Historic New England

Cup and saucer

White clay body w/ colorless "white" glaze. Polychrome enamel decoration in the rose palette. Gilt ground w/ floral and butterfly motifs in scenic reserves in the rose mandarin pattern. A) Teacup: Deep circular bowl w/ scalloped mouth and circular foot ring. C-shaped handle. Exterior w/ a scenic re...

Date: 1840-1870

Maker: unknown

Material: porcelain

GUSN: 25846

Accession Number: 1973.18AB

Cup and saucer

White clay body w/ colorless "white" glaze. Polychrome enamel decoration in the rose palette. Gilt ground w/ floral and butterfly motifs in scenic reserves in the rose mandarin pattern. A) Teacup: Deep circular bowl w/ scalloped mouth and circular foot ring. C-shaped handle. Exterior w/ a scenic re...

Date: 1840-1870

Maker: unknown

Material: porcelain

GUSN: 25847

Accession Number: 1973.19AB

Cup and saucer

White clay body w/ colorless "white" glaze. Polychrome enamel decoration in the rose palette. Gilt ground w/ floral and butterfly motifs in scenic reserves in the rose mandarin pattern. A) Teacup: Deep circular bowl w/ scalloped mouth and circular foot ring. C-shaped handle. Exterior w/ a scenic re...

Date: 1840-1870

Maker: unknown

Material: porcelain

GUSN: 25848

Accession Number: 1973.20AB

Cup and saucer

White clay body w/ colorless "white" glaze. Polychrome enamel decoration in the rose palette. Gilt ground w/ floral and butterfly motifs in scenic reserves in the rose mandarin pattern. A) Teacup: Deep circular bowl w/ scalloped mouth and circular foot ring. C-shaped handle. Exterior w/ a scenic re...

Date: 1840-1870

Maker: unknown

Material: porcelain

GUSN: 25849

Accession Number: 1973.21AB

Cup and saucer

White clay body w/ colorless "white" glaze. Polychrome enamel decoration in the rose palette. Gilt ground w/ floral and butterfly motifs in scenic reserves in the rose mandarin pattern. A) Teacup: Deep circular bowl w/ scalloped mouth and circular foot ring. C-shaped handle. Exterior w/ a scenic re...

Date: 1840-1870

Maker: unknown

Material: porcelain

GUSN: 25850

Accession Number: 1973.22AB

Cup and saucer

White clay body w/ colorless "white" glaze. Polychrome enamel decoration in the rose palette. Gilt ground w/ floral and butterfly motifs in scenic reserves in the rose mandarin pattern. A) Teacup: Deep circular bowl w/ scalloped mouth and circular foot ring. C-shaped handle. Exterior w/ a scenic re...

Date: 1840-1870

Maker: unknown

Material: porcelain

GUSN: 25851

Accession Number: 1973.23AB

Cup and saucer

White clay body w/ colorless "white" glaze. Polychrome enamel decoration in the rose palette. Gilt ground w/ floral and butterfly motifs in scenic reserves in the rose mandarin pattern. A) Teacup: Deep circular bowl w/ scalloped mouth and circular foot ring. C-shaped handle. Exterior w/ a scenic re...

Date: 1840-1870

Maker: unknown

Material: porcelain

GUSN: 25852

Accession Number: 1973.24AB

Cup and saucer

White clay body w/ colorless "white" glaze. Polychrome enamel decoration in the rose palette. Gilt ground w/ floral and butterfly motifs in scenic reserves in the rose mandarin pattern. A) Teacup: Deep circular bowl w/ scalloped mouth and circular foot ring. C-shaped handle. Exterior w/ a scenic re...

Date: 1840-1870

Maker: unknown

Material: porcelain

GUSN: 25853

Accession Number: 1973.25AB

Cup and saucer

White clay body w/ colorless "white" glaze. Polychrome enamel decoration in the rose palette. Gilt ground w/ floral and butterfly motifs in scenic reserves in the rose mandarin pattern. A) Teacup: Deep circular bowl w/ scalloped mouth and circular foot ring. C-shaped handle. Exterior w/ a scenic re...

Date: 1840-1870

Maker: unknown

Material: porcelain

GUSN: 25854

Accession Number: 1973.26AB

Side Chair

Part of a set of four Queen Anne style side chairs. Stiles chamfered. Pronounced curve to back. Cabriole legs. Pad feet. Rear legs chamfered. "H" stretchers and rear stretcher; vase shaped splat. Yoke crest rail; scalloped skirt on seat rail. Yoke of crest rail not pronounced. High splat shoe (2"). ...

