Historic New England

Compote

Porcelain footed compote dish with a white body, raspberry and gold banded edges and monogrammed "Ps" on the bowl and stem.

Date: ca. 1900

Maker: Ch Pillivuyt & Cie (Manufacturer)

Material: porcelain

GUSN: 199368

Accession Number: 2006.44.3093.313

Teacup

Small white teacup with a gold floral pattern around the top and bottom with a decorative handle that has gold accenting.

Maker: unknown

Material: porcelain

GUSN: 199369

Accession Number: 2006.44.2884.1

Sauceboat

Porcelain sauceboat with cover with a white body, raspberry and gold banded edges and monogrammed "Ps". Acorn shaped handle on cover.

Date: ca. 1900

Maker: Ch Pillivuyt & Cie (Manufacturer)

Material: porcelain

GUSN: 199370

Accession Number: 2006.44.3093.327AB

Teacup

Small white teacup with a gold floral pattern around the top and bottom with a decorative handle that has gold accenting.

Maker: unknown

Material: porcelain

GUSN: 199371

Accession Number: 2006.44.2884.2

Teacup

Small white teacup with a gold floral pattern around the top and bottom with a decorative handle that has gold accenting.

Maker: unknown

Material: porcelain

GUSN: 199373

Accession Number: 2006.44.2884.3

Saucer

Small white saucer with gold floral pattern around the rim and a decorative scroll around the inset for the teacup.

Maker: unknown

Material: porcelain

GUSN: 199374

Accession Number: 2006.44.2884.4

Teacup

Porcelain blue and white teacup with painted scene of a Monastery and bells "Mission Santa Barbara".

Maker: unknown

Material: porcelain

GUSN: 199375

Accession Number: 2006.44.2888.1

Saucer

Small white saucer with gold floral pattern around the rim and a decorative scroll around the inset for the teacup.

Maker: unknown

Material: porcelain

GUSN: 199376

Accession Number: 2006.44.2884.5

Saucer

Porcelain blue and white saucer with painted scene of a Monastery "Mission Santa Barbara".

Maker: unknown

Material: porcelain

GUSN: 199377

Accession Number: 2006.44.2888.2

Saucer

Small white saucer with gold floral pattern around the rim and a decorative scroll around the inset for the teacup.

Maker: unknown

Material: porcelain

GUSN: 199378

Accession Number: 2006.44.2884.6

Tea service that contains seven pieces, a teapot, a sugar bowl, a waste bowl, two tea bowls and two saucers. The set is white with a blue floral design that includes flowers, leaves, and grapes. Around the sides is a landscape scene, which includes a castle and a waterway.

Date: 1814-1832

Maker: J Hall and Sons (Manufacturer)

Material: bone china, porcelain

GUSN: 199379

Accession Number: 2006.44.2895

Plate

Large porcelain plate with white glaze body and mulit-colored floral decoration.

Maker: Richard Briggs Co. (Retailer)

GUSN: 199380

Accession Number: 2006.44.2834

Teapot

Teapot with a white with a blue floral design that includes flowers, leaves, and grapes. Around the sides is a landscape scene, which includes a castle and a waterway.

Date: 1814-1832

Maker: J Hall and Sons (Manufacturer)

Material: porcelain

GUSN: 199381

Accession Number: 2006.44.2895.1ab

Platter

Large blue and white porcelain platter with geometric and floral decoration.

Maker: unknown

Material: porcelain

GUSN: 199384

Accession Number: 2006.44.2835

Sugar bowl

Sugar bowl with a white with a blue floral design that includes flowers, leaves, and grapes. Around the sides is a landscape scene that includes a castle and a waterway.

Date: 1814-1832

Maker: J Hall and Sons (Manufacturer)

Material: porcelain

GUSN: 199385

Accession Number: 2006.44.2895.2

Pitcher

Large blue and white pitcher with castle and sheep decoration. Square handle.

Maker: unknown

Material: porcelain

GUSN: 199390

Accession Number: 2006.44.2896

Waste bowl

Waste bowl with a white with a blue floral design that includes flowers, leaves, and grapes. Around the sides is a landscape scene that includes a castle and a waterway. On the inside of the bowl is a house.

Date: 1814-1832

Maker: J Hall and Sons

Material: porcelain

GUSN: 199391

Accession Number: 2006.44.2895.3

Bowl

Porcelain Canton bowl with scalloped edge. Trimmed in blue with scenic landscape.

Maker: unknown

Material: porcelain

GUSN: 199396

Accession Number: 2006.44.2915

Cream pitcher

Small dark blue cream pitcher with a hunting scene. The spout has a floral pattern and the handle is flat at the top then curves out. The inscription has a geometric pattern around the outside.

Maker: unknown

Material: bone china, porcelain

GUSN: 199399

Accession Number: 2006.44.2897

Soup tureen

Porcelian Canton soup tureen with cover with blue and white scenic landscape deocration and pig handles.

