Historic New England

Dessert plates

Forty-three porcelain dessert plates with mauve and gold bands surrounding a gold medallion.

Date: 1815-1825

Maker: Possibly Sevres Porcelain Manufactory

Material: porcelain, glazing (coating)

GUSN: 241811

Accession Number: 1990.156.1-.43

Fruit baskets

Pair of porcelain pierced baskets. White with mauve banding and gilt decoration.

Date: 1815-1825

Maker: Possibly Sevres Porcelain Manufactory

Material: porcelain, gilding

GUSN: 241812

Accession Number: 1990.156.44-45

Fruit Cooler

Porcelain fruit cooler. Urn-shaped footed fruit cooler with insert and lid. White with mauve and gilt banding with two neoclassical heads as handles.

Date: 1815-1825

Maker: Possibly Sevres Porcelain Manufactory

Material: porcelain, gilding

GUSN: 241813

Accession Number: 1990.156.46A-C

Sauce Tureen

Pair of porcelain footed sauce tureens with lids. White with mauve and gilt banding.

Date: 1815-1825

Maker: Possibly Sevres Porcelain Manufactory

Material: porcelain, gilding

GUSN: 241814

Accession Number: 1990.156.47AB-.48AB

Vase

Brass vase with stamped all-over decoration

Date: ca. 1849

Maker: unknown

Material: brass (alloy), stamping (marking)

GUSN: 241815

Accession Number: 1990.59

Sauceboat

Blue transfer-printed pearlware sauceboat. Scroll and floral motif surrounds a dominant scene featuring quadrupeds.

Date: 1814-1832

Maker: Hall & Sons, John

Material: earthenware, transfer printing, glazing (coating)

GUSN: 241816

Accession Number: 1969.610.143

Urn

Red toleware urn [A] with cover [B]. Circular foot. Red, gold, and antique verte decoration with classical motifs of dancing maids, swans, and lyres.

Date: 1800-1820

Maker: unknown

Material: tinware

GUSN: 241844

Accession Number: 1942.1712.1AB

Urn

Red toleware urn with cover. Circular foot. Red, gold, and antique verte decoration with classical motifs of dancing maids, swans, and lyres.

Date: 1800-1820

Maker: unknown

Material: tinware

GUSN: 241845

Accession Number: 1942.1712.2AB

Side chair. Mahogany with birch seat rails and white pine corner blocks. Serpentine crest rail with arched center and pierced central circle. Carved molded ears. Swag and tassel at top of vase shaped pierced splat. Center of splat has figure-eight with looped diamond overlay. Splat seated behind p...

Date: 1755-1775

Maker: unknown

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

GUSN: 241847

Accession Number: 1966.294A

Needlework picture

A needlework picture depicting a girl with a parrot, teacup, dog, and basket of flowers worked in wool yarn on wool ground in its original wood frame.

Maker: unknown

Material: wool (textile), crewel wool

GUSN: 241913

Accession Number: 1993.498

Sampler

Alphabet and number sampler on natural linen ground. Worked with silk thread. One complete alphabet, letters A-W, and numbers 1-6. Cross stitch, Gobelin, loose satin stitch, and buttonhole stitch.

Date: 1835

Maker: Page, Louisa (Embroiderer)

Material: linen (material), silk (fiber)

GUSN: 241914

Accession Number: 1993.496

Painting of Flowers in a Blue Staffordshire Vase

Watercolor still life of flowers arranged in a blue Staffordshire vase decorated with a view of an English country house. Plain black painted wood frame.

Date: ca. 1840

Maker: Perley, Maria S., d. 1895 (Artist)

Material: watercolor (paint), paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 241926

Accession Number: 1996.105

Landscape Painting

Oil painting by Alvan Fisher of the Thwing children in a landscape in a gold frame.

Date: 1834-1851

Maker: Fisher, Alvan, 1792-1863

Material: oil paint (paint), canvas

GUSN: 241972

Accession Number: 1936.1008

Coral and Bells

This child's coral and bells is constructed from silver in a baluster shape, decorated with elaborately chased scrolls and roses, and hung at the "waist" with four silver bells (two are missing) suspened from small triangular tabs, each decorated with a petaled flower. For the child's amusement the ...

