Historic New England

Pantry Box

Pantry box; oval form, conforming cover, with four tapered finger laps, painted yellow, interior with divider.

Date: 1880-1910

Maker: unknown

Material: painting (coating), wood (plant material)

GUSN: 2135

Accession Number: 1991.146AB

Pantry Box

Oval bentwood form with fitted lid, four tapering swallowtail finger laps, painted red.

Date: 1850-1890

Maker: unknown

Material: maple (wood), painting (coating), pine (wood)

GUSN: 2136

Accession Number: 1991.147AB

Pantry Box

Oval form with fitted lid, five tapering swallowtail finger laps, painted blue-green (slate blue).

Date: 1840-1890

Maker: unknown

Material: painting (coating), wood (plant material)

GUSN: 2137

Accession Number: 1991.148AB

Spit Box

Round bentwood form with four tapering finger laps, bentwood rim with straight lap, held together with brass tacks, natural finish.

Date: 1850-1890

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 2138

Accession Number: 1991.149

Pantry Box

Shaker-style, oval, covered, one finger (pointing left) on box, one finger (pointing right) on cover, machine made tacks; painted blue (shows green under cover).

Date: 1850-1900

Maker: unknown

Material: painting (coating), wood (plant material)

GUSN: 2139

Accession Number: 1991.150AB

Pantry Box

Oval benwood form with fitted lid, two tapering laps (Harvard style: one pointed left, one pointing right), held with brass tacks; painted green.

Date: 1830-1880

Maker: unknown

Material: painting (coating), wood (plant material)

GUSN: 2140

Accession Number: 1991.151AB

Pantry Box

Shaker cheese or spice box: round bentwood form with fitted cover, straight laps held with copper tacks, ochre stain (paint), interior of box also painted.

Date: 1830-1870

Maker: unknown

Material: painting (coating)

GUSN: 2141

Accession Number: 1991.152AB

Pantry Box

Round bentwood form with fitted cover, painted blue, straight laps held with iron tacks, swinging bail handle with painted wooden hand-hold.

Date: 1850-1900

Maker: unknown

Material: painting (coating)

GUSN: 2142

Accession Number: 1991.153AB

Firkin

Blue painted cylindrical form with fitted cover, wooden swing handle; of stave construction held by wood hoops with tapering laps secured with brass tacks.

Date: 1800-1850

Maker: unknown

Material: painting (coating)

GUSN: 2143

Accession Number: 1991.154AB

Cheese Box

Round bentwood form with fitted lid, straight laps, unpainted.

Date: 1850-1899

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 2144

Accession Number: 1991.155

Pantry Box

Round bentwood form with fitted cover, straight laps, sponge-grained in red and yellow.

Date: 1825-1875

Maker: unknown

Material: graining, sponging

GUSN: 2145

Accession Number: 1991.156AB

Sewing Box

Small round box with straight lap fastened with copper nails and wooden pegs; lined with silk brocade; contains needleworking items.

Date: 1850-1900

Maker: unknown

Material: maple (wood)

GUSN: 2146

Accession Number: 1991.157AB

Sewing Box

Oval, four-fingered, with attached handle and cover; copper and wooden fasteners; bottom unfinished; interior of silk brocade fastened to outside by ribbons.

Date: 1850-1900

Maker: unknown

Material: varnishing

GUSN: 2147

Accession Number: 1991.158AB

Sewing Box

Shaker "carrier" sewing box, maple, of oval form, with four laps held by copper tacks, handled, lined with white silk attached to box by ribbons; sewing accessories inside.

Date: 1850-1900

Maker: Shakers (Maker)

Material: varnishing

GUSN: 2148

Accession Number: 1991.159

Electric Delftware Lamp

Delftware decanter with four widely fluted sides below short, narrow neck, with overall blue hand-painted flora and fauna decoration; fitted later as base for electric lamp with pierced paper shade.

