Historic New England

Tureen

A Leeds creamware tureen with a green feather edge, embossing, two side handles, a cover with a handle resembling leafy vegetables, and a flared foot.

Date: 1800-1899

Maker: unknown

Material: creamware, ceramic (material), glazing (coating), molding (forming)

GUSN: 371355

Accession Number: 2016.188.1136A-C

Platter

An organic, ovoid creamware platter with a decorative green edge.

Date: 1800-1899

Maker: unknown

Material: creamware, ceramic (material), glazing (coating), molding (forming)

GUSN: 371356

Accession Number: 2016.188.1137

Tureen

A Leeds creamware tureen with bands of green feather decoration, embossing, two side handles, a cover with a handle resembling a leafy vegetable, and a flared foot.

Date: 1800-1899

Maker: unknown

Material: creamware, ceramic (material), glazing (coating), molding (forming)

GUSN: 371357

Accession Number: 2016.188.1138AB

Set of 3 Platters

Three oval Leeds creamware platters with a green feather edge and embossing.

Date: 1800-1899

Maker: unknown

Material: creamware, ceramic (material), glazing (coating), molding (forming)

GUSN: 371358

Accession Number: 2016.188.1139A-C

Platter

An oval Leeds creamware platter with a green feather edge and embossing.

Date: 1800-1899

Maker: unknown

Material: creamware, ceramic (material), glazing (coating), molding (forming)

GUSN: 371359

Accession Number: 2016.188.1140

Plate

A Leeds creamware plate with a green feather edge and embossing.

Date: 1800-1899

Maker: unknown

Material: creamware, ceramic (material), glazing (coating), molding (forming)

GUSN: 371360

Accession Number: 2016.188.1141

Plate

A Leeds creamware plate with a green feather edge and embossing.

Date: 1800-1899

Maker: unknown

Material: creamware, ceramic (material), glazing (coating), molding (forming)

GUSN: 371361

Accession Number: 2016.188.1142

Plate

A Leeds creamware plate with a green feather edge and embossing.

Date: 1800-1899

Maker: unknown

Material: creamware, ceramic (material), glazing (coating), molding (forming)

GUSN: 371362

Accession Number: 2016.188.1143

Plate

A Leeds creamware plate with a green feather edge and embossing.

Date: 1800-1899

Maker: unknown

Material: creamware, ceramic (material), glazing (coating), molding (forming)

GUSN: 371363

Accession Number: 2016.188.1144

Plate

A Leeds creamware plate with a green feather edge and embossing.

Date: 1800-1899

Maker: unknown

Material: creamware, ceramic (material), glazing (coating), molding (forming)

GUSN: 371364

Accession Number: 2016.188.1145

Plate

A Leeds creamware plate with a green feather edge and embossing.

Date: 1800-1899

Maker: unknown

Material: creamware, ceramic (material), glazing (coating), molding (forming)

GUSN: 371365

Accession Number: 2016.188.1146

Plate

A Leeds creamware plate with a green feather edge and embossing.

Date: 1800-1899

Maker: unknown

Material: creamware, ceramic (material), glazing (coating), molding (forming)

GUSN: 371366

Accession Number: 2016.188.1147

Plate

A Leeds creamware plate with a green feather edge and embossing.

Date: 1800-1899

Maker: unknown

Material: creamware, ceramic (material), glazing (coating), molding (forming)

GUSN: 371367

Accession Number: 2016.188.1148

Plate

A Leeds creamware plate with a green feather edge and embossing.

Date: 1800-1899

Maker: unknown

Material: creamware, ceramic (material), glazing (coating), molding (forming)

GUSN: 371368

Accession Number: 2016.188.1149

Plate

A Leeds creamware plate with a green feather edge and embossing.

Date: 1800-1899

Maker: unknown

Material: creamware, ceramic (material), glazing (coating), molding (forming)

GUSN: 371369

Accession Number: 2016.188.1150

Plate

A Leeds creamware plate with a green feather edge and embossing.

Date: 1800-1899

Maker: unknown

Material: creamware, ceramic (material), glazing (coating), molding (forming)

GUSN: 371370

Accession Number: 2016.188.1151

Plate

A Leeds creamware plate with a green feather edge and embossing.

Date: 1800-1899

Maker: unknown

Material: creamware, ceramic (material), glazing (coating), molding (forming)

GUSN: 371371

Accession Number: 2016.188.1152

Plate

A Leeds creamware plate with a green feather edge and embossing.

Date: 1800-1899

Maker: unknown

Material: creamware, ceramic (material), glazing (coating), molding (forming)

GUSN: 371372

Accession Number: 2016.188.1153

Low Bowl

A Leeds creamware shallow bowl with a green feather edge and embossing.

Date: 1800-1899

Maker: unknown

Material: creamware, ceramic (material), glazing (coating), molding (forming)

GUSN: 371373

Accession Number: 2016.188.1154

Low Bowl

A Leeds creamware shallow bowl with a green feather edge and embossing.

Date: 1800-1899

Maker: unknown

Material: creamware, ceramic (material), glazing (coating), molding (forming)

GUSN: 371374

Accession Number: 2016.188.1155

Low Bowl

A Leeds creamware shallow bowl with a green feather edge and embossing.

Date: 1800-1899

Maker: unknown

Material: creamware, ceramic (material), glazing (coating), molding (forming)

GUSN: 371375

Accession Number: 2016.188.1156

Plate

A Leeds creamware plate with a green feather edge and embossing.

