Historic New England

Bowl

Round wooden bowl.

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 371003

Accession Number: 2016.188.736

Cup

A Newhall soft paste tea bowl with fuschia and scarlet floral decoration and a scalloped rim.

Maker: unknown

Material: ceramic (material), soft paste porcelain

GUSN: 371004

Accession Number: 2016.188.737

Cup

A Leeds handleless cup with a large floral design in orange, yellow and green with a thin brown band above.

Maker: unknown

Material: ceramic (material)

GUSN: 371005

Accession Number: 2016.188.738

Saucer

A soft-paste plate with a black transfer design.

Maker: unknown

Material: ceramic (material)

GUSN: 371006

Accession Number: 2016.188.739

Set of Nine Wine Glasses

Nine clear glass footed goblets.

Date: 1900-1999

Maker: unknown

Material: glass (material)

GUSN: 371007

Accession Number: 2016.188.740.1-.9

Cup

A small handleless soft paste cup decorated with a bird.

Maker: unknown

Material: ceramic (material)

GUSN: 371008

Accession Number: 2016.188.741

Cup

A small handleless soft paste cup decorated with a cobalt floral nosegay and a blue border at the rim.

Maker: unknown

Material: ceramic (material)

GUSN: 371009

Accession Number: 2016.188.742

Saucer

A Lowestoft saucer with a scalloped gray border and a central bird decoration.

Maker: unknown

Material: ceramic (material)

GUSN: 371010

Accession Number: 2016.188.743

Saucer

A Lowestoft saucer with a scalloped gray border and a central bird decoration.

Maker: unknown

Material: ceramic (material)

GUSN: 371011

Accession Number: 2016.188.744

Bowl

A soft paste bowl decorated with sentimental genre and landscape scenes with black transfer decoration at the front and back of a tapered body.

Maker: unknown

Material: ceramic (material)

GUSN: 371012

Accession Number: 2016.188.745

Bowl

An Old Paris bowl with cobalt and blue feather designs on a peach background and gold banding. A Greek key border decorates the interior.

Maker: unknown

Material: ceramic (material), gold (metal), gilding

GUSN: 371013

Accession Number: 2016.188.746

Teapot

A small teapot and cover with orange and cobalt floral decoration and green foliage on a bulbous body with brown and orange banding at the top.

Maker: unknown

Material: ceramic (material), pearlware

GUSN: 371014

Accession Number: 2016.188.747AB

Creamer

A pearlware creamer decorated with a brown swag, banding, and a stylized floral design on a bulbous, tapered body.

Date: 1800-1899

Maker: unknown

Material: ceramic (material), pearlware

GUSN: 371015

Accession Number: 2016.188.748

Teapot

A pearlware teapot with blue decoration at lid with a finial and spout, and on a wide band at the body.

Date: 1800-1899

Maker: unknown

Material: ceramic (material), pearlware

GUSN: 371016

Accession Number: 2016.188.749AB

Pitcher

A pearlware pitcher with profuse decoration of cobalt and chrome yellow flowers and green leaves, a brown band at the rim and below, yellow-orange at the spout, and a bulbous body.

Maker: unknown

Material: ceramic (material), pearlware

GUSN: 371017

Accession Number: 2016.188.750

Coffeepot

A pearlware coffee pot with a domed cover and a strap handle (Leeds) and blue Chinoiserie decoration on the body, spout, and handle.

Date: 1800-1899

Maker: unknown

Material: ceramic (material), pearlware

GUSN: 371018

Accession Number: 2016.188.751AB

Coffeepot

A pearlware coffee pot with a dome lid, green leaf and swag decoration with cobalt flowers, and a bulbous body with a tapered top.

Date: 1800-1899

Maker: unknown

Material: ceramic (material), pearlware

GUSN: 371019

Accession Number: 2016.188.752AB

Deck of Cards

A deck of cards wrapped in white, black, and sepia print paper.

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 371020

Accession Number: 2016.188.753

Deck of Cards

A deck of cards in a gold, black, and orange cardboard box.

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 371021

Accession Number: 2016.188.754

Deck of Cards

A light blue and gold colored box containing two decks of cards with Hattie Carnegie branding.

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 371022

Accession Number: 2016.188.755

Slipper

An antique man's slipper of petit-point and silk with Masonic emblems.

Maker: unknown

Material: embroidering, textiles, petit point, silk (fiber)

GUSN: 371023

Accession Number: 2016.188.757

Ramekin

A porcelain ramekin shaped dish with fluting and floral decoration in maroon, scarlet, blue, and green with a gilded and turquoise colored scalloped rim.

Maker: unknown

Material: porcelain, ceramic (material), gold (metal), gilding

GUSN: 371024

Accession Number: 2016.188.758

Sugar Box

A silver-plated oval sugar bowl with a handle at each side, an ivory finial on the cover, and bright-cut decoration on the body.

Date: 1728-1809

Maker: unknown

Material: silver (metal), engraving (action)

GUSN: 371025

Accession Number: 2016.188.760AB

Plate

A silver-plated copper plate.

Maker: unknown

Material: silvering, copper (metal)

GUSN: 371026

Accession Number: 2016.188.761

Set of Four Napkins

Set of four white linen napkins with a 7/8" band of openwork on all four sides, 1/4" loops around the edges, and an embroidered design in one corner.

Maker: unknown

Material: textiles, embroidering, lace (needlework)

GUSN: 371027

Accession Number: 2016.188.763

Set of Eight Napkins

Set of eight white linen napkins with lace edges and inset openwork in one corner.

Maker: unknown

Material: textiles, lace (needlework)

GUSN: 371028

Accession Number: 2016.188.764

Set of Four Napkins

Set of four white napkins with embroidered scalloped edges and three openwork stylized flowers stitched in one corner.

Maker: unknown

Material: textiles, embroidering

GUSN: 371029

Accession Number: 2016.188.765A-D

Napkin

One white napkin with one row of openwork at the hem, loops at intervals around the edge, and additional rows of openwork in one corner.

Maker: unknown

Material: textiles, lace (needlework)

GUSN: 371030

Accession Number: 2016.188.766

Napkin

One white napkin with one row of openwork at the hem, 1" from the edge, along all four edges.

Maker: unknown

Material: textiles

GUSN: 371032

Accession Number: 2016.188.768

Set of Fifteen Napkins

One set of fifteen white napkins with one row of openwork at the hem, 1/2" from the edge, along all four edges.

Maker: unknown

Material: textiles

GUSN: 371033

Accession Number: 2016.188.769

Set of Eleven Napkins

Set of eleven white napkins with one row of openwork at the hem, 1/2" from the edge, along all four edges.

Maker: unknown

Material: textiles

GUSN: 371034

Accession Number: 2016.188.770

Set of Three Napkins

Set of three white napkins with openwork at the outer edge, nubs on the stitch line along the outer edge, and a corner design with openwork straight lines and a stylized basket of flowers.

Maker: unknown

Material: textiles, embroidering

GUSN: 371035

Accession Number: 2016.188.771

Set of Eight Napkins

One set of nine white plain weave napkins with a 1/16" hem that is machine-stitched.

Maker: unknown

Material: textiles

GUSN: 371036

Accession Number: 2016.188.772A-I

Set of Six Napkins

One set of six white linen napkins with damask woven flowers centered within a wide basket weave background.

Maker: unknown

Material: textiles

GUSN: 371037

Accession Number: 2016.188.773

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