Historic New England

Saucer

Opaque glass saucer with slightly ribbed edges. "Fire-King"

Date: 1950s

Maker: Fire-King (Manufacturer)

GUSN: 203256

Accession Number: 2006.44.1698.2

Tile

Square blue and white earthenware ceramic tile depicting a man with a large bundle on his back (Pilgrim's Progress?).

Date: 1650-1750

Maker: unknown

Material: earthenware, ceramic tile, glaze

GUSN: 203306

Accession Number: 1933.508.2

Tile

Square blue and white earthenware ceramic tile depicting a man with a dog, castle on a hill and house in middle left.

Date: 1650-1750

Maker: unknown

Material: earthenware, ceramic tile, glaze

GUSN: 203307

Accession Number: 1933.508.3

Tile

Square blue and white glazed earthenware ceramic tile depicting a group of trees to the left and a cliff to the right.

Date: 1650-1750

Maker: unknown

Material: earthenware, ceramic tile, glaze

GUSN: 203310

Accession Number: 1933.508.4

Stephen Phillips

Photograph of Stephen Phillips as a young child. He is standing against a dark plain drop and wearing a long winter jacket and hat. He is holding a ball in his left hand.

Date: 1912

Maker: unknown

Material: paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 203311

Accession Number: 2006.44.747

Tile

Square blue and white glazed earthenware ceramic tile depicting woman in a garden with house on left.

Date: 1650-1750

Maker: unknown

Material: earthenware, ceramic tile, glaze

GUSN: 203312

Accession Number: 1933.508.5

Painting

Bust length portrait of a unidentified man. He is wearing a black suit with a white shirt and a frilled bow tie. His hair falls below his ears and his combed over to one side. Simple oval wood frame.

Maker: unknown

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

GUSN: 203313

Accession Number: 2006.44.748

Willard Peele

Photograph of an original portrait of Willard Peele. He is looking directly at the viewer and is wearing a black suit with a white, frilled collar. Simple wood frame painted black.

Date: 1902

Maker: Reproduction of Frothingham, James, 1786-1864 (Artist)

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

GUSN: 203314

Accession Number: 2006.44.749

Tile

Square blue and white glazed earthenware ceramic tile depicting a ship with flag and a smaller boat to the left.

Date: 1650-1750

Maker: unknown

Material: earthenware, ceramic tile, glaze

GUSN: 203315

Accession Number: 1933.508.6

Tile

Square blue and white glazed earthenware ceramic tile depicting a woman in a two tiered skirt, wearing a hat, and carrying a handbag.

Date: 1650-1750

Maker: unknown

Material: earthenware, ceramic tile, glaze

GUSN: 203317

Accession Number: 1933.508.7

Photographic print of an oil painting portait bust of Mrs. Margaret Appleton Peele. She is sitting in a chair and wears a white shawl around her shoulders. She has a white lace collar and is wearing a white bonnet with a jewel pinned at the center.

Date: 1902

Maker: Reproduction of Frothingham, James, 1786-1864 (Artist)

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

GUSN: 203318

Accession Number: 2006.44.750

Tile

Square blue and white glazed earthenware ceramic tile depicting man with three fish, house to left, building to right.

Date: 1650-1750

Maker: unknown

Material: earthenware, ceramic tile, glaze

GUSN: 203320

Accession Number: 1933.508.8

Dessert Spoon

Silver dessert spoon with a fiddle handle, rounded shoulders, and a pointed oval bowl.

Date: 1846

Maker: Cogswell, Henry, 1824-1865 (Silversmith)

Material: coin silver

GUSN: 203326

Accession Number: 2010.4.1

Fire Bucket

Painted leather fire bucket with loop handle.

Date: 1802

Maker: Fenno, John (Maker)

Material: leather

GUSN: 203353

Accession Number: 2009.32.1

Pipe organ

Pipe organ in lagre mahogany case. 54-key keyboard with square panel of pleated peach silk. Stops with lead and zinc pipes. Made by George Stevens (1803-1894).

Date: ca. 1857

Maker: Stevens, George, 1803-1894 (Maker)

Material: mahogany (wood), ivory (tooth component)

GUSN: 203413

Accession Number: 1945.416

Plate

Circular porcelain plate with painted blue floral decoration. Center scene of rocks, bamboo, and a peony flower.

Maker: unknown

Material: porcelain

GUSN: 203425

Accession Number: 2006.44.1696

Armorial bowl

Porcelain bowl with painted armorial decoration of a small gold bird standing on a striped gold and black bar. Bird on bar painted atop a shield filled with gold flowers. Shield flanked by green laurel leaves. Bowl has scalloped rim with painted gold band decoration.

Date: 1800-1830

Maker: unknown

Material: porcelain

GUSN: 203427

Accession Number: 2006.44.1695

Serving bowl

Ceramic serving dish, oval shaped with sloped sides. Pink rose and blue rectangle transfer printed decoration around rim.