Date: 1780-1820

Maker: unknown

Material: silver (metal), coral (material)

GUSN: 241974

Accession Number: 1932.225

Block-front Chest of Drawers

Mahogany, block-front chest of drawers; molded and shaped oblong top above a conforming case with upper slide, four blocked and grauated long drawers below, the molded base continuing to blocked bracket feet.

Date: 1745-1760

Maker: unknown

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

GUSN: 241975

Accession Number: 1981.4

Linoleum Floorcloth

Pink floral linoleum.

Date: 1940-1950

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 241986

Accession Number: 1997.28

Side Chair

Side chair. Mahogany with maple loose seat frame. Serpentine crest rail. Pierced splat with Gothic tracery, carved columnar scrolls and central leaf motif H-pattern stretcher. Brackets under seat rail. Rests on Marlborough legs. Original web, linen, stuffing, and cover linen remain beneath twe...

Date: 1770

Maker: Bright, George, 1726-1805 (Furniture maker)

GUSN: 241989

Accession Number: 1980.75.2

"Palais-Royal" Wallpaper Panel

French Scenic wallpaper panel "Palais-Royal" pattern. Panel depicts a woman pulling a four wheeled wicker carriage with a small child seated inside. Greek temple facade and flat topped fluted column in background. Panel framed by a leafy arch at top and tree like columns on sides. Block printed in g...

Date: 1805-1810

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 242026

Accession Number: 2010.27.1.1

Federal tea service

Fourteen piece Federal tea service with blue on blue eagle and shield pattern with Boston harbor in the distance. Includes: Teapot with lid; Sugar with cover; Creamer; Six handless cups; Five saucers

Date: 1820-1835

Maker: unknown

Material: earthenware

GUSN: 242147

Accession Number: 2010.35.1

Teapot with lid

One of a set of fourteen. Teapot with lid. Squat body with flared lip behind spout. Oval footed base. Transfer printed blue on blue eagle and shield pattern with Boston harbor in the distance. Lid has hat shaped finial and faceted sides, blue on blue floral and scroll pattern.

Date: 1820-1835

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 242149

Accession Number: 2010.35.1.1AB

Sugar Bowl

Sugar bowl with lid. Squat oval body with scalloped rim. Two foliate handles. Oval footed base. Transfer printed blue on blue eagle and shield pattern with Boston harbor in the distance. Lid has hat shaped finial and facetted sides, blue on blue floral and scroll pattern.

Date: 1820-1835

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 242154

Accession Number: 2010.35.1.2AB

Cream pitcher

Cream pitcher. Squat oval body with scalloped rim. Curved spout and handle. Oval footed base. Transfer printed blue on blue eagle and shield pattern with Boston harbor in the distance.

Circular saucer, bowl shaped. Blue on blue eagle and shield pattern with Botston harbor in the distance printed on bottom and blue floral and scroll pattern printed on sides.

Date: 1820-1835

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 242176

Accession Number: 2010.35.1.13

Saucer

Circular saucer, bowl shaped. Blue on blue eagle and shield pattern with Botston harbor in the distance printed on bottom and blue floral and scroll pattern printed on sides.

Date: 1820-1835

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 242177

Accession Number: 2010.35.1.14

Theorem Painting

Theorem painting, oil paint on linen. Depicts roses and rose buds. Matted and framed under glass.

Date: late 18th-early 19th century

Maker: unknown

Material: oil paint (paint), linen (material)

GUSN: 242235

Accession Number: 1934.2853

Sampler

Two alphabet samplers sewn together, smaller one stitched to the front of the other; larger piece has five complete alphabets plus "ABC" and "A-W"; numbers "1-6"; each line of letters divided by rows of cross stitch; tan and brown on natural linen ground. Smaller piece has three complete alphabets; ...

Date: 1835

Maker: Little, Rebecca Woodruff Brown, b. 1828 (Embroiderer)

Material: linen (material), silk (fiber), cross stitch, embroidery (visual works)

GUSN: 242300

Accession Number: 1932.2466

Covered dish

Covered dish, Dedham Pottery, "Rabbit" pattern crackle ware.

