Historic New England

Bowl

Slightly concave side walls, broad flat bottom with low ring foot. Decorated interior has pink solid band on rim above band of grape leaves and curly vines. Circle and sprig of same repeat on floor. Copper luster overglaze.

Date: 1820-1850

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 254927

Accession Number: 1999.386.1

Bowl

Slightly concave side walls, broad flat bottom with low ring foot. Decorated interior has pink solid band on rim above band of grape leaves and curly vines. Circle and sprig of same repeat on floor. Copper luster overglaze.

Date: 1820-1850

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 254928

Accession Number: 1999.386.2

Bowl

Yellow clay body with interior decorated in four, yellow concentric rings. Floor has blue floral designs with purple stem.

Date: 1900-1940

Maker: unknown

Material: earthenware

GUSN: 254929

Accession Number: 1999.387

Set of three plates

Set of three ceramic plates.

Date: ca. 1920-1950

Maker: unknown

Material: earthenware, tin glaze

GUSN: 254930

Accession Number: 1999.388

Plate

Circular form with shaped bracket scrolled edge on slightly dished rim with blue and green bands. Very broadly painted scenic reserve in well featuring central pavilion and green "sponge" technique trees. Stamped "Made in Italy" on bottom.

Date: ca. 1920-1950

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 254932

Accession Number: 1999.388.1

Plate

Circular form with shaped bracket scrolled edge on slightly dished rim with blue and green bands. Very broadly painted scenic reserve in well featuring central pavilion and green "sponge" technique trees. Stamped "Made in Italy" on bottom.

Date: ca. 1920-1950

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 254933

Accession Number: 1999.388.2

Plate

Circular form with shaped bracket scrolled edge on slightly dished rim with blue and green bands. Very broadly painted scenic reserve in well featuring central pavilion and green "sponge" technique trees. Stamped "Made in Italy" on bottom.

Date: ca. 1920-1950

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 254934

Accession Number: 1999.388.3

Pitcher

Imari type decoration on bulbous ribbed body. Circular mouth with deep spout. Undecorated "C" scrolled handle.

Date: ca. 1875-1900

Maker: unknown

Material: porcelain

GUSN: 254936

Accession Number: 1999.389

Pitcher

Miniature. Deep cylindrical neck with squat bulbous body. Brown glazed with yellow band on body and blue dots. Copper lustre overglaze. "C"-shaped handle.

Date: 1825-1875

Maker: unknown

Material: earthenware, glaze, vitrification

GUSN: 254937

Accession Number: 1999.390

Mug

Cylindrical white body with half-round molded foot and ring above. Spurred 'C' scroll handle. Decorated in black transfer print of scroll edge shield with two boys playing with a boat. The name "Charles" decorates the opposite side.

Date: 1825-50

Maker: unknown

Material: earthenware, glaze

GUSN: 254939

Accession Number: 1999.391

Teacup

Circular white body with slightly flared walls, rounded bottom, low foot ring, bamboo-like 'C' scroll handle. Decorated with brown exterior rim, sprigs of daisies on interior and exterior.

Date: ca. 1900-1925

Maker: unknown

Material: porcelain

GUSN: 254941

Accession Number: 1999.392

Pair of Tea Bowls

Pair of chinese tea bowls.

Date: 1790-1810

Maker: unknown

Material: porcelain

GUSN: 254942

Accession Number: 1999.393

Tea Bowl

Cylindrical white body with rounded bottom and raised foot ring. Tnerior decorated with black en grisaille stripe and dots rim, with basket of flowers at the bottom. Scalloped exterior rim line, individual floral sprigs.

Date: 1790-1810

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 254943

Accession Number: 1999.393.1

Tea Bowl

Cylindrical white body with rounded bottom and raised foot ring. Tnerior decorated with black en grisaille stripe and dots rim, with basket of flowers at the bottom. Scalloped exterior rim line, individual floral sprigs.

