Historic New England

Fragment, Textile

This overall piece with two attached paper labels represents red and yellow nasturtiums (capucines in French) and their big leaves in blue, green, yellow and grey, in very round shapes, covering the whole surface, letting appear the dark blue background only between some leaves and flowers. This...

Date: 1980-2008

Maker: Brunschwig & Fils, Inc. (Manufacturer)

Material: cotton (textile), printing (process)

GUSN: 323233

Accession Number: 2012.126.42

Fragment, Textile

This is an overall piece with two attached paper labels representing red and purple flowers with big green stems, on a white background. The representation is like blurred thanks to the small close strokes, hatched, used to draw the pattern.

Date: 1980-2008

Maker: Brunschwig & Fils, Inc.

Material: cotton (textile), Teflon (TM), printing (process)

GUSN: 323234

Accession Number: 2012.126.43

Fragment, Textile

This is an overall piece with one attached paper label and one attached plastic paper, representing blue, pink, orange and yellow imaginary flowers and plants on a forest green background. The plants and flowers are elongated, in a rich and energetic composition.

Date: 1980-2008

Maker: Brunschwig & Fils, Inc.

Material: cotton (textile), printing (process)

GUSN: 323235

Accession Number: 2012.126.44

Fragment, Textile

This is a deep and small overall piece in cotton and wool, with two attached paper labels. It represents a geometric repeated pattern: in the upper and the bottom parts, four lozenges follow each other, and each one contain a sort of green cross. The lozenges' backgrounds are alternatively black and...

Date: 1980-2008

Maker: Brunschwig & Fils, Inc.

Material: cotton (textile), wool (textile), printing (process)

GUSN: 323236

Accession Number: 2012.126.45

Fragment, Textile

This is an overall piece with two attached paper labels representing a terrace rail ornamented by two big vases. A peacock is seating on one of the vases, and a bouquet enriches the other one. In front of the rail, many flowers highlight it by surrounding it like a half crown. The red background inv...

Date: 1980-2008

Maker: Brunschwig & Fils, Inc.

Material: cotton (textile), printing (process)

GUSN: 323237

Accession Number: 2012.126.46

Fragment, Textile

These are overall pieces with one attached paper label on each for the 2012.126.47.1 and for the 2012.126.47.2, and two attached paper labels on each for the 2012.126.47.3 and for the 2012.126.47.4. They represent curves patterns reminding seaweed or flames, overstitched on the background. The patte...

Date: 1980-2008

Maker: Brunschwig & Fils, Inc.

Material: cotton (textile), wool (textile), printing (process)

GUSN: 323238

Accession Number: 2012.126.47.1-.4

Fragment, Textile

These two overall pieces represent the same pattern. The 102.126.48.1 has two attached paper labels while the other sample has no label and is wider. Vine leaves with their small curves stems, occupy the surface in different positions. They are red on a darker or lighter red background, depending on...

Date: 1980-2008

Maker: Brunschwig & Fils, Inc.

Material: cotton (textile), wool (textile), printing (process)

GUSN: 323239

Accession Number: 2012.126.48.1-.2

Fragment, Textile

This is an overall glazed piece with two attached paper labels representing stems of white, pink and red roses planted in the ground and which base is bordered by other smaller flower. The colors and the depicting's style are naturalistic. The pale yellow background is ornamented by small light gree...

Date: 1980-2008

Maker: Brunschwig & Fils, Inc.

Material: cotton (textile), printing (process)

GUSN: 323240

Accession Number: 2012.126.49

Fragment, Textile

This is an overall glazed piece with two attached paper labels representing repeated branches of white and pink flowers on a white background. The contours of the patterns are drawn, underlined.

Date: 1980-2008

Maker: Brunschwig & Fils, Inc.

Material: cotton (textile), printing (process)

GUSN: 323241

Accession Number: 2012.126.50

Fragment, Textile

This is an overall piece with two attached paper labels representing long vertical stems standing small red, green and blue flowers, repeated in the whole surface. The stems seem to have thorns. They glide around small pink flowers and purple dots forming the background. The French title means 'Th...

Date: 1980-2008

Maker: Brunschwig & Fils, Inc.

Material: cotton (textile), printing (process)

GUSN: 323242

Accession Number: 2012.126.51

Fragment, Textile

This is an overall piece with two attached paper labels representing more or less wide marine blue stripes, on a cream background.

