Historic New England

Hooked Rug

Hooked rug; diamond and block pattern.

Maker: unknown

Material: wool (textile)

GUSN: 252646

Accession Number: 1949.1050

Hooked Rug

Oval hooked rug; floral design.

Maker: unknown

Material: wool (textile)

GUSN: 252647

Accession Number: 1949.1052

Hooked Rug

No description

Maker: unknown

Material: wool (textile)

GUSN: 252648

Accession Number: 1949.1053

Chintz Cloth

Sample of glazed chintz; brown and rust floral.

Date: ca. 1825

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 252650

Accession Number: 1949.1055

Chintz Cloth

Glazed chintz cloth sample; meandering floral on beige.

Date: ca. 1825

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 252652

Accession Number: 1949.1056

Printed Cotton Cloth

Printed cotton cloth sample; brown, rust, blue.

Date: ca. 1865

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 252653

Accession Number: 1949.1057

Linen Pillowcase

Linen pillowcase; printed with "S.A. Tyson."

Date: ca. 1840

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 252656

Accession Number: 1949.1058

Pewter Inkwell

Pewter inkwell.

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 252658

Accession Number: 1949.1063

Glass Candlestick

Opaque glass candlestick with gilding.

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 252660

Accession Number: 1949.1064

Garniture Vases

Pair of ceramic, paint-decorated garniture vases.

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 252663

Accession Number: 1949.1065.1-2

George Washington Portrait Print

Small oval print of George Washington; framed.

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 252664

Accession Number: 1949.1066

Decorated Redware Vase

Redware vase; polychrome floral decoration; Southwestern U.S.

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 252669

Accession Number: 1949.1069

Kerosene Lamp

Glass kerosene lamp with etched glass shade; metal fittings.

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 252682

Accession Number: 1949.1070

Paperweight

Heart-shaped; red Morocco leather paperweight.

Date: 1800-1830

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 252686

Accession Number: 1949.1071

Traveling Mirror with Case

Chinese traveling mirror with printed paper case.

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 252690

Accession Number: 1949.1072

Curling Iron Burner

Traveling curling iron burner.

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 252691

Accession Number: 1949.1073

School Bell

Brass "school" beel with wooden handle.

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 252693

Accession Number: 1949.1074

Commemorative Medal from the World's Columbian Exposition

Brown metal commemorative medal from the World's Columbian Exposition of Chicago. Representation of Christopher Columbus on the heads side and text box with writing on the tails side. Two female figures, a ship, and two torches surround the text box.

Date: 1892-1893

Maker: unknown

Material: alloy

GUSN: 252695

Accession Number: 1949.1103

Tinsel Picture

Tinsel picture; depicts bird carrying Mexican; framed.

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 252952

Accession Number: 1966.658

Portrait of William Hogarth

Engraved copy of William Hogarth self portrait.

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 252953

Accession Number: 1961.269

Colored Print

Print depicting school entrance; framed

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 252954

Accession Number: 1966.649.1

Colored Print

Colored print depicting school.

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 252955

Accession Number: 1966.649.2

Photograph

Photographic print of woman and dog; grained and gilt oval frame.

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 252956

Accession Number: 1966.742

Woodcut Print

Woodcut print; depicts gingerbread cottage, Oak Bluffs; signed by maker, Petronie Ortiz.

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 252957

Accession Number: 1966.880.1

Woodcut Print

Wodcut print; depicts "West Chop"; signed by maker, Petronie Ortiz.

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 252958

Accession Number: 1966.880.2

Print

Print; depicts New Hampshire scene, by C. L Fox.

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 252959

Accession Number: 1953.445

Lithographic Print

Lithograph; depicts Minot's Ledge Light House.

Date: ca. 1860

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 252961

Accession Number: 1966.877

Picture Frame

No description

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 252966

Accession Number: 1993.514

Picture Frame

Framed daguerreotypeportrait of Ralph Waldo Emerson made by J.J. Hawes, 19 Tremont Row.

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 252968

Accession Number: 1920.321

Colored Lithographic Print

Colored lithograph depicting a breezy day.

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 252970

Accession Number: 1966.711

Teacup and saucer

Teacup (a), with handle, and saucer (b).

Date: 1790-1850

Maker: unknown

Material: luster (optical property)

GUSN: 290741

Accession Number: 1958.340.9ab

Teacup

Teacup, with handle.

Date: 1790-1850

Maker: unknown

Material: luster (optical property)

GUSN: 290742

Accession Number: 1958.340.10

Pair of Andirons

Pair of brass andirons with acorn shaped tops and smaller acorn shaped finials. Cabriole legs with flattened pad feet.

Maker: unknown

Material: brass (alloy), iron (metal), casting (process)

GUSN: 290743

Accession Number: 1990.224.1-.2

Pitcher

Oval porcelain pitcher with pink ivy trail on handle and around neck, 1790-1850 and red vine with green leaves and pink flowers and black curls. Body fluted.

Date: 1790-1850

Maker: unknown

Material: porcelain

GUSN: 290744

Accession Number: 1958.347

Dessert plate

Porcelain plate with pink luster rim, red flowers, blue buds and half-green, half-pink luster leaves, pink luster vine and leaves.

