Historic New England

Teacup and saucer

Earthenware handless cup and saucer with green-black transfer-print pattern depicting Benjamin Franklin's maxim, "Industry need not wish." Pattern depicts man working in garden, one man rolling lawn and another man planting trees. Sailboats in background. Border pattern of clover in panels, separate...

Date: 1820-1840

Maker: Possibly Davenport, John (Maker)

Material: earthenware, glazing (coating), transfer printing

GUSN: 46005

Accession Number: 1958.161.1-.2

Teapot

Copper lusterware teapot. Blue bands adorn the body and the cover. Beading around the body and rim. Mushroom finial. Eagle molded handle.

Date: 1825-1850

Maker: unknown

Material: lusterware, copper (metal), glazing (coating)

GUSN: 46006

Accession Number: 1958.167AB

Pitcher

All-over copper lustre w/ rococo ear-shaped handle and beading in relief around rim and pointy spout; overglaze enamel blue, green, and yellow sprays of stylized flowers.

Date: 1825-1850

Maker: unknown

Material: lusterware, copper (metal), earthenware, glazing (coating), overglazing, tin (metal)

GUSN: 46007

Accession Number: 1958.172

Dinner plate

Earthenware plate with black transfer-printed pattern "Non Pareil." Border of leafy sprigs on veiny ground; central scene of women and one man in plumed hat under palm tree on river bank; suspension bridge hung from towers; buildings and mountains in distance.

Date: 1843-1855

Maker: Mayer, Thomas, John, Jos (Maker)

Material: earthenware, glazing (coating), transfer printing

GUSN: 46008

Accession Number: 1958.174

Sauceboat

Earthenware sauceboat with mulberry colored tranfer-print. Alpine scene of distant mountains; village and a bridge; two people in a rowboat; girl ashore in the foreground; border of scrolls and floral sprays.

Date: 1830-1850

Maker: unknown

Material: earthenware, transfer printing, molding (forming), glazing (coating)

GUSN: 46009

Accession Number: 1958.176

Teapot

Blue transfer-printed pearlware teapot. Floral molded finial. Floral and trellis pattern.

Date: 1820-1835

Maker: John Rogers & Son (Maker)

Material: pearlware, glazing (coating), transfer printing

GUSN: 46010

Accession Number: 1958.184AB

Teapot

Blue transfer-printed pearlware teapot. Square finial. Floral accents on finial, spout, and handle. Guilloche design around the cover and rim. Pastoral scene adorns the body.

Date: 1820-1840

Maker: unknown

Material: pearlware, glazing (coating), transfer printing

GUSN: 46011

Accession Number: 1958.187AB

Wash pitcher

Red, transfer-print earthenware pitcher. Flower and scroll pattern on interior and exterior rim and handle. The print on the sides of pitcher is of an urn and basket filled with flowers and fruit. A duck is in the mid-ground; a body of water, buildings and a flying duck in the background.

Date: 1815-1850

Maker: Davenport (Maker)

Material: earthenware, transfer printing, molding (forming), glazing (coating)

GUSN: 46012

Accession Number: 1958.188

Windsor writing chair

Windsor tablet-arm writing chair with 9-spindle bowback has bamboo-turned legs and T stretchers. Armchair is painted black and incised around seat edge.

Date: 1725-1860

Maker: unknown

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

GUSN: 46013

Accession Number: 1958.397

Slades Spice Mill, Chelsea, MA.

Mill exterior, river in foreground. Sign reads "Slades Spices." Chelsea, MA.

Date: 1850-1875

Maker: unknown

Material: supports (artists' materials), oil paint (paint)

GUSN: 46014

Accession Number: 1959.485

Pin

Non-tapered pin.

Maker: unknown

Material: hardwood

GUSN: 46015

Accession Number: 1950.550

Bowl

No description

Maker: unknown

Material: earthenware

GUSN: 46016

Accession Number: 1958.1369

Portrait of Abigail Waite Webster

Portrait of Abigail Waite Webster, with hands clasped, red curtain and window in background.

Maker: unknown

Material: oil paint (paint)

GUSN: 46017

Accession Number: 1958.4437

Ingrain Carpet Fragment

Long strip of narrow, though uneven, pieces woven with dark green tree-like limbs; irregular-shape leaf clusters on polychromatic woven stripe ground that includes pink, orange, etc.

Date: 1851-1875

Maker: unknown

Material: flatweaves, jacquard, machine-made, piecing, wool (textile)

GUSN: 46018

Accession Number: 1959.1

Ingrain Carpet Fragment

Rectangular with dark green leaf and floral motifs. Border of same green tree-like limbs and irregular shaped leaves; green bar with line of pink dots. All on ground of polychromatic woven stripes.