Date: 1896-1943

Maker: Dedham Pottery (Maker)

Material: earthenware

GUSN: 242580

Accession Number: 1923.355

Sampler

Cross stitch alphabet sampler; polychrome. Depicts a leopard at the foot. Stitched by Esther Green Stetson.

Maker: unknown

Material: linen (material), silk (textile), embroidery (visual works), cross stitch

GUSN: 242595

Accession Number: 1933.6291

Sampler

Cross stitch sampler; sqaure with ivory linen ground; one alphabet, missing "J"; geometric cross stitch border; polychromatic, silk thread.

Maker: Hawks, Mary (Embroiderer)

Material: cross stitch, linen (material), embroidery (visual works)

GUSN: 242596

Accession Number: 1933.6290

Needlework Picture

Framed needlework picture of Mt. Vernon on an ivory silk ground. Stitches used include: satin stitch and rice stitch.

Date: 1800-1830

Maker: unknown

Material: silk (textile), embroidery (visual works)

GUSN: 242648

Accession Number: 1933.6265

Sampler

Cross stitch sampler, vertical rectangle; ivory linen ground; polychromatic; bird, animal and flower motifs, two crosses, one with a ladder with keys on either side; two crowns, one with initials below, the other with date below, geometric stripes on either side; one alphabet, missing "J".

Date: 1784

Maker: unknown

Material: linen (material), cross stitch, embroidery (visual works)

GUSN: 242651

Accession Number: 1933.6260

"Palais-Royal" Wallpaper Panel

French Scenic wallpaper "Palais-Royal" pattern. Panel depicts two women in Empire gowns playing badminton. A dog lying on a blanket looks on. Floral arcade and half of a columned and domed gazebo appear in the background. Panel framed by a leafy arch at top and tree like columns on sides. Block prin...

Date: 1805-1810

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 242875

Accession Number: 2010.27.1.2

Tile rack

Wooden Mah-Jongg tile rack, painted black.

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 241418

Accession Number: 2006.44.3520.1

Tile rack

Wooden Mah-Jongg tile rack, painted black.

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 241419

Accession Number: 2006.44.3520.2

Tile rack

Wooden Mah-Jongg tile rack, painted black.

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 241420

Accession Number: 2006.44.3520.3

Tile rack

Wooden Mah-Jongg tile rack, painted red.

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 241421

Accession Number: 2006.44.3520.4

Souvenir Spoon

Silver souvenir spoon from Springfield, Massachusetts.

Date: 1891

Maker: unknown

Material: sterling silver

GUSN: 241422

Accession Number: 2004.14.2

Wallpapered Board

Wallpapered board. Top layer is an American roller-printed copy of an English block-printed design, "The Thelma" by R. Hamilton. Large Art Nouveau flowers, perhaps irises, printed in maroon, pink, and three greens on tan ground. Maroon striations create the appearance of fabric.

Date: 1910

Maker: After Hamilton, R. (Artist, Designer)

Material: wallpapers, softwood

GUSN: 241425

Accession Number: 1986.1090

Cape

Purple wool felt cape with rounded collar, arm holes, and covered buttons.

Date: 1957

Maker: Howes, Lorraine de Wet, Design Research (Designer)

Material: felt (textile), silk (fiber), machine sewing (technique)

GUSN: 241429

Accession Number: 1984.973

"Octagon Room Afternoon Sun"

Watercolor sketch of the Octagon Room at Beauport, Sleeper-McCann House in Gloucester, Massachusetts. Pale purple chaise longue in front of a large arched window with purple-red curtains. Dark paneled walls.

Date: 1940-1950

Maker: Hollister, Paul M., 1918-2004 (Artist)

Material: paper (fiber product), watercolor (paint)

GUSN: 241471

Accession Number: 2010.24.1

Box with lid

Circualr wooden box [A] with lid [B] and attached and carrying handle. Box body held together by wooden straps secured with copper staples. Handle attached to body with wooden pegs. Box lid has a rectangular image of maple syrup making glued to the top. Light reddish brown stain.

Date: 1880-1930

Maker: unknown

Material: wood (plant material)

GUSN: 241476

Accession Number: 2006.44.3521AB

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