Date: 1750-1850

Maker: unknown

Material: delftware, earthenware, hand-painted, molding (forming), glazing (coating), tin glaze

GUSN: 2149

Accession Number: 1991.160

Porringer

Half-pint round with decorative pierced handle and enameled interior.

Date: 1800-1850

Maker: Clark's Patent (Maker)

Material: casting (process), enameling, iron (metal)

GUSN: 2150

Accession Number: 1991.161

Porringer

Round, cast, with enameled interior and decorative handle.

Date: 1800-1850

Maker: Clark's Patent (Maker)

Material: casting (process), enameling, iron (metal)

GUSN: 2151

Accession Number: 1991.162

Porringer

Round, 1 pint size, with lip and decorative pierced handle.

Date: 1800-1850

Maker: Kenrick (Maker)

Material: casting (process), iron (metal)

GUSN: 2152

Accession Number: 1991.163

Porringer

Round, with decorative pierced handle and three button feet.

Date: 1800-1850

Maker: Possibly Clark's Patent (Maker)

Material: casting (process), iron (metal)

GUSN: 2153

Accession Number: 1991.164

Porringer

Round 1 pint size with decorative pierced handle.

Date: 1800-1850

Maker: Clark's Patent (Maker)

Material: casting (process), iron (metal)

GUSN: 2154

Accession Number: 1991.165

Portrait of Rufus Lathrop (1731-1805)

Rectangular format. Portrait of a man shown facing three-quarter right, left hand on inkstand with books, right hand on hip; blue suit, buff waistcoat with ruffled stock; brown hair long over ears in queue in back.

Date: 1771-1785

Maker: Attributed to Durand, John (Maker)

Material: canvas, oil paint (paint)

GUSN: 2155

Accession Number: 1991.166.1

Portrait of Hannah (Choate) Lathrop

Rectangular format, woman shown three-quarter length, beside small round table with book and rose; green gown, lace cap and kerchief with rose ribbon rosette.

Date: 1773-1785

Maker: Attributed to Durand, John (Maker)

Material: canvas, oil paint (paint)

GUSN: 2156

Accession Number: 1991.166.2

Portrait Jane Hutch

Rectangular format, three-quarter figure of little girl, Jane Hutch of Bath, New Hampshire, in white dress with short sleeves and square neck; holding nosegay of flowers in right hand; brown eyes and red curls.

Date: 1810-1820

Maker: Attributed to Belknap, Zedekiah, 1781-1858 (Maker)

Material: oil paint (paint), panels (wood)

GUSN: 2157

Accession Number: 1991.167

Bellpull

Long rectangular form; Berlin woolwork cross stitch; floral pattern in brown-green, greens, reds, beige; edged with two-tone cording, hangs from gilt metal bar, a cut glass shaped knob held by metal device at base; wool and silk yarns and threads; backed with fine cream colored cotton fabric.

Date: 1870-1890

Maker: unknown

Material: glass (material), needlepoint (needleworking), Berlin woolwork, cross stitch

GUSN: 2158

Accession Number: 1991.168

Plate

Creamware, Wheildon-style (aka tortoiseshell ware), molded with scalloped and gadrooned edge; mottled brown glaze with green and blue splashes.

Date: 1740-1760

Maker: unknown

Material: creamware, glazing (coating), lead (metal), molding (forming), tin (metal)

GUSN: 2159

Accession Number: 1991.169

Plate

Creamware, Whieldon-style (tortoiseshell ware), molded with scalloped and gadrooned edge; mottled brown glaze with green splashes.

Maker: unknown

Material: ceramic (material), ceramic glaze, glaze

GUSN: 2160

Accession Number: 1991.170

Plate

Creamware plate molded with foliate edge, incised double-line definition and raised "rice grain" decoration around the rim, with overall mottled/sponged brown lead glaze with green splashes, of Whieldon-Wedgwood type (tortoiseshell ware).

Date: 1750-1760

Maker: unknown

Material: glazing (coating), molding (forming), ceramic (material)

GUSN: 2161

Accession Number: 1991.171

Plate

Creamware plate; "variegated ware" with variegated lead glaze decoration to face; green ground with yellow splotches and small black circles.

