Historic New England

Carved bird

Wood carving of pheasant standing on a log.

Date: 1938

Maker: unknown

Material: wood (plant material)

GUSN: 290137

Accession Number: 1958.247

"Sweet, Sweet, Sweet, Sweet, Sweet, Sweet"

Polychrome watercolor and pencil painting of flowering branch with two birds, in a molded wood gilt frame. White flowers, green leaves, buff birds.

Date: 1890-1950

Maker: unknown

Material: watercolor paper, glass (material), wood (plant material), gilding

GUSN: 290143

Accession Number: 1958.336

"Colutea Arborescens. 1789"

Polychrome botanic print of yellow pea flower and leaves above, with fruit and leaves below in modern unstained wood frame with tan mat.

Date: 1790

Maker: unknown

Material: paper (fiber product), glass (material), wood (plant material)

GUSN: 290144

Accession Number: 1958.244

Large wool rug with three large guls arranged in a line containing rosette and geometric motifs and female figures on blue field. Large guls with smaller octagonal guls in between. Wide border containing large and smaller guls and rosettes, and narrower border with rosettes and running dog guard.

Date: 1890-1950

Maker: unknown

Material: wool (textile)

GUSN: 290148

Accession Number: 1958.258

Reproduction Wallpaper

Unused piece of reproduction wallpaper in pattern #120388 manufactured by Waterhouse Wallhangings, Inc. Wallpaper has an all-over pattern of large stylized flowers and leaves on undulating vines. Roller-printed in blue and yellow on a mottled blue background. Pattern is a reproduction of a paper fou...

Date: 1970-1980

Maker: Waterhouse Wallhangings (Manufacturer)

Material: paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 290151

Accession Number: 2001.281.781

Rug

Rectangular wool and cotton rug with white central field with repeated tre-of-life motif in red, pink and blue, with red, blue and red floral/ geometric border. Possibly woven for a marriage.

Date: 1890-1950

Maker: unknown

Material: wool (textile), cotton (textile)

GUSN: 290154

Accession Number: 1958.259

Rug

Wool rug with repeating enclosed tree-of-life or floral motifs on a blue field. Geometric and rosette border on white and pink fields.

Date: 1890-1950

Maker: unknown

Material: wool (textile)

GUSN: 290156

Accession Number: 1958.260

Reproduction Wallpaper Border

Unused piece of reproduction wallpaper border manufactured by Waterhouse Wallhangings, Inc. Pattern name and number are unknown. Border has highly abstracted pattern of rosettes atop a scalloped swag, horizontal stripe, dots and another horizontal stripe. Roller-printed in blue and yellow on a light...

Date: 1970-1980

Maker: Waterhouse Wallhangings (Manufacturer)

Material: paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 290158

Accession Number: 2001.281.782

Rug

Rectangular wool rug with red, yellow and blue rosettes on a blue field with "S", rosette, and "S" border interspersed with red and white guards.

Date: 1890-1950

Maker: unknown

Material: wool (textile)

GUSN: 290159

Accession Number: 1958.261

Wallpaper Border

Fragment of five uncut floral wallpaper borders. Pattern of pink water lilies, cattails, white flowers and green foliage on light green ground. Flowers and foliage grow from behind and spill over a red band with black circle and dot pattern running along the bottom edge of the border. Ochre stripe...

Date: 1880-1890

Maker: unknown

Material: paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 290165

Accession Number: 2001.281.922

Wallpaper Border

Fragments of three uncut wallpaper borders. Geometric fleur-de-lis pattern roller-printed in white, gray , and black on ungrounded paper.

Date: 1880-1890

Maker: unknown

Material: paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 290169

Accession Number: 2001.281.923AB

Children's Mug

Earthenware children's mug. Two "burnt" orange color bands encircle mug. Yellow floral motifs are over the organe color bands. Inscription is between the two orange color bands.

Date: 1810

Maker: unknown

Material: earthenware, transfer printing

GUSN: 294172

Accession Number: 1970.1310.1032

Children's Mug

Creamware children's mug. Orange transfer-printed design surrounding inscription of "Lucy" in cursive lettering. Pink luster accents upper lip of mug, lower rim of mug and center of handle.

Date: 1815

Maker: unknown

Material: earthenware, creamware, lusterware, transfer printing

GUSN: 294173

Accession Number: 1970.1310.1075

Table

Small mahogany gate leg table with rope turned legs. Two of the legs swing open to support the top.

