Historic New England

Child's Dress

Child's dress, blue-green cotton with white collar and lace cuffs. Three groups of four buttons going vertically down front. Five buttons up back. String tie.

Date: 1930-1950

Maker: Best & Co. (New York, N.Y.)

Material: cotton (textile), lace (needlework)

GUSN: 305018

Accession Number: 2014.138.11

Dress

Young woman's sleeveless dress, pale blue, cotton poplin, pleated skirt, buttons up back, bow at neck, ribbon trim and blue cotton tie. Handmade.

Date: 1930-1950

Maker: unknown

Material: cotton (textile), handmade

GUSN: 305019

Accession Number: 2014.138.12

Dress

Young woman's short-sleeved dress, blue cotton sateen with layered ruffled skirt. Buttons up back. Tambour embroidery of bows and ribbons on ruffles and at neck. Handmade.

Date: 1930-1950

Maker: unknown

Material: cotton (textile), handmade

GUSN: 305020

Accession Number: 2014.138.13

Wallpaper

Three rolled wallpaper fragments with leaf pattern in yellow, blue, red, and gray.

Date: 1880-1910

Maker: Becker, Smith & Page (Manufacturer)

Material: papyrus (fiber product)

GUSN: 305022

Accession Number: 2014.139.1.1-.3

Wallpaper

Rolled wallpaper remnant depicting pink birds, gray structure, and gray trees with yellow, gray, and pink flowers with green and gray leaves on white background.

Date: 1900-1930

Maker: Crown Wallpapers (Manufacturer)

Material: paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 305023

Accession Number: 2014.139.2

Shaving brush

Automatic shaving brush. Cream colored cylindrical container with screw-on top [a]. Base [b] has attached brush.

Date: 1940-1950

Maker: unknown

Material: plastic (organic material), nylon

GUSN: 305024

Accession Number: 2014.140.1AB

Long shawl with unusual half-black and half-plain center medallion, elongated, foliated pines filled with floral elements and additional pines/boteh, harlequin gates and fringe in shades of yellow, red, blue, pink, black, and white. Woven on a jacquard loom. Owner's name and date stitched to back c...

Date: 1850-1870

Maker: unknown

Material: wool (textile)

GUSN: 305041

Accession Number: 2014.142.1

Net crib cover with embroidery and WEIU box.

Net crib cover with embroidered flowers in blue and pink. Corners are adorned with blue ribbon bows and attached weights (A). Found in a Women's Educational Industrial Union blue cardboard box (B). Card from Mrs. Theodore Barton Girffith that reads "With love to the littlest Sullivan" (C).

Date: 1930-1950

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 305043

Accession Number: 2014.143.2A-C

Infant's 'Welcome Sleeve'

Infant's 'Welcome Sleeve' (A) in original packet (B). "Begg & Begg." United States, Patented Nov. 10, 1925

Date: ca. 1925

Maker: unknown

Material: cotton (textile)

GUSN: 305044

Accession Number: 2014.143.3AB

Infant's plastic sleeve

Infant's plastic sleeve. Designed by Bernice Moller. California, Patent #2059136 in 1935.

Date: ca. 1935

Maker: unknown

Material: acrylic (plastic)

GUSN: 305045

Accession Number: 2014.143.4

Child's boots

Child's boots, pale pink leather with scalloped closure at front of top and faux mother of peark buttons.

Date: 1930-1940

Maker: unknown

Material: leather

GUSN: 305046

Accession Number: 2014.143.5AB

Child's shoes

"Mrs. Days Idealasts" light blue patent leather child's shoes with ribbon bow and ankle straps.

Date: 1940-1950

Maker: unknown

Material: patent leather

GUSN: 305047

Accession Number: 2014.143.6AB

Child's shoes

Child's shoes, brown leather with small colonial revival style buckles and ankle straps.

Date: 1930-1950

Maker: unknown

Material: leather

GUSN: 305048

Accession Number: 2014.143.7AB

Child's Socks

Child's socks, white knit with pink trim.

Date: 1930-1950

Maker: unknown

Material: knitting (process)

GUSN: 305049

Accession Number: 2014.143.8AB

Infant's Robe

Pale pink infant's robe with embroidered design of flowers and pink ribbon closure (A). Found in Howel Brothers, Inc. box (C) and with a cream colored ribbon (B).