Date: 1776-1790

Maker: Spode Pottery (Maker)

Material: glazing (coating), molding (forming)

GUSN: 2162

Accession Number: 1991.172

Punch Pot

Creamware punch pot, of globular shape, with raised foliate decoration on spout, strap handle, with overall mottled-brown lead glaze with green splotches of Wheildon-Wedgwood type (tortoise shell ware).

Date: 1750-1775

Maker: unknown

Material: glazing (coating), lead glaze, molding (forming), sponging

GUSN: 2163

Accession Number: 1991.173AB

Covered Cream Pitcher

Covered, Wheildon type ("tortoise shell ware") with crabstalk handle and knop, resting on three feet, with raised foliate decoration and overall brown mottled lead glaze.

Date: 1750-1775

Maker: unknown

Material: glazing (coating), molding (forming)

GUSN: 2164

Accession Number: 1991.174AB

Teapot

Small, Wheildon type (tortoise shell ware) with mottled-brown lead glaze and gilt decoration in foliate pattern overall; globular shape with crabstalk handle and spout.

Date: 1765-1775

Maker: unknown

Material: gilding, glazing (coating), lead (metal), molding (forming)

GUSN: 2165

Accession Number: 1991.175AB

Covered Milk Pitcher

Wheildon-Wedgwood type majolica; molded in cauliflower form with reeded handle; clear and green lead glazes.

Date: 1750-1775

Maker: unknown

Material: glazing (coating), molding (forming)

GUSN: 2166

Accession Number: 1991.176AB

Tea Bowl & Saucer

Wheildon-Wedgwood type majolica; molded cauliflower form, clear and green lead glaze.

Date: 1750-1775

Maker: unknown

Material: glazing (coating), molding (forming)

GUSN: 2167

Accession Number: 1991.177AB

Teapot

Wheildon-Wedgwood type majolica; small, globular, overall pineapple decoration in yellow and green lead glazes; crabstalk handle and organic spout and knop;

Date: 1760-1765

Maker: unknown

Material: glazing (coating), molding (forming)

GUSN: 2168

Accession Number: 1991.178AB

Bowl

Footed Wheildon-type with mottled or "tortoise shell" colored lead glazes, the outside decorated with two raised foliate decorations.

Date: 1750-1760

Maker: unknown

Material: glazing (coating)

GUSN: 2169

Accession Number: 1991.179

Miniature Teapot & Cover

Pearlware teapot (A) and cover (B) with polychrome ribbon and vine decoration; cylindrical pot with straight spout, ovoid finial; underglaze blue and enamel overglaze, Wedgwood-type.

Date: 1800-1825

Maker: unknown

Material: overglazing, pearlware, underglazing

GUSN: 2170

Accession Number: 1991.180.1AB

Pitcher

"Prattware"; large semi-ovoid form with leaf and grapevine relief decoration and reeded panels with cobalt blue outlining; in green and yellow "Prattware" colors, with gadrooned strap handle.

Date: 1800-1825

Maker: unknown

Material: glazing (coating), lead glaze, molding (forming), creamware

GUSN: 2171

Accession Number: 1991.181

Pitcher

"Prattware" pitcher, medium-sized, bulbous form, with continuous relief decoration of scroling grapevine, acanthus leaves, "Birth of Venus," putto riding on eagle, and a ship, all in "Prattware" colors. Scalloped rim and large downturned spout.

Date: 1800-1825

Maker: Ferrybridge Pottery (Manufacturer)

Material: creamware, lead glaze, glazing (coating), molding (forming)

GUSN: 2172

Accession Number: 1991.182

Milk Pitcher

"Prattware"; baluster shape with strap handle, with relief-molded gadrooning surrounding two landscape scenes (three men drinking; two women in classical garb); in "Prattware" coloration.

