Historic New England

Candlestick

Silver plated candlesticks. Candle cup in the form of an acanthus leaf capital. Removable bobeche with gadrooned edge and pointed corners. Fluted shaft. Square base with with incurved sides and gadrooned border, above and below. Each one of four sides has central urn. Each urn connected by swags. Gr...

Date: Early to Mid 19th Century

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 179857

Accession Number: 1993.848.3

Candlestick

Silver plated candlesticks. Candle cup in the form of an acanthus leaf capital. Removable bobeche with gadrooned edge and pointed corners. Fluted shaft. Square base with with incurved sides and gadrooned border, above and below. Each one of four sides has central urn. Each urn connected by swags. Gr...

Date: Early to Mid 19th Century

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 179858

Accession Number: 1993.848.4

Rain Squall Clearing Scheviningen Holland Dutch fishing Boat Coming to Anchor

Painting of a ship in rough water. Ship is in the center of the picture and tips to one side. A ship in the background is also pictured. The sky is cloudy with a hint of blue sky in the upper right corner.

Date: 1885-1895

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

Material: pastels (visual works), paper (fiber product), wood (plant material)

GUSN: 179861

Accession Number: 2006.44.683

"Moonrise" or "A Sandy Road"

Landscape of a full moon centered over a small road curving up from the corner of the frame around a small birch tree. White houses in background. Gilt painted wood frame.

Date: ca. 1890

Maker: Murphy, Hermann Dudley, 1867-1945 (Artist)

Material: pastels (crayons), paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 179862

Accession Number: 2006.44.684

Roll of Fabric

Pillar and arch designed by Elwood Fabrics, New York

Maker: Elwood Fabrics (Designer)

GUSN: 179863

Accession Number: 1993.810

Luncheon Set

Table cloth, mats, napkins

Maker: unknown

Material: linen (material), drawn thread work, silk (textile), embroidery (visual works), cotton (textile)

GUSN: 179865

Accession Number: 1993.811

Venetian Doorway

Oil painting of a doorway of a Venetian house. The door is located on the left side of the painting. The moulding around the door is in the form of an arch. There are four steps leading up to the door and above the tip of the arch is a small window. To the right of the door is a an elongated window ...

Date: ca. 1900-1945

Maker: Murphy, Hermann Dudley, 1867-1945 (Artist)

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

GUSN: 179866

Accession Number: 2006.44.685

A Heron City At the Setting of the Moon

Watercolor of a group of six herons that are gazing at the moon. On the left side there are two pairs of herons. The other herons are alone and blend into the background. The moon is in the center and is behind a tree. Another tree on a larger scale is on the right.

Date: 1900-1930

Maker: Smith, Alice Ravenel Huger, 1876-1958 (Artist)

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

GUSN: 179867

Accession Number: 2006.44.686

Autumn Landscape

Watercolor landscape of two rolling hills and trees in the foreground and a mountain in the background. Sunny day with a clear sky.

Date: 1900-1930

Maker: White, Clarence Scott, 1872-1965 (Artist)

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

GUSN: 179869

Accession Number: 2006.44.687

Ship Carolina of Salem, Charles Faben Master

Oil painting of a ship on rough storm waters. The ship has four masts each with a different flag. By the stern of the ship there are eight boats and nine boats off the bow.

Date: 19th century

Maker: unknown

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

GUSN: 179871

Accession Number: 2006.44.688

Silhouette

Silhouette bust portrait of a young boy facing left. Chalk highlights accent the ruffles and folds of his clothing.

Maker: Bache, William (Artist)

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

GUSN: 179872

Accession Number: 2006.44.689

Silhouette of Captain Stephen Phillips

Hollow cut silhouette of Captain Stephen Phillips. Chalk highlights accent the outline of his clothing. The silhouette is cut out of black paper and adhered to backing paper.

Date: ca. 1820

Maker: Bache, William (Artist)

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

GUSN: 179873

Accession Number: 2006.44.690

Grope Fest Pin, 1970

Round black pin with white swirl. Grope Fest souvenir pin.

Date: 1970

Maker: unknown

Material: metal, plastic (organic material)

GUSN: 179883

Accession Number: 2009.23.1

Grope Fest Pin, 1979

Round red pin with white text. Grope Fest souvenir pin.

Date: 1979

Maker: unknown

Material: metal, plastic (organic material)

GUSN: 179884

Accession Number: 2009.23.2

Grope Fest Pin, 1989

Square gray pin with white 20 cent architecture stamp depicting Gropius House. Grope Fest souvenir pin.