Maker: unknown

Material: mahogany (wood)

GUSN: 294174

Accession Number: 2006.44.3706

Document Folder

Handmade folder used to hold family documents. The folder is one of a group of twenty-one created by Olive Percival of Los Angeles, California. This folder's label, handwritten by Percival, indicates it held the late-eighteenth century arithmetic book of her great, great aunt Lydia Percival [Freeman...

Date: 1910-1920

Maker: Percival, Olive, Miss (Maker) Voysey, Charles Francis Annesley (Designer) Essex & Co (Manufacturer)

Material: paper (fiber product), wallpapers

GUSN: 294175

Accession Number: 2001.281.1193.1

Document Folder

Handmade folder used to hold family documents. The folder is one of a group of twenty-one created by Olive Percival of Los Angeles, California. This folder's label, handwritten by Percival, indicates it was made to hold the "Commonplace Book" of her great, great aunt Lydia Percival Freeman. The ...

Date: 1910-1920

Maker: Percival, Olive, Miss (Maker)

Material: paper (fiber product), wallpapers, tapes (binding components)

GUSN: 294176

Accession Number: 2001.281.1193.2

Document Folder

Handmade folder used to hold family documents. The folder is one of a group of twenty-one created by Olive Percival of Los Angeles, California. This folder's label, handwritten by Percival, indicates it held "Miscellaneous Papers of Lydia Percival of Lenox, Massachusetts (1773-1830)." The folder is...

Date: 1910-1920

Maker: Percival, Olive, Miss (Maker)

Material: paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 294177

Accession Number: 2001.281.1193.3

Document Folder

Handmade folder used to hold family documents. The folder is one of a group of twenty-one created by Olive Percival of Los Angeles, California. This folder's label, handwritten by Percival, indicates it was made to hold the "Miscel. Papers of Elisha Percival, Jr. of Lenox, Massachusetts (1781-1867)....

Date: 1910-1920

Maker: Percival, Olive, Miss (Maker)

Material: wallpapers

GUSN: 294178

Accession Number: 2001.281.1193.4

Document Folder

Handmade folder used to hold family documents. The folder is one of a group of twenty-one created by Olive Percival of Los Angeles, California. The folder is made from a piece of Morris & Co. floral wallpaper block-printed in peach on light peach ground.

Date: 1910-1920

Maker: Percival, Olive, Miss (Maker) William Morris & Co. (Manufacturer)

Material: wallpapers

GUSN: 294179

Accession Number: 2001.281.1193.5

Document Folder

Handmade folder used to hold family documents. The folder is one of a group of twenty-one created by Olive Percival of Los Angeles, California. This folder's label, handwritten by Percival, indicates it held her great, great aunt Lydia Percival Freeman's journal of 1808-1811, including a journey fro...

Date: 1910-1920

Maker: Percival, Olive, Miss (Maker)

Material: paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 294180

Accession Number: 2001.281.1193.6

Book Cover

Handmade folder used to hold family documents. The folder or book cover is one of a group of twenty-one created by Olive Percival of Los Angeles, California. This cover's label, handwritten by Percival, indicates it held her great, great aunt Lydia Percival Freeman's "Cookery Book" from 1817. The co...

Date: 1910-1920

Maker: Percival, Olive, Miss (Maker)

Material: wallpapers

GUSN: 294181

Accession Number: 2001.281.1193.7AB

Document folder

Handmade folder used to hold family documents. The folder is one of a group of twenty-one created by Olive Percival of Los Angeles, California. This folder's label, handwritten by Percival, indicates it held her great, great aunt Lydia Percival Freeman's diary of 1815-1824. The folder is made from a...

Date: 1910-1920

Maker: Percival, Olive, Miss

Material: paper (fiber product), wallpapers

GUSN: 294182

Accession Number: 2001.281.1193.8

Document folder

Handmade folder used to hold family documents. The folder is one of a group of twenty-one created by Olive Percival of Los Angeles, California. This folder's label, handwritten by Percival, indicates it held the 1674 will of Gregory Wallerton of Hartford, Connecticut. The folder is made from a piece...

Date: 1906-1920

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 294183

Accession Number: 2001.281.1193.9

Children's Mug

Canary-colored earthenware children's mug. Black transfer-printed design of floral wreath surrounds An image of a pony tied to a post in the center as well as the inscription.

Date: 1815

Maker: unknown

Material: earthenware, transfer printing

GUSN: 294188

Accession Number: 1970.1310.800

Children's Mug

Earthenware children's mug. A farm scene with cattle and baby lambs, with inscription underneath. Black transfer print.