Date: 1851-1875

Maker: unknown

Material: flatweaves, jacquard, machine-made, wool (textile)

GUSN: 46019

Accession Number: 1959.2

Ingrain Carpet Fragment

Rectangular, with dark green leaf designs on bright polychromatic woven stripe ground.

Date: 1860-1880

Maker: unknown

Material: flatweaves, jacquard, machine-made, wool (textile)

GUSN: 46020

Accession Number: 1959.3

Ingrain Carpet Fragment

Strip, with selvage edges comprising parts of larger, unidentified pattern incorporating medallions with wide strapwork, brackets and abstract floral components; vein-like ground. Predominantly red and green; some light blue.

Date: 1865-1880

Maker: unknown

Material: flatweaves, jacquard, machine-made, wool (textile)

GUSN: 46021

Accession Number: 1959.4A

Ingrain Carpet Fragment

No description

Date: 1851-1875

Maker: unknown

Material: flatweaves, jacquard, wool (textile)

GUSN: 46023

Accession Number: 1959.7A

Carpet Sample

Rectangular strip; selvage sides and raw ends. Polychromatic wool warps with natural cotton weft producing uneven stripes, wide central band of tan/cream flanked by bands of shades of green, then shades of red with tan-cream selvage.

Date: 1820-1850

Maker: unknown

Material: cotton (textile), flatweaves, hand weaving, wool (textile)

GUSN: 46024

Accession Number: 1959.8

Carpet Sample

Rectangular strip; twill weave. Polychromatic uneven stripes in diagonal and zig-zag patterns. Selvage sides; raw ends.

Date: 1870-1910

Maker: unknown

Material: flatweaves

GUSN: 46025

Accession Number: 1959.9

Ingrain Carpet Fragment

Rectangular strip; selvage sides. Woven with overall design of scrolling leafy vines in large, naturalistic scale. On woven green and red striped ground.

Date: 1880-1910

Maker: unknown

Material: flatweaves, jacquard, machine-made, wool (textile)

GUSN: 46026

Accession Number: 1959.10

Rag Carpet Sample

Rectangular strip of rag carpet with selvage sides; one hemmed and one raw end. Fine, but closely packed; two-ply polychromatic wool warp with dark and white wool rag weft producing uneven striped pattern. Wide center stripe of gold with bleached warp yarn "spots" flanked by narrower green stripes ...

Date: 1830-1870

Maker: unknown

Material: cotton (textile), hand weaving, piecing, wool (textile)

GUSN: 46027

Accession Number: 1959.11

Window Curtain Material Sample

Rectangular, fine cotton; naturalistic images of cock and hen pheasants among ferns and other flowers. Primarily blue and tans; off white ground.

Maker: unknown

Material: cotton (textile), tabby (textile)

GUSN: 46028

Accession Number: 1959.17

Ingrain Carpet Fragment

No description

Date: 1845-1860

Maker: unknown

Material: flatweaves, jacquard, wool (textile)

GUSN: 46029

Accession Number: 1959.18

Bed Curtain Fragment

Black and white copperplate views of the life of a horse. Views progress down from racer, to squire's fox ride, to drawing a stage, to drawing a cart, to being dead in a cart.

Date: ca. 1820

Maker: unknown

Material: copper engraving (printing process), cotton (textile), printing (process), rolling up, toile (textile material), textiles, copper (metal)

GUSN: 46030

Accession Number: 1959.19

Cloth Fragment

No description

Maker: unknown

Material: textiles

GUSN: 46031

Accession Number: 1959.23

Bed Curtain Fragment

Rectangular; even blue and white check pattern. Hemmed ends and one side; one selvage side.

Date: 1770-1830

Maker: unknown

Material: hand weaving, linen (material)

GUSN: 46032

Accession Number: 1959.25

Bag

No description

Maker: unknown

Material: textiles

GUSN: 46033

Accession Number: 1959.27

Pillowcase

Rectangular, off white, thin cotton; single piece folded with hemmed open end.

Maker: unknown

Material: cotton (textile), cross-stitching, tabby (textile)

GUSN: 46034

Accession Number: 1959.28

Plate

Earthenware plate with a scalloped edge. Rope molded border. Molted brown and green glaze.

Date: 1750-1785

Maker: unknown

Material: earthenware, glazing (coating)

GUSN: 47371

Accession Number: 1966.426

Gothic Side Chair

Gothic side chair with a carved back and upholstered seat.