Date: 1790-1810

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 254944

Accession Number: 1999.393.2

Tea Bowl

Circular slightly ribbed cylindrical form with rounded bottom, raised foot rim and ogee scalloped rim. En grisaille decoration with scalloped exterior line above individual sprigs.

Date: ca. 1790-1810

Maker: unknown

Material: porcelain

GUSN: 254945

Accession Number: 1999.394

Tea bowl

Made for export. Cylindrical white body with rounded bottom and raised foot ring. Sloppy, thick polychrome decoration with paired blue scrolled reserves and purple drapery between them.

Date: 1790-1830

Maker: unknown

Material: porcelain

GUSN: 254946

Accession Number: 1999.395

Cup and saucer

Cup (a) has flared straight cylindrical cup walls with squared, spurred handle. Pink interior rim with grape vine sprig in bottom. Exterior has pink rim above grape leaf and curly vine band. Saucer (b) has deep well, decorated on interior with solid pink rim band above grapevine band. Circle wit...

Date: 1820-1850

Maker: unknown

Material: porcelain

GUSN: 254948

Accession Number: 1999.396AB

Mug/ Cann

Made for export. Straight cylindrical white body. Decorated with polychrome floral bouquet with 4 sprigs. Striped and scalloped sepia rim bands.

Date: 1780-1820

Maker: unknown

Material: porcelain

GUSN: 254950

Accession Number: 1999.397

Pitcher

Cylindrical slightly upward flared walls, 'C' scroll handle. Whole body molded as bark, oak leaf and acorn. Four branch molded feet.

Date: 1875-1910

Maker: unknown

Material: opaque white glass

GUSN: 254952

Accession Number: 1999.398

Toothpick Holder

Cylindrical upper walls with swelled base and sloped back down to foot. Gold glaze is shaded deeper towards foot.

Date: 1930-1950

Maker: unknown

Material: earthenware

GUSN: 254956

Accession Number: 1999.399

Mug

Cylindrical white body with walls sloped out towards foot. Raised ring below rim with spurred 'C' scrolled handle. Blue flower with gilt foliage below gothic script inscription "for a gift".

Date: 1875-1900

Maker: unknown

Material: porcelain

GUSN: 254960

Accession Number: 1999.400

Saucer

Circular with deep well, sloped rim. Deep blue decoration on white body with four butterflies on edge and yellow rim. Vase-like decoration on floor. Drilled hole for hanging.

Date: 1900-1930

Maker: unknown

Material: earthenware, tin glaze

GUSN: 254961

Accession Number: 1999.401

Child's mug

Mug with a yellow glazed cylindrical body and molded foot ring. Silver lustre rim band and black transfer printed 12-point star with "R" at the center.

Date: 1790-1820

Maker: unknown

Material: earthenware

GUSN: 254963

Accession Number: 1999.402

Miniature Pitcher

Bulbous white glazed body with circular mouth, pinched in spout, and 'C' scrolled handle. Black rim on foot and handle. Bulbous body has yellow dot flowers with an unknown ornament in a heart-shaped reserve.

Date: 1900-1930

Maker: unknown

Material: earthenware, tin glaze

GUSN: 254964

Accession Number: 1999.403

Mug

Cylindrical white body with half round molded foot with raised ring above spurred 'C' scroll handle. Gilt inscription "Remember me" on exterior.

Date: 1880-1910

Maker: unknown

Material: porcelain

GUSN: 254965

Accession Number: 1999.404

Master Salt

Hexagonal perimeter with circular dished center. Upper half faceted with triangles, lower half pleat ribs. Base cut with 12 point star.

Date: 1850-1900

Maker: unknown

Material: cut glass

GUSN: 254966

Accession Number: 1999.405

Miniature Pitcher

Cylindrical white body with walls that slope in towards mouth and flat topped 'C' scroll handle. Decorated in famille rose style with bouquet in one reserve and two male figures in other. Marked "Made in China" on bottom.

