Historic New England

Silver Spoons

Large silver spoon, with a floral scroll motif, and a "B" engraved on the handle.

Date: ca. mid 19th century

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 246962

Accession Number: 2002.29.8.7

Silver Spoons

Large silver spoon, with a floral scroll motif, and a "B" engraved on the handle.

Date: ca. mid 19th century

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 246963

Accession Number: 2002.29.8.8

Silver Spoons

Large silver spoon, with a floral scroll motif, and a "B" engraved on the handle.

Date: ca. mid 19th century

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 246964

Accession Number: 2002.29.8.9

Silver Spoons

Large silver spoon, with a floral scroll motif, and a "B" engraved on the handle.

Date: ca. mid 19th century

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 246965

Accession Number: 2002.29.8.10

Silver Spoons

Large silver spoon, with a floral scroll motif, and a "B" engraved on the handle.

Date: ca. mid 19th century

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 246966

Accession Number: 2002.29.8.11

Original upholstery fragments removed from 1969.1201.1. Blue and white toile pattern of Rococo vines and swags, crest supporting rural farm scene of a rooster, rabbit, and a woman on a swing. 1890s reprint of a 1780 Jean Baptiste Huet design "L'escarpolette" (The Swing).A-seat cover; B-back cover; C...

Date: 1930s

Maker: Reproduction of Huet, Jean Baptiste (Designer)

GUSN: 246997

Accession Number: 1969.1201.1A-G

Original fabric fragments

Original upholstery fragments removed from 1969.1201.2. Blue and white toile pattern of Rococo vines and swags, crest supporting rural farm scene of a rooster, rabbit, and a woman on a swing. 1890s reprint of a 1780 Jean Baptiste Huet design "L'escarpolette" (The Swing).A-seat cover; B-back cover; C...

Date: 1930s

Maker: Reproduction of Huet, Jean Baptiste (Designer)

GUSN: 247005

Accession Number: 1969.1201.2A-F

Set of 12 Soup Spoons

Set of 12 silver soup spoons, each with a scrolled floral decoration. Each spoon has the initial "B" engraved on the handle.

Date: ca. middle 19th century

Maker: unknown

Material: silver (metal), engraving (action)

GUSN: 247022

Accession Number: 2002.29.9

Soup Spoon

Silver soup spoon, with a scrolled floral decoration, and the initial "B" engraved on the handle.

Date: ca. middle 19th century

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 247025

Accession Number: 2002.29.9.1

Soup Spoon

Silver soup spoon, with a scrolled floral decoration, and the initial "B" engraved on the handle.

Date: ca. middle 19th century

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 247026

Accession Number: 2002.29.9.2

Soup Spoon

Silver soup spoon, with a scrolled floral decoration, and the initial "B" engraved on the handle.

Date: ca. middle 19th century

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 247027

Accession Number: 2002.29.9.3

Soup Spoon

Silver soup spoon, with a scrolled floral decoration, and the initial "B" engraved on the handle.

Date: ca. middle 19th century

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 247028

Accession Number: 2002.29.9.4

Soup Spoon

Silver soup spoon, with a scrolled floral decoration, and the initial "B" engraved on the handle.

Date: ca. middle 19th century

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 247029

Accession Number: 2002.29.9.5

Soup Spoon

Silver soup spoon, with a scrolled floral decoration, and the initial "B" engraved on the handle.

Date: ca. middle 19th century

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 247030

Accession Number: 2002.29.9.6

Soup Spoon

Silver soup spoon, with a scrolled floral decoration, and the initial "B" engraved on the handle.

Date: ca. middle 19th century

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 247031

Accession Number: 2002.29.9.7

Soup Spoon

Silver soup spoon, with a scrolled floral decoration, and the initial "B" engraved on the handle.

Date: ca. middle 19th century

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 247033

Accession Number: 2002.29.9.8

Soup Spoon

Silver soup spoon, with a scrolled floral decoration, and the initial "B" engraved on the handle.

Date: ca. middle 19th century

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 247034

Accession Number: 2002.29.9.9

Soup Spoon

Silver soup spoon, with a scrolled floral decoration, and the initial "B" engraved on the handle.

Date: ca. middle 19th century

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 247035

Accession Number: 2002.29.9.10

Soup Spoon

Silver soup spoon, with a scrolled floral decoration, and the initial "B" engraved on the handle.

Date: ca. middle 19th century

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 247036

Accession Number: 2002.29.9.11

Soup Spoon

Silver soup spoon, with a scrolled floral decoration, and the initial "B" engraved on the handle.

Date: ca. middle 19th century

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 247037

Accession Number: 2002.29.9.12

Pickle Fork

Three-pronged silver pickle fork, with two scrolls atop the handle. The initial "B" is engraved on the handle.

