Historic New England

Walter Gropius Birthday Card

Black-and-white photographs collaged onto off-white card. Subjects of photographs include woman (Marianne Brandt), lamp, interior space, silver tea set, architecture, group of people. Handwritten inscription on white paper affixed to upper middle of card.

Date: 1953

Maker: Brandt, Marianne (Artist)

Material: paper (fiber product), ink, photographic paper

GUSN: 247177

Accession Number: 1984.54.63

Walter Gropius Birthday Card

Collage with printed text and a picture of a drawing on the left and on the right a picture of a building with printed and typed inscriptions, a handwritten message, and a picture of a sculpture of a cat.

Date: 1953

Maker: Schwertfeger, Kurt, 1897- (Artist)

Material: ink, pictures (two-dimensional representations), paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 247178

Accession Number: 1984.54.64

Walter Gropius Birthday Card

Engraving print with handwritten inscription below

Maker: Baschant, Rudolf, 1897-1955 (Artist)

Material: engravings (prints), pencils (drawing and writing equipment)

GUSN: 247179

Accession Number: 1984.54.65

Walter Gropius Birthday Card

Pencil drawing of a staircase and a door.

Date: 1953

Maker: Weiss, Gertrud Ursula (Artist)

Material: drawings (visual works)

GUSN: 247180

Accession Number: 1984.54.66

Walter Gropius Birthday Card

Collage with a black and white photographic print of a man by a window and a printed inscription

Date: 1953

Maker: Lang, Lothar, 1928-2013 (Artist)

Material: photographic prints, ink, printing (process)

GUSN: 247181

Accession Number: 1984.54.67

Walter Gropius Birthday Card

Charcoal drawing of a landscape with two handwritten inscriptions below.

Date: 1953

Maker: Kloidt, Erich (Artist)

Material: charcoal paper, drawings (visual works), paper (fiber product), ink, charcoal (plant material)

GUSN: 247182

Accession Number: 1984.54.68

Walter Gropius Birthday Card

Collage of a drawing, a handwritten inscription, a typed inscription, and attached published material

Date: 1953

Maker: Ruegg-Leuthold, Melanie, d. 1986 (Artist)

Material: paper (fiber product), ink, pencils (drawing and writing equipment)

GUSN: 247185

Accession Number: 1984.54.70

Walter Gropius Birthday Card

A collage on black paper with with text on three white shapes and two women with clothings made of photographic prints of textiles and yarn

Date: 1953

Maker: Birman-Oestreicher, Lisbeth, 1902-1989 (Artist)

Material: photographic prints, paper (fiber product), ink, stamps (tools), prints (visual works)

GUSN: 247186

Accession Number: 1984.54.72

Walter Gropius Birthday Card

Black and white photograph depicting an interior setting, mounted on white card with printed inscription below.

Date: 1953

Maker: Sendker, Hendirk, 1906-1968 (Artist)

Material: photographic paper, paper (fiber product), ink

GUSN: 247187

Accession Number: 1984.54.75

Walter Gropius Birthday Card

A collage composed of a magazine article mounted on green paper, drawing of a house, and an inscription.

Date: 1953

Maker: Neufert, Ernst, 1900-1986 (Artist)

Material: ink, pencils (drawing and writing equipment), articles, paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 247188

Accession Number: 1984.54.77

Walter Gropius Birthday Card

Black and white photograph mounted on wahite card. Photograph depicts a building with elaborate architectural details; the view is partially obstructed by a sculpture in the foreground of the photograph as well as a garden arch.

Date: 1953

Maker: Breutel, Erich (Artist)

Material: paper (fiber product), graphite pencils

GUSN: 247189

Accession Number: 1984.54.78

Walter Gropius Birthday Card

Black and white print and handwritten letter set in a single mat. Print depicts a boat on reflective water with celestial object (possibly moon) in the sky above. Print bears inscriptions in pencil in lower left and lower right corners.

Date: 1953

Maker: Hartogh, Rudolf Franz, 1889-1960 (Artist)

Material: paper (fiber product), ink

GUSN: 247190

Accession Number: 1984.54.79

Walter Gropius Birthday Card

Two black-and-white photographs mounted on off-white mat with handwritten message in German. Photographs depict carved wooden marionettes.

Date: 1953

Maker: Heymann-Ahlfeld, Marianne, 1905-2003 (Artist)

Material: paper (fiber product), ink

GUSN: 247191

Accession Number: 1984.54.80

Walter Gropius Birthday Card

Drawing with a handwritten message

Date: 1953

Maker: Schreyer, Lothar, 1886-1966 (Artist)

Material: drawings (visual works), pencils (drawing and writing equipment), paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 247192

Accession Number: 1984.54.81

Walter Gropius Birthday Card

Black and white image of an architectural plan mounted on card with handwritten inscription. Image bears the seal of Israel and Hebrew text identifying it as a construction plan of Jerusalem.

