Historic New England

Saucer

Ceramic saucer with polychrome decoration of people and house scenes. Floral detail on handle.

Maker: unknown

Material: ceramic (material)

GUSN: 199502

Accession Number: 2006.44.3051.3

Box

Small wooden box that has a handwritten note on the top that says "capo di mardi cup." The box is made of thin wood and is joined with dovetail joints. The lid slides on and off to the left.

Maker: unknown

Material: wood (plant material)

GUSN: 199504

Accession Number: 2006.44.2903AB

Compote

Silver compote with handle. Compote is trimmed with floral and landscape scenic deocrations. Grape detail on handle.

Maker: Meriden Silver Plate Co. (Manufacturer)

Material: silver (metal)

GUSN: 199507

Accession Number: 2006.44.2902

Lamp chimney

Medium sized clear glass lamp chimney with a bulbous shape. At the top is an inscription that has large plumes depicted with a crown that says "Germany" under that it syas "Superior".

Maker: unknown

Material: glass (material)

GUSN: 199509

Accession Number: 2006.44.2843

Lamp chimney

Clear glass lamp chimeny

Maker: unknown

Material: glass (material)

GUSN: 199512

Accession Number: 2006.44.2844

Lamp

Brass student's lamp with clear glass chimney and green glass shade.

Maker: unknown

Material: brass (alloy), glass (material)

GUSN: 199515

Accession Number: 2006.44.2838

Lamp shade

Green and white glass lamp shade that is A shaped.

Maker: unknown

Material: glass (material)

GUSN: 199518

Accession Number: 2006.44.2900

Tile

Square, decorative ceramic tile; brown image, depicting a windmill in front of a river and sailboats, a fence, birds and clouds in the sky.

Maker: Josiah Wedgwood & Sons (Vendor)

Material: earthenware, ceramic tile, glaze

GUSN: 199522

Accession Number: 1931.1644

Pair of Chinese carved seals

Pair of square light gray soapstone seals with sitting fu dog carved on top. Chinese characters carved on bottom.

Date: 18th-19th century

Maker: unknown

Material: soapstone (metamorphic rock)

GUSN: 199804

Accession Number: 2009.5.17.8.1-.2

Chinese carved seal

Square seal of dark and light gray soapstone with sitting fu dog on a pediment carved on top. Chinese characters carved on bottom.

Date: 18th-19th century

Maker: unknown

Material: soapstone (metamorphic rock)

GUSN: 199805

Accession Number: 2009.5.17.9

Chinese carved seal

Square seal of dark and light gray soapstone with sitting fu dog carved on top. Chinese characters carved on bottom.

Date: 18th-19th century

Maker: unknown

Material: soapstone (metamorphic rock)

GUSN: 199806

Accession Number: 2009.5.17.10

Pair of Chinese carved seals

Pair of square white soapstone seals with three sitting fu dogs carved on top. Chinese characters carved on bottom.

Date: 18th-19th century

Maker: unknown

Material: soapstone (metamorphic rock)

GUSN: 199819

Accession Number: 2009.5.17.11.1-.2

Tile

Square, decorative ceramic tile; transfer print of multiple views, exterior and interior, of the Old Meeting House, Hingham, Massachusetts

Date: 1887

Maker: Mintons (Maker) Norcross, Mellon & Co. (Vendor)

Material: earthenware, ceramic tile, glaze

GUSN: 199821

Accession Number: 1920.762

Pair of Chinese carved seals

Pair of square red ["sang de boeuf"] soapstone seals with fu dog carved on top. Chinese characters carved on bottom.

Date: 18th-19th century

Maker: unknown

Material: soapstone (metamorphic rock)

GUSN: 199824

Accession Number: 2009.5.17.12.1-.2

Pair of Chinese carved seals

Pair of square red soapstone seals with goat/ram sitting on a pediment carved on top. Chinese characters carved on bottom.

