Historic New England

Children's Mug

Earthenware children's mug. Alphabet themed, showcasing the letter "E", which is represented by a large engine with the word "MAZEPPA" on the image.

Date: 1820

Maker: unknown

Material: earthenware, transfer printing

GUSN: 43575

Accession Number: 1970.1310.377

Earthenware children's mug. Black transfer printed image of a girl wearing a hat and long dress, holding stalks of wheat under one arm, standing in a field next to a sheaf of wheat. Central scene is framed by geometric and floral borders, with the words "For my Favorite" at the top. Pink lustre b...

Maker: unknown

Material: earthenware, transfer printing, lusterware

GUSN: 43576

Accession Number: 1970.1310.378

Children's Mug

Earthenware children's mug. Black transfer printed floral design framing the words "From an Affectionate Father."

Maker: unknown

Material: earthenware, transfer printing

GUSN: 43577

Accession Number: 1970.1310.379

Children's Mug

Earthenware children's mug. Cylindrical with loop handle and leaf terminals. Light brown crackled glaze with two narrow black lines around body.

Maker: unknown

Material: earthenware

GUSN: 43578

Accession Number: 1970.1310.380

Children's Mug

Earthenware children's mug. Black transfer-printed design of children playing the game "blind man's bluff". Scene is overpainted in green, red and yellow. A red line encircles the inner lip of the mug and the center of the handle.

Date: 1830

Maker: unknown

Material: earthenware, transfer printing

GUSN: 43580

Accession Number: 1970.1310.382

Children's Mug

Earthenware children's mug. Black transfer-printed design of a floral wreath surrounding an elongated octagon outline. Inside outine, there is the inscription, "A Present for Mary".

Date: 1815

Maker: unknown

Material: earthenware, transfer printing

GUSN: 43582

Accession Number: 1970.1310.385

Children's Mug

Earthenware mug. Cylindrical with loop handle and leaf terminals. Hand painted with foliate motif around the top of the mug, in blue, green, and brown. Brown line around rim, and wavy line down handle.

Maker: unknown

Material: earthenware, hand-painted

GUSN: 43583

Accession Number: 1970.1310.386

Children's Mug

Earthenware children's mug. Cylindrical with loop handle. Painted scene, in pink and luster, with building flanked by two towers. Pink luster band at rim, and luster lines around base and down handle.

Maker: unknown

Material: earthenware, lusterware

GUSN: 43584

Accession Number: 1970.1310.387

Children's Mug

Cornucopia of flowers forming a "U" around inscription. Dove with olive branch in top center. Bottom center: book titled "Arts Sciences" and scroll of proverbs.

Date: ca. 1815

Maker: unknown

Material: earthenware, transfer printing

GUSN: 43585

Accession Number: 1970.1310.388

Children's Mug

Earthenware children's mug. Black-transfer printed scene of three children (two girls and a boy) standing next to a cage with four birds.

Maker: unknown

Material: earthenware, transfer printing

GUSN: 43586

Accession Number: 1970.1310.389

Children's Mug

Earthenware children's mug. Black transfer-printed design of a man riding a horse backwards while another man tries to hold onto the horse's tail, while being dragged along the ground. Overpainting in brown, red and green. A red line encircles the inner lip of the mug. On the outer lip of the mug, t...

Date: 1825

Maker: unknown

Material: earthenware, transfer printing

GUSN: 43587

Accession Number: 1970.1310.390

Children's Mug

Creamware children's mug with copper luster accents. Purple-brown transfer-printed design of three soldiers; two standing and one on horseback.

Date: 1810

Maker: unknown

Material: earthenware, creamware, transfer printing, lusterware

GUSN: 43588

Accession Number: 1970.1310.391

Children's Mug

Earthenware children's mug. Black transfer printed design with the words "From an Affectionate Mother" flanked by a girl playing with a cat on the right, and a woman handing a flower to a small child on the left. Hand painted red lines around base and rim.

Maker: unknown

Material: earthenware, transfer printing

GUSN: 43589

Accession Number: 1970.1310.392

Children's Mug

Earthenware children's mug. Brown transfer printed design with the words "From an Affectionate Friend" flanked by a boy rolling a hoop at right, and two boys on a seesaw at left. Hand painted blue lines around base and rim.

