Historic New England

Children's Mug

Dark green transfer-printed children's earthenware mug. A chain of upside-down triangles line the interior rim of the mugs as well as the handle. The inscription beginning with "January" is the majority of the mug, with a small scene of a child taking a small cake from a crouched female figure.

Date: ca. 1820

Maker: unknown

Material: earthenware, transfer printing

GUSN: 43524

Accession Number: 1970.1310.325

Children's Mug

Earthenware children's mug. Brown glazed body with black transfer printed image of a lion attacking a man, who is lying on the ground. Over-painted with green and red.

Maker: unknown

Material: earthenware, transfer printing

GUSN: 43525

Accession Number: 1970.1310.326

Children's Mug

Pearlware children's mug with silver luster accents. Rust-colored red transfer-printed design of a man and woman standing near a bird cage. The bird is perched on the man's finger. Trees and bushes surround the scene.

Date: 1820

Maker: unknown

Material: earthenware, pearlware, transfer printing, lusterware

GUSN: 43526

Accession Number: 1970.1310.327

Children's Mug

Canary yellow background on earthenware children's mug. Red transfer-printed design of a woman and man in foreground, trees in background. Silver luster line encircles the upper lip of mug.

Date: 1815

Maker: unknown

Material: earthenware, lusterware

GUSN: 43527

Accession Number: 1970.1310.328

Children's Mug

Earthenware children's mug. Green transfer printed image with two boys at left near a small tree (one boy is bent over), a pond with a tiny boat at center, and a house behind it. Decorative green border printed around inside of rim and down handle.

Maker: unknown

Material: earthenware, transfer printing

GUSN: 43528

Accession Number: 1970.1310.329

Children's Mug

Earthenware children's mug. Oak leaves and acorns surround an elongated octagon with inscription inside; red transfer-printed design. Canary yellow background.

Date: 1815

Maker: unknown

Material: earthenware, transfer printing

GUSN: 43529

Accession Number: 1970.1310.330

Mug

Lusterware mug. Concave body, shaped and beaded base, and spurred loop handle. Copper luster body with mustard orange band around middle and applied floral decoration, overpainted with red, purple, green, blue, and yellow. Inside of mug is beige with pink luster band at rim.

Maker: unknown

Material: earthenware, lusterware

GUSN: 43530

Accession Number: 1970.1310.331

Children's Mug

Earthenware children's mug. Beige band surrounding the majority of the mug. A thin blue strip along the outer, upper edge of the mug containing inscription, "FOR MARIA".Transfer-printed black design of a father with young girl with a church and steeple in the background.

Maker: unknown

Material: earthenware, transfer printing

GUSN: 43531

Accession Number: 1970.1310.332

Children's Mug

Earthenware children's mug. Black transfer printed scene surrounded by a foliate and scrollwork border. Scene features two boys with fishing rods.

Maker: unknown

Material: earthenware, transfer printing

GUSN: 43532

Accession Number: 1970.1310.333

Children's Mug

Earthenware mug. Cyclindrical with loop handle and leaf terminals. Yellow body with single red flower on green leavy stem. Brown line around rim with line of brown dots down handle.

Maker: unknown

Material: earthenware

GUSN: 43533

Accession Number: 1970.1310.334

Children's Mug

Earthenware children's mug. Mustard-colored body with black transfer printed image of "Industrious Fish Girl," wearing a skirt and bonnet and holding a fishing net over one shoulder. Copper-colored lustre band around rim.

Maker: unknown

Material: earthenware, transfer printing, lusterware

GUSN: 43534

Accession Number: 1970.1310.335

Children's Mug

Earthenware mug. Cylindrical with spurred loop handle. Hand painted with a large dark red leaf on each side, with small green leaves and yellow flowers. Black line around inside of rim and down handle.

Maker: unknown

Material: earthenware, hand-painted

GUSN: 43535

Accession Number: 1970.1310.336

Children's Mug

Earthenware mug. Shaped base and loop handle. Red transfer printed scene with a man walking in front of a chinoiserie railing. Over painted with green, blue, and yellow. Pink luster lines around base, rim, and down handle.

Maker: unknown

Material: earthenware, transfer printing, lusterware, hand-painted

GUSN: 43536

Accession Number: 1970.1310.337

Children's Mug

Earthenware children's mug. Cylindrical with loop handle and leaf terminals. Canary yellow with floral and foliate decoration in green, red, blue, and copper luster. Luster band at rim, with luster line down handle.

Maker: unknown

Material: earthenware, lusterware

GUSN: 43537

Accession Number: 1970.1310.338

Children's Mug

Earthenware children's mug. Cylindrical with loop handle and leaf terminals. Brown transfer print with "Dr. Franklin's Maxims" inscription and two scenes. On one side, a boy rows a boat while a man reclines on the shore, with an arched stone bridge in the background. On the other side, one boy stand...

Maker: unknown

Material: earthenware, transfer printing

GUSN: 43538

Accession Number: 1970.1310.339

Children's Mug

Pearlware children's mug. Hand-painted lines encircle the upper and lower edges of the mug. Blue transfer-printed design. River scene with a sailboat, woman with parasol on banks in foreground, large hills and manor house in background.

Date: 1820

Maker: unknown

Material: earthenware, pearlware, transfer printing

GUSN: 43539

Accession Number: 1970.1310.340

Children's Mug

Porcelain mug. Cylindrical with circle-in-loop handle. Hand painted with orange flowers and green leaves on a continuous vine around mug. A smaller continuous vine pattern is painted inside the rim. With black lines around rim, base, 3/4" below rim inside, and down handle.