Date: 1980-2008

Maker: Brunschwig & Fils, Inc.

Material: cotton (textile), linen (material), printing (process)

GUSN: 323243

Accession Number: 2012.126.52

Fragment, Textile

This is an overall piece with two attached paper labels representing a geometric pattern: pink arrows oriented in the same way, forming a sort of floral element, on a cream background, are surrounded by beige, green and blue-green stripes on their sides, and, further to the sides, by stripes of grey...

Date: 1980-2008

Maker: Brunschwig & Fils, Inc.

Material: silk (textile), printing (process)

GUSN: 323244

Accession Number: 2012.126.53

Fragment, Textile

This is an overall piece with two attached paper labels representing stripes of geometrical elements composed by horizontal stripes of different colors (red, pink, blue, green). Between these three stripes, the background is uniformly forest green.

Date: 1980-2008

Maker: Brunschwig & Fils, Inc.

Material: cotton (textile), nylon, printing (process)

GUSN: 323245

Accession Number: 2012.126.54

Fragment, Textile

This is an overall piece with two attached paper labels representing big bouquets of different kinds of flowers, on a purple background. It is depicted as if it was a painting, in a pictorial way. The colors are rich and naturalistic.

Date: 1980-2008

Maker: Brunschwig & Fils, Inc.

Material: cotton (textile), linen (material), printing (process)

GUSN: 323246

Accession Number: 2012.126.55

Fragment, Textile

These are two overall pieces with two attached paper labels on the 2012.126.56.1 and one attached paper label on the 2012.126.56.2, representing a vertically alternation of two identical couples of stylized flowers on the same line, and three couples of other flowers on the same line too. Between th...

Date: 1980-2008

Maker: Brunschwig & Fils, Inc.

Material: cotton (textile), printing (process)

GUSN: 323247

Accession Number: 2012.126.56.1-.2

Fragment, Textile

This is an overall piece with two attached paper labels representing a vase ornamented by flowers and volutes, surrounded by one bird on each side, and included in a stylized weaved crown in a shape of lozenge. Around it there are vine trees and grapes.

Date: 1980-2008

Maker: Brunschwig & Fils, Inc.

Material: cotton (textile), printing (process)

GUSN: 323248

Accession Number: 2012.126.57

Fragment, Textile

This is an overall piece with two attached paper labels representing an alternation of stripes containing geometric and floral elements. In one type of stripe, there is a succession of the same groups of flowers contained in a thorny lozenge shape, between which there are volutes. The other stripes ...

Date: 1980-2008

Maker: Brunschwig & Fils, Inc.

Material: cotton (textile), linen (material)

GUSN: 323249

Accession Number: 2012.126.58

Fragment, Textile

This is an overall piece with two attached paper labels, presenting a very stylized pattern: vine leaves contained in sort of volutes join, and then surround a stylized leaf. The vegetal patterns are sewed in relief. It is a monochrome in shrimp color.

Date: 1980-2008

Maker: Scalamandré

Material: silk (textile), linen (material)

GUSN: 323250

Accession Number: 2012.126.59

Fragment, Textile

This is an overall piece with one attached paper label, representing repeated scenes: in the countryside, next to a fountain ornamented with putti holding a vase, a cow and his veal come to drink, while, at the bottom of the tree next to the fountain, three sheep are sleeping or seating. Near this...

Date: 1980-2008

Maker: unknown

Material: cotton (textile), printing (process)

GUSN: 323251

Accession Number: 2012.126.60

Fragment, Textile

This is an overall piece with two attached paper labels representing several scene's elements. On the left upper part, a man with a leaves belt, is holding a fruits basket on his head, and he's standing in a landscape, with a small house behind him. On the right upper part, a woman is holding a silv...

Date: 1980-2008

Maker: Schumacher

Material: cotton (textile), printing (process)

GUSN: 323255

Accession Number: 2012.126.61

Fragment, Textile

These are two overall pieces representing an alternation of two different scenes repeated horizontally. One of them shows a man walking next to his donkey, walking home after having passed by small stairs, in front of a small dam. The other scene represents two man, carrying sticks and baskets in th...