Date: 1903-1929

Maker: Carrollton China Company (Manufacturer)

Material: ceramic (material)

GUSN: 203430

Accession Number: 2006.44.1693

Serving dish set

Ceramic serving dish set of an oval double handled serving dish with cover and squat double handled pot. Intertwined green and aqua laurel leaf decoration around rim.

Maker: Johnson Bros. (Manufacturer)

Material: ceramic (material)

GUSN: 203435

Accession Number: 2006.44.1691

Serving dish

Ceramic serving dish, oval with scalloped edge, double handles and footed base [a] with matching scalloped edge cover [b] with handle. Intertwined green and aqua laurel leaf decoration around rim.

Maker: Johnson Bros. (Manufacturer)

GUSN: 203439

Accession Number: 2006.44.1691.1ab

Serving pot

Ceramic double handled serving pot with scalloped edge. Squat, bulbous form with small footed base. Intertwined green and aqua laurel leaf decoration around rim. Both handles have been broken off and the cover is missing.

Maker: Johnson Bros. (Manufacturer)

GUSN: 203440

Accession Number: 2006.44.1691.2

Eggcup

Porcelain egg cup with short stemmed base. Hand painted decoration of a chicken on one side.

Maker: unknown

Material: porcelain

GUSN: 203441

Accession Number: 2006.44.1692

Serving bowl

Small ceramic serving bowl with three legs and handle. Brown glazed exterior and white glazed interior.

Maker: unknown

Material: ceramic (material)

GUSN: 203448

Accession Number: 2006.44.1689

Tile

Four polychrome glazed shards.

Date: ca. 1750

Maker: unknown

Material: earthenware, ceramic glaze

GUSN: 203449

Accession Number: 1918.1312A

Pair of bowls

Pair of ceramic bowls with hand painted pink and purple floral and cornucopia decoration on bowl base, with purple floral garland decoration around rim. Molded rope edge on exterior rim. Small flowers painted around the bowl exterior.

Maker: unknown

Material: ceramic (material)

GUSN: 203451

Accession Number: 2006.44.1690

Printed Document

Printed promissory note "State of the Massachusetts Bay," dated "Sep.13, 1777." Lender - "Benjamin Smith"; amount, "Twenty Pounds"; signed by "H. Gardner," treasurer, for the state. "D. Jeffroes" and D. Cheever" committee; date due "May 10, 1782"; mounted on square mat; framed; cut out square in bac...

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 253098

Accession Number: 1940.900

Silhouette

Full length silhouette of a woman; water and trees in background in sepia; woman on porch with porch railing just behind her.

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 253099

Accession Number: 1937.718

Map of Danvers

Map of Danvers, Massachusetts.

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 253100

Accession Number: 1993.499

Hooked Rug

Wool on (probably) linen backing. Tan ground with flowering plant at each corner and angled toward the center. Central oval configuration of flowers and foliage with four large red blossoms at center. Small brass rings on narrow end, probably for use as a wall hanging.

Date: 1850-1875

Maker: unknown

Material: wool (textile), linen (material)

GUSN: 253102

Accession Number: 1999.219

Photograph of the Peaslee Garrison House

Black and white photograph of the Peaslee Garrison House, Haverhill, Massachusetts. Pale green mat and gold frame with a repeating diamond pattern. Handwritten inscription in green ink on the back of the frame.

Maker: unknown

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

GUSN: 253103

Accession Number: 2002.53.1

Portrait of a Woman

Portrait of one of the Pratt sisters in profile from bustline up. Wearing a cap and a shirt with a ruffled collar. Black crayon drawing on paper with a gilt frame; glass and a paper backing; frame has inner leaf design and a raised dot design around the outside edge.

Date: 1860-1870

Maker: unknown

Material: paper (fiber product), Conté crayon (TM), gilding, glass (material), wire, drawing (image-making)

GUSN: 253104

Accession Number: 2002.62

Wax Portrait

Wax portrait of unknown man; head and bust looking to left; white stock and black coat; colonial wig; in deep-set oval frame.

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 253105

Accession Number: 1943.316

Wall panels

Four Eighteenth-Century pine panels with drawings of letters, numbers, and figures in red and white chalk and charcoal. From the John Devotion House, Suffield, Connecticut.

Date: 1750-1770

Maker: unknown

Material: pine (wood), chalk, charcoal (plant material)

GUSN: 253218

Accession Number: 2011.19.1

Picture

Reproduction of view of the Hom. Jonathan Corwin House in Salem; framed.

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 253236

Accession Number: 1953.45

Picture Frame

Oval knarled oak picture frame; made by Benjamin R. Mitchell.

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 253237

Accession Number: 1938.699

Portrait Photograph

Photograph of Sir Walter Scott with autograph; dated; framed.