Date: 1845-1865

Maker: unknown

Material: upholstering, walnut (wood)

GUSN: 47372

Accession Number: 1966.428

Crock

No description

Maker: unknown

Material: stoneware (pottery)

GUSN: 47373

Accession Number: 1966.434A

Lid

No description

Maker: unknown

Material: stoneware (pottery)

GUSN: 47374

Accession Number: 1966.434B

Jug

No description

Maker: unknown

Material: stoneware (pottery)

GUSN: 47375

Accession Number: 1966.435

Jacket

Green jacket with pleats at the front and back with a belt going from the side seams to the back, two pockets, and six brown buttons center front. Part of a suit.

Date: 1880

Maker: unknown

Material: twill, wool (textile)

GUSN: 47376

Accession Number: 1966.436A

Photograph

View of a low clapboard farm house and barn behind a stone wall, w/ several figures standing in front of the buildings, one man holding the bridle of a horse-drawn carriage.

Date: 1865-1890

Maker: unknown

Material: albumen (egg white)

GUSN: 47377

Accession Number: 1966.438

Double cloth coverlet fragment

Blue wool and white cotton, reversible; overall geometric pattern of repeating crosses of two styles; border abstract pine trees; base line and chevron.

Date: 1775-1825

Maker: unknown

Material: cotton (textile), double weave, textiles, wool (textile)

GUSN: 47378

Accession Number: 1966.442

Jug

No description

Maker: unknown

Material: stoneware (pottery)

GUSN: 47379

Accession Number: 1966.444

Jug

Stoneware jug with blue glaze floral decoration. Stamped "A.B. WHEELER & CO. 69 Broad Street Boston, Mass."

Maker: unknown

Material: stoneware (pottery)

GUSN: 47380

Accession Number: 1966.445

Jug

Stonewar jug with handle. Stamp reads "A.G. SMALLEY No. 18 Blackstone St., BOSTON". Stamp of a swan figure below the label stamp.

Maker: unknown

Material: stoneware (pottery)

GUSN: 47381

Accession Number: 1966.446

Portrait of Elizabeth Sparrow

Bust-length portrait of a woman in a black dress with white lace collar facing right. Sitter has a rectangular tortoisehell haircomb in her hair and is wearing a square gold earring, three narrow gold chains, and a decorative belt buckle. Twin sister, Mary Sparrow, is 1966.460.

Date: 1826

Maker: Doyle, William M.S., 1769-1828 (Artist)

Material: paper (fiber product), oil pastels

GUSN: 47382

Accession Number: 1966.459

Portrait of Mary Sparrow

Bust-length portrait of Mary Sparrow with cleft chin wearing a black dress with white lace collar facing left. Sitter has a rectangular tortoiseshell haircomb in her hair and is wearing a square filigree earring, three narrow gold chains, and a decorative belt buckle. Twin sister Elizabeth Sparrow i...

Date: 1826

Maker: Doyle, William M.S., 1769-1828 (Artist)

Material: paper (fiber product), oil pastels

GUSN: 47383

Accession Number: 1966.460

Portrait of Two children

Oil portrait of two blue-eyed children wearing identical white dresses with embroidered bodices and a tasseled bow at the waist. Each child is also wearing a pale pink robe with embroidered and tasseled cuffs. The child on the right has a small tuft of blond hair and is holding the end of the tassel...

Date: 1859

Maker: Lydston, William, Jr., 1813-1881 (Artist)

Material: canvas, oil paint (paint)

GUSN: 47384

Accession Number: 1966.461

Box

No description

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 47387

Accession Number: 1966.470

Fragment

No description

Maker: unknown

Material: plaster

GUSN: 47388

Accession Number: 1966.471

Ingrain Carpet Fragment

Rectangular with pattern of overlaying rococco-like floral vines on mottled ground.

Date: 1885-1900

Maker: unknown

Material: flatweaves, jacquard, wool (textile)

GUSN: 47389

Accession Number: 1966.472

Plaster

Piece of original plaster from front wall right hand room Squamanagonic near Gonic, New Hampshire. This piece of wall adhered to the surface of the square hewn log wall. This wall has been punctured with small holes to secure the plaster and the pattern of these holes is clearly visible on reverse o...

Date: 1700-1725

Maker: unknown

Material: hair, painting (coating), plaster, sand

GUSN: 47390

Accession Number: 1966.473

Chest

No description

Date: 1820

Maker: unknown

Material: brass (alloy), hide (collagenous material), iron (metal), wood (plant material)

GUSN: 47391

Accession Number: 1966.493

Globe

One of a pair of Terrestrial and Celestial Globes.

Maker: Adams, Dudley (Maker)

GUSN: 47392

Accession Number: 1966.495.1

Globe

One of a pair of globes which belonged to John Lowell, Jr.

Date: 1793

Maker: unknown

Material: alder (wood), gesso, paper (fiber product), brass (alloy)

GUSN: 47393

Accession Number: 1966.495.2

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