Date: 1930-1950

Maker: unknown

Material: silk (fiber)

GUSN: 305050

Accession Number: 2014.143.9A-C

Child's jumper or playsuit and box

Child's one piece jumper or playsuit with sheer white dotted top, blue peter pan style collar adorned with white embroidery, blue sleeve cuffs, attached blue belt with mother of pearl buttons and blue bottom with three mother of pearl button closure (A). With "BML" handmade label and in orginal Wood...

Date: 1920-1930

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 305051

Accession Number: 2014.143.10AB

Child's booties

White quilted silk child's booties trimmed in white fur and with white ribbon closures.

Date: 1930-1940

Maker: unknown

Material: quilting

GUSN: 305052

Accession Number: 2014.143.11AB

Child's ivory jacket and box

Child's ivory jacket with silk embroidery and single mother of pearl button closure (A). Found in "J. L. Hudson Baby's Own Shop" box (B).

Date: 1930-1940

Maker: unknown

Material: silk (fiber)

GUSN: 305053

Accession Number: 2014.143.12AB

Child's pale peach jacket, card, and box

Child's pale peach jacket with embroidered flowers (A), small card "Baby Dear" (B), and box (C).

Date: 1930-1940

Maker: unknown

Material: embroidering

GUSN: 305054

Accession Number: 2014.143.13A-C

Crib cover and pillow sham and box

Crib cover (A) and pillow sham (B)with lace ruffles and small embroidered flowers in pink, blue, and yellow. Found in a R.H. Sterns Company, Boston box (C).

Date: 1930-1950

Maker: unknown

Material: lace (needlework)

GUSN: 305055

Accession Number: 2014.143.14A-C

Petticoat with hoop and bag

White net petticoat (A) with flexible hoop (B) and white silk bag (C). "Pennydale".

Date: 1950-1960

Maker: unknown

Material: silk (fiber)

GUSN: 305056

Accession Number: 2014.143.15A-C

Pair of knit infant booties

A pair of light blue knitted infant booties. One with a light pink ribbon along the top and the other with cream yarn.

Date: 1930-1950

Maker: unknown

Material: knitting (process)

GUSN: 305057

Accession Number: 2014.143.16AB

Pair of knit infant booties

A paint of light blue / mint infant booties with white ribbon cinches at the ankles.

Date: 1930-1950

Maker: unknown

Material: knitting (process)

GUSN: 305058

Accession Number: 2014.143.17AB

Pair of knit infant booties

A pair of Ascher's light blue knit infant booties with white silk inserts and small pink embroidered roses.

Date: 1930-1950

Maker: unknown

Material: crocheting

GUSN: 305059

Accession Number: 2014.143.18AB

Pair of knit infant booties

A pair of white knit infant booties with pink accents and a pink ribbon cinch.

Maker: unknown

Material: knitting (process)

GUSN: 305060

Accession Number: 2014.143.19AB

Pair of knit infant booties

A pair of Ascher's light pink knit infant booties with white silk inserts and small pink embroidered roses.

Date: 1930-1950

Maker: unknown

Material: knitting (process)

GUSN: 305061

Accession Number: 2014.143.20AB

Pair of knit infant hand covers

A pair of blue knit infant hand covers.

Date: 1930-1950

Maker: unknown

Material: knitting (process)

GUSN: 305062

Accession Number: 2014.143.21AB

Pair of knit infant hand covers

A pair of white knit infant hand covers with blue accent and white ribbons.

Date: 1930-1950

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 305063

Accession Number: 2014.143.22AB

Pair of knit infant mittens

Pair of pink and blue infant mittens.

Date: 1930-1950

Maker: unknown

Material: knitting (process)

GUSN: 305064

Accession Number: 2014.143.23AB

Bunch of ribbons

A bunch of blue and pink ribbons, originally accompanying a collection of baby booties and mittens.

Date: 1930-1950

Maker: unknown

Material: ribbon (material)

GUSN: 305065

Accession Number: 2014.143.24

Children's Shoes

Child's shoes, white suede.

