Historic New England

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

Rogers Group Sculpture - Rip Van Winkle Returned

Long haired, bearded man, left hand on head, dog at left.

Maker: Rogers, John (Maker)

Material: painting (coating), plaster

GUSN: 44390

Accession Number: 1933.1975

Bud Vase

Red glazed earthenware bud vase with flattened, rounded body with oval foot and pinched oval opening.

Date: 1872-1889

Maker: Chelsea Keramic Art Works (Maker)

Material: earthenware, glazing (coating)

GUSN: 44391

Accession Number: 1934.1975

Shoe

No description

Maker: unknown

Material: leather

GUSN: 44393

Accession Number: 1921.1976

Cup Plate

No description

Maker: unknown

Material: glass (material)

GUSN: 44396

Accession Number: 1927.1977

Handle

Iron handle still attached to a piece of wood.

Date: 19th Century

Maker: unknown

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

GUSN: 44397

Accession Number: 1933.1977

Mug

Stoneware mug with green glaze, applied angular handle and initials RLK scratched into glaze.

Date: 1890-1910

Maker: unknown

Material: glazing (coating), stoneware (pottery)

GUSN: 44398

Accession Number: 1934.1977

Vase

Stoneware vase with deep red glaze with yellow-green highlights. Form tapers into neck and expands to flaring rim.

Date: 1872-1889

Maker: Chelsea Keramic Art Works (Maker)

Material: glazing (coating), stoneware (pottery)

GUSN: 44401

Accession Number: 1934.1978

Measure

Small pewter measure stamped "1 NOGGIN." ACCN BOOK: "Miss Thaxter to Lady Pepperrell House"

Maker: unknown

Material: pewter (tin alloy), tin (metal)

GUSN: 44412

Accession Number: 10.1980

Base

No description

Maker: unknown

Material: wood (plant material)

GUSN: 44420

Accession Number: 1980.418

Dish

No description

Maker: unknown

Material: glass (material)

GUSN: 44421

Accession Number: 1927.1980

Spit

No description

Maker: unknown

Material: iron (metal)

GUSN: 44422

Accession Number: 1933.1980

Sofa

Mahogany sofa with a tripartite back, reeded rails, stiles, and arms. The arm supports and front legs are carved and turned. Upholstered in red leather with black tufts. Original under-upholstery.

Date: 1808-1809

Maker: Neal, William (Upholsterer) Seymour, Thomas (American cabinetmaker, 1771-1848) (Cabinetmaker)

Material: mahogany (wood), leather

GUSN: 44424

Accession Number: 50.1980.1

Dish

No description

Maker: unknown

Material: glass (material)

GUSN: 44426

Accession Number: 1927.1981

Strap Hinge

Tapered bar; spear end. Barrel side only. Five nail holes (irregular), unwelded loop.

Date: 1700-1725

Maker: unknown

Material: iron (metal)

GUSN: 44427

Accession Number: 1933.1981

Dress

No description

Maker: unknown

Material: textiles

GUSN: 44428

Accession Number: 1935.1981

Bowl

No description

Maker: unknown

Material: glass (material)

GUSN: 44430

Accession Number: 1927.1982

Chest of Drawers

Chest of drawers. Cherry, maple, chestnut, tulip wood, and white pine secondary wood. Brass bail handles and locks. Serpentine top with string inlay; four graduated drawers with fan and string inlay. Rests on bracket feet.

Date: 1800-1810

Maker: unknown

Material: cherry (wood), chestnut (wood), inlay (process), maple (wood), American tulipwood (wood), Norway spruce (wood)

GUSN: 44432

Accession Number: 1987.1429

Chest of Drawers

Bowfront, four drawers; French feet; shaped skirt; string inlaid drawer fronts with cock beading.

Date: 1790-1810

Maker: unknown

Material: inlay (process), mahogany (wood), veneer, Norway spruce (wood)

GUSN: 44433

Accession Number: 1987.1430

Secretary

Secretary desk and bookcase. Mahogany, mahogany venner on pine, chestnut drawer sides and bottoms. Bookcase has gothic arch doors and scroll pediment with brass rosettes at each scroll; desk has gadrooned lower rail and entablature; three drawers with round wooden pulls. Rests on twist-reeded le...