Date: 1911-1930

Maker: unknown

Material: earthenware, vitrification

GUSN: 254967

Accession Number: 1999.406

Minature Vase

White bulbous body with scalloped rim. Heavy applied grape vine decoration on body and forming two handles with silver lustre glaze. Marked "CB" in a circle

Date: 1880-1910

Maker: unknown

Material: earthenware, vitrification

GUSN: 254968

Accession Number: 1999.408

Vase

Pear-shaped body with intaglio key-like decoration. Blue-brown glazing overall.

Date: 1920-1940

Maker: unknown

Material: earthenware

GUSN: 254969

Accession Number: 1999.409

Pitcher

Blue transfer printed decoration on white body. Cylindrical neck with floral band inside and out. Squared 'C' shaped handle with same band as neck. Bulbous body with scene of a woman with two children and a dog in a landscape with a cathedral. No markings.

Date: ca. 1810

Maker: unknown

Material: earthenware

GUSN: 254970

Accession Number: 1999.410

Teabowl and saucer

Teabowl (a) has fauceted white body with flared rim and light blue transfer printed decoration. Wide floral border inside rim. Bottom and exterior decorated with landscape with figures punting on lake. Saucer (b) has same form as "a" except edge in concave.

Date: ca. 1820

Maker: unknown

Material: earthenware

GUSN: 254971

Accession Number: 1999.411AB

Pair of Pictures

Pair of Italian style pictures

Date: 1900-1940

Maker: unknown

Material: paper (fiber product), softwood, gesso

GUSN: 254972

Accession Number: 1999.413

Angel in Red

Depicts angel dressed in red, playing a brass horn. Hand colored print in 16th century Italian style on gold paper. Gilt rectangular frame with pointed steeple top. Steeple decorated with applied scrolled leaf-like ornament; pointed arch, glazed enframement of print flanked by two freestanding twist...

Date: 1900-1940

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 254973

Accession Number: 1999.413.1

Wallpaper

Fragment of layer six of six layers of wallpaper. Pattern of gold candelabra (?) pattern on white ground.

Date: after 1840

Maker: unknown

Material: paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 272220

Accession Number: 2000.509.6

Bandbox

Pasteboard bandbox (A) with lid (B). Border wallpaper, flocked and block-printed in two different patterns: outside: pink and white primroses with green leaves and stems, brown ground color; rim: same green shade of spiral borders. Box top border: covered in turquoise paper. Inside: 3/4 covered in w...

Date: 1815-1830

Maker: unknown

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

GUSN: 272228

Accession Number: 2001.281.31AB

Bandbox

Wooden bandbox missing lid. Block-printed gothic arches and windows in gray with large flower clusters and foliage bordering windows on white ground. Inside lined with newspaper from Newburyport, MA, 1947. Evidence of attempted repair to bottom of box.

Date: 1845-1855

Maker: unknown

Material: wood (plant material), paper (fiber product), block printing (relief printing process)

GUSN: 272229

Accession Number: 2001.281.32

Bandbox

Wooden bandbox (A) with lid (B). Box is covered with two layers of decorative paper. The first layer is a block-printed yellow floral on blue ground. The second, top layer is a block-printed rococo floral with scrolls and urns on verticle vines and borders. Printed in brown, green, white on gray ...

Date: 1840-1850

Maker: unknown

Material: wood (plant material), paper (fiber product), block printing (relief printing process)

GUSN: 272230

Accession Number: 2001.281.33AB

Bandbox

Circular pasteboard bandbox (A) with lid (B) and handle. Box covered in paper with a diamond foliate medallion and rosette pattern. Block printed in green and red on what appears to be unground paper. The lid rim is block-printed with green spheres on white ground. Evidence of repair to the lid r...

Date: 1835-1850

Maker: unknown

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

GUSN: 272231

Accession Number: 2001.281.34AB

Box

Rectangular box (A) with lid (B) made of wood panels. Decorative paper bordering edges, flower bouquet stencils and labels with Asian characters on two sides. Lid is a single wooden panel with Asian characters in diamond shape, framed by flowers. Underside of box is covered in brown paper framed b...

