Historic New England

Platter

Oval platter with a blue molded, scalloped, and feathered decorative edge. Flat rim and wide cavetto sided well.

Date: 1800-1825

Maker: unknown

Material: earthenware

GUSN: 254813

Accession Number: 1999.359

Body (a) has deep ovoid form with canted corners and ovoid foot. Body with molded feather and rope band at mouth, broken by fanlight and acanthers motif. Molded eagle's head and handles at sides. Decorative bands and handles painted a deep blue. Bottom is stamped with '10'. Cover (b) is conform...

Date: 1800-1825

Maker: unknown

Material: earthenware

GUSN: 254814

Accession Number: 1999.360AB

Bowl

Shallow bowl with single reed rim. Bottom of thicker metal with ridge marking this halfway up the wall.

Date: 1725-1800

Maker: unknown

Material: pewter (tin alloy)

GUSN: 254815

Accession Number: 1999.363

Nested Bowls

Pair of nested bowls

Date: ca. 1875

Maker: unknown

Material: tin glaze, earthenware

GUSN: 254819

Accession Number: 1999.362

Pair of Mixing Bowls

Pair of nested mixing bowls

Date: 1900-1930

Maker: unknown

Material: yellowware

GUSN: 254823

Accession Number: 1999.361

Charger

Broad slightly concave rim with single reed edge. Mark on rear between to columns.

Date: 1725-1800

Maker: unknown

Material: pewter (tin alloy)

GUSN: 254828

Accession Number: 1999.364

Soup Plate

Circular shallow form with flat rim canted outward. Quartered decoration with red dot 'flowers' and green foliage. Well has polychrome decoration of two vases with flowers painted in the Japanese manner. Drilled for hanger at back.

Date: 18th century

Maker: unknown

Material: tin glaze, earthenware

GUSN: 254831

Accession Number: 1999.365

Pair of Sconces

Unmatched pair of sconces

Date: 1800-1830

Maker: unknown

Material: iron (metal)

GUSN: 254834

Accession Number: 1999.366

Pair of saucers

Date: ca. 1825

Maker: unknown

Material: pearlware

GUSN: 254851

Accession Number: 1999.367

Bowl

Deep circular bowl form with small foot ring. Interior blue banding at mouth and inside bottom with iron red medallion at center. Overall exterior thickly painted with polychrome enamel decoration of iron red cross motif alternating with green and yellow abstract elements.

Date: ca. 1875-1925

Maker: unknown

Material: porcelain

GUSN: 254855

Accession Number: 1999.368

Plate

Circular form with convex edge. Deep blue transfer decoration of lancet rim, large fruit and flower band that surrounds an architectural landscape featuring two riders at center.

Date: 1825-1850

Maker: unknown

Material: earthenware

GUSN: 254856

Accession Number: 1999.369

Plate

Circular form with slight convex edge and blue transfer printed decoration. Deep floral edge decoration surrounds seascape titled at bottom "Landing of Gen. LaFayette at Castle Garden in New York, 16th August 1824".

Date: 1825-1830

Maker: unknown

Material: earthenware

GUSN: 254857

Accession Number: 1999.370

Pair of mugs

Date: ca. 1825

Maker: unknown

Material: pearlware

GUSN: 254858

Accession Number: 1999.371

Platter

Blue transfer printed ovoid form. Scroll molded slightly convex rim band decorated with trees framing architectural scene with figures in foreground. Marked on back with eagle having shield body holding arrows and laurel in talons over banner inscribed "Highbury College, London"

Date: 1820-1840

Maker: unknown

Material: earthenware

GUSN: 254861

Accession Number: 1999.372

Plate

Commemorative plate in circular form with slightly convex edge decorated with blue transfer. Rim decorated with leaf, fruit and flower border. Center decoration of marine scene with ship. Marked on back "The Mayflower in Plymouth Harbor" followed by a poem.

Date: ca. 1930

Maker: unknown

Material: earthenware

GUSN: 254862

Accession Number: 1999.373

Plate

Commemorative plate in circular form with slightly convex edge. Decorated with blue transfer print. Edge decoration is leaf rim with broad fruit and flower border. Landscape with male and female figure s bressed in 17 century garb stand in foreground.