Date: ca. 1820

Maker: Attributed to Noyes, Samuel S., 1785-1832 (Maker)

Material: chestnut (wood), mahogany (wood), veneering, Norway spruce (wood)

GUSN: 44434

Accession Number: 1987.1431

Card Table

3 turned legs with flutes; semicircular top and rails; raised veneered panels.

Date: 1855-1875

Maker: unknown

Material: ash (wood), walnut (wood), veneer, Norway spruce (wood)

GUSN: 44435

Accession Number: 1987.1433

Card Table

Card Table. Mahogany and mahogany veneer, white pine secondary wood, brass casters. Serpentine top and sides; lunette inlay in sides of top. Rests on reeded legs with carved leaves.

Date: 1820-1830

Maker: unknown

Material: mahogany (wood), veneer, Norway spruce (wood)

GUSN: 44438

Accession Number: 1987.1436

Drop-leaf Table

Drop-Leaf Table. Mahogany, yellow pine, white pine, brass casters. Rectangular with round-cornered leaves. Rests on reeded and turned legs on casters.

Date: ca. 1821

Maker: unknown

Material: mahogany (wood), Norway spruce (wood), yellow pine (wood, general)

GUSN: 44440

Accession Number: 1987.1438

Candlestand

Candlestand. Maple. Circular top with turned pillar. Rests on cabriole legs with snake feet.

Date: 1790-1810

Maker: unknown

Material: maple (wood)

GUSN: 44441

Accession Number: 1987.1439

Card Table

Card table. Mahogany, yellow pine, white pine, inlay. Serpentine front and sides; applied beading on rails; molded top. Rests on turned and reeded legs

Date: 1821

Maker: unknown

Material: mahogany (wood), Norway spruce (wood), yellow pine (wood, general)

GUSN: 44442

Accession Number: 1987.1440

Side Chair

Serpentine pierced slat back; square legs and stretchers with beaded outer edges; incised stiles.

Date: 1790-1820

Maker: unknown

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

GUSN: 44443

Accession Number: 1987.1441.3

Side Chair

Side chair with serpentine crest, volute ears, and pierced splat. H-shaped stretcher. Round legs. Square seat with corduroy and leather upholstery.

Date: 1760-1800

Maker: unknown

Material: mahogany (wood)

GUSN: 44444

Accession Number: 1987.1442.1

Chair

Side chair. Mahogany primary wood, maple secondary, leather, brass. Pierced "owl's eye" splat; yoke shaped crest with molded ears; leather seat outlined with decorative brass nails. Rests on front cabriole legs terminate in pad feet; chamfered rear legs. Legs have block and turned stretchers.

Date: 1765-1785

Maker: unknown

Material: mahogany (wood), maple (wood)

GUSN: 44445

Accession Number: 1987.1443

Roundabout Chair

Roundabout chair. Maple, painted black, rush seat. Semicircular arm rail ending on outwardly turned handholds. Three ring-and-baluster turned larm supports. Plain tubular stiles. Rests on plain tubular legs below seat rail; front leg has one decorative ring-and-baluster turning just below the s...

Date: 1730-1740

Maker: unknown

Material: maple (wood), pine (wood)

GUSN: 44446

Accession Number: 1987.1444

Chair

Armchair. Ash, black paint, rush seat. Yoke-shaped crest and stiles; vasiform splat; arms on turned supports; rush seat. Ring-and-ball-turned front stretcher; swelled double rows of side stretchers; plain turned back stretcher. Rests on block-and-baluster-turned legs on Spanish feet.

Date: 1735-1770

Maker: unknown

Material: ash (wood), turning (shaping process)

GUSN: 44449

Accession Number: 1987.1447

Chair

No description

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 44451

Accession Number: 1987.1450

Candlestand

Candlestand. Cherry, probably maple cleat, mahoganized. Spider legs, notched pillar base; urn-turned pillar; fixed octagonal top.