Date: 1815

Maker: unknown

Material: earthenware, transfer printing

GUSN: 43232

Accession Number: 1970.1310.15

Children's Mug

Earthenware children's mug. Gray transfer-printed design of a solider speaking with a mother and child. Silver luster accents the outer, upper lip of mug.

Date: 1815

Maker: unknown

Material: earthenware, transfer printing, lusterware

GUSN: 43259

Accession Number: 1970.1310.44

Children's Mug

Floral wreath (blue and white transfer-printed) of varying sized blossoms. Ribbon tied id lower center. "Emma" in cursive script.

Date: 1805-1820

Maker: unknown

Material: earthenware, transfer printing, pearlware

GUSN: 43470

Accession Number: 1970.1310.269

Children's Mug

Pearlware children's mug. Blue transfer print design of flowers and c-scrolls is the backdrop for the inscription, "A Present for James". On the opposite side of the mug, there is a blue transfer-print image of a ruin in the background and two small figures in the foreground.

Date: 1825

Maker: unknown

Material: earthenware, pearlware, transfer printing

GUSN: 43561

Accession Number: 1970.1310.362

Children's Mug

Earthenware children's mug. Blue ground for mug. Black transfer-printed scene deipcts a side profile of a woman sitting on the ground next to a standing man, who is fishing.

Date: 1815

Maker: unknown

Material: earthenware, transfer printing

GUSN: 43581

Accession Number: 1970.1310.383

Children's Mug

Creamware children's mug. Pink luster accents encircle the upper lip of the mug. Oval transfer-printed black punctuated by small white circles containing individual letters of the alphabet as well as the numbers one through nine. In the center, there is the inscription "A Present/ for/ John"

Date: ca. 1810

Maker: unknown

Material: earthenware, creamware, transfer printing, lusterware

GUSN: 43651

Accession Number: 1970.1310.456

Children's Mug

Creamware children's mug. Pink lusterware accents around the upper rim of mug and 1/4" from the bottom of the mug. Dark reddish-brown block of rectangular color with white letters in the center spelling "SARAH".

Date: 1810

Maker: unknown

Material: earthenware, creamware, lusterware, transfer printing

GUSN: 43831

Accession Number: 1970.1310.646

Children's Mug

Pearlware children's mug. Biblical scene depicting "SAMUEL." Black transfer-printed image of a man praying next to a cascading staircase. Scene is accented by yellow, red, blue, and green overpainting.

Date: 1815

Maker: unknown

Material: earthenware, pearlware, overpainting (technique), transfer printing

GUSN: 43837

Accession Number: 1970.1310.652

Children's Mug

Two large brown bands of color encircle the earthenware children's mug. On upper band, there is a vine that encircles the mug. Small hand-painted stars encircle the mug in the lower band of color.

Date: 1810

Maker: unknown

Material: earthenware, transfer printing

GUSN: 43857

Accession Number: 1970.1310.673

Children's Mug

Children's earthenware mug. Lusterware accents the foot of the mug as well as the upper lip. Black transfer-printed circles and stars accent the center word, "ISABELLA."

Date: 1815

Maker: unknown

Material: earthenware, lusterware, overpainting (technique), transfer printing

GUSN: 43868

Accession Number: 1970.1310.684

Children's Mug

Pearlware children's mug. Floral motif around the interior of the mug and along the center of the handle. Two distinct images (red transfer-printing); first, three children are playing jump-rope and in the second, a young boy is playing with a dog.

Date: 1820

Maker: unknown

Material: earthenware, pearlware, transfer printing

GUSN: 43966

Accession Number: 1970.1310.786

Children's Mug

Pearlware children's mug. Bands of beige outlined by darker browns, with inscription in the center.

Date: 1815

Maker: unknown

Material: earthenware, transfer printing

GUSN: 44105

Accession Number: 1970.1310.932

Children's Mug

Pearlware children's mug. Elongated octagonal shape with inscription in center; wisteria-like vine wraps around the octagon on one side. Another elongated octagonal shape with different inscription on opposite side, with a wreath of leaves around the octagon. Hand-painted brown line around upper lip...

Date: 1810

Maker: unknown

Material: earthenware, pearlware, transfer printing

GUSN: 44108

Accession Number: 1970.1310.936

Children's Mug

Children's pearlware mug. Blue transfer printed design of a young boy and girl hitting a shuttlecock with a paddle. Blue line encircles exterior upper lip of mug as well as the center of the handle.

