Historic New England

Soup plate

Earthenware plate with "flow blue" transfer-printed "Bamboo" pattern. Three large floral sprays on rim and central scene of bamboo and flowers sprouting from lilypad-strewn pond.

Date: 1844-1859

Maker: Thomas Dimmock & Co. (Maker)

Material: earthenware, glazing (coating), transfer printing

GUSN: 30814

Accession Number: 1926.62

Soup Plate

Blue transfer-printed pearlware soup plate. Border of alternating medallions, featuring nautical scenes, and floral sprays. Central scene depicts Medina.

Date: 1845-1860

Maker: Jacob Furnival & Co. (Maker)

Material: earthenware, glazing (coating), transfer printing

GUSN: 30815

Accession Number: 1926.63

Pink kid; ankle boot w/ scalloped edged side button closure; 10 small white buttons; topstitched; top has scalloped edge and is higher at front; round square toe; round throat; 2 3/4" vamp; center back and center front seams; sole has narrow waist; shaped for left and right; 1" self-covered heel; wh...

Date: ca. 1872

Maker: unknown

Material: leather, linen (material), stitching, machine-made

GUSN: 30816

Accession Number: 1926.64AB

Soup plate

"British Views", dark blue with fruit and flower border; modest cottage with geese, dog, man and woman chopping wood.

Date: 1820-1828

Maker: Henshall & Co. (Maker)

Material: earthenware, glazing (coating), transfer printing

GUSN: 30817

Accession Number: 1926.386

"Ladies' Hair Pins" Box

No description

Maker: unknown

Material: cardboard

GUSN: 30818

Accession Number: 1926.68

Pair of Gloves

Cream leather gloves.

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 30819

Accession Number: 1926.79AB

Cap

Cotton cap with dotted pattern in fabric. Wide cap strings

Date: 1850-1855

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 30820

Accession Number: 1926.80

Pair of Gloves

White leather gloves with tassels.

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 30821

Accession Number: 1926.81AB

Handkerchief

White handkerchief with small white stripes.

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 30822

Accession Number: 1926.82

Doll

No description

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 30823

Accession Number: 1926.84

Powder Horn

Engraved powder horn with chamfered tip, geometric throat, concave wood plug with turned stopper, two iron rings. Crudely engraved images include animals and buildings.

Date: 1775-1800

Maker: unknown

Material: horn (animal material), iron (metal), wood (plant material)

GUSN: 30824

Accession Number: 1926.86

Quilt Fragment

Plain cotton weave upper in green and off-white depicting log cabin, barrel of hard cider, portrait of Harrison in ellipse with words "Harrison And Reform" in band below portrait. Floral garlands and motifs throughout image. Backing is comprised of pieces of differently patterned plain cotton weave....

Maker: unknown

Material: cotton (textile)

GUSN: 30825

Accession Number: 1926.87

Pincushion

Pincushion made of a badge worn at the Cochituate Water celebration, Boston, October 25, 1848.

Date: 1848

Maker: unknown

Material: silk (textile)

GUSN: 30826

Accession Number: 1926.94

Needle Case

Fold-up pink velvet needle case with transluscent beaded floral and leaf decoration; beaded fringe trim; interior lined with blue silk; pincushion and pocket.

Date: late 19th century

Maker: unknown

Material: velvet (fabric weave), silk (textile), beads by form

GUSN: 30827

Accession Number: 1926.96

Purse

No description

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 30828

Accession Number: 1926.97

Pair of Gloves

Black lace gloves.

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 30829

Accession Number: 1926.98AB

Pair of Sleeves

White cotton bishop-style sleeves with floral embroidery at the wrists.

Date: 1853-1863

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 30830

Accession Number: 1926.102AB

Women's Tie

White net necktie with a large floral embridered pattern.

Date: 1900-1920

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 30831

Accession Number: 1926.103

Purse

Blue and brown purse with silver-colored beading, rings, and tassels.

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 30832

Accession Number: 1926.107

Slipper

Bronze leather; bound with brown grosgrain; trimmed with small brown rosette; narrow elastic ties; square toe. Rosette conceals split in 3 7/8" vamp; square throat; toe trimmed with white chainstitch with cutwork backed with purple silk; stylized floral medallion; no center back seam; sole has narr...

Date: 1840-1860

Maker: unknown

Material: embroidering, leather, linen (material)

GUSN: 30833

Accession Number: 1926.113

Spike

No description

Maker: unknown

Material: wrought, handmade, iron (metal)

GUSN: 30834

Accession Number: 1926.124

Spike

No description

Maker: unknown

Material: wrought, handmade, iron (metal)

GUSN: 30835

Accession Number: 1926.125

Pocket Wallet

No description

Date: 1890-1900

Maker: unknown

Material: stitching, leather

GUSN: 30836

Accession Number: 1926.127

Thread Winder

No description

Maker: unknown

Material: wood (plant material)

GUSN: 30837

Accession Number: 1926.136

Leather Fragment

Piece of cut sole leather, roughly shaped, with unfinished edges.

Pitcher

Parian pitcher in the shape of an ear of corn with husk, unglazed interior.

Maker: unknown

Material: parian (porcelain)

GUSN: 30748

Accession Number: 1925.715

Portrait of Frederick Howard Thacher

Three quarter length portrait of a boy, Frederick Howard Thacher (1834-1838), holding a small clover flower in his right hand and a rabbit by the paw in his left.

Date: 1835-1840

Maker: Probably Conant, Edwin A. (Artist)

Material: canvas, oil paint (paint)

GUSN: 30749

Accession Number: 1925.786