Historic New England

Mug

Earthenware mug. Cylindrical with loop handle. Luster decoration with black and green accents. Geometric band with zigzag elipses near top. Luster lines around base and rim.

Maker: unknown

Material: earthenware, lusterware

GUSN: 43687

Accession Number: 1970.1310.493

Porcelain children's mug. White body with gold lustre band at rim, one interior band, and gold accent on handle. Black transfer-printed scene of a man, woman, and dog standing in front of a bluff topped by a tree on the right, with houses in the background on the left.

Maker: unknown

Material: porcelain

GUSN: 43688

Accession Number: 1970.1310.494

Mug

Porcelain mug. Shaped base and spurred, ear-shaped handle. Wavy luster line overpainted in pink encircles body in a swag pattern. With three red and pink flowers on a luster stem on each sides, accented with green and blue. Luster lines around base, rim, and down handle.

Maker: unknown

Material: porcelain, lusterware

GUSN: 43689

Accession Number: 1970.1310.495

Children's Mug

Earthenware children's mug. Cylindrical with loop handle and leaf terminals. Canary yellow with copper luster landscape including trees and a sharply-peaked building. Landscape scene overpainted with two large semi-circles connected by two wide lines. Luster band at rim.

Maker: unknown

Material: earthenware, lusterware

GUSN: 43690

Accession Number: 1970.1310.496

Children's Mug

Eathernware children's mug. Mustard colored with slightly tapered body, narrower at top, with loop handle. Decorative band beneath rim with a continuous vine motif in gold luster. Luster lines around base, rim, and down handle.

Maker: unknown

Material: earthenware, lusterware

GUSN: 43691

Accession Number: 1970.1310.497

Children's Mug

Earthenware children's mug. Round-rimmed base with loop handle. Lightly mottled tan glaze, painted with blue and dark red flowers on crossed gray stems with green leaves. Dark gray line around rim.

Maker: unknown

Material: earthenware, hand-painted

GUSN: 43692

Accession Number: 1970.1310.498

Mug

Lusterware mug. Tapered body, shaped base, and loop handle. Copper luster body with light green band around middle. Inside of mug is beige with pink luster band at rim.

Maker: unknown

Material: earthenware, lusterware

GUSN: 43693

Accession Number: 1970.1310.499

Children's Mug

Earthenware children's mug. Dark red transfer printed image titled "Winter" with two men standing in a snow-covered landscape with a tent (?) in the background at right. Image is oval-shaped and bordered by a foliate motif.

Maker: unknown

Material: earthenware, transfer printing

GUSN: 43694

Accession Number: 1970.1310.500

Mug

Earthenware mug. Shaped base and rim, and loop handle with leaf terminals. Hand painted floral design in blue, yellow, green, orange, and brown. Brown lines around rim and base; brown accents on handle.

Maker: unknown

Material: earthenware

GUSN: 43695

Accession Number: 1970.1310.501

Children's Mug

Mug with transfer printed designs on creamware body, luster accents. Inscription in octagonal box. Village scene depicted with church steeple, horses, cattle, mother with child and dog. Overall red and white designs.

Date: 1840-1880

Maker: unknown

Material: creamware, earthenware

GUSN: 43696

Accession Number: 1970.1310.502

Mug

Earthenware mug. Concave sides, reeded base, beaded rim, and loop handle with leaf terminals. Light green band around body with applied decorations (three) with baskets and flowers, colored a darker green .

Maker: unknown

Material: earthenware, applied decoration

GUSN: 43697

Accession Number: 1970.1310.503

Children's Mug

Earthenware mug. Cylindrical with spurred loop handle. Hand painted with dark pink and yellow flowers with green leaves, in a continuous band around mug. Dark gray line around base, rim, and inside of rim; also down handle.

Maker: unknown

Material: earthenware, hand-painted

GUSN: 43698

Accession Number: 1970.1310.504

Children's Mug

Earthenware children's mug. Brown transfer printed image of a woman and three children in a field, with farm buildings in the background.

