Historic New England

Mug

Eathernware mug. Canary yellow cylindrical body with loop handle and leaf terminals. Luster decoration with berries and leaves in dark red and green. Luster band at rim.

Maker: unknown

Material: earthenware, lusterware

GUSN: 43968

Accession Number: 1970.1310.788

Earthenware children's mug. Brown transfer printed design of a man reading a book while walking up a garden path towards a large house. Overpainting in green, blue and red. Hand-painted brown line around the upper lip of mug and down the center of handle.

Date: 1820

Maker: unknown

Material: earthenware, transfer printing

GUSN: 43969

Accession Number: 1970.1310.789

Children's Mug

Earthenware children's mug. Dark red transfer printed image of two women standing outdoors, gazing at a picturesque building in the distance. Hand painted line down handle.

Maker: unknown

Material: earthenware, transfer printing

GUSN: 43970

Accession Number: 1970.1310.790

Children's Mug

Eathernware children's mug. Slightly tapered body, narrower at top, with loop handle. Decoration in pink luster, featuring a bird sitting in a low bush. Luster band around rim.

Maker: unknown

Material: earthenware, lusterware

GUSN: 43971

Accession Number: 1970.1310.791

Children's Mug

Earthenware children's mugs. Blue transfer printed design with a horned sheep and a pastoral landscape above the words, "Present from Carolina." Hand painted brown line around inside of rim, outside of rim, and down handle.

Date: 1820

Maker: unknown

Material: earthenware, transfer printing

GUSN: 43972

Accession Number: 1970.1310.792

Children's Mug

Pearlware children's mug with black transfer-printed design of a mother a child in the foreground. Two structures in the background including a windmill. Over painting of green, brown and yellow. Brown painted rim.

Date: 1820

Maker: unknown

Material: earthenware, pearlware, transfer printing

GUSN: 43973

Accession Number: 1970.1310.793

Children's Mug

Blue and white transfer-printed. Interior upper rim smudged upside down triangle design- also on handle. Mother and daughter appears to be preparing to attend church. Letters, image and decorative elements were haphazardly place and looked smudged/blurry, ill-defined.

Date: ca. 1815

Maker: unknown

Material: earthenware, pearlware, transfer printing

GUSN: 43974

Accession Number: 1970.1310.794

Children's Mug

Earthenware children's mug. Cylindrical with loop handle and raised band at base. Black transfer printed images. On one side, a decorative border surrounding the words "A Present for Sarah." On the other side, a lion watching an elephant.

Maker: unknown

Material: earthenware, transfer printing

GUSN: 43975

Accession Number: 1970.1310.795

Children's Mug

Earthenware children's mug. Black transfer printed image of a donkey ("ass"). Over painted with green.

Maker: unknown

Material: earthenware, transfer printing

GUSN: 43976

Accession Number: 1970.1310.796

Mug

Lusterware mug. Cylindrical with slightly spurred loop handle. Solid copper luster on exterior, with mottled pink and white glaze on interior.

Maker: unknown

Material: earthenware, lusterware

GUSN: 43977

Accession Number: 1970.1310.798

Mug

Lusterware mug. Concave body, shaped and beaded base, and spurred loop handle. Copper luster with dark orange band around middle and applied floral decorations, overpainted with luster. Interior of mug coated in luster.

Maker: unknown

Material: earthenware, lusterware

GUSN: 43978

Accession Number: 1970.1310.799

Mug

Earthenware mug. Black transfer printed design with inscription, framed on three sides with a floral border and a ship at top center. Over painted with red and green. Hand painted black line around rim.

Maker: unknown

Material: earthenware, transfer printing

GUSN: 43980

Accession Number: 1970.1310.801

Syllabub Glass

No description

Maker: unknown

Material: glass (material)

GUSN: 46484

Accession Number: 1961.143.1

Syllabub Glass

No description

Maker: unknown

Material: glass (material)

GUSN: 46485

Accession Number: 1961.143.3

Syllabub Glass

No description

Maker: unknown

Material: glass (material)

GUSN: 46486

Accession Number: 1961.143.4

Syllabub Glass

No description

Maker: unknown

Material: glass (material)

GUSN: 46487

Accession Number: 1961.143.5

Syllabub Glass

No description

Maker: unknown

Material: glass (material)

GUSN: 46488

Accession Number: 1961.143.6

Punch bowl

Porcelain bowl with polychrome enameled and painted chrysantheums on exterior.