Date: 1953

Maker: Probably Weinraub, Munio, 1909-1970 (Artist)

Material: paper (fiber product), ink

GUSN: 247193

Accession Number: 1984.54.82

Walter Gropius Birthday Card

Printed poster mounted on off-white mat. Poster depicts a sporting arena. Multiple inscriptions on mat in black and brown ink in at least two different hands with possibly three different signatures.

Date: 1953

Maker: Ortner, Rudolf, 1912-1997 (Artist)

Material: paper (fiber product), ink

GUSN: 247194

Accession Number: 1984.54.85

Walter Gropius Birthday Card

Two colored pencil drawings mounted on off-white mat. Drawing on the left depicts two stylized figures; drawing on the right bears a curled, abstracted design. Pencil inscriptions in the borders of both drawings, as well as one in the lower right hand corner of the mat.

Date: 1953

Maker: Levedag, Fritz, 1899-1951 (Artist) Levedag, Maria

Material: paper (fiber product), colored pencils, graphite pencils

GUSN: 247195

Accession Number: 1984.54.86

Walter Gropius Birthday Card

Collage with one photographic print and two additional prints of a chess set and a handwritten message

Date: 1953

Maker: Hartwig, Josef, 1880-1955 (Artist)

Material: photographic prints, prints (visual works), paper (fiber product), ink

GUSN: 247196

Accession Number: 1984.54.87

Walter Gropius Birthday Card

A picture with a black background and four faces in a white paper frame with handwritten inscriptions on left, right, and below picture

Date: 1953

Maker: unknown

Material: paper (fiber product), pencils (drawing and writing equipment), paint (coating), ink

GUSN: 247197

Accession Number: 1984.54.88

Walter Gropius Birthday Card

Black-and-white semicircular photographic print with a handwritten caption and message.

Date: 1953

Maker: Hoffmann-Lederer, Mila (Artist)

Material: photographic prints, ink, paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 247198

Accession Number: 1984.54.89

Walter Gropius Birthday Card

Four black and white images printed onto board, possibly good quality cardboard, with handwritten inscription in ink along lower edge.

Date: 1953

Maker: Goldberg, Bertrand, 1913-1997 (Artist)

Material: ink, cardboard

GUSN: 247200

Accession Number: 1984.54.93

Walter Gropius Birthday Card

Assortment of black and white photographs mounted on off-white mat with handwritten captions. Business card for Alcar Rudelt affixed to upper right hand corner of obverse.

Date: 1953

Maker: Rudelt, Alcar (Artist)

Material: photographic paper, paper (fiber product), ink

GUSN: 247201

Accession Number: 1984.54.96

Walter Gropius Birthday Card

Painting in a paper frame with a handwritten inscription

Date: 1953

Maker: Borchers, Heinz, 1898-1972 (Artist)

Material: paint (coating), pencils (drawing and writing equipment), paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 247202

Accession Number: 1984.54.97

Walter Gropius Birthday Card

A drawing of boats and a city.

Date: 1953

Maker: Watenphul, Max Peiffer , 1896-1976 (Artist)

Material: ink, ink washes, pencils (drawing and writing equipment)

GUSN: 247203

Accession Number: 1984.54.100

Walter Gropius Birthday Card

Black and white photographic print mounted on black mat. Print depicts man in a suit in front of a building with typed text in lower right hand corner.

Date: 1953

Maker: Bormann, pat2Heinrich-Siegfried, 1909-1982 (Artist)

Material: photographic paper, paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 247204

Accession Number: 1984.54.101

Walter Gropius Birthday Card

Painting (possibly gouache or watercolor) depicting a stylized man with an oversized mustache holding an unknown object, possibly a flute or magic wand. Attached note at left border is inscribed in German.

Date: 1953

Maker: Hess, Christel (Artist)

Material: paper (fiber product), ink, paint (coating)

GUSN: 247205

Accession Number: 1984.54.103

Decanter

Glass decanter with a stopper. Circular body with rings around the neck. Diamond and fringe pattern.

Date: 1820-1835

Maker: unknown

Material: blown three-mold glass

GUSN: 249833

Accession Number: 1996.65.1ab

Decanter

Glass decanter with a stopper. Circular body with rings around the neck. Diamond and fringe pattern.