Date: 1989

Maker: unknown

Material: plastic (organic material), metal

GUSN: 179885

Accession Number: 2009.23.3

Grope Fest Pin, 1992

Square white and red pin depicting half of a yellow Roman coin. Grope Fest souvenir pin.

Date: 1992

Maker: Greene, Lou (Maker)

Material: plastic (organic material), metal

GUSN: 179886

Accession Number: 2009.23.4

Grope Fest Pin, 1994

Square white and black pin with large red strawberry. Grope Fest souvenir pin. "#6 of 50".

Date: 1994

Maker: unknown

Material: plastic (organic material), paper (fiber product), metal

GUSN: 179878

Accession Number: 2009.23.5

Walter Gropius Pin, 1968

Square white pin with an image of Walter Gropius, his signature and long stemmed rose. Pin was a souvenir of the "Gropius for President" and "There's Hope with Grope" celebration that took place in 1968.

Date: 1968

Maker: unknown

Material: plastic (organic material), art paper, metal

GUSN: 179879

Accession Number: 2009.23.6

Bauhaus Weimar Staatliches pin

Round gray pin with black design and text. "Bauhaus-Weimar-Staatliches."

Date: 1970

Maker: unknown

Material: metal, plastic (organic material)

GUSN: 179880

Accession Number: 2009.23.7

Bauhaus Weimar Staatliches pin

Round gray pin with black design and text. "Bauhaus-Weimar-Staatliches."

Date: 1970

Maker: unknown

Material: metal, plastic (organic material)

GUSN: 179881

Accession Number: 2009.23.8

Bauhaus Weimar Staatliches pin

Round white pin with red design and text. "Bauhaus-Weimar-Staatliches".

Date: 20th century

Maker: unknown

Material: plastic (organic material), metal

GUSN: 179882

Accession Number: 2009.23.9

Vase

Cylindrical shaped vase with footed base. Blue foliate scrolls encircling a house on a white ground. Partial label remnant on neck.

Maker: unknown

Material: earthenware

GUSN: 179888

Accession Number: 2006.44.2233

Table covers

Table covers (A & B). Cloths- natural sheer linen; inner border of drawnwork with embroidered and drawnwork geometric motifs in tan silk; drawnwork hem.

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 179889

Accession Number: 1993.811.1

Luncheon Set

Mats (A-F). Natural linen, double border of drawnwork with embroidered motifs in back corner.

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 179890

Accession Number: 1993.811.2

Luncheon Set

Table cloth, mats, napkins

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 179891

Accession Number: 1993.811.3

Greenwich Hospital, 1910

Framed engraving of a harbor with a building in the background. The building has two capitals.

Date: 1910

Maker: Pimlott, Philip, 1871-1960

Material: paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 179892

Accession Number: 2006.44.782

Captain James Cook

Framed engraving of a seated man wearing a long cat and pointing at a map lying on a table next to a tri-cornered hat. Five buttons are undone on the man's coat and there is a mock frame around the picture.

Date: ca. 1779

Maker: Sherwin, John Keyse, 1751-1790 (Artist) After Dance-Holland, Nathaniel, 1735-1811 (Artist)

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

GUSN: 179894

Accession Number: 2006.44.783

Vase

Short cyclindrical vase with flared rim and slightly ribbed sides. Shiny black glaze. Nannie Borden Phillips butterfly mark on bottom.

Maker: Phillips, Nannie Jencks (Borden), 1877-1963 (Maker)

Material: clay

GUSN: 179895

Accession Number: 2006.44.2234

Bowl

Bowl with flat bottom, ribbed sides, and flared rim. Cranberry colored glaze. Three circular marks on bottom where bowl was attached to supports.

Maker: unknown

Material: clay

GUSN: 179899

Accession Number: 2006.44.2236

Ship "Sapphire" of Salem

Framed oil painting of a ship with the American flag and four blue flags, two with white crosses and one with a white square. There are three ships and a lighthouse to the left of the ship in the background.

Date: 1830

Maker: Pringle, James Fulton, 1788-1847 (Artist)

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

GUSN: 179900

Accession Number: 2006.44.784

Cup

Straight sided cup with slightly flared rim. Dark brown glaze with black iridescent glaze on bottom third of cup. Nannie Borden Phillips butterfly mark on bottom.

Maker: Phillips, Nannie Jencks (Borden), 1877-1963

Material: clay

GUSN: 179904

Accession Number: 2006.44.2237

South Sea Whale Fishery

Framed engraving of a ship in the middleground with longboats with men catching whales in the foreground. Another ship is in the background to the left and a land mass is in the background to the right.