Maker: unknown

Material: earthenware, transfer printing

GUSN: 43699

Accession Number: 1970.1310.505

Children's Mug

Porcelain children's mug. Black transfer printed image of a classical urn. Hand painted decorative black band at rim, with lines and dots. Additional hand painted lines around base and down handle.

Maker: unknown

Material: porcelain, transfer printing

GUSN: 43700

Accession Number: 1970.1310.507

Children's Mug

Earthenware children's mug. Brown transfer printed image titled "Kept in at School" with three pupils at a table and a seated teacher holding a wand. A fourth child stands on a low stool with a conical hat on his head.

Maker: unknown

Material: earthenware, transfer printing

GUSN: 43701

Accession Number: 1970.1310.508

Children's Mug

Earthenware children's mug. Cylindrical with loop handle and leaf terminals. Black transfer print with inscription on black rectangular background with vine border. Luster band around rim, thin luster line around 2/3 of base, and luster line down handle.

Date: ca. 1825

Maker: unknown

Material: earthenware, transfer printing, lusterware

GUSN: 43702

Accession Number: 1970.1310.509

Children's Mug

Earthenware children's mug. Black transfer printed image of a leopard, with mountains in the distance. Over-painted with green and dark red.

Maker: unknown

Material: earthenware, transfer printing

GUSN: 43703

Accession Number: 1970.1310.510

Children's Mug

Earthenware children's mug. Black transfer printed scene with man and woman standing outdoors next to an open birdcage; a bird sits on the man's outstretched hand. Over painted with green. Pink line hand painted around inside of rim and down handle.

Maker: unknown

Material: earthenware, transfer printing

GUSN: 43704

Accession Number: 1970.1310.511

Children's Mug

Pearlware children's mug. Circular geometric chain punctuated by branches of berries, surround inscription. Blue transfer-printed designs.

Date: 1815

Maker: unknown

Material: earthenware, pearlware, transfer printing

GUSN: 43705

Accession Number: 1970.1310.512

Mug

Earthenware mug. Cylindrical with ear-shaped handle. Blue transfer printed landscape scene with a hunter, two dogs, and a picturesque ruin. Matching blue floral borders (5/8" wide) on inside and outside of rim. Blue vine and leaf pattern on handle, with a human face at top.

Maker: unknown

Material: earthenware, transfer printing

GUSN: 43706

Accession Number: 1970.1310.513

Children's Mug

Earthenware children's mug. Black transfer printed image of "A Shave for a Penney" [sic]. A monkey sits amongst shaving implements, holding a razor; his reflection is visible in a mirror. A man stands just inside a doorway at left. Pink lustre bands at rim and around body 1/4" from base, with st...

Maker: unknown

Material: earthenware, transfer printing, lusterware

GUSN: 43707

Accession Number: 1970.1310.514

Hand

Right hand with index finger pointed; ruffled cuff; bottom has dowel hole stuffed with newspaper.

Date: ca. 1711

Maker: unknown

Material: carving (processes), gilding, painting (coating), softwood

GUSN: 46205

Accession Number: 1959.483

Coat of Arms Painting

Lion on blue shield with red star at upper left; lion holding sword above.

Date: 1825-1875

Maker: unknown

Material: canvas, oil paint (paint)

GUSN: 46206

Accession Number: 1959.486

Hand Held Fire Screen

Hand held fire screen with a needlework pattern.

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 46207

Accession Number: 1959.490A

Fire Screen

Hand held fire screen with a needlework pattern.

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 46208

Accession Number: 1959.490B

Calling Card Case

No description

Maker: unknown

Material: ivory (tooth component)

GUSN: 46209

Accession Number: 1959.492

Calling Card Case

Carved wooden calling card case with a lift top.

Maker: unknown

Material: wood (plant material)

GUSN: 46210

Accession Number: 1959.493

Infant's Shirt

Cream open shirt with double rounded front flap and square back flap; cap sleeves trimmed with net lace; eyelet embroidery and drawnwork around neck and sleeves.

Date: 1840-1850

Maker: unknown

Material: drawn thread work, embroidering, linen (material)

GUSN: 46211

Accession Number: 1959.495A

Dress

White dress with whitework and featherstitching on front and sleeves; medallion on bodice center; sleeves and neckline trimmed with lace; featherstitching from sleeves down to hem; scalloped hem with white work of trees and stylized flower; drawstring neckline and back.