Date: ca. 1930

Maker: unknown

Material: earthenware

GUSN: 254863

Accession Number: 1999.374

Plate

Commemorative plate with blue transfer printed decoration on circular form. Broad floral border with marine scene and ship at center. Stamped 'Wedgwood' and inscribed "The Mayflower Arriving in Provincetown Harbour, November 11, 1620, Old Style" followed by a quote from Mourt's Journal.

Date: ca. 1930

Maker: Wedgwood

Material: earthenware

GUSN: 254864

Accession Number: 1999.375

Platter

Rectangular form with canted corners with invected edge. Flat broad rim canted upward with underglazed blue guilloche and daisy border. Cross hatch cavetto well border broken by floral reserves. Central decoration of floral urn and tobacco leaf motif.

Date: 1750-1770

Maker: unknown

Material: porcelain

GUSN: 254865

Accession Number: 1999.376

Basin

Blue transfer printed circular form. Flat rim with lancet decoration, broad floral band. Rounded well with Massachusetts State house and Boston Common with cows in foreground. Exterior decorated with State house design repeated twice. Stands on plain foot ring.

Date: 1820-1840

Maker: unknown

Material: earthenware

GUSN: 254866

Accession Number: 1999.378

Set of six dessert plates

Date: 1900-1930

Maker: unknown

Material: porcelain

GUSN: 254867

Accession Number: 1999.379

Plate

Circular form with white body. Light orange rim band with white well, thin gold ring at center. Low foot ring.

Date: 1900-1930

Maker: unknown

Material: porcelain

GUSN: 254874

Accession Number: 1999.380

Sauce tureen

Bulbous ovoid body with slightly flared mouth. Conforming foot with single blue band. Molded decorative "feather" band at shoulder. Squared molded "U" shaped handle.

Date: 1800-1825

Maker: unknown

Material: pearlware

GUSN: 254875

Accession Number: 1999.382

Platter

Oval form with brown transfer print. Probably for use as underplate to gravy tureen. Floral and architectural border. Floor has scene of water with lateen rigged oared boat surrounded by land with vaguely classical architectural structure. Marked "STONE CHINA" and "Grecian Scenery".

Date: 1860-1900

Maker: unknown

Material: earthenware

GUSN: 254876

Accession Number: 1999.383

Plate

'Loretto' pattern in blue transfer print. Small floral scroll border with link-type diaper on 12-sided rim. Small snag and dart covetto well border. Well decorated with rustic scene of ruins with musician and two women on a bridge in the foreground. Marked "Ironstone".

Date: ca. 1860

Maker: unknown

Material: ironstone (pottery)

GUSN: 254877

Accession Number: 1999.384

Vase

Squat circular form probably used for floral arrangements. Neck decorated with raised decorative band having lattice work with flowers, bees, and hummingbirds. Body has flattened bulb shape with shoulder engraved with repeated floral design. Stands on low foot ring. Marked with maker and name on...

Date: 1900-1930

Maker: unknown

Material: white metal, plating (metal coating)

GUSN: 254878

Accession Number: 1999.385

Pair of Bowls

Pair of earthenware bowls

Date: 1820-1850

Maker: unknown

Material: earthenware, glaze

GUSN: 254926

Accession Number: 1999.386

Bowl

Yellow clay body with interior decorated in four, yellow concentric rings. Floor has blue floral designs with purple stem.

Date: 1900-1940

Maker: unknown

Material: earthenware

GUSN: 254929

Accession Number: 1999.387

Set of three plates

Set of three ceramic plates.

Date: ca. 1935

Maker: unknown

Material: earthenware, tin glaze

GUSN: 254930

Accession Number: 1999.388

Pitcher

Imari type decoration on bulbous ribbed body. Circular mouth with deep spout. Undecorated "C" scrolled handle.

Date: ca. 1888

Maker: unknown

Material: porcelain

GUSN: 254936

Accession Number: 1999.389

Pitcher

Miniature. Deep cylindrical neck with squat bulbous body. Brown glazed with yellow band on body and blue dots. Copper lustre overglaze. "C"-shaped handle.