Date: ca. 1825

Maker: Sutherland, Thomas, 1785-1838 (Engraver) After Huggins, William John, 1781-1845 (Artist)

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

GUSN: 179906

Accession Number: 2006.44.801

Bowl

Circular bowl with short sides and small footed base. Dark purple glaze. Nannie Borden Phillips butterfly mark on bottom.

Maker: Phillips, Nannie Jencks (Borden), 1877-1963 (Maker)

Material: clay

GUSN: 179909

Accession Number: 2006.44.2232

Candlestand

Brass ormolu candlestand [a] with cover [b]

Date: 1890-1910

Maker: unknown

Material: brass (alloy)

GUSN: 188964

Accession Number: 2009.5.19.2ab

Mirror

Oval gilt mirror with wreath and ribbon ornament.

Date: 1890-1910

Maker: unknown

Material: wood (plant material), glass (material), gilding

GUSN: 188965

Accession Number: 2009.5.20.1

Mirror

Oval gilt mirror with wreath and ribbon ornament.

Date: 1890-1910

Maker: unknown

Material: wood (plant material), glass (material), gilding

GUSN: 188966

Accession Number: 2009.5.20.2

Cherub head

Plaster cherub head from Harvard Church, Charlestown, MA [built in 1819].

Date: ca. 1819

Maker: unknown

Material: plaster

GUSN: 189308

Accession Number: 2009.5.21.1

Cherub head

Plaster cherub heads from Harvard Church, Charlestown, MA [built in 1819].

Date: ca. 1819

Maker: unknown

Material: plaster

GUSN: 189427

Accession Number: 2009.5.21.2

Knife Rest

Silver knife rest designed to look like an andiron. Rococo revival style.

Date: 1905

Maker: Gorham Manufacturing Co. (Manufacturer)

Material: silver (metal), electroplating

GUSN: 189428

Accession Number: 2009.5.22.1

Knife Rest

Silver knife rest designed to look like an andiron. Rococo revival style.

Date: 1905

Maker: Probably Gorham Manufacturing Co. (Maker)

Material: electroplating, silver (metal)

GUSN: 189429

Accession Number: 2009.5.22.2

Fork

One of a set of twelve. Silver fish fork with a mother of pearl handle and an overall foliate design.

Date: 1900

Maker: unknown

Material: sterling silver, mother of pearl

GUSN: 189430

Accession Number: 2009.5.23.1

Fork

One of a set of twelve. Silver fish fork with a mother of pearl handle and an overall foliate design.

Date: 1900

Maker: unknown

Material: sterling silver, mother of pearl

GUSN: 189431

Accession Number: 2009.5.23.2

Fork

One of a set of twelve. Silver fish fork with a mother of pearl handle and an overall foliate design.

Date: 1900

Maker: unknown

Material: mother of pearl, sterling silver

GUSN: 189432

Accession Number: 2009.5.23.3

Fork

One of a set of twelve. Silver fish fork with a mother of pearl handle and an overall foliate design.

Date: 1900

Maker: unknown

Material: sterling silver, mother of pearl

GUSN: 189433

Accession Number: 2009.5.23.4

Fork

One of a set of twelve. Silver fish fork with a mother of pearl handle and an overall foliate design.

Date: 1900

Maker: unknown

Material: sterling silver, mother of pearl

GUSN: 189434

Accession Number: 2009.5.23.5

Fork

One of a set of twelve. Silver fish fork with a mother of pearl handle and an overall foliate design.

Date: 1900

Maker: unknown

Material: sterling silver, mother of pearl

GUSN: 189435

Accession Number: 2009.5.23.6

Fork

One of a set of twelve. Silver fish fork with a mother of pearl handle and an overall foliate design.

Date: 1900

Maker: unknown

Material: sterling silver, mother of pearl

GUSN: 189436

Accession Number: 2009.5.23.7

Fork

One of a set of twelve. Silver fish fork with a mother of pearl handle and an overall foliate design.

Date: 1900

Maker: unknown

Material: sterling silver, mother of pearl

GUSN: 189437

Accession Number: 2009.5.23.8

Fork

One of a set of twelve. Silver fish fork with a mother of pearl handle and an overall foliate design.

Date: 1900

Maker: unknown

Material: sterling silver, mother of pearl

GUSN: 189438

Accession Number: 2009.5.23.9

Fork

One of a set of twelve. Silver fish fork with a mother of pearl handle and an overall foliate design.

Date: 1900

Maker: unknown

Material: sterling silver, mother of pearl

GUSN: 189439

Accession Number: 2009.5.23.10

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