Historic New England

Tile

Square blue and white glazed earthenware ceramic tile depicting a woman in a two tiered skirt, wearing a hat, and carrying a handbag.

Date: 1650-1750

Maker: unknown

Material: earthenware, ceramic tile, glaze

GUSN: 203317

Accession Number: 1933.508.7

Photographic print of an oil painting portait bust of Mrs. Margaret Appleton Peele. She is sitting in a chair and wears a white shawl around her shoulders. She has a white lace collar and is wearing a white bonnet with a jewel pinned at the center.

Date: 1902

Maker: Reproduction of Frothingham, James, 1786-1864 (Artist)

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

GUSN: 203318

Accession Number: 2006.44.750

Tile

Square blue and white glazed earthenware ceramic tile depicting man with three fish, house to left, building to right.

Date: 1650-1750

Maker: unknown

Material: earthenware, ceramic tile, glaze

GUSN: 203320

Accession Number: 1933.508.8

Dessert Spoon

Silver dessert spoon with a fiddle handle, rounded shoulders, and a pointed oval bowl.

Date: 1846

Maker: Cogswell, Henry, 1824-1865 (Silversmith)

Material: coin silver

GUSN: 203326

Accession Number: 2010.4.1

Fire Bucket

Painted leather fire bucket with loop handle.

Date: 1802

Maker: Fenno, John (Maker)

Material: leather

GUSN: 203353

Accession Number: 2009.32.1

Pipe organ

Pipe organ in lagre mahogany case. 54-key keyboard with square panel of pleated peach silk. Stops with lead and zinc pipes. Made by George Stevens (1803-1894).

Date: ca. 1857

Maker: Stevens, George, 1803-1894 (Maker)

Material: mahogany (wood), ivory (tooth component)

GUSN: 203413

Accession Number: 1945.416

Plate

Circular porcelain plate with painted blue floral decoration. Center scene of rocks, bamboo, and a peony flower.

Maker: unknown

Material: porcelain

GUSN: 203425

Accession Number: 2006.44.1696

Armorial bowl

Porcelain bowl with painted armorial decoration of a small gold bird standing on a striped gold and black bar. Bird on bar painted atop a shield filled with gold flowers. Shield flanked by green laurel leaves. Bowl has scalloped rim with painted gold band decoration.

Date: 1800-1830

Maker: unknown

Material: porcelain

GUSN: 203427

Accession Number: 2006.44.1695

Serving bowl

Ceramic serving dish, oval shaped with sloped sides. Pink rose and blue rectangle transfer printed decoration around rim.

Date: 1903-1929

Maker: Carrollton China Company (Manufacturer)

Material: ceramic (material)

GUSN: 203430

Accession Number: 2006.44.1693

Serving dish set

Ceramic serving dish set of an oval double handled serving dish with cover and squat double handled pot. Intertwined green and aqua laurel leaf decoration around rim.

Maker: Johnson Bros. (Manufacturer)

Material: ceramic (material)

GUSN: 203435

Accession Number: 2006.44.1691

Serving dish

Ceramic serving dish, oval with scalloped edge, double handles and footed base [a] with matching scalloped edge cover [b] with handle. Intertwined green and aqua laurel leaf decoration around rim.

Maker: Johnson Bros. (Manufacturer)

GUSN: 203439

Accession Number: 2006.44.1691.1ab

Serving pot

Ceramic double handled serving pot with scalloped edge. Squat, bulbous form with small footed base. Intertwined green and aqua laurel leaf decoration around rim. Both handles have been broken off and the cover is missing.

Maker: Johnson Bros. (Manufacturer)

GUSN: 203440

Accession Number: 2006.44.1691.2

Eggcup

Porcelain egg cup with short stemmed base. Hand painted decoration of a chicken on one side.

Maker: unknown

Material: porcelain

GUSN: 203441

Accession Number: 2006.44.1692

Tile

No description

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 203443

Accession Number: 1918.1217

Serving bowl

Small ceramic serving bowl with three legs and handle. Brown glazed exterior and white glazed interior.

Maker: unknown

Material: ceramic (material)

GUSN: 203448

Accession Number: 2006.44.1689

Tile

Four polychrome glazed shards.

