Historic New England

Pair of Gloves

White wool gloves with a multicolored floral band along the opening edge.

Maker: unknown

Material: wool (hair)

GUSN: 31299

Accession Number: 1927.250

Green silk cover with white, yellow and darker green stripe woven at bottom; wooden shaft and ribs; brass tips on ribs; pointed, carved brass ferrule; long, carved brass slider; carved bone and brass hooked handle; brass hoop closure on silk tie.

Date: ca. 1830

Maker: unknown

Material: bone (material), brass (alloy), carving (processes), engraving (printing process), metal, silk (textile), wood (plant material), weaving

GUSN: 31300

Accession Number: 1927.252

Dish

Oval porcelain serving dish, white with gold embossed flowers and leaves. Gold scalloped rim.

Date: 1890-1900

Maker: New England Pottery Company (Maker)

Material: embossing, gilding, porcelain

GUSN: 31301

Accession Number: 1927.253

Parian Sculpture

Parian sculpture of "Mary returning from the fountain (The African Woman of the Fountain)," after Paul and Virginie, by Bernardin de Saint-Pierre, 1846

Maker: unknown

Material: parian (porcelain)

GUSN: 31302

Accession Number: 1927.255

Painting

Full length, young girl in blue and white dress, blond ringlets, leaning on chair. In leather case.

Date: 1825-1850

Maker: unknown

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

GUSN: 31303

Accession Number: 1927.258

Ribbon

No description

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 31304

Accession Number: 1927.263

Garter

No description

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 31305

Accession Number: 1927.268A

Garter

No description

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 31306

Accession Number: 1927.269B

Child's Dress

Long; white; smocking on bodice with six thread covered buttons; short sleeves with piping at shoulders; lace at neckline and cuffs; three tucks at hem trimmed with lace; drawstring neckline and waist with two buttons at waist.

Date: ca. 1841

Maker: unknown

Material: cotton (textile), stitching

GUSN: 31307

Accession Number: 1927.273

Calendar Tile

Small, vertically rectangular, decorative ceramic tile; brown print depicting the John Harvard Statue, with border (front); 1921 Calendar (back); hole drilled at the top

Date: 1921

Maker: Jones, McDuffee, & Stratton (Vendor) Wedgwood (Maker)

Material: earthenware, ceramic tile by technique, glaze

GUSN: 31308

Accession Number: 1927.280

Bookmark

Bookmark made from perforated card stock, embroidered with the words "Search the Scriptures".

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 31309

Accession Number: 1927.281

Bookmark

Bookmark made from perforated card, embroidered with a scene and inscription, "Rest in Peace" above a funerary monument with a weeping willow tree and flowering shrub.

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 31310

Accession Number: 1927.282

Game

No description

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 31311

Accession Number: 1927.293

Card basket

Card basket of perforated cardboard, worked in cross-stitch.

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 31312

Accession Number: 1927.295

Box with Glass Lid

Small rectangular paper box with attached glass lid. The glass lid is reverse-painted with a floral wreath surrounding the word "Amoi". The box is covered with blue paper and a strip of ogee patterned paper printed in black with red, white and blue rainbow ground. The interior is lined with bright ...

Maker: unknown

Material: paper (fiber product), glass (material)

GUSN: 31313

Accession Number: 1927.299

Bookmark

Embroidered bookmark "Hope on Hope Ever"

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 31314

Accession Number: 1927.305

Bookmark

Embroidered bookmark "My Mother".

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 31315

Accession Number: 1927.306

Punch Bowl

Large earthenware punch bowl on footed stem. Blue transfer-printed pattern of floral medallions and scenic vignettes with figures in landscape.

Date: 1882-1902

Maker: Doulton & Co. (Maker)

Material: earthenware, glazing (coating), transfer printing

GUSN: 31316

Accession Number: 1927.307

Small Bottle

No description

Maker: unknown

Material: glass (material)

GUSN: 31317

Accession Number: 1927.308

PLASTER, LATH

Plaster with riven lath; painted white on front.

Date: ca. 1686

Maker: unknown

Material: clay, hair, painting (coating), pine (wood), plaster, sand

GUSN: 31318

Accession Number: 1927.309

Dressing Gown

This house dress or dressing gown is constructed from cotton patterned with both block and roller printed designs in a scrolling floral vine repeat with pink flowers and blue leaves on a beige-colored, striped ground. Lined in a contrasting, dark brown-colored ground cotton print of small cream-colo...

Date: 1830-1837

Maker: unknown

Material: block printing (relief printing process), cotton (textile)

GUSN: 31319

Accession Number: 1927.324

Shirt

White; neckline--one side has drawstring, other side has squared flap; neckline and short sleeves trimmed w/ lace; lace insert at shoulder; part of sleeve is gathered/ruching; open shirt.

Date: 1850

Maker: unknown

Material: stitching, linen (material)

GUSN: 31320

Accession Number: 1927.334

Child's Dress

Long; white, with small scale check pattern; double capped sleeves; lace at neckline; drawstring neckline and back gathered at waist with drawstrings.

Date: 1850

Maker: unknown

Material: cotton (textile), dimity

GUSN: 31321

Accession Number: 1927.336

Child's Dress

Long; white; "V" panel on bodice front, with diamond and stylized floral embroidery, with ruffle along panel and at neckline back; short sleeves, with ruffled edge and three rows of scalloped eyelet; blue ribbon inserted at eyelet waistband; eyelet band same as waistband inserted at hem.

Date: 1850

Maker: unknown

Material: cotton (textile), embroidering

GUSN: 31322

Accession Number: 1927.337

Jar

Small redware jar with black glaze. Cylindrically-shaped body, slanting shoulder and wide mouth.