Date: 1735-1760

Maker: unknown

Material: maple (wood)

GUSN: 25855

Accession Number: 1973.28

Chair

One in set of four Queen Anne style side chairs. Stiles chamfered. Pronounced curve to back. Cabriole legs. Pad feet. Rear legs chamfered. "H" stretchers and rear stretcher; vase shaped splat. Yoke crest rail; scalloped skirt on seat rail. Yoke of crest rail not pronounced. High splat shoe (2"). No ...

Date: 1735-1760

Maker: unknown

Material: maple (wood)

GUSN: 25856

Accession Number: 1973.29

Chair

One in set of four Queen Anne style side chairs. Stiles chamfered. Pronounced curve to back. Cabriole legs. Pad feet. Rear legs chamfered. "H" stretchers and rear stretcher; vase shaped splat. Yoke crest rail; scalloped skirt on seat rail. Yoke of crest rail not pronounced. High splat shoe (2"). No ...

Date: 1735-1760

Maker: unknown

Material: maple (wood)

GUSN: 25857

Accession Number: 1973.30

Marmion and DeWilton

Based on Sir Walter Scott's novel, the two knights on horseback prepare to charge each other with lances on a moonlit night. Colors are muted, predominantly ochre and blue. Signed and dated. Reverse of stretcher bears the Metropolitan Museum of Art's label, listing title and provenance as Robert We...

Date: 1880

Maker: Weir, Robert Walter, 1803-1889 (Maker)

Material: oil paint (paint), canvas

GUSN: 25858

Accession Number: 1973.31

Corner Chair

Mahogany Chippendale corner chair with squared seat reupholstered in green leather. Four straight legs with beaded outside edges; on casters. Plain square cross stretchers. Two "owl's eye" splats enclosed by three turned arms (2 side, 1 rear) supporting the flat semi-circular rail at rear.

Date: 1760-1790

Maker: unknown

Material: leather, mahogany (wood)

GUSN: 25859

Accession Number: 1973.35

Slant-top Desk

Maple desk in the Chippendale style. Tiger maple. Four graduated drawers with solid brasses (new and replaced). Two rectangular fall-front supports with flat, round brass pulls. Fall-front opens to reveal central door flanked by split applied columns. Door reveals central door flanked by split app...

Date: 1760-1790

Maker: unknown

Material: brass (alloy), maple (wood), poplar (wood)

GUSN: 25860

Accession Number: 1975.185

Coat of Arms

Framed coat of arms. Watercolor painted arms feature oval crest with gold shield and three birds' heads on a white background. Elaborately molded gesso and gilt rectangular frame. Under glass.

Date: 1850-1900

Maker: unknown

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

GUSN: 25861

Accession Number: 1955.273

Lithograph

Polychrome lithograph under glass and in rectangular gesso and gilt frame. Entitled: "The storming of Chapultepec Sept. 13th 1847." Portrays soldiers in battle w/ a large fort in upper background. Published by Sarony and Major, 117 Fulton Street, New York and distributed by N. Currier, 152 Nassau St...

Date: 1848

Maker: Sarony & Major (Publisher)

Material: paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 25862

Accession Number: 1955.274

Membership certificate

Membership certificate in the Society of the Cincinnati for Lt. Colonel Thomas Lincoln Casey, dated August 14, 1882. Plain molded rectangular wood frame. Under glass.

Date: 1882

Maker: unknown

Material: paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 25863

Accession Number: 1955.275

Carpet section

Square fragment in red, pink and green (3 strips sewn together). Patterned floral and geometric motifs.

Date: 1845-1875

Maker: unknown

Material: wool (textile)

GUSN: 25864

Accession Number: 1955.316

Slant-top Desk

Four straight, tapered, rectangular legs support rectangular case with hinged, slant top and plain back splashboard or gallery. Top opens to reveal compartmented interior of four rectangular cubbyholes. Entire piece is grain painted in yellow and tans to imitate figured maple.

Date: 1835-1860

Maker: unknown

Material: graining, pine (wood)

GUSN: 25865

Accession Number: 1955.317

Transit box

A) Brass transit for engineering and surveying. B) Tripod support of unidentified wood. Plain round tapered legs w/ brass mount at top to support transit. C) Mahogany box w/ fittings to hold transit body.

Date: 1875-1900

Maker: unknown

Material: brass (alloy), mahogany (wood), wood (plant material)

GUSN: 25866

Accession Number: 1955.318A-C

Bed

Double bed w/ tall serpentine head board enclosing an oval molded panel and supported by two shaped posts. Foot board curves around to meet straight side rails. Corresponding shorter floor board w/ bracket feet.