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 253249

Accession Number: 1990.1490

Watercolor Painting

Watercolor painting of Ipswich.

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 253251

Accession Number: 1993.497

Chest of Drawers

Five drawer painted pine chest of drawers on bracket feet. Shaped drop skirt. Wrought iron pulls, not original. Heavy red/brown paint.

Date: 1780-1810

Maker: unknown

Material: pine (wood), wrought iron (iron alloy)

GUSN: 253369

Accession Number: 1977.63

Wallpaper Roll

Twenty-three unused rolls and partial rolls of imitation damask design wallpaper composed of a woodland scene of deer, rabbit, flora, and birds. Printed in white on a beige ground, straight repeat.

Date: 1900-1915

Maker: unknown

Material: paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 253408

Accession Number: 1978.211A-W

Looking Glass

Mirror set in deep molded picture frame of gold painted mahogany. Modern mirror glass. Back is enclosed with a masonite panel.

Date: 1900-1930

Maker: unknown

Material: mahogany (wood), Masonite (TM), glass (material)

GUSN: 253413

Accession Number: 1999.206

Picture

Watercolor scene of a bright multi-color floral border in front of trees. Elaborately striped mat. Narrow molded gilt frame.

Date: ca. 1910

Maker: unknown

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

GUSN: 253423

Accession Number: 1999.207

Picture

Watercolor still life of wildflowers in a glass jar. Signed in lower left "A.W.F/ 1910". Elaborately striped mat with narrow molded gilt frame.

Date: ca. 1910

Maker: unknown

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

GUSN: 253429

Accession Number: 1999.208

Lamp

Oil burning lamp converted to electricity. Egg-shaped front with molded waist. Spool and shell shaped cylindrical shaft with a stepped and line edged circular foot. Paper with a linen loose weave overlaid shade has painted image of chickadees on a branch.

Date: 1820-1850

Maker: unknown

Material: brass (alloy), paper (fiber product), linen (material)

GUSN: 253431

Accession Number: 1999.209

Side chair

Queen Anne transitional chair. Yoked crest rail with thru-pins securing tenon of tiger maple rear stiles. Vasiform splat with plain rail support. Replaced rush seat. Swell, shortvase, flattened ball and block turned front legs with Spanish feet. Ball and reel turned front stretcher, double swel...

Date: 1730-1770

Maker: unknown

Material: maple (wood), rush (material)

GUSN: 253432

Accession Number: 1999.210

Side chair

Queen Anne transitional style chair. Yoke crest with carved horns having scroll ends centered above vasinform splat tenoned into molded splat rail. Rear stiles above seat and crest bead molded on face edges. Replaced rush seat above vase and block turned front legs with Spanish feet. Ball and re...

Date: 1730-1750

Maker: unknown

Material: maple (wood), ash (wood), rush (material)

GUSN: 253437

Accession Number: 1999.211

Side Chair

Queen Anne transitional style chair. Yoke crest with carved horns centered above vasiform splat tenoned into molded splat rail. Rear stiles from 3" below seat and crest bead molded on face edges. Replaced rush seat above vase and block turned front legs. Unusual Spanish feet with inside and rear...

Date: 1730-1750

Maker: unknown

Material: tiger maple, maple (wood), rush (material)

GUSN: 253438

Accession Number: 1999.212

Tall Case Clock

Late Federal period styling. Bonnet top with fretwork crest having linked circles, brass ball finial atop plinths at center and ends of crest. Enameled face with red ornament at top having green swags and gilt scrollwork. Design is repeated in spandrels on smaller scale and with less color. Dial...

Date: 1810-1825

Maker: Killey, Allen (Maker)

Material: pine (wood), mahogany (wood), rosewood (wood), veneer, inlays (decorations)

GUSN: 253439

Accession Number: 1999.213

Hooked rug

Large pairs of sawtooth edged leaves form border. Floral center medallion with brown ground sprays of red, white and light blue flowers. Striped oval outline has squared ends, point at center embellishment with blue fleur-de-lis.

Date: 1880-1910

Maker: unknown

Material: wool (hair), cotton (textile), burlap

GUSN: 253440

Accession Number: 1999.215

Hooked rug

Boldly scrolled corner elements in shades of brown with red veins. Cream colored center ground with large basket of flowers. Brown basket has purple rim with large red blossoms and green foliage.

Date: 192019-40

Maker: unknown

Material: wool (textile), cotton (textile), burlap

GUSN: 253441

Accession Number: 1999.216

Hooked rug

Border made of brown triangles. Brown ground with five floral groups located at center and at each corner of rug. Each group has four blossons in colors of red, pink, orange, and off-white that are surrounded with leaves and smaller flowers.

Date: 1920-1940

Maker: unknown

Material: wool (textile), synthetic fiber, burlap

GUSN: 253442

Accession Number: 1999.217

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