Date: 1793-1833

Maker: Herculaneum Pottery (Maker)

Material: glazing (coating), lead glaze, molding (forming), creamware

GUSN: 2173

Accession Number: 1991.183

Milk Pitcher

Pearlware, semi-globular form, with strap handle, painted with iron red, green, blue, yellow and black overglaze enamel decoration of four Chinese figures in a landscape, with purple lustre line of trim at rim.

Date: 1800-1850

Maker: unknown

Material: pearlware

GUSN: 2174

Accession Number: 1991.184

Teapot & Lid

Red stoneware, of cylindrical shape with straight spout and squared handle, ring on lid handle; blue, green and yellow opaque enamel decoration of flowers and dragon with rather geometric rim decoration.

Date: 1800-1850

Maker: unknown

Material: painting (image-making), hand-painted, stoneware (pottery)

GUSN: 2175

Accession Number: 1991.185AB

Teapot & Lid

Yi-hsing reddish-brown stoneware, slab built, unglazed, globular form, top and bottom rim trimmed with a narrow band of rivet-like raised decoration; incised Chinese characters on bowl; flat lid with an incised YIN-YANG symbol on round knop; downturned spout, rounded handle.

Date: 1700-1850

Maker: unknown

Material: incising, stoneware (pottery)

GUSN: 2176

Accession Number: 1991.186AB

Teapot & Lid

Yi-hsing reddish-brown stoneware of gourd shaped body and knop, short straight spout and rounded handle, with small circles incised on lid.

Date: 1700-1850

Maker: unknown

Material: incising, stoneware (pottery)

GUSN: 2177

Accession Number: 1991.187AB

Bed

Blue-painted hardwood and pine low-post bed. Baluster turned posts with round finials and slender swelled and tapering legs. Straight- back headboard with cropped arched corners. Outside rails with channeled grooves. Blue rich, but bright with turquoise cast.

Date: 1790-1825

Maker: unknown

Material: dowels, hardwood, painting (coating), pine (wood), turning (shaping process)

GUSN: 2328

Accession Number: 1991.336

Table Rug

Of nearly square form. Patterned with red and turquoise-green squares outlined in green-brown within a sawtooth border of turquoise and green-brown. Worked in wool yarns on a burlap ground. Bound in green cotton twill tape.

Date: 1890-1925

Maker: unknown

Material: burlap, cotton (textile), hooking, wool (textile)

GUSN: 2329

Accession Number: 1991.337

Tavern Table

Nearly-round overhanging top raised on straight skirt and four baluster turned splayed legs with button feet joined by rectangular box stretchers. Top painted red-brown; base painted black. Top is supported by a wide centered cleat that nearly extends across width of table.

Date: 1770-1790

Maker: unknown

Material: painting (coating), pine (wood), turning (shaping process)

GUSN: 2330

Accession Number: 1991.338

Churn

Hardwood churn, probably Shaker, with yellowish stain on marbelized-like figured maple. Smallish and slender with bands of wood to top and bottom.

Date: 1800-1899

Maker: unknown

Material: copper (metal), staining, maple (wood)

GUSN: 2331

Accession Number: 1991.339

Stool

Handwood stool (probably oak) with round seat above four round splayed legs turned at the top with three levels of stretchers. Painted bright deep-aqua blue.

Date: 1850-1899

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 2332

Accession Number: 1991.340

Traveling Liquor Case

Green-painted traveling liquor case; rectangular with copper frame, iron hinges, large lock and side handles. Interior fitted with compartments and eight clear blown square bottles (mismatched) with gilt decoration to shoulders and stoppers; five small sherry-style drinking glasses; two holes for tu...

Date: 1775-1799

Maker: unknown

Material: glassblowing, pine (wood), painting (coating), glass (material), gilding, iron (metal)

GUSN: 2333

Accession Number: 1991.341

Dipper

Dipper with large bowl made from carved out coconut. Long turned Georgian-style handle attached with pewter mount and rivets.

Date: 1750-1800

Maker: unknown

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

GUSN: 2334

Accession Number: 1991.342

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