Maker: unknown

Material: porcelain, hand-painted

GUSN: 43540

Accession Number: 1970.1310.341

Children's Mug

Pearlware children's mug. Brown transfer-printed rectangle made out of geometric motifs surround the inscription, "THOMAS." Brown line encircling the upper, outer lip of mug.

Date: 1815

Maker: unknown

Material: earthenware, pearlware, transfer printing

GUSN: 43541

Accession Number: 1970.1310.342

Children's Mug

Earthenware children's mug. Light brown glaze band around body, with black transfer printed image (repeated on both sides) of a man driving a horse buggy, leaning backwards, his hat falling off. Beaded line around outside edge of rim. Decorative band printed around inside of rim.

Maker: unknown

Material: earthenware, transfer printing

GUSN: 43542

Accession Number: 1970.1310.343

Children's Mug

Earthenware children's mug. Mottled light brown glaze with black transfer printed image of "Haymakers," with two women and a man holding long-handled farming tools. Pink luster band around rim.

Maker: unknown

Material: earthenware, transfer printing, lusterware

GUSN: 43543

Accession Number: 1970.1310.344

Mug

Lusterware mug. Concave body, shaped and beaded base, rounded-top rim, and spurred loop handle. Copper luster with mustard orange band around middle, overpainted with luster flowers and foliate pattern. Interior of mug is white with pink luster band at rim.

Maker: unknown

Material: earthenware, lusterware

GUSN: 43544

Accession Number: 1970.1310.345

Children's Mug

Earthenware mug. Concave body with shaped base and spurred loop handle. Red line around base, dark yellow around rim, and green band beneath rim with incised squiggly line. Flowers painted on body in blue, green, gred, and pink. Red line down handle.

Maker: unknown

Material: earthenware, hand-painted

GUSN: 43545

Accession Number: 1970.1310.346

Mug

Porcelain mug. Slightly tapered body with serpentine reeding in relief and spurred loop handle. Decorative band in brown and gold around top of body, edged with gold luster. Luster lines around base, rim, and inside of rim. Luster accents on handle.

Maker: unknown

Material: porcelain, lusterware

GUSN: 43546

Accession Number: 1970.1310.348

Children's Mug

Children's earthenware mug. Red transfer-printed design, with a large butterfly image on one side of mug and children playing with their dog on the other.

Date: 1820

Maker: unknown

Material: earthenware, transfer printing

GUSN: 43547

Accession Number: 1970.1310.349

Mug

Earthenware mug (mochaware). Cylindrical with loop handle and leaf terminals. Black and white check pattern on body, lightly incised, with bands of brown at base and rim.

Maker: unknown

Material: earthenware, mocha ware

GUSN: 43548

Accession Number: 1970.1310.350

Children's Mug

Earthenware children's mug. Round-rimmed base, slightly flared rim, and loop handle. Brown transfer printed "Franklin's Maxims" inscription flanked by a boating scene at left and an indoor scene with four children at right.

Maker: unknown

Material: earthenware, transfer printing

GUSN: 43549

Accession Number: 1970.1310.351

Children's Mug

Earthenware children's mug. Mustard yellow glaze with black transfer printed image of a cow. Hand painted luster band around rim.

Maker: unknown

Material: earthenware, transfer printing, lusterware

GUSN: 43550

Accession Number: 1970.1310.352

Children's Mug

Earthenware children's mug. Round-rimmed base and loop handle. Black transfer print with "Franklin's Maxim's" inscription and two scenes. On one side, a man rides a white horse towards a bridge, with three men on foot behind him. On the other side is a covered wagon atop a bridge.

Maker: unknown

Material: earthenware, transfer printing

GUSN: 43551

Accession Number: 1970.1310.353

Children's Mug

Porcelain mug. Shaped base and spurred loop handle. Hand painted with three small floral motifs in gold luster. Gold luster lines around base, rim, and down handle.

Maker: unknown

Material: porcelain, lusterware

GUSN: 43552

Accession Number: 1970.1310.354

Mug

Earthenware mug. Cylindrical with loop handle. Painted with a stylized, geometric flower pattern in green and red, with a background of pink luster dots. Pink luster band at rim, and luster accents on handle.

Maker: unknown

Material: earthenware, lusterware

GUSN: 43553

Accession Number: 1970.1310.355

Children's Mug

Porcelain children's mug. Red transfer printed with same scene on both sides. A man and woman stand in an idyllic landscape with a cottage and sheep. Over painted with green, blue, and red. Above transfer printed scenes, mug is hand painted with a band of flowers using pink luster. Pink lines a...

Maker: unknown

Material: earthenware, transfer printing, lusterware

GUSN: 43554

Accession Number: 1970.1310.356

Children's Mug

Earthenware children's mug. Black transfer printed scene with a man carrying a small person on his back, away from another man leaning out a window with a sword in his hand. Inscription in block letters below lip of mug provides context for scene. See Inscriptions and Research. Over painted with r...

Maker: unknown

Material: earthenware, transfer printing

GUSN: 43555

Accession Number: 1970.1310.357

Mug

Earthenware mug. Cylindrical with loop handle and leaf terminals. Pink tinted background, painted with three rows of alternating copper luster flowers and curlicues. Copper luster bands and lines at rim and base, with luster accents on handle.

Maker: unknown

Material: earthenware, lusterware

GUSN: 43556

Accession Number: 1970.1310.358

Children's Mug

Porcelain mug. Shaped base, flared rim, and spurred circle-in-loop handle. Paitned with two crossed foliate stems in green. Gold luster lines around rim, base, and down handle.

Maker: unknown

Material: porcelain, lusterware

GUSN: 43557

Accession Number: 1970.1310.359

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