Date: ca. 1870

Maker: unknown

Material: pine (wood), walnut (wood)

GUSN: 25867

Accession Number: 1955.319

Photograph

Browntone photo of cadets in uniform firing cannons on the campus of West Point (presumably). Campus in background.

Date: 1860

Maker: unknown

Material: paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 25868

Accession Number: 1955.320

Ticket and envelope

.2a,b) Admittance ticket and envelope, made out to "Moses Colman, Esq."

Date: 1864

Maker: unknown

Material: paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 25343

Accession Number: 1985.620.2AB

Painting

Framed watercolor. Square, plain, mahogany-veneered frame with metal ring hanger. Green and red watercolor of leaves and flowers on white paper behind glass.

Date: 1800-1825

Maker: unknown

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

GUSN: 25344

Accession Number: 1932.2785

Rocking chair

Knob finials surmount sausage-turned stiles enclosing 3 slightly shaped slats. Rectangular rush seat w/ exposed front corners. Double dowel stretchers front and sides; single stretcher in rear. Flat rockers added later. Black paint throughout (later); evidence of red stain underneath.

Date: 1790-1860

Maker: unknown

Material: ash (wood), maple (wood), rush (material)

GUSN: 25345

Accession Number: 1963.208

Washstand

Wash stand. Pine, painted. Striped, stenciled and freehand painted crest rail (grapes and flower design) with scrolled ears. Small quarter-round corner shelves above upper shelf with cut-outs in upper shelf for washing accoutrements. One drawer below with round metal pull. Yellow background with...

Date: 1820-1860

Maker: unknown

Material: painting (coating), pine (wood)

GUSN: 25346

Accession Number: 1963.209

Trunk

Trunk. Wood, leather, brass. "JET" initialed on top of flat-rectangular trunk covered in black leather and bound with metal straps. Iron handles at each side; interior lined w/ issues of "Newburyport Herald" from 1811 and 1812.

Date: 1810-1815

Maker: unknown

Material: brass (alloy), leather, wood (plant material)

GUSN: 25347

Accession Number: 1963.213

Folding bed

Slightly rounded headboard w/ cutout corners which fit into two tall, faceted tapered headposts w/ square legs (no feet). Side rails are hinged w/ a wooden pin which partially extends beyond surface rail. Body of bed folds up toward head of bed. Small kickstand supports this join. Short legs at foot...

Date: 1830-1840

Maker: unknown

Material: linen (material), maple (wood), rope, wood (plant material)

GUSN: 25348

Accession Number: 1985.468

Bolster and bolster cover

Feather-stuffed bolster cover with blue and white cotton ticking. Pieced coarse linen cover with hemmed edge.

Date: 1830-1840

Maker: unknown

Material: cotton (textile), feather (material), linen (material)

GUSN: 25349

Accession Number: 1985.469.1-2

Tick

Feather stuffing w/ blue and white striped mattress ticking cover. Seamed down the middle and bound at edges w/ heavy thread.

Date: ca. 1840

Maker: unknown

Material: cotton (textile), feather (material)

GUSN: 25350

Accession Number: 1985.470

Sheet

White linen sheet consisting of two lengths seamed together and hemmed at each end. Selvedge on two long sides.

Date: 1800-1840

Maker: unknown

Material: linen (material)

GUSN: 25351

Accession Number: 1985.471

Sheet

Coarse white linen sheet consisting of two lengths of cloth seamed together and hemmed at each end. Selvedge on two long sides.

Date: 1790-1840

Maker: unknown

Material: linen (material)

GUSN: 25352

Accession Number: 1985.472

Friendship Quilt

Friendship or signature quilt. Various cotton prints pieced and outline quilted in "Ohio Star" pattern. Central block contains ink inscription from various women who contributed squares. Dated 1845 and 1846. White linen backing and bound edges.

Date: 1846

Maker: unknown

Material: cotton (textile), linen (material)

GUSN: 25353

Accession Number: 1985.473

Christening jacket

Silk christening jacket w/ stand-up collar and twisted silk cord trim. Two wooden buttons at rear. Attached tyewritten note reads: "Christening cap and satin jacket (1810.) Parents: Edmund Coffin and Lucy Kimball Coffin."

Date: ca. 1810

Maker: unknown

Material: cotton (textile), silk (textile)

GUSN: 25354

Accession Number: 1985.481.1

Christening cap

Cotton mull cap w/ whitework embroidery and lace trim. Plain mull ties. Some drawnwork in petals of floral motif. Attached tyewritten note reads: "Christening cap and satin jacket (1810.) Parents: Edmund Coffin and Lucy Kimball Coffin."