Date: 1790-1850

Maker: unknown

Material: porcelain, luster (optical property)

GUSN: 290745

Accession Number: 1958.350.1

Dessert plate

Porcelain plate with pink luster rim, red flowers, blue buds and half-green, half-pink luster leaves, pink luster vine and leaves.

Date: 1790-1850

Maker: unknown

Material: porcelain, luster (optical property)

GUSN: 290746

Accession Number: 1958.350.2

Wallpaper

Fragment of wallpaper with all-over stylized foliate pattern. Roller-printed in gray and green on white ground. Reproduced by Waterhouse Wallhangings as "Duxbury Leaves."

Date: 1860-1870

Maker: unknown

Material: paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 290747

Accession Number: 2001.281.955

Saucer

Porcelain saucer with hand painted green leaves and pink luster flowers.

Date: 1790-1850

Maker: unknown

Material: porcelain

GUSN: 290751

Accession Number: 1958.387

Wallpaper

Fragment of block-printed wallpaper from Bourne, Massachusetts. Pattern of small red and white floral rosettes or medallions alternating with smaller red floral sprigs. Probably ungrounded paper. Reproduced as "Eagle Hill" by Waterhouse Wallhangings.

Date: 1800-1820

Maker: unknown

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

GUSN: 290753

Accession Number: 2001.281.956

Wallpaper

Two fragments of block-printed wallpaper from Centerville, Massachusetts. Pattern of small red and white floral rosettes alternating with smaller red floral sprigs. Probably ungrounded paper. The wallpaper was covered by pages of the Boston Cultivator farm journal dating from circa 1849-1850, see...

Date: 1800-1820

Maker: unknown

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

GUSN: 290757

Accession Number: 2001.281.957.1AB

Fragments of "The Boston Cultivator" farm journal

Four fragments of "The Boston Cultivator" farm journal dating from circa 1849-1850. Pages of the newspaper were used to cover a wall. The newspaper covered an early nineteenth-century medallion and sprig wallpaper, see 2001.281.957.1ab. An imprint of the wallpaper is visible on some of the newspa...

Date: 1849-1850

Maker: The Boston Cultivator (Printer)

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

GUSN: 290760

Accession Number: 2001.281.957.2A-D

Transparency of Wallpaper Pattern

Transparency of the reproduction wallpaper pattern "General John Walker" produced by Surflex Roller Co. Ltd., Yorkshire, England for Waterhouse Wallhangings in 1981. Per correspondence, the transparency was sent to Bernard Scott of Waterhouse Wallhangings in February, 1981 for his approval before w...

Date: 1981

Maker: Surflex Roller Co. Ltd. (Manufacturer)

Material: plastic (organic material), film (material by form)

GUSN: 290794

Accession Number: 2001.281.958

Wallpaper

Two long fragments of wallpaper in the "Griffin" pattern. Fragments are mid-nineteenth century reproduction of the late-eighteenth century neoclassical "Griffin" wallpaper by French manufacturer Reveillon (see 1917.145a and b) . In the pattern, a cartouche or shelf figure frames a bowl. Griffins ...

Date: 1860-1875

Maker: unknown

Material: paper (fiber product), metallic pigment

GUSN: 290797

Accession Number: 2001.281.959AB

Torchière

Three-legged mahogany torchière with circular top. Cabriole legs and pad feet. Gadrooned rings just above legs and midway up shaft.

Date: ca. 1800

Maker: unknown

Material: mahogany (wood)

GUSN: 290800

Accession Number: 1977.75.1

Firetool stand

Brass firetool stand. Circular base with four bun feet. Ball finial. Gallery runs around base. Base of stand has a pebbled surface.

Maker: unknown

Material: brass (alloy), casting (process), spinning (metalworking)

GUSN: 290801

Accession Number: 1968.167.1

Fireplace tongs

Brass fireplace tongs with ball finial.

Maker: unknown

Material: brass (alloy), casting (process)

GUSN: 290802

Accession Number: 1968.167.2

Fireplace poker

Brass fireplace poker with ball finial. Squared blunt end. Poker has a metal rod wrapped around the neck to hang the poker from the arm of the firetool stand.

Maker: unknown

Material: brass (alloy), iron (metal), casting (process)

GUSN: 290803

Accession Number: 1968.167.3

Dog Figurine

Ceramic figurine of a seated dog, possibly a greyhound. White with green painted base. Remnants of paint and glaze on surface, including collar and blue eyes.

Date: 1880-1890

Maker: unknown

Material: earthenware

GUSN: 290812

Accession Number: 1931.1473

Glass Girandole

Glass girandole with two arms. Cut glass bobeche has nine suspended drops. Right arm has a single drop attached to the bottom edge of the bobeche. Split beaded chains with large drop at one end run from each bobeche up to a glass dome hung with four drops. Flattened molded glass finial. Rectangular ...

Date: 1850-1890

Maker: unknown

Material: cut glass

GUSN: 290814

Accession Number: 1976.166.1

Wallpaper

Three fragments of neoclassical hall wallpaper from Worcester, Massachusetts. The primary motif of the pattern is two parrots perched on top of a basket of flowers and fruit [Fragment A]. In the background is a pattern of repeating small stylized white sprigs [Fragment B]. The paper includes a wid...

Date: 1810-1830

Maker: unknown

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

GUSN: 290815

Accession Number: 2001.281.960A-C

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