Date: 1815

Maker: unknown

Material: earthenware, transfer printing, pearlware

GUSN: 44115

Accession Number: 1970.1310.944

Children's Mug

Earthenware children's mug. Rectangular wreath with inscription,"A PRESENT FOR MARY" in the center, black and transfer-printed.

Date: 1810

Maker: unknown

Material: earthenware, transfer printing

GUSN: 44125

Accession Number: 1970.1310.954

Children's Mug

Earthenware children's mug. Red handpainted flowers with green leaves. Brown transfer-printed lettering in the center, "Thomas". Pink lusterware accents on the upper rim of mug.

Date: 1815

Maker: unknown

Material: earthenware, lusterware, transfer printing

GUSN: 44132

Accession Number: 1970.1310.961

Children's Mug

Children's earthenware mug. Purple background with black transfer-printed design over top. The image is of a young boy pushing a young woman in a wheel barrow.

Date: 1815

Maker: unknown

Material: earthenware, transfer printing

GUSN: 44135

Accession Number: 1970.1310.965

Children's Mug

Children's mug with canary yellow background. Red transfer-printed design with inscription in center. Directly around the inscription is an elongated octagon and a floral wreath encircles that.

Date: 1815

Maker: unknown

Material: earthenware, transfer printing

GUSN: 44217

Accession Number: 1970.1310.1048

Wallpaper Border

Wallpaper fragment (one of three). Continuous vine of stylized flowers. Block-printed in grey, white, yellow, two pinks, blue and green on a black ground.

Date: 1800-1820

Maker: unknown

Material: paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 294219

Accession Number: 1920.325.2

Wallpaper

Walllpaper fragment. All over arcs crowned with foliage in a heavily dotted ground. Elements are too stylized to permit naturalistic interpretation. Printed in black and white on tan. Straight match.

Date: 1800-1820

Maker: unknown

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

GUSN: 294220

Accession Number: 1920.324B

Wallpaper

Wallpaper fragment (one of three). Block-printed with floral sprig pattern, including stylized tulips and lilacs. Printed in blue and gray on light blue ground.

Date: 1820-1830

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 294227

Accession Number: 1920.325.1C

Wallpaper

Wallpaper fragments. Sidewall panel paper part of a fresco set (see 1988.43.1). Pattern of taupe, tan and black guilloche on a red field bordered by bead and reel molding delineate a panel with stylized diaper pattern cut from a field of beige strapwork.

Date: 1850-1860

Maker: unknown

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

GUSN: 294229

Accession Number: 1988.43.2F

Wallpaper

Fragment. Floral-trail pattern with a meandering green vine spouting different flowers: carnations, clematis and peony blossoms. Printed in orange, red, pink, white and green on a light blue ground. Straight repeat. British tax stamps on verso.

Date: 1770-1785

Maker: unknown

Material: block printing (relief printing process)

GUSN: 294230

Accession Number: 1978.140G-I

Handmade paper banner

Paper banner or wall hanging with religious motto from the "Worsted" church in Canterbury, New Hampshire. Attributed to Lizzie Monmouth (Elizabeth Harper Monmouth). The banner is oval in shape and made from pieces of decoupaged white paper backed with white fabric. The center of the banner is a larg...

Date: 1870-1880

Maker: Attributed to Monmouth, Elizabeth Harper, d. 1880s (Artist)

Material: paper (fiber product), wallpapers, textile materials

GUSN: 294235

Accession Number: 1972.112.1

Handmade paper banner

Paper banner or wall hanging with religious motto from the "Worsted" church in Canterbury, New Hampshire. Attributed to Lizzie Monmouth (Elizabeth Harper Monmouth). The banner is oval in shape and made from pieces of decoupaged white paper backed with white fabric. The center of the banner is a larg...

Date: 1870-1880

Maker: Attributed to Monmouth, Elizabeth Harper, d. 1880s (Artist)

Material: paper (fiber product), wallpapers, textile materials, metal

GUSN: 294253

Accession Number: 1972.112.2

Handmade paper banner

Paper banner or wall hanging with religious motto from the "Worsted" church in Canterbury, New Hampshire. Attributed to Lizzie Monmouth (Elizabeth Harper Monmouth). The banner an oblong oval in shape and made from pieces of decoupaged white paper backed with wallpaper. The wallpaper backing is strip...

Date: 1870-1880

Maker: Attributed to Monmouth, Elizabeth Harper, d. 1880s (Artist)

Material: paper (fiber product), wallpapers, découpage (image making technique)

GUSN: 294281

Accession Number: 1972.112.3

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