Date: 1920-1930

Maker: unknown

Material: suede

GUSN: 305066

Accession Number: 2014.143.25AB

Dinner plate

Earthenware plate with scallop and dot-molded rim with red transfer-print pattern "Swiss Scenery." Scene depicts fanciful Swiss Chalets in a landscape with two figures and distant mountains. Framed at lower edge with flowers and scrolls. Flower and scroll border.

Date: 1840-1843

Maker: unknown

Material: earthenware, transfer printing, glazing (coating)

GUSN: 305883

Accession Number: 1993.447

Dinner plate

Earthenware plate with scalloped rim and red transfer-printed pattern "Olympia." Print depicts two men on horseback and a third standing nearby, all dressed in traditional Greek military uniforms (Evzones). Behind the men is a large monument with urn and a gate topped with a striding buck. In the d...

Date: 1834-1859

Maker: Podmore, Walker & Co. (Maker)

Material: earthenware, transfer printing, glazing (coating)

GUSN: 305884

Accession Number: 1993.448

Salad plate

Small earthenware plate with scalloped rim and red transfer-printed pattern "Pomerania." European-style buildings and a bridge over a river. Two figures on bridge. Border of scrolls, shells and flowers against vermiculate ground.

Date: 1830-1841

Maker: John Ridgway & Co. (Maker)

Material: earthenware, glazing (coating), transfer printing

GUSN: 305885

Accession Number: 1993.461

Luncheon plate

Earthenware plate with scalloped rim and red transfer-printed pattern "Florentine." Pattern depicts three women at leisure in a garden with large urn. In the distance is a building with arches, column and domed tower. Border pattern of floral sprays alternating with flowers and cartouches.

Date: 1834-1859

Maker: Podmore, Walker & Co. (Maker)

Material: earthenware, glazing (coating), transfer printing

GUSN: 305886

Accession Number: 1993.463

Rogers Group Sculpture - Weighing the Baby

Plaster sculpture of a man and a woman weighing a baby on a scale.

Date: 1876

Maker: Rogers, John (Maker)

Material: plaster, paint (coating)

GUSN: 305895

Accession Number: 1921.274

Saucer

Round white earthenware saucer transfer-printed in forest green underglaze and covered with transparent glaze. Border of faux wood boards and nails. Center image of a wooden bucket on wood board floor.

Date: 1955

Maker: Marshall-Burns (Maker)

Material: earthenware, transfer printing, glazing (coating)

GUSN: 305925

Accession Number: 1999.105.5

Scarab Paperweight

Earthenware paperweight with blue glaze molded in the shape of a scarab beetle.

Date: 1890-1920

Maker: Grueby Faience Company (Maker)

Material: earthenware, glazing (coating)

GUSN: 305959

Accession Number: 1966.927

Plate

Earthenware plate depicting "Cranberrying" scene. Plate is one of a set of twelve in the series "New England Industries" featuring black monochrome images adapted from wood engravings by Clare Leighton. Scenes include: codfishing; cranberrying; farming; grist milling; ice cutting; lobstering; loggin...

Date: 1952

Maker: Leighton, Clare (Designer) Wedgwood (Maker)

Material: earthenware, glazing (coating), decals, transfer printing

GUSN: 305961

Accession Number: 2001.96.2

Plate

Earthenware plate depicting "Farming" scene. Plate is one of a set of twelve in the series "New England Industries" featuring black monochrome images adapted from wood engravings by Clare Leighton. Scenes include: codfishing; cranberrying; farming; grist milling; ice cutting; lobstering; logging; ma...

Date: 1952

Maker: Leighton, Clare (Designer) Wedgwood (Maker)

Material: earthenware, glazing (coating), decals, transfer printing

GUSN: 305962

Accession Number: 2001.96.3

Plate

Earthenware plate depicting "Grist Milling" scene. Plate is one of a set of twelve in the series "New England Industries" featuring black monochrome images adapted from wood engravings by Clare Leighton. Scenes include: codfishing; cranberrying; farming; grist milling; ice cutting; lobstering; loggi...

Date: 1952

Maker: Leighton, Clare (Designer) Wedgwood (Maker)

Material: earthenware, glazing (coating), decals, transfer printing

GUSN: 305963

Accession Number: 2001.96.4

Plate

Earthenware plate depicting "Ice Cutting" scene. Plate is one of a set of twelve in the series "New England Industries" featuring black monochrome images adapted from wood engravings by Clare Leighton. Scenes include: codfishing; cranberrying; farming; grist milling; ice cutting; lobstering; logging...