Date: 1980-2008

Maker: Waverly

Material: linen (material), printing (process)

GUSN: 323257

Accession Number: 2012.126.62.1-.2

Silhouette of F. L. Bixby

Black paper silhouette profile of a female head and shoulders, facing right against a white paper background. In a round wooden, painted black frame. There is a white rectangular sticker at the center of the backing cardboard with "F L Bixby 1917 San Francisco Fair" hand printed on it in blue ink.

Date: 1917

Maker: unknown

Material: paper (fiber product), wood and wood products

GUSN: 370321

Accession Number: 2016.188.14

Bucket

A continental pewter bucket with a rolled rim, tapered body, round base, and a wide swing handle.

Maker: unknown

Material: pewter (tin alloy), casting (process)

GUSN: 370322

Accession Number: 2016.188.15

Serving Dish

A rectangular silver serving dish with rounded corners and a reeded upper edge.

Maker: unknown

Material: silvering

GUSN: 370323

Accession Number: 2016.188.16

Bird Cage with Singing Bird Automatons

A music box in the form of a domed, brass birdcage with a round black base decorated with roses and black banding, and two animatronic singing birds, one yellow and one red, at the interior.

Date: 1850-1950

Maker: unknown

Material: brass (alloy), enamel (fused coating), feather (material), featherwork

GUSN: 370324

Accession Number: 2016.188.17

Dish

A Chinese export oval tray with a scalloped edge and a pink lotus border.

Maker: unknown

Material: ceramic (material)

GUSN: 370325

Accession Number: 2016.188.18

Binoculars and Case

A black leather case for binoculars with a flip back top, snap clasp, and red corduroy interior. "Binolux" is printed in silver on the top of the case, followed by an "R" inside a circle. Black metal binoculars have "Binolux Light Weight Triple Tested Fully Coated" printed on the left shoulder, an...

Maker: unknown

Material: leather, metal, glass (material)

GUSN: 370326

Accession Number: 2016.188.19.1-.2

Wick Trimmer

A scissor-style wick trimmer with a curl at the scissor point, and a squared-off trimmer box. The loops for scissor handles have small semi-oval tabs on outside edges where leg posts once attached. Decorative line spacer between handle ends and the body.

Maker: unknown

Material: steel (alloy)

GUSN: 370327

Accession Number: 2016.188.20

Bellows

A pair of antique wooden fireplace bellows with a yellow decorated painted surface, and stenciled gold flowers with touches of black and ochre banding.

Maker: unknown

Material: leather, paint (coating), stenciling, wood and wood products

GUSN: 370328

Accession Number: 2016.188.21

Bowl

"Antique Chinese export 11 1/2" porcelain bowl with lotus design and butterflies and flowers at the interior, rose lotus panels with gold and vermillion border with an under plate decorated in similar design" Double layer of lotus petals decorate the exterior of the bowl, butterflies and flowers de...

Maker: unknown

Material: porcelain, ceramic (material)

GUSN: 370329

Accession Number: 2016.188.22

Dish

Large low bowl decorated on the interior with a single row of pink lotus petals along the outer rim. In the center circle of the petals, flowers and foliage are outlined in pink, with gold lines and coloring in the plants. There are pink-outlined, gold accent designs along the rim, between the point...

Maker: unknown

Material: ceramics (objects), porcelain

GUSN: 370330

Accession Number: 2016.188.23

Bowl

A Chinese export bowl (A) with a vermillion and gold inner border and vermillion flowers, a lotus petal border in rose tones, and a round base (B)

Maker: unknown

Material: ceramic (material)

GUSN: 370331

Accession Number: 2016.188.24AB

Bowl

An antique Liverpool bowl with a tapered body depicting George Washington His Excellency, Marshall of France, Commander in chief, Neptune and a three-masted ship centrally with polychrome decoration, a floral spray border, and a cartouche with the motto "Virtue and Valor "in black transfer.