Date: 18th-19th century

Maker: unknown

Material: soapstone (metamorphic rock)

GUSN: 199825

Accession Number: 2009.5.17.13.1-.2

Chinese carved seal

Square seal of dark gray soapstone with bearded goat/ram carved on top. Chinese characters carved on bottom.

Date: 18th-19th century

Maker: unknown

Material: soapstone (metamorphic rock)

GUSN: 199826

Accession Number: 2009.5.17.14

Pair of Chinese carved seals

Pair of square brown ["pigskin"] soapstone seals with fu dog carved on top. Chinese characters carved on bottom.

Date: 18th-19th century

Maker: unknown

Material: soapstone (metamorphic rock)

GUSN: 199828

Accession Number: 2009.5.17.15.1-.2

Chinese carved seal

Rectangular seal of red soapstone with a dog looking at a ball carved on top. Chinese characters carved on bottom.

Date: 18th-19th century

Maker: unknown

Material: soapstone (metamorphic rock)

GUSN: 199829

Accession Number: 2009.5.17.16

Chinese carved seal

Rectangular seal of dark tan soapstone with tiger on pediment carved on top. Chinese characters carved on bottom.

Date: 18th-19th century

Maker: unknown

Material: soapstone (metamorphic rock)

GUSN: 199832

Accession Number: 2009.5.17.17

Chinese carved seal

Square seal of peach and cream soapstone with fu dog carved on top and cloud designs carved around top edge. Chinese characters carved on bottom.

Date: 18th-19th century

Maker: unknown

Material: soapstone (metamorphic rock)

GUSN: 199834

Accession Number: 2009.5.17.18

Pair of Chinese carved seals

Pair of square seals of red and white ["hen's blood et blanc"] soapstone with dogs with long tails carved on top. Chinese characters carved on bottom.

Date: 18th-19th century

Maker: unknown

Material: soapstone (metamorphic rock)

GUSN: 199836

Accession Number: 2009.5.17.19.1-.2

Pair of Chinese carved seals

Pair of square seals of cream and red ["ashes of rose"] soapstone with fu dog on pediment carved on top. Chinese characters carved on bottom.

Date: 18th-19th century

Maker: unknown

Material: soapstone (metamorphic rock)

GUSN: 199843

Accession Number: 2009.5.17.20.1-.2

Chinese carved seal

Square seal of pale brown ["oak"] soapstone with fu dog carved on top. Chinese characters carved on bottom.

Date: 18th-19th century

Maker: unknown

Material: soapstone (metamorphic rock)

GUSN: 199848

Accession Number: 2009.5.17.21

Chinese carved seal

Square seal of burnt orange horn with bearded dog with black mane and horns carved on top. Chinese characters carved on bottom.

Date: 18th-19th century

Maker: unknown

Material: horn (animal material)

GUSN: 199849

Accession Number: 2009.5.17.22

Chinese carved seal

Squarel seal of white agate with dog looking at its tail carved on top. Smooth bottom, no seal.

Date: 18th-19th century

Maker: unknown

Material: agate (chalcedony)

GUSN: 199850

Accession Number: 2009.5.17.23

Humphreys' homeopathic remedy box

Wooden Humphreys' homeopathic remedy box. Interior divided into small compartments.

Date: 19th century

Maker: unknown

Material: wood (plant material)

GUSN: 199857

Accession Number: 2009.5.17.24

Salad plate

Porcelain salad plate with a white body, a raspberry and gold banded rim, and a gold monogrammed "P" in the center.

Date: ca. 1900

Maker: Ch Pillivuyt & Cie (Manufacturer)

Material: porcelain

GUSN: 199926

Accession Number: 2006.44.3093.174

Dinner plate

Porcelain dinner plate with a white body and a raspberry and gold banded rim with a monogrammed "P".

Date: ca. 1900

Maker: Ch Pillivuyt & Cie (Manufacturer)

Material: porcelain

GUSN: 199928

Accession Number: 2006.44.3093.175

Watercolor painting of a two masted ship with an American Colonial flag flying from the top left mast and a red, white and blue pennant on the right mast. The ship is black and white and there are five sailors aboard.

