extend from either side of the quatrefoils printed on the black flocking. Gold stripes run along the top and bottom of the border. Block-p...

Date: 1865-1875

Maker: unknown

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

GUSN: 291586

Accession Number: 2001.281.1023AB

Teacup and saucer

One of a set of pearlware cups (a) and saucers (b) decorated with pink bands containing pink luster wavy lines below rims. Vine and flowers below rims, red rose with green leaves and pink luster sprays on bases.

Date: 1780-1830

Maker: unknown

Material: earthenware, luster (optical property)

GUSN: 291587

Accession Number: 1958.351.2AB

Saucer

Saucer from a set of pearlware cups and saucers decorated with pink bands containing pink luster wavy lines below rims. Vine and flowers below rims, red rose with green leaves and pink luster sprays on bases.

Date: 1780-1830

Maker: unknown

Material: earthenware, luster (optical property)

GUSN: 291588

Accession Number: 1958.351.3

Wallpaper Border

Fragment of rolled wallpaper border with gold bead pattern. Alternating large and small gold beads against flocked maroon background. Bands of gold and brown stripes run along top and bottom edges of the border. Block printed in two browns and ochre with gold leaf and maroon flocking on white groun...

Date: 1860-1870

Maker: unknown

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

GUSN: 291589

Accession Number: 2001.281.1024

Dessert plate set

Set of seventeen whiteware dessert plates with pink luster leaves and edges. Center design of red flowers, leaves and grapes. Set consists of nine small plates and eight larger plates.

Date: 1790-1850

Maker: unknown

Material: earthenware, luster (optical property)

GUSN: 291590

Accession Number: 1958.339

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