Maker: unknown

Material: creamware, ceramic (material)

GUSN: 370332

Accession Number: 2016.188.25

Fruit Basket with Underplate

One of a pair of oval Chinese export porcelain baskets with a reticulated body, square handles embellished with gold at each side, a flared rim decorated with vermillion leaf design with gold banding, and matching under plates, each with a reticulated border. A is basket B is underplate

Maker: unknown

Material: ceramic (material), porcelain

GUSN: 370333

Accession Number: 2016.188.26AB

Pair of Candlesticks

A pair of antique Battersea enamel candlesticks decorated with alternating genre and landscape panels on a white background embellished with gold, scalloped bases and reticulated bobeches. Bobeche (top portion) of candlesticks are removable. 2016.188.27.2 has slight rattling noise when handled

Maker: unknown

Material: enamelware, enamel (fused coating)

GUSN: 370334

Accession Number: 2016.188.27.1-.2

Fruit Bowl with Underplate and Bird's Nest

One of a pair of oval Chinese export porcelain baskets with a reticulated body, square handles embellished with gold at each side, a flared rim decorated with vermillion leaf design with gold banding, and matching under plates, each with a reticulated border. This basket currently contains a bird's...

Maker: unknown

Material: ceramic (material), porcelain

GUSN: 370335

Accession Number: 2016.188.28.1-.3

Pair of Candlesticks

Pair of English brass candlesticks with square bases and a shaped square below the candle cup.

Maker: unknown

Material: brass (alloy)

GUSN: 370336

Accession Number: 2016.188.29.1-.2

Pair of Candlesticks

A pair of brass candlesticks with petal bases, turned columns, and a drip guard at the top of the candle cup.

Maker: unknown

Material: brass (alloy)

GUSN: 370337

Accession Number: 2016.188.30.1-.2

Pair of Candlesticks

A pair of brass candlesticks with simple turned stems, square bases and bobeches.

Date: c. 1740

Maker: unknown

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

GUSN: 370338

Accession Number: 2016.188.31.1-.2

Pair of Candlesticks

A pair of brass candlesticks with simple turned stems, square bases and bobeches.

Date: c. 1740

Maker: unknown

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

GUSN: 370339

Accession Number: 2016.188.32.1-.2

Pair of Glass Whale Oil Lamps

A pair of clear glass whale oil lamps with shaped square step-up bases and wafer.

Maker: unknown

Material: glass (material), brass (alloy)

GUSN: 370340

Accession Number: 2016.188.33.1-.2

Pair of Candlesticks with Peg Lamps

A pair of cut and faceted peg lamps with burners. These stand atop a pair of nineteenth century Sheffield telescoping candlesticks with a gadrooned rim at the bobeche and round bases. The numbers "7 7 2" are etched or stamped into the bottom of both candle cups. The flat bottoms of both candlestick...

Maker: unknown

Material: glass (material), silvering

GUSN: 370341

Accession Number: 2016.188.34.1-.2

Food Cover

An oval English Sheffield silver-plated food cover with a removable handle, beaded decoration above and gadrooned border below.

Date: 1800-1899

Maker: unknown

Material: silvering, engraving (action)

GUSN: 370342

Accession Number: 2016.188.35

Food Cover

An English silver-plated Sheffield oval domed food cover with an open handle, a monogram "JMH" on the body, and a beaded rim below.

Date: 1800-1899

Maker: unknown

Material: silvering, engraving (action)

GUSN: 370343

Accession Number: 2016.188.36

Mug

An antique Continental hand blown glass mug with applied handle and polychrome enamel decoration of a castle and floral design.

Maker: unknown

Material: glass (material), blown glass, enamel (fused coating)

GUSN: 370344

Accession Number: 2016.188.37

Lantern

A tin lantern with a pierced top and ring handle,and a round globular chimney with a guard.

Maker: unknown

Material: tin (metal), glass (material)

GUSN: 370345

Accession Number: 2016.188.38

Lantern

A large tole oil lantern with a chimney and guard, and a burner at the interior.

Date: 1800-1899

Maker: unknown

Material: tin (metal), glass (material)

GUSN: 370346

Accession Number: 2016.188.39

Lantern

A lantern with a tin base, top and handle, a thick clear glass chimney, and part of a burner inside.

Maker: unknown

Material: tin (metal), glass (material)

GUSN: 370347

Accession Number: 2016.188.40

Lantern with Lamp

A square brass lantern with a pierced round top, heavy round handle, wire guards for the glass on each side, and a kerosene lamp with a chimney inside.

Maker: unknown

Material: brass (alloy), glass (material)

GUSN: 370348

Accession Number: 2016.188.41

Lantern

A railroad lantern with a red glass chimney and a wire bail.

Maker: unknown

Material: glass (material), tin (metal)

GUSN: 370349

Accession Number: 2016.188.42

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