Maker: unknown

Material: paper (fiber product), watercolor (paint), wood (plant material)

GUSN: 202727

Accession Number: 2006.44.609

"Sunny Morning, Gloucester Harbor"

Oil painting of a docked schooner. The boat is on left of the scene. It has two large sails which are open and one sail at the stern which is unfurled. There are three rowboats positioned around the bow of the ship. One rowboat is shadowed in the background. The dock and the harbor are located on th...

Date: 1885-89

Maker: Harvey, George Wainwright, 1855-1930 (Painter)

Material: canvas, wood (plant material), oil paint (paint)

GUSN: 202729

Accession Number: 2006.44.670

Blue Flowers by Water

Watercolor paintings of a slightly abstracted landscape. The scene is of an ascending green hill with a large cluster of tall, blue flowers. In the far distance there is a body of water. Beyond is another vibrant landscape of fields. The sky makes up about half of the painting and is blue.

Maker: Brooks, Mary Mason, 1860-1915 (Painter)

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

GUSN: 202730

Accession Number: 2006.44.673

Snipe at Dawn

Print of two birds landing or hovering at the side of a lake or pond. One bird flies higher over the other which appears to be landing. One bird is placed in the upper right part of the picture while the other bird is to the left. Tall grass and other detailed plants can be found at the lower right ...

Maker: Ripley, Aiden Lasell, 1896-1969 (Artist)

Material: paper (fiber product), ink

GUSN: 202731

Accession Number: 2006.44.674

By the Shore

Watercolor painting of a shore scene. Lower half of painting is sand with a tiny stream flowing downward toward the lower right half of the painting. Across the horizon is a land form consisting of sand dunes of large rock. In the far distance on the right is the ocean.

Date: 1875-1900

Maker: Harvey, George Wainwright, 1855-1930 (Painter)

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

GUSN: 202732

Accession Number: 2006.44.675

Painting

Watercolor painting of the ocean shore. A large cliff protrudes from the right of the painting. The reflection of the cliff can be seen on the shore. Seagulls fly and hover over the ocean by the edge of the cliff. In the distance two ships are sailing.

Date: 1875-1900

Maker: unknown

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

GUSN: 202734

Accession Number: 2006.44.676

Stockholm

Black and white print of Stockholm. In the foreground is a docking bay with men and women emptying goods from several row boats. In the central part of the print on the left side is a ship docked at bay with three men standing at the stern. Two other ships are also present. One of the ships has a ch...

Date: 1888

Maker: Haig, Axel Herman, 1835-1921 (Artist)

Material: paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 202735

Accession Number: 2006.44.677

View of Salem, 1849

Panoramic print of Salem and the bay. The view is from a higher elevation looking down onto the city and the bay. Three thin trees are placed in the foreground among rolling hills and other scattered plant life. The horizon line is in the center of the print and in the sky a flock of birds fly near ...

Date: 1849

Maker: Whitefield, Edwin, 1816-1892 (Artist)

Material: paper (fiber product), ink

GUSN: 202737

Accession Number: 2006.44.678

Ships Along the Shore

Black and white print of three ships sailing in the harbor. In the foreground there are two row boats floating along the rippled waves. The print is not detailed and the clouds and waves represented by single lines so the print has a linear look.

Date: 1915

Maker: Little, Philip, 1857-1942 (Artist)

Material: paper (fiber product), ink

GUSN: 202738

Accession Number: 2006.44.679

On the Coast of Holland at Scheveningen

Painting of a Dutch woman standing along the shore watching the arrival of a ship. The woman is in the foreground; the ship is in the background. There are silhouettes of figures at the stern of the ship. On the right there are six figures scattered around. Beyond the right of the main ship there ar...

Date: 1898

Maker: Harvey, George Wainwright, 1855-1930 (Painter)

Material: paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 202739

Accession Number: 2006.44.680

The Club of Odd Volumes

Black and white print of a building. There are three trees in the foreground. On the top of the building there is an American flag. In the lower right corner of the print there is a woman walking with a child. The frame is separate from the print due to conservation. It has a black wood frame with s...