Date: 1825-1875

Maker: unknown

Material: earthenware, glaze, vitrification

GUSN: 254937

Accession Number: 1999.390

Wallpaper

Unused sample of wallpaper from Middleton, Massachusetts. Stylized floral trail pattern with four parallel, undulating vines or branches and floral sprigs. Roller-printed in green and brown on white ground.

Date: 1840-1850

Maker: unknown

Material: paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 284699

Accession Number: 2001.281.424

Wallpaper

Unused fragment of floral wallpaper from Middleton, Massachusetts. Overall floral pattern in which two different groupings, each with three flowers, alternate in vertical rows. Wispy floral stems surrounded by pindots radiate from the groups of flowers. Roller-printed in two greens and black on g...

Date: 1850-1860

Maker: unknown

Material: paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 284700

Accession Number: 2001.281.425

Wallpaper

Unused wallpaper fragment with floral trail pattern from Middleton, Massachusetts. Two naturalistic branches with thorns and small pink and white flowers, possibly multi-flora roses, grow parallel to each other. Pindots surround the white flowers. Block-printed in black, brown, two greens, pink, ...

Date: 1850-1870

Maker: unknown

Material: paper (fiber product), block printing (relief printing process)

GUSN: 284709

Accession Number: 2001.281.426

Wallpaper

Large, unused piece of floral wallpaper from Middleton, Massachusetts. Naturalistic floral trail pattern featuring large-scale morning glory vine. Small pink and blue flowers and lilac-like violet flowers also represented. Block-printed in six greens, three violets, three pinks, two blues, maroon...

Date: 1855-1865

Maker: unknown

Material: paper (fiber product), block printing (relief printing process)

GUSN: 284713

Accession Number: 2001.281.427

Wallpaper

Large fragment of unused floral wallpaper from Middleton, Massachusetts. Large scale c-scroll cartouches in gray with colorful naturalistic floral bouquets and traveling vines. Roses and lilacs are featured. Block-printed in two grays, dark maroon, two greens, three blues, three violets, two pin...

Date: 1855-1865

Maker: unknown

Material: paper (fiber product), block printing (relief printing process)

GUSN: 284714

Accession Number: 2001.281.428

Wallpaper Border

Wallpaper border fragment. Geometric pattern with octogon figures. Roller printed in red, blue and black on brown ground.

Date: 1860-1870

Maker: unknown

Material: paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 284717

Accession Number: 1985.26.249

Wallpaper

Unused sample. Bouquets of flowers in baskets and floral sprays suspended from bows, surrounded by rococo scrolls. Printed in peaches, pinks, greens, yellows and blues. Pattern is atop a striped ground printed in light beige, dark beige and pale blue.

Date: ca. 1880

Maker: unknown

Material: paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 284768

Accession Number: 1985.26.162

Wallpaper

Wallpaper fragments, landscape figures of fruit and hunting scenes separated by pineapple topped columns.

Date: 1900-1930

Maker: Possibly Zuber & Cie

GUSN: 284861

Accession Number: 2013.47.1A-D

Commemorative Plate

Commemorative plate of the Jackson House, Portsmouth, New Hampshire. Lilac, pinecone, and thistle border. Red and white transfer print. Printed from drawings by Samuel Chamberlain.

Date: 1955

Maker: Wedgwood (Manufacturer)

Material: earthenware, transfer printing

GUSN: 284863

Accession Number: 2013.48.1

Calendar Tile

Calendar tile depicting the John Hancock House on one side and a month by month calendar for the year 1900 on the other. Brown and white transfer print. Circular hole drilled into tile for hanging.

Date: 1900

Maker: Wedgwood (Manufacturer) Jones, McDuffee, & Stratton (Retailer)

Material: earthenware, glazing (coating), transfer printing

GUSN: 284867

Accession Number: 2013.49.1

Calendar Tile

Calendar tile depicting the House of the Seven Gables on one side and a month by month calendar for the year 1929 on the other. Brown and white transfer print. Two circular holes drilled into tile for hanging.