Date: ca. 1750

Maker: unknown

Material: earthenware, ceramic glaze

GUSN: 203449

Accession Number: 1918.1312A

Pair of bowls

Pair of ceramic bowls with hand painted pink and purple floral and cornucopia decoration on bowl base, with purple floral garland decoration around rim. Molded rope edge on exterior rim. Small flowers painted around the bowl exterior.

Maker: unknown

Material: ceramic (material)

GUSN: 203451

Accession Number: 2006.44.1690

Bowl

Ceramic bowl with hand painted pink and purple floral and cornucopia decoration on bowl base, with purple floral garland decoration around rim. Molded rope edge on exterior rim. Small flowers painted around the bowl exterior.

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 203455

Accession Number: 2006.44.1690.1

Bowl

Ceramic bowl with hand painted pink and purple floral and cornucopia decoration on bowl base, with purple floral garland decoration around rim. Molded rope edge on exterior rim. Small flowers painted around the bowl exterior.

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 203460

Accession Number: 2006.44.1690.2

Tile

Square, maganese purple and white glazed tile depicting man with halo (perhaps Jesus) with three sheep and mountainous background landscape in double circular frame with stylized flowers in each corner.

Date: ca. 1750

Maker: unknown

Material: earthenware, ceramic glaze

GUSN: 203467

Accession Number: 1959.121G

Tile

Square, maganese purple and white glazed tile depicting swan on water with four stylized flowers in corners.

Date: ca. 1750

Maker: unknown

Material: earthenware, ceramic glaze

GUSN: 203473

Accession Number: 1961.189B

Tea service

Nineteen piece Noritake tea service consisting of: teapot with cover, sugar with cover, creamer, four tea cups, six saucers, and six dessert plates [missing two teacups]. Yellow band decoration around rim with black and white striped medallions containing orange and yellow flowers. Thin gold stripe ...

Date: 1921-1940

Maker: Noritake (Manufacturer)

Material: porcelain

GUSN: 203482

Accession Number: 2006.44.1694

Teapot

Teapot [a] with cover [b]. Yellow band decoration around body of teapot and rim of lid with black and white striped medallions containing orange and yellow flowers. Thin gold stripe decoration around top of finial, spout, and back side of handle.

Date: 1921-1940

Maker: Noritake (Manufacturer)

GUSN: 203483

Accession Number: 2006.44.1694.1ab

Sugar bowl

Double handled barrel shaped porcelain sugar bowl with cover. Yellow band decoration around body of sugar and rim of cover with black and white striped medallions containing orange and yellow flowers. Thin gold stripe decoration around top of finial and back side of handles.

Date: 1921-1940

Maker: Noritake (Manufacturer)

GUSN: 203484

Accession Number: 2006.44.1694.2ab

Lampshades

A set of four silk lampshades that have painted landscapes on them. On the seam is small gold clamps. There is a thin black and gold fabric trim on the top and bottom edges. The inside is framed. The landscape is in black and white but the indside is the same landscape but in color.

Maker: unknown

Material: silk (textile)

GUSN: 202648

Accession Number: 2006.44.1559

Lampshade

Silk lampshade that has a painted landscape on it. On the seam is small gold clamps. There is a thin black and gold fabric trim on the top and bottom edges. The inside is framed. The landscape is in black and white but the inside is the same landscape but in color.

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 202649

Accession Number: 2006.44.1559.1

Lampshade

Silk lampshade that has a painted landscape on it. On the seam is small gold clamps. There is a thin black and gold fabric trim on the top and bottom edges. The inside is framed. The landscape is in black and white but the inside is the same landscape but in color.

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 202650

Accession Number: 2006.44.1559.2

Lampshade

Silk lampshade that has a painted landscape on it. On the seam is small gold clamps. There is a thin black and gold fabric trim on the top and bottom edges. The inside is framed. The landscape is in black and white but the inside is the same landscape but in color.

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 202651

Accession Number: 2006.44.1559.3

Charcoal drawing of Stephen Phillips (1907-1971) from the shoulders up. He is wearing a suit coat, vest, tie, collar, and round framed glasses. The drawing is on cream colored paper and has a wood frame painted black.

Date: 1925

Maker: Clark's Salem Art Shop (Framer)

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

GUSN: 202673

Accession Number: 2006.44.642

Photograph

Black and white photograph of a woman among sheep. The woman faces left and is golding a long stick in her right hand and a small branch with leaves in her left hand. A sheep is approaching her from behind and others are grazing in the background. There are trees in the background, center and left.

