Dinner plate with gilt decoration and blue diamond patterned band with spearhead border. Blue and metallic gold hand-painted "AQ" monogram in shield.
Date: 1790-1800
Maker: unknown
Material: porcelain
GUSN: 188255
Accession Number: 2009.5.2.47
GUSN: 188256
Accession Number: 2009.5.2.48
GUSN: 188257
Accession Number: 2009.5.2.49
Soup tureen [a] and cover [b] with blue transfer-printed diamond patterned band with spearhead border. Blue and metallic gold hand-painted "AQ" monogram in shield. Blue and gilt applied handles with foliate motif.
GUSN: 188258
Accession Number: 2009.5.2.50AB
Large oval platter with gilt decoration and blue diamond patterned band with spearhead border. Blue and metallic gold hand-painted "AQ" monogram in shield.
GUSN: 188259
Accession Number: 2009.5.2.51
Medium sized oval platter with gilt decoration and blue diamond patterned band with spearhead border. Blue and metallic gold hand-painted "AQ" monogram in shield.
GUSN: 188260
Accession Number: 2009.5.2.52
GUSN: 188261
Accession Number: 2009.5.2.53
Small oval platter with gilt decoration and blue diamond patterned band with spearhead border. Blue and metallic gold hand-painted "AQ" monogram in shield.
GUSN: 188262
Accession Number: 2009.5.2.54
GUSN: 188263
Accession Number: 2009.5.2.55
Porcelain soup plate with scalloped edge, painted floral bouquet decoration in pink, blue, purple, and orange.
Date: 1900-1920
Maker: Probably A. Schmidt & Son (Retailer)
GUSN: 188264
Accession Number: 2009.5.5.1
GUSN: 188265
Accession Number: 2009.5.5.2
Maker: A. Schmidt & Son (Retailer) (Maker)
GUSN: 188266
Accession Number: 2009.5.5.3
GUSN: 188267
Accession Number: 2009.5.5.4
GUSN: 188268
Accession Number: 2009.5.5.5
GUSN: 188269
Accession Number: 2009.5.5.6
GUSN: 188270
Accession Number: 2009.5.5.7
GUSN: 188271
Accession Number: 2009.5.5.8
Carved soapstone basin in the shape of an open bivalve shell, with closed bivalve shell feet and decoration.
Date: 1860-1900
Material: soapstone (metamorphic rock)
GUSN: 188961
Accession Number: 2009.5.16.1
Carved wooden stand for soapstone bowl in floral and foliate pattern, dark finish.
Material: wood (plant material)
GUSN: 188962
Accession Number: 2009.5.16.2
Brass ormolu candlestand [a] with cover [b]
Date: 1890-1910
Material: brass (alloy)
GUSN: 188963
Accession Number: 2009.5.19.1ab
GUSN: 188964
Accession Number: 2009.5.19.2ab
Oval gilt mirror with wreath and ribbon ornament.
Material: wood (plant material), glass (material), gilding
GUSN: 188965
Accession Number: 2009.5.20.1
GUSN: 188966
Accession Number: 2009.5.20.2
Plaster cherub head from Harvard Church, Charlestown, MA [built in 1819].
Date: ca. 1819
Material: plaster
GUSN: 189308
Accession Number: 2009.5.21.1
Plaster cherub heads from Harvard Church, Charlestown, MA [built in 1819].
GUSN: 189427
Accession Number: 2009.5.21.2
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
Maker: Probably Gorham Manufacturing Co. (Maker)
Material: electroplating, silver (metal)
GUSN: 189429
Accession Number: 2009.5.22.2
One of a set of twelve. Silver fish fork with a mother of pearl handle and an overall foliate design.
Date: 1900
Material: sterling silver, mother of pearl
GUSN: 189430
Accession Number: 2009.5.23.1
GUSN: 189431
Accession Number: 2009.5.23.2
Material: mother of pearl, sterling silver
GUSN: 189432
Accession Number: 2009.5.23.3
GUSN: 189433
Accession Number: 2009.5.23.4
Matching set ceramic bowl and mug; decorated with bunches of grapes with vine and leaves. bowl is half-globe shaped; footed; mug has straight sides and C-shaped handle; rim and base on each are outlined; handle on mug outlined; glazed.