Date: 1800-1899

Maker: unknown

Material: creamware, ceramic (material), glazing (coating), molding (forming)

GUSN: 371376

Accession Number: 2016.188.1157

Plate

A Leeds creamware plate with a green feather edge and embossing.

Date: 1800-1899

Maker: unknown

Material: creamware, ceramic (material), glazing (coating), molding (forming)

GUSN: 371377

Accession Number: 2016.188.1158

Low Bowl

A Leeds creamware shallow bowl with a green feather edge and embossing.

Date: 1800-1899

Maker: unknown

Material: creamware, ceramic (material), glazing (coating), molding (forming)

GUSN: 371378

Accession Number: 2016.188.1159

A rectangular, white silk scarf printed with mushrooms, insects, and plants in red, yellow, pink, and green, surrounded by a black border. The name "Ostinelli" is printed in the lower right-hand corner.

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 371228

Accession Number: 2016.188.992

12 Handkerchiefs

A square, white linen handkerchief with a narrow lace border and the embroidered monogram "AWS" in one corner.

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 371229

Accession Number: 2016.188.993

Table Runner

A rectangular beige linen table runner with black, white, and pink floral embroidery and a cross stitch border.

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 371230

Accession Number: 2016.188.994

Table Runner

A rectangular beige linen table runner with a blue cross stitch border.

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 371231

Accession Number: 2016.188.995

8 Napkins

Eight white linen napkins with a scalloped edge and one lace corner with embroidered grape vines.

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 371232

Accession Number: 2016.188.996

3 Handkerchiefs

Three white linen napkins with a band of pink fabric at one end.

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 371233

Accession Number: 2016.188.997

Handkerchief

A light-blue linen handkerchief with pink and silver-colored floral embroidery and a scalloped edge at one end.

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 371234

Accession Number: 2016.188.998

Fur Collar

A fur collar or scarf with velvet lining and cloth-covered metal clips at either end.

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 371235

Accession Number: 2016.188.999

Long Fur Scarf

A long-haired fur scarf with cloth lining and inner shoulder straps.

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 371236

Accession Number: 2016.188.1000

Fur Scarf

A long-haired fur scarf with silk lining and two hook closures at either end.

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 371237

Accession Number: 2016.188.1001

Fur Scarf

A fur scarf with silk lining and velvet shoulder straps.

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 371238

Accession Number: 2016.188.1002

Pair of Curtains

Two heavy, rectangular, taupe window curtain panels with blue, pink, green, and brown embroidered foliate designs throughout.

Maker: unknown

Material: textiles, embroidering

GUSN: 371239

Accession Number: 2016.188.1003.1-.2

Framed Document

1786-1787 handwritten documents from the Phillips Academy charging John and Thomas Bowman for a writing assistant, contained in a black wooden frame with a gilded interior border with relief decoration.

Date: 1786-1787

Maker: unknown

Material: paper (fiber product), ink, wood and wood products, gold (color)

GUSN: 371240

Accession Number: 2016.188.1004

Framed Document

A printed report of the Standing Town of Wiscasset, 1827, with selectmen, etc., in a gold-colored frame.

Date: 1827

Maker: unknown

Material: paper (fiber product), ink, wood and wood products, gold (color)

GUSN: 371241

Accession Number: 2016.188.1005

Framed Document

Probate will for Mr. Brooks of Hallowell, Commonwealth of Massachusetts, signed by Mr. John Bowman, 1789, contained in a black frame with low relief decoration.

Date: 1789

Maker: unknown

Material: paper (fiber product), ink, wood and wood products, paint (coating)

GUSN: 371242

Accession Number: 2016.188.1006

Framed Document

A motto print with central text which begins "Why Were The Saints, Saints?", surrounded by a printed foliate border, contained in a black wooden frame.

Maker: unknown

Material: paper (fiber product), ink, wood and wood products, paint (coating)

GUSN: 371243

Accession Number: 2016.188.1007

Still Life

A chromolithograph applied to glass showing a still life of fish, radishes, and greens laid upon a flat surface. The title "A Good Catch" in printed centrally at the bottom, and the 3 initials "B.W.-." are signed at the lower right corner.

Maker: unknown

Material: paper (fiber product), ink, printing (process), glass (material)

GUSN: 371244

Accession Number: 2016.188.1008

Framed Document

An 1811 document in ink on paper, signed Grainger, from the General Post Office, Wiscasset provenance, regarding the dismissal of Mr. Bowman (later Bowman), contained in a black wooden frame with a gilded interior border with relief decoration.

Date: 1811

Maker: unknown

Material: paper (fiber product), ink, wood and wood products, gold (color)

GUSN: 371245

Accession Number: 2016.188.1009

Framed Broadside

A broadside from Colonial Theater in Belfast, Maine, October 15, featuring "Jean Harlow, The girl from Missouri", "The Lemon Drop Kid", etc.

Maker: unknown

Material: paper (fiber product), ink, plastic (organic material)

GUSN: 371246

Accession Number: 2016.188.1010

Framed Document

A deed related to the Lincoln County Courthouse signed by John Bowman, Justice of the Peace, 1807, contained in a black wooden frame with a gilded interior border.

Date: 1807

Maker: unknown

Material: paper (fiber product), ink, wood and wood products, gold (color)

GUSN: 371247

Accession Number: 2016.188.1011