Date: ca. 1810

Maker: unknown

Material: cotton (textile), silk (textile)

GUSN: 25355

Accession Number: 1985.481.2

Coaster

Perforated silver gilt paper cross-stitched w/ wool yarn of various colors.

Date: 1890-1920

Maker: unknown

Material: paper (fiber product), wool (textile)

GUSN: 25356

Accession Number: 1985.489

Lacemaking equipment

Cardboard box containing lacemaker's pillow made of cotton print stuffed w/ straw. Cotton print bag of bobbins (mostly bamboo). Paper lace patterns.

Date: 1830-1840

Maker: unknown

Material: cardboard, cloth, straw (plant material)

GUSN: 25357

Accession Number: 1985.490

Scrapbook

Handmade booklet of child's exercises in crafts and art. Colorwheels, sewing blocks, woven paper, etc. Mounted on sheets of black construction paper.

Date: ca. 1900

Maker: unknown

Material: paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 25358

Accession Number: 1985.491

Table easel

Thick, machine-stamped metal wire, shaped to form a standing frame for display of pictures or objects.

Date: ca. 1900

Maker: unknown

Material: brass (alloy), metal

GUSN: 25359

Accession Number: 1985.492

Padlock

C-shaped brass padlock w/ hinged clasp. Lock stamped "Womer & Co. 1/2". Key in lock.

Date: ca. 1900

Maker: Womer & Co. (Maker)

Material: brass (alloy)

GUSN: 25360

Accession Number: 1985.493A-C

Cinderella in the Kitchen

"Cinderella in the kitchen" stamped at top of decorated metal plaque depicting young girl in the kitchen, surrounded by birds and cooking utensils.

Date: ca. 1900

Maker: unknown

Material: casting (process), iron (metal)

GUSN: 25361

Accession Number: 1985.494

Jewelry box

Three-tiered wooden box w/ hinged lid that opens to interior lined in purple silk w/ white trim. Two tiers of drawers swing open on each side. Third tier on drawers is a stationary compartment. Box is footed w/ metal decoration, and applied stamped metal leaf motifs on top and front.

Date: 1870-1900

Maker: unknown

Material: metal, silk (textile), wood (plant material)

GUSN: 25362

Accession Number: 1985.495

Bonnet

Coiled brown straw bonnet w/ pink silk rim and neck trimmed w/ white lace. Applied fake flowers and leaves at top.

Date: ca. 1850

Maker: unknown

Material: lace (needlework), silk (textile), straw (plant material)

GUSN: 25363

Accession Number: 1985.496

Bonnet

Wide, woven straw brim w/ applied lace lining and border. Layered lace body gathered to circular back. Off-white color. Two attached net and lace ties, one w/ pink silk trim. Interior label reads, "Pullastic Adjustable Hat Lining" w/ directions for use.

Date: 1850-1870

Maker: unknown

Material: lace (needlework), net (textile), silk (textile), straw (plant material)

GUSN: 25364

Accession Number: 1985.497

Purse

Drawstring leather purse w/ brown scalloped and pinked border trim. Body printed w/ multi-colored foliate and geometric forms.

Date: ca. 1840

Maker: unknown

Material: cotton (textile), leather

GUSN: 25365

Accession Number: 1985.498

Embroidery floss and bag

Brown checkered cotton print drawstring bag full of bits of threads.

Date: 1815-1850

Maker: unknown

Material: cotton (textile)

GUSN: 25366

Accession Number: 1985.499

Jacket

Black velvet woman's jacket w/ black lace cuffs, black trim, and black jet buttons down front. Brown chintz lining. Handsewn and machine sewn. Plain standup collar. In three pieces.

Date: ca. 1870

Maker: unknown

Material: cotton (textile), jet (coal), velvet (fabric weave)

GUSN: 25367

Accession Number: 1985.500A-C

Petticoat

Gathered underskirt of white mull w/ drawstring waist. Handsewn.

Date: ca. 1840

Maker: unknown

Material: cotton (textile)

GUSN: 25368

Accession Number: 1985.501

Trunk

Trunk. Black, leather-covered rectangular trunk with brass studs and wrought iron handles. Interior lined with blue polkadot paper and has printed label: "M. Lord and Son...Newburyport, MA."

Date: 1820-1840

Maker: M. Lord & Son (Maker)

Material: brass (alloy), iron (metal), leather, paper (fiber product), wood (plant material)

GUSN: 25369

Accession Number: 1985.502

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