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Wallpaper

Unused wallpaper fragment from Selick Hedge Matthews House, Bass River, Massachusetts. Floral gilt figure paper with roller-printed trailing vine background pattern in gray on white ground.

Date: 1860-1870

Maker: unknown

Material: paper (fiber product), embossed wall coverings

GUSN: 283611

Accession Number: 2001.281.288

Tiger Claw Brooch

This brooch is made from two tiger claws set top to top in an "S" shape, secured at the center with a decorative gold mount. The gold mount is a wide cap set at the top of the claws, delicately chased with floral designs. The mount is held in place with a set of prongs extending from a tab along the...

Date: 1875

Maker: unknown

Material: gold (metal), keratin

GUSN: 283612

Accession Number: 1928.149

Tiger Claw Earrings

This pair of earrings is made from two small tiger claws set in gold mounts. Each gold mount is a wide cap set at the top of the claw, delicately chased with floral designs. The mount is held in place with a set of prongs extending from a tab along the front edge of each claw. The claws are suspende...

Date: 1875

Maker: unknown

Material: gold (metal), keratin

GUSN: 283613

Accession Number: 1928.150AB

Wallpaper

Unused fragment of wallpaper from Bass River, Massachusetts. Anglo-Japanese style floral pattern. Roller-printed in yellow, red, dark olive and black on an olive ground.

Date: 1880-1890

Maker: unknown

Material: paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 283614

Accession Number: 2001.281.289

Wallpaper

Three unused fragments of floral wallpaper from Bass River, Massachusetts. Pattern of overlapping sprigs of berries, roses and other flowers. Roller-printed in red, two pinks, white, two blues, ochre, gray and three greens on light blue ground.

Date: 1880-1890

Maker: unknown

Material: paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 283615

Accession Number: 2001.281.290A-C

Wallpaper

Medallion and Figural Vignette paper from Bass River, Massachusetts. Very deteriorated paper appears to have a pattern of classical and pastoral vignettes including: a medallion framing a vase of flowers; animal and fowl hanging dead after the hunt; a table with pitcher, corked bottle and bowl. Pa...

Date: 1785-1800

Maker: unknown

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

GUSN: 283616

Accession Number: 2001.281.291

Wallpaper Border

Fragment of wallpaper border from Bass River, Massachusetts. Rosette and square pattern block-printed in orange, brick red, dark red and cream on gray ground. Handmade paper. Associated with wallpaper 2001.281.291.

Date: 1785-1800

Maker: unknown

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

GUSN: 283618

Accession Number: 2001.281.292

Wallpaper Border

Wallpaper border or frieze from Bernardston, Massachusetts. Wall fragment still attached to wallpaper, see 2001.281.293.2. Vine and floral figures wrap around cylinder with Greek key pattern. Block-printed in orange, black, blue and gray with green and gray stenciling on white or off-white ground....

Maker: unknown

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

GUSN: 283619

Accession Number: 2001.281.293.1

Wallpaper

Wallpaper fragment attached to border from Bernardston, Massachusetts. Floral stripe and garland pattern. Block-printed in red, black, violet, and white on ungrounded, laid paper.

Maker: unknown

Material: laid paper, block printing (relief printing process), stenciling

GUSN: 283620

Accession Number: 2001.281.293.2

Wallpaper

Wallpaper fragment from Beverly Farms, Massachusetts. Floral sprig wallpaper. Flowers include roses, morning glories, lily of the valley and pansies. Block-printed in green and black on ungrounded laid paper.

Date: 1810-1830

Maker: unknown

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

GUSN: 283621

Accession Number: 2001.281.294

Wallpaper

Wallpaper fragment from the Hale House, Beverly, Massachusetts. Earliest, or first layer, of three attached layers of wallpaper. Possibly masonry pattern. Block-printed in green, black and white on gray ground.

Date: 1835-1845

Maker: unknown

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

GUSN: 283622

Accession Number: 2001.281.295.1

Wallpaper

Wallpaper fragment from Hale House in Beverly, Massachusetts. Middle layer of three layers of wallpaper. Roller-printed in yellow, gray and white on gray ground.

Date: 1860-1870

Maker: unknown

Material: paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 283623

Accession Number: 2001.281.295.2

Wallpaper

Wallpaper fragment from Hale House in Beverly, Massachusetts. Uppermost layer of three layers of attached wallpapers. Chinese figure paper roller-printed in yellow, olive, and dark maroon on pale yellow or off-white ground.