Date: 1740-1760

Maker: unknown

Material: enamel paint, painting (coating), porcelain

GUSN: 46489

Accession Number: 1961.372

Syllabub Glass

No description

Maker: unknown

Material: glass (material)

GUSN: 46490

Accession Number: 1961.144.1

Syllabub Glass

No description

Maker: unknown

Material: glass (material)

GUSN: 46491

Accession Number: 1961.144.2

Syllabub Glass

No description

Maker: unknown

Material: glass (material)

GUSN: 46492

Accession Number: 1961.144.3

Syllabub Glass

No description

Maker: unknown

Material: glass (material)

GUSN: 46493

Accession Number: 1961.144.4

Syllabub Glass

No description

Maker: unknown

Material: glass (material)

GUSN: 46494

Accession Number: 1961.144.6

Chair

Chair, one of a pair. Painted oak. Continuous bent front leg to stile, bentwood back; original paint displays peacock feathers and banding.

Date: 1808-1815

Maker: Gragg, Samuel (American cabinetmaker, 1772-ca. 1855) (Furniture maker) Penniman, John Ritto, 1782-1841 (Painter)

Material: oak (wood), bentwood, paint (coating)

GUSN: 46495

Accession Number: 1961.145A

Fireboard from Asa Martin House

Row of trees with the largest at the center, with a small church with steeple to the left. From the Asa Martin House of Grafton, NH, built circa 1790.

Date: 1805-1815

Maker: unknown

Material: oil paint (paint), panels (wood), panel paintings (painting by form)

GUSN: 46496

Accession Number: 1961.146

Needlework Picture

Needlework picture; oval, pastoral scene depicting shepard and shepardess; shepard plays a pipe. Silkwork picture, satin stitch; watercolor sky, arms, hands, faces of figures.

Date: 1809-1810

Maker: unknown

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

GUSN: 46497

Accession Number: 1961.147

Painting

Half length, young woman in brown dress, white lace collar and sleeves.

Date: 1810

Maker: Nixon (Artist)

Material: paper (fiber product), watercolor (paint)

GUSN: 46498

Accession Number: 1961.148

Painting

Bust length, man in profile, black coat, blue vest, brown hair.

Date: 1810

Maker: Nixon (Artist)

Material: paper (fiber product), watercolor (paint)

GUSN: 46499

Accession Number: 1961.149

Alphabet Sampler

Small alphabet sampler, vertical rectangle. Natural linen ground, polychromatic. Rows of geometric needlework at top. Alphabets: #1 missing "J", "U"

Date: 1771

Maker: Purinton, Huldah (Embroiderer)

Material: cross-stitching, embroidering, linen (material), silk (textile)

GUSN: 46500

Accession Number: 1961.150

Alphabet/Verse Sampler

Alphabet/Verse Sampler. Green and tan thread on ivory linen ground. Alphabets in top half, verse at bottom, floral border below. Vertical rectangle. Alphabets: #1-"A-X", #2-complete, #3-complete; Numbers: "1-9,0"

Maker: Lummus, Ruth (Embroiderer)

Material: cross-stitching, embroidering, linen (material), silk (textile)

GUSN: 46501

Accession Number: 1961.151

Alphabet/Verse Sampler

Alphabet/Verse Sampler. Horizontal rectangle, natural linen ground. Blue alphabet at top set against a background of turquoise cross stitch and satin stitch. Polychromatic. Alphabets: #1-incomplete #2-missing "J"; Numbers: "1-9"; cross stitch, satin stitch, eyelet hole.

Date: ca. 1806

Maker: Alley, Ruth, 1793- (Embroiderer)

Material: cross-stitching, embroidering, linen (material), silk (textile)

GUSN: 46502

Accession Number: 1961.152

Alphabet/Verse Sampler

Alphabet/Verse Sampler. Large balloon like flowers in pots and rose bushes at bottom. Alphabets: #1 missing "J"; #2 "A-W", missing "J"; cross stitch, eyelet hole, chain stitch.