Date: 1795-1810

Maker: unknown

Material: cotton (textile), drawn thread work, embroidering

GUSN: 46212

Accession Number: 1959.495B

Infant's Cap

Cream, sheer; embroidered with two small and one large band of eyelet flowers and foliate garland; net insert at back; back--oval panel embroidered with eyelet.

Date: ca. 1800

Maker: unknown

Material: embroidering, stitching, linen (material)

GUSN: 46213

Accession Number: 1959.495D

Creamer

Helmet-shaped porcelain cream pitcher with no decoration.

Date: 1780-1810

Maker: unknown

Material: porcelain, molding (forming)

GUSN: 46214

Accession Number: 1959.498

Cup and Saucer

No description

Maker: unknown

Material: ceramic (material)

GUSN: 46215

Accession Number: 1959.499AB

Window Valance

Valance constructed of thick paper printed in vertical stripes and backed with a textured and printed paper. Printed paper ruffles are stitched to the top and hem. Printed pattern consists of six inch wide vertical black stripes with yellow borders alternating with white stripes. Repeating multi-col...

Date: 1860

Maker: unknown

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

GUSN: 46216

Accession Number: 1959.500A

Shutter Fastener

Interesting form; bog iron.

Date: 1700-1750

Maker: unknown

Material: iron (metal)

GUSN: 46217

Accession Number: 1959.501

Nail

No description

Maker: unknown

Material: wrought, handmade, iron (metal)

GUSN: 46218

Accession Number: 1959.502AB

Shutter Knob

No description

Maker: unknown

Material: brass (alloy)

GUSN: 46219

Accession Number: 1959.503B

Box

Small glass box with hinged cover. Transluscent red glass with brass elememts including: trim, ring handles, hinges, feet, latch and key. Contents of box: three small glass perfume bottles with brass hinged stoppers.

Maker: unknown

Material: glass (material), brass (alloy)

GUSN: 46220

Accession Number: 1959.505.1-.4

Portrait of Elizabeth Otis Spear

This large portrait depicts Elizabeth Otis Spear with dark curled hair parted in the middle. Her hair is covered by an elaborately laced and be-ribboned white cap that ties under her chin. She wears a black dress with a white ruffled lace neck frill. Over her shoulders she has a white shawl with an ...

Date: 1825-1840

Maker: unknown

Material: canvas, oil paint (paint)

GUSN: 46221

Accession Number: 1959.506

Wedding Dress

Robe a l'anglaise. Multi-color floral pattern on cream ground with brown throughout. Ogee motif enclosing central flower and lace-like bands, pleated front neckline, elbow length sleeves with four ruffles. Pleated around waist, bodice lined with linen.

Date: 1730-1770

Maker: unknown

Material: silk (textile), brocade (textile), lace (needlework), lampas (textile material)

GUSN: 46222

Accession Number: 1959.507

Bed Covering

Bed cover constructed of many small multi-color blocks with a star pattern in the center.

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 46223

Accession Number: 1959.508

Bedspread

No description

Maker: unknown

Material: textiles

GUSN: 46224

Accession Number: 1959.509

Bedspread

White, T-shaped; central circular motif with leafy projections within border of chevron- lines; interspace with floral and fan-like motifs; frame of chevron-lines filled with floral motifs; sides and bottoms edged with applied lace border; darned hearts and knotted fringe on cords.

Date: 1840-1870

Maker: unknown

Material: cotton (textile), fringe, lace (needlework), weaving, machine-made, marseilles, quilting, whitework

GUSN: 46225

Accession Number: 1959.510

Candelabra

No description

Maker: unknown

Material: brass (alloy)

GUSN: 46226

Accession Number: 1959.512

CLAY

Clay daub, reinforced with straw. The sample shows one smooth surface. The reverse shows evidence of having been against wood and with a strip of wood surrounded on three sides by clay running crosswise.

Maker: unknown

Material: clay, straw (plant material), wood (plant material)

GUSN: 46227

Accession Number: 1959.516B