Date: ca. middle 19th century

Maker: unknown

Material: silver (metal), engraving (action)

GUSN: 247038

Accession Number: 2002.29.10

Pair of Salt Spoons

Two silver salt spoons, with rounded bowls. Both spoons have the initial "B" , and a shell motif, on their respective handles.

Date: ca. middle 19th century

Maker: unknown

Material: sterling silver, engraving (action)

GUSN: 247041

Accession Number: 2002.29.11

Portrait of Jane Watson Pepperrell (1701-1765)

Portrait of Jane Watson Pepperrell. Three-quarter length portrait of a woman with dark brown hair and eyes wearing a brown printed dress with white lace collar and cuffs. Sitter has on gold drop earrings and is holding a piece of fruit. Wood frame.

Date: 1707-1713

Maker: unknown

Material: oil paint (paint), canvas

GUSN: 270127

Accession Number: 1966.241

Desk and bookcase

Blockfront desk and bookcase.

Date: 1745-1760

Maker: unknown

Material: mahogany (wood), eastern white pine (wood)

GUSN: 270129

Accession Number: 1983.114

Tea Service

Tea service: Teapot with cover, Cream pitcher, Sugar with cover, Twelve tea cups, Twelve saucers, and Two cake plates.

Date: 1815

Maker: Attributed to New Hall Porcelain Works (Manufacturer)

Material: bone china

GUSN: 270234

Accession Number: 2012.116.1

Cameo brooch

Oval cameo brooch, carved floral design in center with a rose and a tulip. Pale peach colored background, floral design in white. Gold mount.

Date: 1850-1880

Maker: unknown

Material: conch (shell), gold (metal)

GUSN: 270235

Accession Number: 2012.117.1

Mug

Earthenware mug. Cylindrical with ear-shaped handle. Pale yellow with raised basket-weave pattern covering body, overlaid with floral motif.

Maker: unknown

Material: earthenware

GUSN: 270249

Accession Number: 1970.1310.631

Bedspread and Dresser Scarf Set

Nine piece bedspread and dresser scarf set, received as a wedding gift by Nunziatia DiFloures Rembis.

Date: 1938

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 270277

Accession Number: 2012.121.2

Stool

Yellow painted pine stool.

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 270282

Accession Number: 1996.143.4

Sideboard

Pine sideboard.

Maker: unknown

Material: pine (wood)

GUSN: 270288

Accession Number: 1996.143.7

Fragment, Textile

These are two overall pieces with one attached paper label on each. It is a romantic and dreamt representation related to Babylon: on a green background emerge two main scenes, staging richly dressed characters. A woman is standing next to her seated servant, and a man is standing next to his seated...

Date: 1980-2008

Maker: Clarence House (Manufacturer)

Material: cotton (textile), printing (process)

GUSN: 270464

Accession Number: 2012.126.1.1-.2

Pair of pier mirrors

Pair of pier mirrors.

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 270490

Accession Number: 1965.120

Cushion Cover

Cushion cover of plainweave glazed cotton block-printed with gold/yellow and red floral rosettes pattern blue ground. Cushion cover is constructed as a box shaped envelope open at one end. All hand stitched. Seams are finished with applied woven tape. Tape is 1" wide, vertically striped in dark brow...

Date: ca. 1818

Maker: Ovey, Richard (Designer) Probably Bannister Hall (Printer)

Material: cotton (textile), glaze, block printing (relief printing process)

GUSN: 270509

Accession Number: 1914.244B

Chintz Fragment

Square fragment with raw edges. Floral rosette pattern on blue ground.

Date: ca. 1818

Maker: Ovey, Richard (Designer) Probably Bannister Hall (Printer)

Material: cotton (textile), glaze, block printing (relief printing process)

GUSN: 270511

Accession Number: 1914.244C

Woven bag

Bag woven of flattened and plaited plant material, likely from the Pacific Islands. It has a strap for carrying and widens at the bottom to hold more volume..

Maker: unknown

Material: plant fiber

GUSN: 270524

Accession Number: 2006.44.3628

Oilcloth

Two pieces of red, green and cream oilcloth.

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 270570

Accession Number: 1935.1325AB

Mug

Lusterware mug. Concave sides, shaped and beaded base, beaded rim, and spurred ear-shaped handle. Copper luster body with blue band around middle and squiggly pattern in luster. Inside of mug is pale green.

Maker: unknown

Material: earthenware, lusterware

GUSN: 270571

Accession Number: 1956.89

Kapa

Kapa fragment, white with a small area of grey markings. This fragment was cut from a larger sample. Kapa (the Hawaiian word for tapa) is a cloth made from the inner bark of trees and is widely used in the Pacific for clothing and bedding, as well as secular, sacred, and ceremonial uses.