Date: 1880-1890

Maker: unknown

Material: paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 283624

Accession Number: 2001.281.295.3

Wallpaper

Unused wallpaper fragment from the Caswell House in Bolton, Massachusetts. Floral stripe paper with pattern of alternating floral vines and geometric designs. Paper is roller-printed in orange, dark maroon, two greens and gray on ungrounded paper. The background color of the stripes appears to be...

Date: 1870-1880

Maker: unknown

Material: paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 283625

Accession Number: 2001.281.296

Trunk Lining

Fragment of trunk lining from Bourne, Massachusetts. Large medallion made up of central flower, possibly a daisy, circled by wreath of leaves. Four spokes radiate from flower. Background pattern of hatchmarks. Block-printed in red and white on yellow ground wove paper.

Date: 18201830

Maker: unknown

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

GUSN: 283626

Accession Number: 2001.281.297

Trunk Lining

Two fragments of trunk lining from box or chest purchased at auction in Bourne or Buzzards Bay, Massachusetts. Fragment (B) is affixed to paperboard. Floral stripe pattern featuring a very large strawberry with leaves. Waterhouse Wallpaper file refers to this as "Strawberry Stripe." Waterhouse r...

Date: 1810-1825

Maker: unknown

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

GUSN: 283627

Accession Number: 2001.281.298.1AB

Wallpaper

Fragment of rainbow wallpaper. Printed in ochre and yellow on blended red, yellow, blue satin ground on olive-green ground. Straight repeat.

Date: 1825-1840

Maker: Zuber Et Cie (Manufacturer)

Material: paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 283630

Accession Number: 1911.83

Wallpaper

Fragment of rainbow wallpaper. Printed in ochre and yellow on blended red, yellow, blue satin ground on olive-green ground. Straight repeat.

Date: 1825-1840

Maker: Zuber Et Cie (Manufacturer)

Material: paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 283633

Accession Number: 1911.84

Wallpaper

Two fragements of wallpaper from Braintree, Massachusetts. Aesthetic style pattern of dense, allover floral vine pattern with peacocks. Roller-printed in red on white ground. At least one older layer of wallpaper is adhered to the back of this paper.

Date: 1880-1890

Maker: unknown

Material: paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 283637

Accession Number: 2001.281.299AB

Wallpaper

Wallpaper fragment. Stylized floral medallions separated by fretwork. Printed in ochre, white, green and black on beige ground.

Date: 1835-1840

Maker: unknown

Material: paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 283642

Accession Number: 1911.89

Wallpaper

Fragment of Renaissance Revival wallpaper. Pattern consists of interlacing strapwork and floral trail. Printed in light grey, white, red, green on ungrounded paper.

Date: 1850-1860

Maker: unknown

Material: paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 283647

Accession Number: 1911.93

Newspaper Advertisement with "China Lady" illustration

Boston newspaper advertisement for china wares featuring illustration of woman, or "China Lady," with body made of crockery and china. The illustration is part of an advertisement that reads in part: "Britannia, Crockery, Glass, and China Wares. E. B. Mason (Late E. B. McLaughlin) At China Hall, No...

Date: 1845

Maker: unknown

Material: paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 283648

Accession Number: 2001.281.300

Wallpaper

Cut fragment of striped wallpaper. Consists of alternating green and white stripes with stylized leaf motifs printed in grey and dark green.

Date: 1810-1820

Maker: unknown

Material: paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 283652

Accession Number: 1911.112

Wallpaper

Fragment of unused wallpaper from a house on Wellington Street in South Boston, Massachusetts. Pebble embossed paper with geometric pattern of overlapping or stacked diamonds. Each diamond has a greek key-like element framing a stylized sprig or trefoil. Roller-printed in red, green, black, two b...

Date: 1890-1910

Maker: unknown

Material: paper (fiber product), embossed wall coverings, varnish

GUSN: 283653

Accession Number: 2001.281.301

Wallpaper

Four wallpaper fragments from a house on Wellington Street in South Boston, Massachusetts. Art Nouveau style wallpaper with large-scale, stylized floral pattern. Roller-printed in red, green and black on a bronze ground. Paper is embossed with a wood grain pattern and varnished after printing.

Date: 1900-1915

Maker: unknown

Material: paper (fiber product), embossed wall coverings, varnish

GUSN: 283654

Accession Number: 2001.281.302A-D

Children's Mug

Porcelain mug. Shaped base with spurred loop handle. Red transfer printed floral motifs on both sides, over painted with green, red, yellow, blue, and pink.