Date: 1952

Maker: Wedgwood (Maker) Leighton, Clare (Designer)

Material: earthenware, glazing (coating), decals, transfer printing

GUSN: 305964

Accession Number: 2001.96.5

Plate

Earthenware plate depicting "Logging" scene. Plate is one of a set of twelve in the series "New England Industries" featuring black monochrome images adapted from wood engravings by Clare Leighton. Scenes include: codfishing; cranberrying; farming; grist milling; ice cutting; lobstering; logging; ma...

Date: 1952

Maker: Wedgwood (Maker) Leighton, Clare (Designer)

Material: earthenware, glazing (coating), decals, transfer printing

GUSN: 305965

Accession Number: 2001.96.7

Plate

Earthenware plate depicting "Marble Quarrying" scene. Plate is one of a set of twelve in the series "New England Industries" featuring black monochrome images adapted from wood engravings by Clare Leighton. Scenes include: codfishing; cranberrying; farming; grist milling; ice cutting; lobstering; lo...

Date: 1952

Maker: Wedgwood (Maker) Leighton, Clare (Designer)

Material: earthenware, glazing (coating), decals, transfer printing

GUSN: 305966

Accession Number: 2001.96.8

Plate

Earthenware plate depicting "Ship Building" scene. Plate is one of a set of twelve in the series "New England Industries" featuring black monochrome images adapted from wood engravings by Clare Leighton. Scenes include: codfishing; cranberrying; farming; grist milling; ice cutting; lobstering; loggi...

Date: 1952

Maker: Wedgwood (Maker) Leighton, Clare (Designer)

Material: earthenware, glazing (coating), decals, transfer printing

GUSN: 305967

Accession Number: 2001.96.9

Plate

Earthenware plate depicting "Sugaring" scene. Plate is one of a set of twelve in the series "New England Industries" featuring black monochrome images adapted from wood engravings by Clare Leighton. Scenes include: codfishing; cranberrying; farming; grist milling; ice cutting; lobstering; logging; m...

Date: 1952

Maker: Wedgwood (Maker) Leighton, Clare

Material: earthenware, glazing (coating), decals, transfer printing

GUSN: 305968

Accession Number: 2001.96.10

Plate

Earthenware plate depicting "Tobacco Growing" scene. Plate is one of a set of twelve in the series "New England Industries" featuring black monochrome images adapted from wood engravings by Clare Leighton. Scenes include: codfishing; cranberrying; farming; grist milling; ice cutting; lobstering; log...

Date: 1952

Maker: Wedgwood (Maker) Leighton, Clare (Designer)

Material: earthenware, glazing (coating), decals, transfer printing

GUSN: 305969

Accession Number: 2001.96.11

Plate

Earthenware plate depicting "Whaling" scene. Plate is one of a set of twelve in the series "New England Industries" featuring black monochrome images adapted from wood engravings by Clare Leighton. Scenes include: codfishing; cranberrying; farming; grist milling; ice cutting; lobstering; logging; ma...

Date: 1952

Maker: Wedgwood (Maker) Leighton, Clare (Designer)

Material: earthenware, glazing (coating), decals, transfer printing

GUSN: 305970

Accession Number: 2001.96.12

Plate

Earthenware plate depicting "Lobstering" scene. Plate is one of a set of twelve in the series "New England Industries" featuring black monochrome images adapted from wood engravings by Clare Leighton. Scenes include: codfishing; cranberrying; farming; grist milling; ice cutting; lobstering; logging;...

Date: 1952

Maker: Wedgwood (Maker) Leighton, Clare (Designer)

Material: earthenware, glazing (coating), decals, transfer printing

GUSN: 305971

Accession Number: 2001.96.6

Tray

Blue transfer-printed pearlware tray. Border of alternating medallions featuring Ceres and war trophies. Central scene depicting two soldiers participating in the Texian Campaigne.

Date: 1830-1860

Maker: unknown

Material: pearlware, transfer printing, overglazing

GUSN: 305972

Accession Number: 1993.455

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