Maker: unknown

Material: earthenware, transfer printing

GUSN: 43590

Accession Number: 1970.1310.393

Children's Mug

Earthenware children's mug. Canary-yellow background. Red transfer-printed design of a circular flower chain border around a squirrel with a forest background.

Date: 1815

Maker: unknown

Material: earthenware, transfer printing

GUSN: 43591

Accession Number: 1970.1310.394

Children's Mug

Pearlware children's mug. Maroon transfer-printed design of a young woman and man walking along a wooded path, a schoolhouse in the distance. Pink lusterware accents the upper lip of mug, a fourth of an inch from the bottom and down the center of the handle.

Date: 1830

Maker: unknown

Material: earthenware, pearlware, lusterware, transfer printing

GUSN: 43592

Accession Number: 1970.1310.395

Children's Mug

Pearlware children's mug. Two orange bands about one inch thick surround the mug and outlined by thinner blue lines. Inscription in between the two orange bands.

Date: 1815

Maker: unknown

Material: earthenware, pearlware, transfer printing

GUSN: 43593

Accession Number: 1970.1310.396

Children's Mug

Earthenware children's mug with canary-colored background. Floral swags punctuated by birds surround a sold red rectangular block with "MARY" cut out in block letters.

Date: 1825

Maker: unknown

Material: earthenware, transfer printing

GUSN: 43594

Accession Number: 1970.1310.397

Mug

Earthenware mug. Shaped base with loop handle. Green glazed around body, with pink lustre at rim. Applied floral decoration on each side, painted with green, red, and yellow.

Maker: unknown

Material: earthenware, lusterware

GUSN: 43595

Accession Number: 1970.1310.398

Children's mug

Earthenware children's mug. Black transfer-printed design of man, woman, and dog strolling in a landscape of buildings, trees, and water. Decorative band printed around inside of rim and down handle. Trees and grass are over-painted by hand in green; man and woman in red.

Maker: unknown

Material: earthenware, transfer printing

GUSN: 43596

Accession Number: 1970.1310.399

Children's Mug

Earthenware children's mug. Cylindrical with loop handle and ochre glaze. Black transfer printed image of a bird sitting on the ground amongst flowers and bushes.

Maker: unknown

Material: earthenware, transfer printing

GUSN: 43597

Accession Number: 1970.1310.400

Children's Mug

Earthenware children's mug. Black transfer-printed inscription between two bands of blue, that encircle the mug. Two smaller bands of a dark orange outline the edges of the two larger bands of blue.

Date: 1810

Maker: unknown

Material: earthenware, pearlware, transfer printing

GUSN: 43598

Accession Number: 1970.1310.401

Children's Mug

Earthenware mug. Cylindrical with circle-in-loop handle. Hand painted scene with a building, trees, and mountains. Colors include red, black, blue, green, and yellow. Black lines around inside and outside of rim, and down handle.

Maker: unknown

Material: earthenware, hand-painted

GUSN: 43599

Accession Number: 1970.1310.402

Children's Mug

Earthenware mug. Cyclindrical with loop handle and leaf terminals. Mustard yellow with blue and red flowers on red stems with green leaves. Brown line around rim.

Maker: unknown

Material: earthenware

GUSN: 43600

Accession Number: 1970.1310.403

Children's Mug

Earthenware mug with a canary glaze. Maroon transfer-printed illustration of two men holding tiny windmills.

Date: 1835

Maker: unknown

Material: earthenware, transfer printing, ceramic glaze

GUSN: 43601

Accession Number: 1970.1310.404

Children's Mug

Earthenware children's mug. Blue transfer printed design with the words "From an Affectionate Mother" flanked by a girl playing with a cat at right, and a girl handing a flower to a small child at left. Hand painted blue lines around rim and base.

Maker: unknown

Material: earthenware, transfer printing

GUSN: 43602

Accession Number: 1970.1310.405

Mug

Earthenware mug (mochaware). Cylindrical with loop handle and leaf terminals. Brown and dark orange bands, with continuous brown chevron pattern around middle.

Maker: unknown

Material: earthenware, mocha ware

GUSN: 43603

Accession Number: 1970.1310.406

Children's Mug

Children's earthenware mug. Black transfer printed design with alphabet theme. "V" is represented through a village scene and large violet flowers. "T" is represented through turkeys and a large tulip.