Maker: unknown

Material: porcelain, transfer printing, hand-painted

GUSN: 283661

Accession Number: 1970.1310.123

Wallpaper

Wallpaper fragment from a home on Wellington Street, South Boston, Massachusetts. Art Nouveau style wallpaper with large-scale stylized floral with scrolling foliage pattern. Embossed floral pattern on bronze ground. The pattern interior is further embossed with fine diagonal striations. The back...

Date: 1900-1915

Maker: unknown

Material: paper (fiber product), embossed wall coverings

GUSN: 283670

Accession Number: 2001.281.303

Wallpaper

Fragment of wallpaper from a home on Wellington Street, South Boston, Massachusetts. Art Nouveau style floral damask embossed on dark bronze ground. Flowers and stems form an ogee pattern. The pattern is embossed on a dark bronze ground. The pattern's embossed outline resembles stitching and its i...

Date: 1900-1915

Maker: unknown

Material: paper (fiber product), embossed wall coverings

GUSN: 283673

Accession Number: 2001.281.304

Scenic Wallpaper Display Sample

Five small-scale showroom samples of a scenic wallpaper. Paper depicts a view of "Beacon Hill" in Boston, Massachusetts by "HAN-TEC." Sample indicates the full scale scenic came in four sections, labeled A through D. Screened in green, blue, red, white, two browns and black with a background print...

Date: 1950-1960

Maker: unknown

Material: paper (fiber product), embossed wall coverings, screen prints

GUSN: 283677

Accession Number: 2001.281.305A-E

Wallpaper

Wallpaper fragment mounted on paperboard labeled "Crocker" from Brewster, Massachusetts. Floral Aesthetic style paper with foreground pattern of asymmetrical, densley arranged flowers and foliage roller-printed in greens, browns, red and orange. Background foliate pattern roller-printed in yellow ...

Date: 1880-1890

Maker: unknown

Material: paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 283678

Accession Number: 2001.281.306

Wallpaper

Wallpaper fragment mounted on paperboard labeled "Crocker" from Brewster, Massachusetts. Floral, Aesthetic style paper with asymmetrical pattern of sprays with turquiose and red flowers and olive palm fronds. Roller-printed in two shades of turquoise, red, dark maroon, fuchsia, yellow, and three s...

Date: 1880-1887

Maker: American Wall Paper Manufacturers Association (1880-1887) (Manufacturer)

Material: paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 283679

Accession Number: 2001.281.307

Wallpaper

Wallpaper fragment mounted on paperboard labeled "Crocker" from Brewster, Massachusetts. Aesthetic style paper with dense, asymmetrical floral pattern roller-printed in two yellows, red, dark maroon, black and dark olive on olive ground. Olive ground color is badly deteriorated and has largely di...

Date: 1880-1890

Maker: unknown

Material: paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 283681

Accession Number: 2001.281.308

Wallpaper

Wallpaper fragment mounted on paperboard labeled "Crocker" from Brewster, Massachusetts. Aesthetic style paper with dense, asymmetrical foliate pattern roller-printed in black, yellow, maroon and orange on olive ground.

Date: 1880-1890

Maker: unknown

Material: paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 283682

Accession Number: 2001.281.309

Wallpaper

Fragment of scenery figure wallpaper. Pattern consists of strapwork framing scenes of rural life alternating with vignetttes of tools of learning, such as books, globe and telescope. Printed in green, grey, and brown on white, ungrounded paper.

Date: 1850-1860

Maker: unknown

Material: paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 283684

Accession Number: 1911.79

Wallpaper

Wallpaper fragments from a mid-nineteenth century house, now demolished, in Brewster, Massachusetts. Aesthetic style wallpaper with large-scale floral pattern roller-printed in brown in the foreground and a second smaller-scale floral pattern roller-printed in green in the background. Foreground p...

Date: 1880-1890

Maker: unknown

Material: paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 283685

Accession Number: 2001.281.310A-E

Wallpaper

Fragment of scenery figure wallpaper. Pattern consists of strapwork framing scenes of rural life alternating with vignetttes of tools of learning, such as books, globe and telescope. Printed in green, grey, and brown on white, ungrounded paper.

Date: 1850-1860

Maker: unknown

Material: paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 283686

Accession Number: 1911.80

Wallpaper

Wallpaper fragment mounted on paperboard from Brewster, Massachusetts. Floral stripe pattern roller-printed in green, gray and dark red on white ground.

Date: 1845-1855

Maker: unknown

Material: paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 283687

Accession Number: 2001.281.311

Wallpaper

Wallpaper fragment from Brewster, Massachusetts. Pattern of repeating floral bouquets with trailing vines. This early American paper is roller-printed in green, red, pink and blue on an undetermined ground.