Date: 1929

Maker: Wedgwood (Manufacturer) Jones, McDuffee, & Stratton (Retailer)

Material: earthenware

GUSN: 284868

Accession Number: 2013.49.2

Wedding dress

Ivory silk knee-length dress with dropped waist, asymmetrical skirt finished with 12" lace flounce decorated with scattered paste gems in claw settings. Skirt gathered at proper left hip with corsage of silk orange blossoms and ivory satin ribbon. Underskirt of flecked silk and show fabric set into ...

Date: ca. 1928

Maker: unknown

Material: silk (textile), lace (needlework), rhinestone

GUSN: 284869

Accession Number: 2013.50.1

Florence Quinn (1900-1982) in her wedding dress

Photograph of the bride at her home in Swampscott. Frame is chip carved and gilded, with a cardboard backing.

Date: 1928

Maker: unknown

Material: photographs, frames (furnishings)

GUSN: 284870

Accession Number: 2013.50.2

Framed photograph of Florence Quinn and her sister, Lena Quinn Estes. Photograph taken by Lynn photographer Joseph Henry Gough, United States, 1928

Photograph of Florence Quinn and her sister Lena Quinn Estes, who was her matron of honor. The two are posed in their family home. The frame is carved wood and painted green. The mat is deckle-edged, with an arched opening and embossed with the photographer's name, Joseph Henry Gough. Paper backing....

Date: 1928

Maker: Gough, Joseph Henry (Photographer)

Material: photographs, frames (furnishings)

GUSN: 284871

Accession Number: 2013.50.3

Framed photograph of Lena Quinn and Alice Quinn as young girls. Photographer unknown, United States, 1895-1910

Framed photograph of two young girls (sisters of Florence Quinn) with blonde hair. Hand-tinted. Frame is gilded, pressed metal (not original), with an embossed paper back and collapsible paper triangle stand. Unsigned on front.

Date: ca. 1905

Maker: unknown

Material: photographs, frames (furnishings)

GUSN: 284872

Accession Number: 2013.50.4

Wallpaper

Unused roll of wallpaper. Pattern composed of lacy drapery and swags tied with ribbons intertwined with sprigs. Printed in three reds, two pinks, white, two greens, blue, and gray on a gray ground. Straight repeat.

Maker: Mauny (Manufacturer) Roach & Craven, Inc. (Retailer) Caillard, Robert (Designer)

GUSN: 284876

Accession Number: 2000.198

Wallpaper

Unused roll of wallpaper. Pattern composed of meandering vines with flowers and pomegranates. Printed in blue, yellow, red, and brown on a light yellow ground. Straight repeat.

Maker: Mauny (Manufacturer) Roach & Craven, Inc. (Retailer)

GUSN: 284877

Accession Number: 2000.199

Wallpaper

Unused roll of wallpaper. Pattern composed of a vase filled with flowers, arabesques, garlands, and tendrils. Printed in two blues, pink, maroon, and tan on a dark gray ground. Straight repeat.

Maker: Mauny (Manufacturer) Roach & Craven, Inc. (Retailer) Caillard, Robert (Designer)

GUSN: 284892

Accession Number: 2000.220

Wallpaper

One unused roll and one sample of wallpaper. Pattern composed of a vignette of three putti hunting ducks with bows and arrows alternating with a vignette of a dog chasing ducks from the brush. Printed in two pinks, white, and brown on a light blue ground. Straight repeat.

Maker: Mauny (Manufacturer) Roach & Craven, Inc. (Retailer) Caillard, Robert (Designer)

GUSN: 284906

Accession Number: 2000.201AB

Wallpaper

Two unused rolls of wallpaper. Pattern composed of meandering stylized leaves and roses. Printed in rust, ochre, orange, green, gray, taupe, and brown on a beige ground. Straight repeat.

Maker: Mauny (Manufacturer) Roach & Craven, Inc. (Retailer) Caillard, Robert (Designer) McClelland, Nancy (Retailer)

GUSN: 284936

Accession Number: 2000.202AB

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