Historic New England

Saucer

Procelain saucer with light blue landscape scene with village. Has thin gold trim and Japanese symbols on back.

Maker: unknown

Material: porcelain

GUSN: 198777

Accession Number: 2006.44.2894.2

Teacup

Porcelain pink teacup with abbey scene "1893" California. Gold trim and handle.

Maker: unknown

Material: porcelain

GUSN: 198781

Accession Number: 2006.44.2887.1

Saucer

Porcelain pink saucer with abbey scene "1893" California. Gold trim.

Maker: unknown

Material: porcelain

GUSN: 198783

Accession Number: 2006.44.2887.2

Empty wood frame with gilding. The outer edge has small leaf border. There are diagonal decorations on the corners between the outer edge and inner edge. There are two metal eye hooks with rope on the top.

Maker: unknown

Material: wood (plant material), gilding

GUSN: 198784

Accession Number: 2006.44.626

Mug

Pink and white mug with thin brown stripe

Maker: unknown

Material: porcelain

GUSN: 198788

Accession Number: 2006.44.2886

Shadow box

Shadow box of a miniature medieval walled city. There is a large enclosed courtyard or cloister area. There is foliage in the foreground and the background is painted glass with a blue sky and green mountains. The wood frame is painted black with a gilt border.

Maker: unknown

Material: wood (plant material), paint (coating), glass (material)

GUSN: 198792

Accession Number: 2006.44.627

Teacup

Pink lustreware teacup with square handle and finger rest, floral and geometric designs on interior and exterior of bowl.

Maker: unknown

Material: porcelain

GUSN: 198795

Accession Number: 2006.44.1873.3

Saucer

Pink lustreware saucer floral and geometric designs

Maker: unknown

Material: porcelain

GUSN: 198798

Accession Number: 2006.44.1873.4

The Embarkation on the Mayflower

A print of the Mayflower with a crowd of pilgrims carrying chests and bags from the town. the There is water on the left and town on a hill to the right. There is a flag flying from the mast with the inscription "Plymouth Rock or Bust." The title is in the lower left. The wood frame is painted black...

Maker: Reproduction of Crawford, Will, 1869-1944 (Artist)

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

GUSN: 198799

Accession Number: 2006.44.628

Pitcher

English Staffordshire copper lusterware pitcher with yellow stripe and copper leaf detail.

Maker: unknown

Material: copper (metal)

GUSN: 198801

Accession Number: 2006.44.2882

Tile, Fireplace

Square, decorative ceramic tile, white background with blue painted picture of a country church

Date: 1700-1750

Maker: unknown

Material: earthenware, ceramic tile, glaze, paint by function

GUSN: 198918

Accession Number: 1932.316.72

Tile

Sqaure, decorative tile, grayiosh-white background with dark blue flower with leaves painted in the center.

Date: 1700-1750

Maker: unknown

Material: earthenware, ceramic tile, glaze

GUSN: 198924

Accession Number: 1932.316.36

Tile, Fireplace

Square, blue and white glazed tile depicting flower stemming from lower left hand corner.

Date: ca. 1750

Maker: unknown

Material: earthenware, ceramic glaze

GUSN: 198929

Accession Number: 1932.316.40

Humphreys' Homeopathic No.33 bottle and box

"Humphreys' Homeopathic no. 33 Spasms & convulsions" medicine glass bottle with aluminum bottle lid. Also a "Humphreys' Homeopathic No. 33 Spasms & convulsions" medicine box with black writing.

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 199015

Accession Number: 2006.44.2430AB

Humphreys' No. 16

Small medicine box wrapped in paper that has Humphreys label printed on it. Discolored with black writing.

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 199016

Accession Number: 2006.44.2432

Baume benge

"Baume Bengue" box that is brown with a discolored once off white top. Brown letter explaines that what was once withing the box was "The original Fench Product made of Menthol, Salicylate of Methyl and Lanolin". This is the box that once held baume that was pain relief for Rheumatism Colds neuralg...

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 199017

Accession Number: 2006.44.2443

AKiller bottle

AKiller bottle is a small glass tube with a cork top stopper. There is a white label with black print wrapped around the bottle explaining how to use this toothache rememdy.

Maker: unknown

Material: glass (material)

GUSN: 199018

Accession Number: 2006.44.2425

McKesson's Alum Powder tin

McKesson's Alum powder in a tin with a lid. The tin is red with gold writing. "McKesson's Standard Quality" is written repeatedly at the top of the can along its top rim line.

Maker: unknown

Material: metal

GUSN: 199020

Accession Number: 2006.44.2462

Tile, Fireplace

Square, maganese purple glazed tile with four abstract scroll designs.

Date: ca. 1750

Maker: unknown

Material: earthenware, ceramic tile, glaze

GUSN: 199030

Accession Number: 1932.316.66

Akiller toothe remedy

Akiller toothace Remedy box. The box is small and orage wtih black writing. Opening flaps are breaking and paper edges are wearing away.