Date: 1845-1855

Maker: (Manufacturer)

Material: paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 283688

Accession Number: 2001.281.312

Wallpaper

Fragment of Scenery figure wallpaper representing the Crimean War, specifically the Siege of Sebastopol (1854-1855), alternating with portrait medallions of Lord Raglan and Lord Palmerston. Printed in brown, grey, red-orange, blue, white and black on ungrounded paper.

Date: 1855-1860

Maker: unknown

Material: paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 283689

Accession Number: 1911.104

Wallpaper

Fragment of Scenery figure wallpaper representing the Crimean War, specifically the Siege of Sebastopol (1854-1855), alternating with portrait medallions of Lord Raglan and Lord Palmerston. Printed in brown, grey, red-orange, blue, white and black on ungrounded paper.

Date: 1855-1860

Maker: unknown

Material: paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 283690

Accession Number: 1911.105

Wallpaper

Fragment of wallpaper from Brookline, Massachusetts. Mock flocked, or paper imitating a flocked wallpaper, with floral damask pattern. Roller-printed in dark red and black on dark cinnamon ground.

Date: 1880-1890

Maker: unknown

Material: paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 283691

Accession Number: 2001.281.313

Wallpaper

Fragment of Gothic Revival stripe wallpaper. Pattern consists of stripes of Ionic columns alternating with Gothic cornice, scrolled leaves and quatrefoils over fluted columns. Printed in brown and white on a pale gray ground.

Date: 1840-1850

Maker: unknown

Material: paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 283692

Accession Number: 1911.76

Wallpaper

Fragment of Gothic Revival stripe wallpaper. Pattern consists of stripes of Ionic columns alternating with Gothic cornice, scrolled leaves and quatrefoils over fluted columns. Printed in brown and white on a pale gray ground.

Date: 1840-1850

Maker: unknown

Material: paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 283693

Accession Number: 1911.77

Wallpaper

Fragment of Gothic Revival stripe wallpaper. Pattern consists of stripes of Ionic columns alternating with Gothic cornice, scrolled leaves and quatrefoils over fluted columns. Printed in brown and white on a pale gray ground.

Date: 1840-1850

Maker: unknown

Material: paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 283694

Accession Number: 1911.148

Box of Jell-O Lemon Pudding and Pie Filling

Pudding mix, Jell-o Brand Pudding and Pie Filling, Lemon Flavor, 3 ¼ oz, General Foods Corp., New York, NY, In original box, 1930-1960

Date: 20th century

Maker: General Foods Corp.

Material: cardboard

GUSN: 273982

Accession Number: 2013.27.24

Box of Jell-O Instant Shake Mix

Instant shake mix, Jell-O Brand Life Style Weight-Control Food, Rich Instant shake mix, Jell-o Brand Life Style Weight-Control Food, Rich Strawberry Shake, 3 ½ oz, General Foods Corp., White Plains, NY, In original box, 1930-1960.

Date: 20th century

Maker: General Foods Corp.

Material: cardboard

GUSN: 273983

Accession Number: 2013.27.25

Box of "Sure-Jell Fruit Pectin"

Fruit Pectin, Sure-Jell, 3 oz, General Foods Corporation, Le Roy, NY, In original box, 1930-1960.

Date: 20th century

Maker: General Foods Corp.

Material: cardboard

GUSN: 273984

Accession Number: 2013.27.26

Tin of Sweeco, " A Sweet Milk Cocoa"

Cocoa powder, Sweeco, "A Sweet Milk Cocoa It's Cooked Instant", 8 oz, Durkee-Mower, Inc., Lynn, MA, In original tin. Made by the makwers of Marshmellow Fluff.

Date: 20th century

Maker: Durkee-Mower, Inc.

Material: tin alloy, paper by composition or origin

GUSN: 273985

Accession Number: 2013.27.27

Gravy Sauce

La Choy Brown Gravy Sauce Bead Molasses Type in original glass jar, 5 oz. Made by La Choy Food Products in Archbold, OH.

Date: 1930-1960

Maker: LaChoy Food Products, Inc.

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

GUSN: 273986

Accession Number: 2013.27.28

Jar of Olive Oil

Elena Brand Pure Italian Olive Oil in original glass jar, 1 ½ oz. This oil is used for all medical purposes. Label is red, black, and white and includes an image of an angel.

Date: 1930-1960

Maker: unknown

Material: glass (material), paper (fiber product), tin alloy, printing (process)

GUSN: 273987

Accession Number: 2013.27.29