Date: 1880

Maker: Reproduction of Lerolle, Henry, 1848-1929 (Artist)

Material: paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 202675

Accession Number: 2006.44.643

Print

Color print of a landscape with water in the foreground and trees and mountains in the background. There is a lake with a small sailboat. There are three people in the boat including one wearing a bright red shirt. There are rocks on the shoreline in the bottom left and trees on the far center right...

Maker: X.H. Shaw & Son (Framer)

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

GUSN: 202678

Accession Number: 2006.44.644

Madonna and Child

Oil painting of the Madonna and child. The Madonna holds the Child in her lap as a woman looks on. Gold painted frame has applied plaster detail at corners and around the interior of the frame.

Maker: unknown

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

GUSN: 202679

Accession Number: 2006.44.645

Canoes in Water

Black, gray and white scene of canoes in water and landing on a piece of land. There are eight cannoes with one or tow men in each. The main landmass is in the bottom right and features teepees and a tall and cury tree. There are other islands in the distance. The frame is finished in dark brown and...

Maker: unknown

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

GUSN: 202680

Accession Number: 2006.44.646

Photograph

Three black and white photographs of Egyptian sites in a long, light brown wooden frame. Photo on left has a pillar and ruins with four people hugging the sites. Center photo has five columns with hieroglyphics and papyrus capitols and three people sitting in bottom right corner. Right photo has a l...

Maker: unknown

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

GUSN: 202705

Accession Number: 2006.44.647

Declaration of Independece

A large engraved copy of the Declaration of Independence. At the bottom left is an explanation that the copy is true to the original. The wood frame is painted gold with a rough finish. There are gold leaf decorations in the four corners, applied plaster spiral decoration and modified egg-and-dart p...

Date: 1818

Maker: Tyler, Benjamin O. (Copyist) Maverick, P. (Engraver) X.H. Shaw & Son (Framer)

Material: paper (fiber product), ink

GUSN: 202706

Accession Number: 2006.44.648

Three Children Feeding Birds at Church Door

Oil painting of three children with birds at a doorway. One child is looking down, the other two children are feeding birds. Salmon-colored steps lead up to closed double doors over which a saint's image appears in the pediment. The doorway is flanked by pink marble columns with elaborately carved c...

Date: 1876

Maker: Mion, Luigi, 1843-ca. 1878 (Painter)

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

GUSN: 202707

Accession Number: 2006.44.650

Venetian Landscape

Watercolor of Venetian buildings and boats. Buildings with towers and domes prominent at left and fade into distance right. Water in foreground and right. Prominent boat at center has red and white sails. Set in a gold mat and gold wooden frame with a smooth finish around inside with an applied plas...

Maker: unknown

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

GUSN: 202708

Accession Number: 2006.44.651

Monk on a Terrace

Oil painting of a monk on a patio, framed in a large, solid wooden frame. The painting is very dark. Monk is in the right foreground with his arm on the patio. The patio has two columns with climbing vines. The landscape is in the distance. The frame is wood with wood trim and has a natural golden f...

Maker: unknown

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

GUSN: 202709

Accession Number: 2006.44.652

Woman Holding Doves

Oil painting of a woman holding doves, framed in a golden wooden frame with applied plaster details. The woman is wearing a red and blue dress with white trim and a straw hat with fiber trim. She is shown sitting from the waist up, left shoulder forward and exposed. She holds the body of a bird in h...

Maker: unknown

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

GUSN: 202710

Accession Number: 2006.44.653

Spirit of '76

Framed black and white print of a family outfitting a man who is going to fight in the American Revolution in a wood frame painted gold. The scene has eight people: Militia man at door, older man preparing a gun, a woman kneeling at the front of man in uniform, a young boy kneeling with powder horn,...

Date: 1847

Maker: Matteson, Tompkins H., 1813-1884 (Engraver) H.S. Sadd (Printer)

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

GUSN: 202711

Accession Number: 2006.44.654

Portrait of Stephen Phillips

Full length portrait of Stephen Phillips as a young boy holding a whip, in a wooden frame painted gold. The boy is wearing shorts, an over jacket, white collared shirt, and a red necktie. He has brown hair and brown eyes. Pink and purple flowers are the in bottom left corner. The frame is wood with ...

Date: 1910-1920

Maker: Lucas, Albert Pike, 1862-1945

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

GUSN: 202712

Accession Number: 2006.44.655

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