Maker: unknown

Material: porcelain

GUSN: 199400

Accession Number: 2006.44.2916AB

Teacup

White teasup with blue stripes. The interior has three bunches of flower and leaf design. The handle is very small with a floral print on the top with a scrol design. The exterior has a floral and vine print over the stripes.

Maker: unknown

Material: porcelain

GUSN: 199401

Accession Number: 2006.44.2891

Dinner plate

Porcelain dinner plate in a blue and white Fitzhugh pattern consisting of clusters of vegetation around a central circular design of an abstract flower over a diaper pattern, border is a Nanking pattern of a ring of arrows and dots surrounded by an outer band in a diaper design.

Date: 1800-1850

Maker: unknown

Material: porcelain

GUSN: 199405

Accession Number: 2006.44.1832.7

Dinner plate

Porcelain dinner plate in a blue and white Fitzhugh pattern consisting of clusters of vegetation around a central circular design of an abstract flower over a diaper pattern, border is a Nanking pattern of a ring of arrows and dots surrounded by an outer band in a diaper design.

Date: 1800-1850

Maker: unknown

Material: porcelain

GUSN: 199408

Accession Number: 2006.44.1832.6

Dinner plate

Porcelain dinner plate in a blue and white Fitzhugh pattern consisting of clusters of vegetation around a central circular design of an abstract flower over a diaper pattern, border is a Nanking pattern of a ring of arrows and dots surrounded by an outer band in a diaper design.

Date: 1800-1850

Maker: unknown

Material: porcelain

GUSN: 199409

Accession Number: 2006.44.1832.5

Vase

Square ceramic vase with feet, orange bird, spider and dragon fly decoration on each panel.

Maker: unknown

Material: porcelain

GUSN: 199410

Accession Number: 2006.44.3070

Tray

Round glass tray with gold painted floral decoration.

Date: 1875-1900

Maker: unknown

Material: glass (material)

GUSN: 199411

Accession Number: 2006.44.1815.4

Coin Purse

Circular form with flat top at opening; green and red with white, blue, yellow and pink beading forming concentric circles. Blue bead strap.

Date: 1876-1900

Maker: unknown

Material: beading (process), beads (pierced objects)

GUSN: 241585

Accession Number: 1969.5414

Boy's Hat

Brown leather hat, similar to a top hat in shape, with a brim that is folded and buttoned up at the sides; brown ribbon around the top of the brim.

Date: 1820-1825

Maker: unknown

Material: leather

GUSN: 241586

Accession Number: 1925.150

Boy's hat

Boy's black leather hat with visor brim; two leather straps on either side that tie up to the top of the hat with a black ribbon (possibly a chin strap?).

Date: ca. 1828

Maker: Barry, William (Hatter)

Material: leather

GUSN: 241590

Accession Number: 1970.44A

Pilaster Capital

Large Ionic pilaster capital; central rose decorates the center; one edge charred; white paint. Painted softwood (pine?).

Date: ca. 1803

Maker: McIntire, Samuel, 1757-1811 (Carver)

Material: carving (processes), softwood, pine (wood)

GUSN: 241593

Accession Number: 1922.45

"Palais-Royal" Wallpaper

French Scenic wallpaper "Palais-Royal" pattern. Twenty length pattern depicts groups of men and women walking, sitting, riding horses, reading, and playing games. Each panel framed by a leafy arch at top and tree like columns on sides. Block printed in grisaille on blue ground. Original manufacturer...

Date: 1805-1810

Maker: unknown

Material: paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 241606

Accession Number: 2010.27.1

Wallpaper fragments

Wallpaper fragments with three dimensional geometric pattern of blocks (parallelopipedon) and chains printed in green and brown on green ground. Fragment [B] has an attached border of a three dimensional pattern in black and white on blue ground with orange accents. Block printed. Found underneath F...

Date: 1800-1810

Maker: unknown

Material: paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 241607

Accession Number: 2010.27.2A-D

Curtain Rod

Cylindrical form, oak rod with belted brass ball finial.

Date: 1850-1890

Maker: unknown

Material: brass (alloy), oak (wood), turning (shaping process)

GUSN: 241616

Accession Number: 1983.168.17

Bookends

Pair of hammered copper bookends. Rectangular shape with smooth center panel. Green felt glued to bottom edge.

Maker: unknown

Material: copper (metal), felt (textile)

GUSN: 241640

Accession Number: 2006.44.3539AB

Desk globe

Terrestrial globe on bent wire stand. Paper globe depicts all of the continents and oceans. Major countries are labeled with their capitals.

Date: 1909

Maker: Weber Costello Company (Manufacturer)

Material: paper (fiber product), copper (metal)

GUSN: 241641

Accession Number: 2006.44.3540

Needlework Picture

Oval-shaped mourning picture depicts a plinth surmounted by an urn, with a willow tree on the left and a kneeling woman in a white Empire-waisted dress and several small houses in the background to the right. The plinth is inscribed (see Inscription field for text). The picture is worked on an ivory...