Maker: unknown

Material: earthenware, redware, glazing (coating)

GUSN: 31375

Accession Number: 1927.477

Jug

No description

Maker: unknown

Material: earthenware

GUSN: 31376

Accession Number: 1927.478

Instruction Booklet

No description

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 31377

Accession Number: 1927.479

Spike

Rectangular head.

Maker: unknown

Material: wrought, handmade, iron (metal)

GUSN: 31378

Accession Number: 1927.481

H-Hinge

Flat; patterned ends; one wrought nail attached.

Date: 1700-1725

Maker: unknown

Material: iron (metal), wrought

GUSN: 31379

Accession Number: 1927.485

Pickle Jar

Green-tinted, cathedral-style glass pickle jar with gothic panels.

Maker: unknown

Material: glass (material)

GUSN: 31380

Accession Number: 1927.489

Plaque

"Washington Allston"

Maker: unknown

Material: silver (metal)

GUSN: 31381

Accession Number: 1927.490

Plaque

"Martha R. Allston"

Maker: unknown

Material: silver (metal)

GUSN: 31382

Accession Number: 1927.491

Small Box

Small rectangular paper box with cover. Printed image of woman in light blue veil and gown clutching book. Border of green paper with black and white diamond pattern, over gilt trim.

Date: ca. 1840

Maker: unknown

Material: paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 31384

Accession Number: 1927.499AB

Vase

No description

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 31385

Accession Number: 1927.500

Dinner plate

Ironstone China dinner plate. Green transfer-print pattern "Napoleon's Battles" depicting a scene from the Battle of Austerlitz. Green transfer-print border of flowers, ribbon, goddesses and trophy motifs. Manufactured by Charles James Mason and Company, England.

Date: 1829-1845

Maker: unknown

Material: earthenware, glazing (coating), transfer printing, ironstone (pottery)

GUSN: 31386

Accession Number: 1927.503

Animal Sculpture

Parian sculpture of a seated monkey holding onto rat's tail with his right hand, and a dog's tail with his left hand. The dog seems to have the rat by the nose.

Maker: Possibly Trenton Potteries Co. (Maker)

Material: parian (porcelain)

GUSN: 31388

Accession Number: 1927.523

Sculpture of woman

Parian sculpture of a standing woman. She is standing in a gala costume, which is decorated with glazed balls on the front. She holds the dove in her left arm.

Maker: unknown

Material: parian (porcelain)

GUSN: 31389

Accession Number: 1927.525

Sculpture of dogs with cornucopia

Parian sculpture of a pair of dogs seated in front of a cornucopia. Along the front of the cornucopia are glazed and gilt balls.

Maker: unknown

Material: parian (porcelain)

GUSN: 31390

Accession Number: 1927.526

Sculpture of boy

Parian sculpture of boy seated on a rock holding panpipes in his right hand and a goat skin over his head and left shoulder. At his feet are three sheaves and a sickle.

Maker: unknown

Material: parian (porcelain)

GUSN: 31391

Accession Number: 1927.527

Vase

Parian handled vase with blue decoration, bulbous body with a thin neck and stem. Around the body are six panels of applied flowers.

Maker: unknown

Material: parian (porcelain)

GUSN: 31392

Accession Number: 1927.535

Sculpture of girl

Parian sculpture of a girl. She is elaborately dressed and wears a cape with hood. In her left hand is a dove. The front of the sculpture is decorated with glazed balls.

Maker: unknown

Material: parian (porcelain)

GUSN: 31393

Accession Number: 1927.538

Sculpture of sleeping child

Parian sculpture of a sleeping baby reclining on lace upon an upholstered couch. The lace and part of the couch are decorated with glazed balls.

Maker: unknown

Material: parian (porcelain)

GUSN: 31394

Accession Number: 1927.539

Bird's Nest Sculpture

Parian sculpture of a bird's nest containing three eggs.

Maker: unknown

Material: parian (porcelain)

GUSN: 31395

Accession Number: 1927.540

Sculpture of girl with lamb

Parian sculpture of a girl feeding a lamb from a small saucer and she holds two flowers in her left hand. On the ground beside her is a basket of flowers.

Maker: unknown

Material: parian (porcelain)

GUSN: 31396

Accession Number: 1927.541

Bust of woman

Parian bust of a woman with flowers in her hair.

Maker: unknown

Material: parian (porcelain)

GUSN: 31397

Accession Number: 1927.542

Sculpture of cherub with basket

Parian sculpture of seated cherub holding open-work basket. Red glass insert missing.

Maker: unknown

Material: parian (porcelain)

GUSN: 31398

Accession Number: 1927.543

Scuplture of seated woman with dog

Sculpture of a seated woman leaning on a tree stump, looking down at a seated dog.

Maker: unknown

Material: parian (porcelain)

GUSN: 31399

Accession Number: 1927.547

Vase

Parian vase in the shape of a woman holding a cornucopia in her left arm. Her left foot is raised on a pile of rocks.

Maker: unknown

Material: parian (porcelain)

GUSN: 31400

Accession Number: 1927.552

Sculpture of Three Seated Women

Parian sculpture of three graces, seated, bare-foot, and holding flowers. One figure is seated on the ground with a flower in her hair. The central figure is seated on rocks. Her lap is full of flowers. On her left is a kneeling figure wearing a flower crown.

Maker: unknown

Material: parian (porcelain)

GUSN: 31401

Accession Number: 1927.554

Sculpture of woman

Parian sculpture of a standing woman dressed in 18th century costume holding a fan in her right hand.

Maker: unknown

Material: parian (porcelain)

GUSN: 31402

Accession Number: 1927.556

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