Maker: unknown

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

GUSN: 272232

Accession Number: 2001.281.35AB

Box

Square wooden box (A) with lid (B). Wallpaper covers edges, corners and rim of box. Paper cut to less than one inch width, cut in fan shape for corners. Paper is a block-printed white dot and floral design on blue ground. The underside of the lid is covered in a geometric pattern in green, gray a...

Maker: unknown

Material: wood (plant material), paper (fiber product), block printing (relief printing process)

GUSN: 272233

Accession Number: 2001.281.36AB

Trunk

Wooden trunk with lid. Roller-printed paper with a pattern of blue vines and brown medallions on ungrounded paper cover the outside of the trunk and lid. The underside of the lid is covered with a decorative paper of green and pink flowers. Hinges missing.

Maker: unknown

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

GUSN: 272234

Accession Number: 2001.281.37AB

Trunk

Trunk lined with three different wallpapers.

Maker: unknown

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

GUSN: 272238

Accession Number: 2001.281.38

Trunk

Trunk with detached lid. Trunk exterior covered with heavy green textile and decorated with similar black textile and tacts. The trunk has a drawer pull handle on the lid and a lock plate on front. The hinges are leather. The interior is lined with a decorative paper roller-printed with a very sm...

Maker: unknown

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

GUSN: 272240

Accession Number: 2001.281.39

Trunk

Trunk lined with ungrounded wallpaper with green floral vine pattern. Trunk contains wallpaper fragments, 1834 newspaper, wallpaper sketches and pieces from wooden bandboxes.

Maker: unknown

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

GUSN: 272241

Accession Number: 2001.281.40

Bandbox

Wooden bandbox. Box is covered with a block-printed floral pattern in white, green and pink on blue ground. Underside of box is covered with newspaper. Bottom sewn to box edges with string. Box contains fragments of another wooden bandbox and a lid rim.

Date: 1825-1835

Maker: unknown

Material: wood (plant material), paper (fiber product), block printing (relief printing process)

GUSN: 272242

Accession Number: 2001.281.41

Bandbox

Two wooden bandbox fragments (A) and (B) and lid fragments (C). Fragments are covered with a wallpaper with block-printed large flowers and intertwining blue and yellow lines on ungrounded paper.

Date: 1815-1820

Maker: unknown

Material: wood (plant material), paper (fiber product), block printing (relief printing process)

GUSN: 272243

Accession Number: 2001.281.42A-C

Woven wallet

Small woven wallet or clutch from Hawaii, top half (a) fits over the bottom half (b). Woven with strips of leaves in the traditional Hawaiian check design. The top half is decorated with small diamond-shaped designs, two on each side, made of dark brown leaves. The wallet or purse would have been wi...

Maker: unknown

Material: leaf (plant material)

GUSN: 272244

Accession Number: 2006.44.3690AB

Bandbox Lid

Bandbox lid. Paper covering lid appears to be made specifically for a bandbox. Pattern of a people and dog enclosed in a curtained setting. Block-printed in pink, green and white on blue ground. A paper of another design covers the lid rim: intertwined cords block-printed in pink, white and green...

Date: 1825-1835

Maker: unknown

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

GUSN: 272245

Accession Number: 2001.281.43

Bowl

Small wooden bowl from Hawaii. The inner bottom of the bowl has a decal with the word "Aloha" placed above the Kingdom of Hawaii seal, and the word "Hawaii" below the seal. The bowl was made prior to Hawaiian statehood in 1959. Although the bowl was a souvenir item available to the tourist trade, ...

Maker: unknown

Material: wood (plant material)

GUSN: 272246

Accession Number: 2006.44.3691

Outrigger Canoe Model

Wooden model of a Hawaiian single-hulled outrigger canoe (wa'a kuakahi) (a), with a steering oar (possibly) (b) and paddle (c). Both the canoe and steering oar are painted black and yellow. It is likely that the outrigger float, or ama, fell off at some point. The outrigger is an important vessel i...

Maker: unknown

Material: wood (plant material)

GUSN: 272247

Accession Number: 2006.44.3692A-C

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