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 199034

Accession Number: 2006.44.2441

Darby's Toothache Plaster's tin

Tiny olive green tin with blue and gold writing on it. There is a gold floral design along the edge of the top of the tin. Some of the print on the tin is covered by half of a stamp that may have been used to keep the tin closed.

Maker: unknown

Material: metal

GUSN: 199036

Accession Number: 2006.44.2463

Bovrillo Lozenges tin

Round gold tin with gold writing. Tin contains Bovril Lozenges which are "an antidote to mentail overstrain".

Maker: unknown

Material: metal

GUSN: 199039

Accession Number: 2006.44.2464

L'Jacquemaire Phospate Vital

Tall cylindrical container containing granulated phosphate. The container is pink with black writing.

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 199047

Accession Number: 2006.44.2461

Sloan's Liniment

Glass medicine bottle with a black cap. The label is an off white fading color with black writing and an image of a man with a thick mustache on the front.

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 199056

Accession Number: 2006.44.2435

Toilet tissue

"The Statler Flat Toilet Tissue" product is a blue thin cardboard box that contains sheets of toilet tissue pieces.

Maker: unknown

Material: cardboard, tissue paper

GUSN: 199067

Accession Number: 2006.44.2470

Benefacto Linimet

Minilla colored box with black writing on the front. The box is for Benefacto Liniment and is begining to tear on theuppwer right side of the opening flap.

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 199070

Accession Number: 2006.44.2434

Dyspepsia cure box

Small white box that opens by pushing the lid off over the box. Black writing describes the product and diretions on three sizes of thebox.

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 199073

Accession Number: 2006.44.2436

Dyspepsia cure box

Small white box that opens by pushing the lid off over the box. Black writing describes the product and diretions on three sizes of the box.

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 199077

Accession Number: 2006.44.2440

Loxol

Loxol pain expeller liniment box. White box with black writing and imagery. The images are of womanly figures surounding a globe and an anchor. Box top is falling apart and discoloration is occuring on box folds.

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 199088

Accession Number: 2006.44.2431

Light bulb

Very round light bulb with glas tip at the top of it and a gold colored metal bottom piece. The bulb has three brown sticker inscriptions on it.

Maker: unknown

Material: glass (material), metal

GUSN: 199090

Accession Number: 2006.44.2469

Light bulb

Tear drop shaped light bulb with a small glass tip at the top of it and a gold colored metal base. There are thin wires and fuse pieces in the interior of the bulb.

Maker: unknown

Material: glass (material), metal

GUSN: 199099

Accession Number: 2006.44.2468

Light bulb

Pear shaped light bulb. Gold colored metal bottom with thin wires and fuse pieces. There is a small glass point at the light bulb top.

Maker: unknown

Material: glass (material), metal

GUSN: 199102

Accession Number: 2006.44.2467

Bock YCA cigar box

Wooden cigar box with multiple stickers in Spanish text.

Maker: unknown

Material: wood (plant material)

GUSN: 199116

Accession Number: 2006.44.2465

Prayer rug

Prayer rug with mihrab arch. Center panel has nine rows of stylized tulips which alternate six in a row then five. At the base of the arch there is a row of three, then two, then one tulip at the point of the arch. The tulips are a variety of colors. The inner most border is of maroon spearheads on ...

Maker: unknown

Material: wool (textile), cotton (textile)

GUSN: 197906

Accession Number: 2006.44.520

Runner

Runner with center panel of fifteen multi-colored medallions going down the center. Each medallion is surrounded by eight curled serrated leaves and six small multi-colored rosettes. The center panel has a blue field. The inner and outer borders have red fields with multi-colored rosettes on a meand...

Maker: unknown

Material: wool (textile), cotton (textile)

GUSN: 197908

Accession Number: 2006.44.521

Rug

Rug with no pile, it has a very rough feel. The center panel has a large diamond in the center. The field inside and outside the diamond is covered with large and small connected palmettes. There are three borders. The inner border has brown and white rosettes separated by pink blocks on the sides, ...

Maker: unknown

Material: cotton (textile)

GUSN: 197909

Accession Number: 2006.44.512

Rug

Rug with center pole medallion-floral design. Has three medium sized borders separated by many tiny ones. The inner border has a cream field with rose colored rosettes on a meandering vine. The middle border has a dark blue field with alternating rosettes and palmettes. The outer border has a rose f...

Maker: unknown

Material: wool (textile)

GUSN: 197910

Accession Number: 2006.44.522

Rug

Rug with center panel of a large hexagon filled with eight rows of botehs. The field outside the hexagon is filled with diamonds rosettes leaves and other geometric shapes. There are four borders. The smallest border is the innermost and has a row of red and blue alternating diamonds on a yellow fie...