Date: 1806

Maker: unknown

Material: silk (textile), watercolor (paint), ink

GUSN: 241643

Accession Number: 1974.445

Mug

Large cylindrical shaped mug with twisted rope handle. Blue and white glaze with printed scenic decoration of a Chinese pagoda, mountains, river, and bridge. Three band blue border around rim. Unglazed bottom.

Maker: unknown

Material: ceramic (material)

GUSN: 241645

Accession Number: 2006.44.3541

Pen holder

Cylinder shaped container with carved and openwork design and concave bottom. Appears to have been carved from a large gourd. Design includes carved flowering trees and people sitting in a pagoda.

Maker: unknown

Material: wood (plant material)

GUSN: 241647

Accession Number: 2006.44.3542

Side Chair

Classical klismos form embellished with stylized anthemions and raised veneered panel on the crest rail; swag-carved splat. Reproduction leather slip seat.

Date: 1820-1825

Maker: unknown

Material: mahogany (wood), veneer, leather

GUSN: 241658

Accession Number: 1963.342B

Portrait of a Sea Captain

Pastel portrait of a sea captain; three-quarter length man wearing a dark blue coat with red vest trimmed in gold; black top hat; telescope tucked under right arm; ship in distance with US flag; in oval gilt frame.

Date: 1794

Maker: Attributed to Hirschmann, Franz Ludwig, 1775-1875 (Pastelist)

Material: pastels (visual works)

GUSN: 241695

Accession Number: 1942.1661

Tureen with cover

Ironstone tureen [A] with oval lobed body and foot. Cover [B] has scroll handles and a tulip finial on leaves. Part of a four piece set: tureen with cover, tureen underplate, and ladle.

Date: 1855-1865

Maker: J. Bridgwood & Co. (Manufacturer)

Material: ironstone (pottery)

GUSN: 241730

Accession Number: 1975.154.1AB

Platter

Oval ironstone platter with lobed body. Tulip and leaf handles. Part of a four piece set: tureen with cover, tureen underplate, and ladle.

Date: 1855-1865

Maker: J. Bridgwood & Co. (Manufacturer)

Material: ironstone (pottery)

GUSN: 241731

Accession Number: 1975.154.2

Ladle

Oval ironstone ladle with lobed body and crabstock handle. Part of a four piece set: tureen with cover, underplate, and ladle.

Date: 1855-1865

Maker: J. Bridgwood & Co. (Manufacturer)

Material: ironstone (pottery)

GUSN: 241732

Accession Number: 1975.154.3

Needlepoint Portrait of George Washington

Framed needlepoint portrait of George Washington, after Gilbert Stuart's "Lansdowne Portrait." Worked in red, gold, black, and blue wool threads.

Date: 1853

Maker: Burrell, Mary E. (Maker)

Material: wool (textile)

GUSN: 241733

Accession Number: 1975.153

Serving dish with ladle

Serving dish [A] with pyrex liner [B] and ladle [C]. Circular serving dish with beaded edge and bun feet. Curved handle with notch at top center that ladle sits in. Clear pyrex liner, divided into two sections. Ladle has a looped handle with beaded end. With original hang tag [D].

Date: 1936-1969

Maker: Buehner, Frederic, 1908-1971 (Designer)

Material: aluminum (metal), glass (material)

GUSN: 241761

Accession Number: 2010.31.1A-D

Casserole dish with pyrex liner

Hammered aluminum casserole dish with cover and pyrex liner with cover.

Date: 1936-1969

Maker: Buehner, Frederic, 1908-1971 (Designer)

Material: aluminum (metal), glass (material)

GUSN: 241762

Accession Number: 2010.31.2

Casserole dish

Casserole dish [A] with cover [B]. Circular shape with flat bottom and beaded edge. Hammered aluminum cover has loop finial with beaded end.

Date: 1936-1969

Maker: Buehner, Frederic, 1908-1971 (Designer)

GUSN: 241763

Accession Number: 2010.31.2.1ab

Pyrex liner

Clear glass pyrex liner [A] with cover [B]. Fits inside aluminum casserole holder.

Date: 1936-1969

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 241764

Accession Number: 2010.31.2.2ab

Hooked Rug

Rectangular hooked rug bound with wide striped twill; blue and white variegated border. Polychrome striped background with a two-masted ship at left and a three-masted ship at right, both with full sails. Large bird, probably a gull, at center and far left; smaller bird flies at right.

Date: 1875-1899

Maker: unknown

Material: wool (textile), hooking

GUSN: 241765

Accession Number: 1949.1054

Desk box

Rectangular mahogany desk box with brass inlay. Hinged lid with brass corners and engraved nameplate. Box interior has a red leather writing surface and three small compartments. The short sides of the box have a small narrow drawer with a brass pull handle.

Date: 1820-1845

Maker: unknown

Material: mahogany (wood), brass (alloy)

GUSN: 241772

Accession Number: 2010.32.1

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