Date: 1925

Maker: Sturges, Dwight Case, 1874-1940 (Artist)

Material: paper (fiber product), wood (plant material), ink

GUSN: 202740

Accession Number: 2006.44.681

Bowl

Porcelain bowl with flat bottom and straight sides. Printed blue decoration around center and inner rim of arches, diamonds, and scrolls.

Maker: Choisy Le Roi (Manufacturer)

Material: porcelain

GUSN: 202741

Accession Number: 2006.44.1701

Stephen Clarendon Phillips

Bust portrait drawing in black crayon of Stephen Clarendon Phillips. The frame is oval, wood, with a gold toned window mat.

Date: 1840-1857

Maker: Probably Black & Case (Boston, Mass.) (Framer)

Material: paper (fiber product), Conté crayon (TM)

GUSN: 202742

Accession Number: 2006.44.682

Spotted or Canada Grouse

Colored engraving of four birds framed in a simple black painted wood frame.

Date: 1833

Maker: After Audubon, John James, 1785-1851 (Artist) Havell, Robert, Jr., 1793-1878 (Engraver)

Material: paper (fiber product), ink, wood (plant material)

GUSN: 202745

Accession Number: 2006.44.659

Gateway

A pen and ink drawing of a gateway. The gateway is a high relief stone carving of multiple columns, four of which are large and two of which are small. The door in the is made of wood. Above the door is a smaller carving of an arch with a statue of the Madonna and Child. Overall, drawing is very lin...

Maker: Walker, Ambrose (Artist)

Material: paper (fiber product), ink

GUSN: 202746

Accession Number: 2006.44.693

Photograph

Framed photographic print of a man with a moustache. He is seated and turned to the left. His hair is parted down the middle and he has a mustache. He is wearing a white turned down collar button up shirt with a dark tie, suit jacket, and a vest with a pocket watch chain.

Maker: unknown

Material: paper (fiber product), wood (plant material)

GUSN: 202749

Accession Number: 2006.44.700

Photograph

Framed photographic print of a man wearing a top hat. He is standing and wearing a black top had and has a well groomed mustache and beard. He is wearing a turned down dollar button up white shirt with a dark tie and a jacket that has two buttons across. The man is outside of a building in front of ...

Maker: unknown

Material: paper (fiber product), wood (plant material)

GUSN: 202750

Accession Number: 2006.44.701

Photograph

Framed photograph of three men. Two of the men are in seated in charis in front, the other is standing in between. The man seated on the left is older with white hair and a mustache, white shirt, dark tie, and holds a hat. The man on the right is wearing a gray suit with a white shirt and dark tie, ...

Maker: Notman Photo Co. (Boston, Mass.) (Photographer) Richard Nichols & Son (Framer)

Material: paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 202827

Accession Number: 2006.44.702

Polar Hare

Color print of a polar hare.

Maker: Audubon, John James, 1785-1851 (Artist) Trembly, R (Engraver) J.T. Bowen (Printer)

Material: paper (fiber product), ink

GUSN: 202828

Accession Number: 2006.44.703

Gray Fox

Color print of a gray fox.

Maker: Audubon, John James, 1785-1851 (Artist) Nagel & Weingaertner (Printer)

Material: paper (fiber product), ink

GUSN: 202831

Accession Number: 2006.44.704

Painting

Watercolor painting of a tree-lined path. Some of the trees have changing leaves. The trees lining the left side are birch trees.

Maker: unknown

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

GUSN: 202833

Accession Number: 2006.44.705

Painting

Watercolor painting of an old barn covered in vines. The painting is unfinished. The barn is painted gray wiht a large red-brown door. The green vines are climbing up the side of the barn and around the chimney. The bottom quarter of the paper is blank.

Maker: unknown

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

GUSN: 202834

Accession Number: 2006.44.706

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