Date: 1820

Maker: unknown

Material: earthenware, transfer printing

GUSN: 43604

Accession Number: 1970.1310.407

Children's Mug

Earthenware children's mug. Black transfer-printed design, mostly text, commemorating the Great Fire in New York City on December 16, 1835.

Maker: unknown

Material: earthenware, transfer printing

GUSN: 43605

Accession Number: 1970.1310.408

Children's Mug

Earthenware children's mug. Red transfer printed scene with a man and woman standing to the left of a saddled horse. A dog stands to the right of the horse. Mug has pink lustre line around rim and down handle.

Maker: unknown

Material: earthenware, transfer printing, lusterware

GUSN: 43606

Accession Number: 1970.1310.409

Children's Mug

Earthenware children's mug. Burgundy transfer-printed design honoring Queen Victoria, with two portraits and a floral / crown motif. Decorative pattern printed inside rim and down handle. Printed mark on bottom, a crown with a banner beneath, and "R & C" on the banner.

Maker: unknown

Material: earthenware, transfer printing

GUSN: 43607

Accession Number: 1970.1310.410

Children's Mug

Porcelain mug. Cylindrical with circle-in-loop handle. Hand painted around the mug with pink and yellow flowers alternating with green sprigs with yellow berries. Brown lines around rim, base, and down handle.

Maker: unknown

Material: porcelain, hand-painted

GUSN: 43608

Accession Number: 1970.1310.411

Children's Mug

Earthenware mug. Cylindrical with loop handle. Floral and foliate pattern around the body in green, brown, and rust. Rust-colored lines around inside of rim, outside of rim, at lower edge of floral band, and down handle.

Maker: unknown

Material: earthenware

GUSN: 43609

Accession Number: 1970.1310.412

Mug

No description

Maker: unknown

Material: earthenware

GUSN: 43610

Accession Number: 1970.1310.413

Dish

No description

Maker: unknown

Material: glass (material)

GUSN: 44484

Accession Number: 1927.1986

Cup and saucer

Handleless footed cup w/ underglaze blue banding around foot and inside and outside rim; yellow flower (orchids?) w/ green and blue stamen in chain around body; one flower in center of bowl; all decoration on saucer in interior.

Date: 1785-1800

Maker: unknown

Material: painting (coating), pearlware, underglazing, earthenware, glazing (coating), tin (metal)

GUSN: 44485

Accession Number: 1933.1986

Dish

Scroll, and floral pattern

Maker: unknown

Material: glass (material)

GUSN: 44489

Accession Number: 1927.1987

Saucer

Blue transfer-printed pearlware saucer. Floral border surrounds a central nature scene.

Date: 1820-1830

Maker: unknown

Material: earthenware, transfer printing, glazing (coating)

GUSN: 44491

Accession Number: 1933.1987

Picture

No description

Maker: unknown

Material: photographs

GUSN: 44510

Accession Number: 21.1988

Dish

No description

Maker: unknown

Material: glass (material)

GUSN: 44518

Accession Number: 1927.1988

Dessert Plate

Earthenware dining hall plate with blue transfer-printed clover-and-dagger border and "Wellesley" on looped ribbon in center of plate.

Date: 1891-1910

Maker: George L. Ashworth & Bros. (Maker)

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

GUSN: 44519

Accession Number: 1933.1988

Easy Chair

Easy chair. Barrell-back, underconstruction revealed. Straight seat rail and legs.

Date: 1800-1810

Maker: unknown

Material: mahogany (wood), maple (wood), upholstering

GUSN: 44524

Accession Number: 1970.1317

Cup and Saucer

Tea cup and saucer with spiral reeded bodies and scalloped edges; pink dot latticework band and feather border; rosebud spray surrounded by pink and green garland chain; handleless cup; deep sided saucer.

Date: 1800-1820

Maker: unknown

Material: earthenware, glazing (coating), painting (coating), pearlware

GUSN: 44532

Accession Number: 1958.129AB

Coffeepot

Pearlware coffeepot with brown and yellow bands surround the rim and cover. Pattern of berry clusters adorn body and cover. Round finial. Brown accents on finial, handle, and spout.

Date: 1790-1810

Maker: unknown

Material: pearlware, enameling, glazing (coating)

GUSN: 44533

Accession Number: 1958.141AB