Date: 1802

Maker: Alley, Miriam, 1791- (Embroiderer)

Material: cross-stitching, embroidering, linen (material)

GUSN: 46503

Accession Number: 1961.153.1

Box

No description

Maker: unknown

Material: wood (plant material)

GUSN: 46504

Accession Number: 1961.155

Pitcher

Pinched oval shape w/ pointy, slightly upturned mouth and ear-shaped handle w/ green leaf in relief on spine and under mouth; green-edged palmette border around base; blue, orange and green stylized florette chain around rim; 2 heart-shaped medallions depict: 1) Sportive Innocence--girl, boy, dog an...

Date: 1840-1850

Maker: unknown

Material: earthenware, glazing (coating), leaf (plant material), foliation (pattern), leaf (metal), Pratt ware, molding (forming), relief (sculpture techniques), tin (metal)

GUSN: 46505

Accession Number: 1961.158

Dinner plate

Scrolled pink latticework border; central decoration: pink thistle & rose sprays with gilt highlights.

Date: 1760-1780

Maker: unknown

Material: enamel paint, gilding, porcelain

GUSN: 46506

Accession Number: 1961.160

Butterdish

Blue and white; 12-sided rim; circular foot; network and scallop outer border; network inner border; right-oriented landscape scene with pavillion, right; bridge, foreground; trees and rocks, left; two clusters of buildings; trees, left background; two boats in distance and one in foreground, beyond...

Date: 1840-1850

Maker: unknown

Material: porcelain, underglazing

GUSN: 46507

Accession Number: 1961.161

Saucer

No description

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 46508

Accession Number: 1961.164A

Saucer

No description

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 46509

Accession Number: 1961.164B

Saucer

No description

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 46510

Accession Number: 1961.164C

Pitcher

No description

Maker: unknown

Material: porcelain

GUSN: 46511

Accession Number: 1961.165A

Saucer

No description

Maker: unknown

Material: porcelain

GUSN: 46512

Accession Number: 1961.165B

Pitcher

No description

Maker: unknown

Material: porcelain

GUSN: 46513

Accession Number: 1961.166A

Saucer

No description

Maker: unknown

Material: porcelain

GUSN: 46514

Accession Number: 1961.166B

Candlesticks

No description

Maker: unknown

Material: ceramic (material)

GUSN: 46515

Accession Number: 1961.167A-D

Teapot with Lid

This teacup contains harmful imagery including the image of an enslaved human being in chains. Historic New England acknowledges historical records / objects may contain harmful imagery and language reflecting attitudes and biases of their creators and time in which they were made. Historic New ...

Date: 1830-1840

Maker: unknown

Material: porcelain, transfer printing

GUSN: 46516

Accession Number: 1961.168A

Tea bowl and saucer

Both bowl and saucer have scalloped edge and slightly lobed body; border of scrolling brown ivy iwth blue "buds" around saucer adn interior of bowl; second brown and blue huskchain border around well of saucer and exterior of bowl; brown and blue basket of flowers exterior of bowl and in well of sau...

Date: 1780-1800

Maker: unknown

Material: enameling, painting (coating), porcelain

GUSN: 46517

Accession Number: 1961.169A,L

Creamer

Helmet-shaped porcelain cream pitcher with molded handle resembling a twig. Complex border of orange wavy band, orange daggerhead, blue dots, and four thin black bands; wavy orange border around foot; enamel pink, green and orange rose spray under mouth.

Date: 1780-1800

Maker: unknown

Material: enamel paint, hand-painted, porcelain

GUSN: 46518

Accession Number: 1961.170

Armchair

Square base; turned arm supports; pierced splat; scrolls arms with chamfered tops; painted black.

Date: 1770-1800

Maker: unknown

Material: maple (wood), painting (coating), upholstering

GUSN: 46519

Accession Number: 1961.172

Portrait of James Needham Buffum

Portrait of James Needham Buffum with curly hair, black suit and cravat.

Date: 1858

Maker: Osgood, Charles, 1809-1890 (Artist)

Material: canvas, oil paint (paint)

GUSN: 46520

Accession Number: 1961.173A

Portrait of Ruth (Lummus) Buffum

Half-length portrait of Ruth Lummus Buffum with her hair parted in the middle and smoothed over her ears. She wears black dress with lace collar pinned at the center with a rectangular agate brooch (1961.173C)

Date: 1857

Maker: Osgood, Charles, 1809-1890 (Artist)

Material: canvas, oil paint (paint)

GUSN: 46521

Accession Number: 1961.173B

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