Maker: unknown

Material: tapa (bark cloth)

GUSN: 270843

Accession Number: 2006.44.3629

Tapa

Tapa fragment, light brown ground with a darker 2 1/2 inch wide band, outlined in dark brown paint, running at an angle across the tapa. Roughly square-shaped, two edges are serrated and two are straight. This piece of tapa was made in Samoa or Tonga. Tapa is called siapo in Samoa and ngatu in Tonga...

Maker: unknown

Material: tapa (bark cloth)

GUSN: 270857

Accession Number: 2006.44.3630

Kapa

Kapa fragment, white with embossed criss-crossing lines that create translucent diamond shapes. Kapa is the Hawaiian term for tapa, a cloth made from the inner bark of certain trees and widely used in the Pacific for clothing and bedding, as well as other secular, sacred, and ceremonial uses.

Maker: unknown

Material: tapa (bark cloth)

GUSN: 270859

Accession Number: 2006.44.3631

Bandbox

Bandbox with lid and cord handle; Bandbox [A] block printed wallpaper depicting bird hunting scene with men on horseback and hunting dogs. Block-printed in pink, white, red and glazed green on blue ground. Lid [B]: block printed wallpaper depicting sailing scene with mountains in the background on...

Date: 1825-1835

Maker: unknown

Material: paper (fiber product), cord (fiber product), block printing (relief printing process)

GUSN: 270860

Accession Number: 2001.281.2AB

Tapa

Fragment of white Tahitian tapa decorated with black flecks in an irregular striped pattern. Tahitian tapa is called "ahu." Tapa is a cloth made from the inner bark of trees and is widely used in the Pacific for clothing and bedding, as well as for other secular, sacred, and ceremonial uses.

Maker: unknown

Material: tapa (bark cloth)

GUSN: 270909

Accession Number: 2006.44.3632

Kapa

Kapa fragment from Hawaii, light ground with horizontal black and red bands and wavy black lines. Kapa (the Hawaiian word for tapa) is a cloth made from the inner bark of certain trees and is widely used in the Pacific for clothing and bedding, as well as other secular, sacred, and ceremonial uses.

Maker: unknown

Material: tapa (bark cloth)

GUSN: 270922

Accession Number: 2006.44.3633

Kapa

Small kapa fragment from Hawaii, brown ground with alternating bands of white stripes and ovals. Reverse side has embossed lines typical of kapa production. Kapa (the Hawaiian word for tapa) is a cloth made from the inner bark of certain trees and is widely used in the Pacific for clothing and bedd...

Maker: unknown

Material: tapa (bark cloth)

GUSN: 270923

Accession Number: 2006.44.3634

Bassinet frame and base

White and gold cast iron trestle base and canopy frame [.1ab]; Hinged oval basket lined with blue chintz [.1c].

Date: 1860-1874

Maker: unknown

Material: wrought iron (iron alloy)

GUSN: 270924

Accession Number: 1969.3518.1a-c

Bassinet mattress

Oval bassinet mattress

Date: 1860-1874

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 270925

Accession Number: 1969.3518.2

Bassinet curtain and canopy

Bassinet curtain panel [a] and canopy [b] of bright blue glazed chintz with white embroidered net decoration.

Date: 1860-1874

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 270926

Accession Number: 1969.3518.3ab

Tapa

Small Tahitian tapa (ahu) fragment decorated with red fern design, back side is unadorned. Tahitian tapa designs frequently used leaf or fern fronds dipped in dye and pressed against the tapa. Tapa is a cloth made from the inner bark of trees and is widely used in the Pacific for clothing and beddin...

Maker: unknown

Material: tapa (bark cloth)

GUSN: 270928

Accession Number: 2006.44.3635

Kapa

Small kapa fragment from Hawaii, white ground stamped with black circles and dots. Fragment is very thin and heavily embossed in a star-shaped pattern. The embossing is part of the kapa production process. Kapa (the Hawaiian word for tapa) is a cloth made from the inner bark of trees and is widely u...

Maker: unknown

Material: tapa (bark cloth)

GUSN: 270932

Accession Number: 2006.44.3636

Kapa

Kapa fragment, orange-yellow cloth decorated with stamped black bands and small red and black squares. This fragment was cut from a larger sample. Kapa (the Hawaiian word for tapa) is a cloth made from the inner bark of trees and is widely used in the Pacific for clothing and bedding, as well as oth...

Maker: unknown

Material: tapa (bark cloth)

GUSN: 270933

Accession Number: 2006.44.3637

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