Maker: unknown

Material: wool (hair), cotton (textile)

GUSN: 197911

Accession Number: 2006.44.513

Rug

Rug with eleven rows of various designs. The top and bottom rows have a white saw tooth design on an aqua field. There are two rows of aqua flowers on a fuchsia field. There are three rows of aqua leaves on a fuchsia field. There are two more rows of white saw teeth on a aqua field. The last two row...

Maker: unknown

Material: wool (textile), cotton (textile)

GUSN: 197913

Accession Number: 2006.44.523

Ersari Beshir rug

Woven wool Ersari Beshir rug with center panel of thirteen diagonal rows of blue and red diamonds. There is one large border of diamonds alternating with flowering trees on a red field. There are two smaller borders of multi-colored bands separated by white dots. At either end is a woven cotton band...

Date: ca. 1900

Maker: unknown

Material: wool (textile), cotton (textile)

GUSN: 197914

Accession Number: 2006.44.514

Stephen W. Phillips

Pastel bust length portrait of Stephen W. Phillips as an older man. He has white hair and is wearing a grey jacket and blue tie. Carved wooden frame has gilt highlights. Artist's initials are in the lower right corner.

Date: 1940-1955

Maker: unknown

Material: paper (fiber product), oil pastels, wood (plant material), glass (material)

GUSN: 197915

Accession Number: 2006.44.526

Kazak rug

Kazak rug with center panel of a red field with four latched diamonds going down the center. In the middle of each latched diamond is a small solid color of either a red or a white diamond. The inner border is of multi-colored triangles on a white field. The outer border is of red and blue interlock...

Date: ca. 1900

Maker: unknown

Material: wool (textile), cotton (textile)

GUSN: 197916

Accession Number: 2006.44.524

Cabistan runner

Woven wool Cabistan runner with center panel of a red field with eleven medallions by a central pole. Every other medallion is surrounded by four rams horns. Interspersed between the medallions and rams horns are rosettes, diamonds, eight-pointed stars. The inner border consists of multi-colored hex...

Maker: unknown

Material: wool (textile), cotton (textile)

GUSN: 197917

Accession Number: 2006.44.515

Prayer rug

Prayer rug with a slightly rippled arch. There is a mosque hanging lamp placed in the point of the arch. There are two gold columns on either side of the panel with palmettes sitting atop them. Going up the inner sides in the arch are small stemmed flowers with four petals. The inner and outer borde...

Maker: unknown

Material: silk (textile)

GUSN: 197918

Accession Number: 2006.44.525

Agriculture, a Classical Procession

Gouache painting of Classical figures and agricultural references. The central figure is female and is riding a chariot pulled by oxen. The procession is framed by a Neoclassical border in an architectural style. The mat is gold cut with curved arched top. The frame is dark wood carved with a raised...

Date: 1891

Maker: unknown

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

GUSN: 197920

Accession Number: 2006.44.527

Rug

A rag carpet that is woven together. The center panel has twenty-four squares with alternating flowers and x-shapes. The border is just a solid gray band that may have been a navy blue at one time. It has no fringe and no pound edges. All of the colors are very faded and dingy.

Maker: unknown

Material: cotton (textile)

GUSN: 197922

Accession Number: 2006.44.516

Cabistan rug

Cabistan rug with center panel of three small latched diamonds centered in larger geometric shapes. The outer diamonds are in toothed hexagons, the center diamond is in an eight pointed star. The inner border is a band of multi-colored rosettes, the middle border is a band of multi-colored eight-poi...

Maker: unknown

Material: wool (textile), cotton (textile)

GUSN: 197923

Accession Number: 2006.44.518

Rug

Rug with center medallion of a rosette within an eight-pointed star surrounded by eight palmettes. The field around the medallion has a meandering vine that connects a variety of serrated leaves, rosettes and palmettes. The inner and outer borders have pale pink rosettes on a meandering vine. The mi...

Maker: unknown

Material: silk (fiber)

GUSN: 197924

Accession Number: 2006.44.517

At the Loring Farm, Salem

Watercolor landscape painting of a dirt vehicle track through a rolling landscape. Trees fill the background, yellow flowers in a meadow in the foreground, and a rocky outcrop to the right. Glossy painted black frame with beading on the inside and outside borders.

Date: 1900-1907

Maker: Brooks, Mary Mason, 1860-1915 (Painter)

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

GUSN: 197925

Accession Number: 2006.44.528

Harbor View

A black and white etching of a harbor with a moored boat in the lower right and a city coastline at the top. Cream paper and black ink. Matted and framed in a thin black painted wooden frame. Initials and copyright of printer in lower left corner.

Date: ca. 1900

Maker: Plowman, George Taylor, 1869-1932 (Artist)

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

GUSN: 197941

Accession Number: 2006.44.530

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