Date: ca. 1821

Maker: Attributed to Noyes, Samuel S., 1785-1832 (Maker)

Material: graining, cherry (wood), maple (wood)

GUSN: 44452

Accession Number: 1987.1451

Candlestand

Candlestand. Cherry. Top with serpentine edges atop slender turned pillar. Rests on narrow cabriole legs with snake feet.

Date: 1800-1810

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 44453

Accession Number: 1987.1452

The Sudbury Marshes

Impressionistic landscape with pond at right and fields at left, cloudy sky. Signed "HTG."

Date: 1895-1905

Maker: Attributed to

Material: oil paint (paint)

GUSN: 44455

Accession Number: 1987.1454

Portrait of Edwin Buckingham

Framed lithograph portrait of Edwin Buckingham (1810-1833), rendered by Miss Lalanne of Pendleton's Lithography, Boston. Bust length view of young man facing left, wearing dark coat and waistcoat, a white shirt with high collar, and dark cravat.

Date: 1825-1830

Maker: Pendletons Lithography

Material: paper (fiber product), ink

GUSN: 44456

Accession Number: 1987.1455

Photograph

Two girls, one seated, the other standing, and a large black dog pose in front of a flower garden w/ cow pastures beyond.

Date: 1870-1900

Maker: unknown

Material: albumen (egg white), gelatin silver prints, silver (metal)

GUSN: 44457

Accession Number: 1987.1456

Photograph

Two women, one sitting on a stone wall, the other standing under a row of trees along the edge of a road.

Date: 1865-1890

Maker: unknown

Material: albumen (egg white)

GUSN: 44458

Accession Number: 1987.1457

Mirror

No description

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 44459

Accession Number: 1987.1458

Portrait of Edwin Buckingham Sears (1911-1987)

Bust length portrait of a young man. Sitter has dark brown hair and eyes. He is wearing a black graduation gown over a white collared shirt and striped tie. Oil paint on canvas, plain wood frame.

Date: 1935

Maker: Greene, Elmer Wesley, Jr., 1907-1964 (Artist)

Material: oil paint (paint)

GUSN: 44460

Accession Number: 1987.1459

Mary Elizabeth Cutting Buckingham (1851-1896)

Portrait of Mary Elizabeth Cutting Buckingham, a young woman seated in a roundabout chair reading a book; screen at back. Wife of Edwin Buckingham.

Date: 1889-1896

Maker: Stuart, Mabel (Artist)

Material: canvas, oil paint (paint)

GUSN: 44461

Accession Number: 1987.1460

Portrait of Eliza Willett Buckingham

Bust-length portrait of a young woman in blue dress and white lace shawl. Wife of Joseph Tinker Bukingham.

Date: 1830-1840

Maker: unknown

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

GUSN: 44462

Accession Number: 1987.1461

Landscape of Sears Family Home

Landscape painting of Sears family home in Wayland, MA. Yellow house with large tree in front. Molded wood frame.

Date: ca. 1900

Maker: unknown

Material: oil paint (paint)

GUSN: 44463

Accession Number: 1987.1463

Basket

No description

Maker: unknown

Material: glass (material)

GUSN: 44464

Accession Number: 1987.1464

Vase

No description

Maker: unknown

Material: glass (material)

GUSN: 44465

Accession Number: 1987.1465

Bowl

No description

Maker: unknown

Material: glass (material)

GUSN: 44466

Accession Number: 1987.1466

Pitcher

Stoneware pitcher. Bulbous body with oversized wide flaring mouth, circular foot, and strap handle. Decorated with applied, molded Bacchanalian figures and grapevine motif. Two-tone brown glaze.

Maker: Doulton Lambeth (Manufacturer)

Material: stoneware (pottery), molding (forming)

GUSN: 44467

Accession Number: 1987.1467

Vase

Stoneware vase with green glaze, cylindrical in shape.

Date: 1898-1919

Maker: (Maker)

Material: stoneware (pottery), glazing (coating)

GUSN: 44468

Accession Number: 1987.1468

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