Material: ceramic (material), ceramic glaze
GUSN: 250143
Accession Number: 1949.666.1-2
Ladder-back rocking chair; woven reed or splint seat; turned leges and back; urn-shaped finials; front legs protrude above the seat in rounded stumps; arm rests are attached to stretchers rather than seat with long turned posts; arms gently curve into a circular hand rest; rockers are short extendin...
Material: wood (plant material), reed (grass, material), turning (shaping process)
GUSN: 250151
Accession Number: 1949.677
Wooden footstool; turned splay lege with ball feet; undulating scroll-shaped seat; painted black.
Material: wood (plant material), turning (shaping process)
GUSN: 250154
Accession Number: 1949.678
Bow-back Windsor armchair; turned spindles, legs and H-stretcher; molded seat.
GUSN: 250155
Accession Number: 1949.680
Windsor-type side chair; curved back with spindles.
GUSN: 250296
Accession Number: 1949.682
Hanging corner cabinet; simple shaped back board; single panel hinged door; lock escutcheon; drop pull.
Material: wood (plant material), brass (alloy)
GUSN: 250297
Accession Number: 1949.683
Tole-painted tray; scalloped edge; black painted ground; floral design.
Material: tin (metal), paint (coating)
GUSN: 250298
Accession Number: 1949.685
Iron candlestick with drip saucer and a rush light at theopposite end of an adjustable support; attached to spindle on a stand with a flower-shaped drip saucer with four heart-shaped petals, with a ring-shaped foot at the base; the spindle extends from a heart-shaped attachment at the base to a fini...
Material: iron (metal)
GUSN: 250458
Accession Number: 1949.687
Small dough trough with circular geometric carving on each side; three circular designs on the long sides and one circular design at each end.
Material: wood (plant material), joining, carving (processes)
GUSN: 250459
Accession Number: 1949.688
Wooden scoop; rounded handle flares to bowl of scoop; rounded squared off scoop end.
Material: wood (plant material), carving (processes)
GUSN: 250460
Accession Number: 1949.689
Bowl made by a member of the Wabanaki Confederacy. Deep wooden bowl; hand-carved burl; ovoid; protruding knob-like handle; decorative shell-shaped protrusion on opposite side; crack in side with remnant of repair.
GUSN: 250461
Accession Number: 1949.690
Long wooden ladle; handle curved and flat on one side, is wider at the bowl than at the top; bowl is half spherical with a flat edge on the rim; metal hook at the end of the handle.
Material: wood (plant material), carving (processes), metal
GUSN: 250462
Accession Number: 1949.691
Carved wooden strainer; long handle with a hole for hanging, laced with a string; rounded, pierced end.
Material: wood (plant material), carving (processes), piercing
GUSN: 250463
Accession Number: 1949.692
Carved wooden ladle; long handle, narrow at the tip, flares slightly, narrows at the bowl; rounded, concave bowl with smooth rim.
GUSN: 250464
Accession Number: 1949.693
Pewter bowl, flat, reeded rim with incised band; flared sides; flat bottom.
Maker: Townsend, John (Pewterer)
Material: pewter (tin alloy), tin alloy
GUSN: 250465
Accession Number: 1949.694
Rounded pewter ladle; long wooden handle inserted into pewter stem; handle gently turned with finial at the top; twine attached to final for hanging.
Material: pewter (tin alloy), tin alloy, wood (plant material), turning (shaping process), twine
GUSN: 250466
Accession Number: 1949.695
Metal spoon; shell design on back of bowl; rounded pointed bowl; rounded tear-drop shaped end on handle with ridge in the center.
Material: metal
GUSN: 250467
Accession Number: 1949.699
Pewter spoons; tear-drop shaped handles with oval, slightly pointed bowls.
GUSN: 250468
Accession Number: 1949.700.1-2
Earthenware charger; polychrom bird design; buff-colored clay body with shite tin glaze overall; circular form with wide slightly dished rim and deep well with poorly defined cavetto; overall painted decoration in mineral colors: mottled yellow and blue background with two partridges on low flowerin...
Date: ca. 1900
Material: earthenware, tin glaze
GUSN: 250469
Accession Number: 1949.702