Date: 1820-1835

Maker: unknown

Material: blown three-mold glass

GUSN: 249834

Accession Number: 1996.65.2ab

Ceramic Mug

Jasperware mug; blue glaze; applied relief design.

Maker: unknown

Material: ceramic (material), ceramic glaze

GUSN: 249897

Accession Number: 1949.568

Ceramic Mug

Jasperware; tan glaze; applied relief design.

Maker: unknown

Material: ceramic (material), ceramic glaze

GUSN: 249899

Accession Number: 1949.569

Earthenware Basket-weave Vase

Pearl-glazed white trumpet-shaped body; basket-weave molded rim; curvilinear mouth with scrolls at both sides; molded rope handles at each side with leafy terminals; circular basket-weave foot; transfer print underglaze blue scenic medallions depicting landscape with windmill; interior with floral r...

Date: ca. 1920

Maker: unknown

Material: earthenware, ceramic glaze, vitrification, molding (forming)

GUSN: 249904

Accession Number: 1949.570

Glass Mug

Mug; clear blue glass; large C-shaped handle.

Maker: unknown

Material: glass (material)

GUSN: 249907

Accession Number: 1949.571

Tray

Stencil-decorated; tin; painted; floral pattern.

Maker: unknown

Material: tin (metal), stenciling

GUSN: 249908

Accession Number: 1949.572

Dolphin Candlesticks

Green glass; dophin-shaped with tale near the candle cup and head at the base; tulip-shaped candle cup with a knop below it; six-sided base.

Maker: unknown

Material: glass (material)

GUSN: 249911

Accession Number: 1949.578.1-2

Glass Ewer

Venentian-style glass ewer; ornamental glass stopper; wide flat lip at the top of a slender neck; two scroll-like handles on either side of neck attach to bulbous body below; reeding runs around the bulbous form; footed dish-shaped base attaches to body by a short stem.

Maker: unknown

Material: blown glass

GUSN: 249913

Accession Number: 1949.580

Parianware Pitcher

Small white bisque porcelain pitcher; relief deisgn depicts grapes on a vine; handle is P-shaped, a solid protrusion on one side of the pitcher.

Maker: unknown

Material: ceramic (material), porcelain

GUSN: 249915

Accession Number: 1949.581

Etched Glass Plate

Etched glass plate with blue border; deer and trees pattern alternating with scroll design surrounding a center of cross-hatches and dots.

Maker: unknown

Material: glass (material), etching (corroding)

GUSN: 249916

Accession Number: 1949.582

Green Glass Tumbler

Tumbler; opaque green glass; gilt trim.

Maker: unknown

Material: glass (material)

GUSN: 249918

Accession Number: 1949.585

Flint-glazed Pitcher

Earthenware; flint-glazed; C-shaped handle; slight foot; band encircles body where it narrows just below spout.

Maker: unknown

Material: earthenware, ceramic glaze, pottery (object genre), pottery forming techniques, pottery glazing techniques

GUSN: 249919

Accession Number: 1949.586

Pearlware Pitcher

Pear-shaped pitcher; C-shaped handle; lemon and leaf decoration; pointed spout; band around the widest part of the body.

Maker: unknown

Material: earthenware, paint by function, ceramic glaze

GUSN: 249920

Accession Number: 1949.587

Cream Pitcher

Small cream pitcher; molded overall pattern; outline paint decoration.

Maker: unknown

Material: ceramic (material), molding (forming), paint by function

GUSN: 249921

Accession Number: 1949.592

Glass Pitcher

Pitcher; dark-green blown glass; elongated vertically; wider at the base than at the top; C-shaped handle at the top; spout tips downward.

Maker: unknown

Material: blown glass, glass (material)

GUSN: 249922

Accession Number: 1949.599

Blue Blown-glass Bottle

Blue blown glass; cylindrical; shoulder at top with neck and wide convex lip.

Maker: unknown

Material: blown glass, glass (material)

GUSN: 249923

Accession Number: 1949.602

Miniature Parian Ware Vase

White parian ware vase; decorated with grapes and grape leaves; fluted lip; relief loop design from the widest part of the body to the foot; broken on one side at the top.

Maker: unknown

Material: ceramic (material), molding (forming), porcelain

GUSN: 249924

Accession Number: 1949.603

Parian Ware Miniature Pitcher

Porcelain; Parian ware; grapes and grape leaves relief decoration; vine-like C-shaped handle with thumb rest; banded at the center of the body; the widest part of the body has a reeded appearance that descends all the way down to the base.

Maker: unknown

Material: ceramic (material), porcelain, relief (sculpture techniques), molding (forming)

GUSN: 249925

Accession Number: 1949.605