Historic New England

Salad plate

Chinese export porcelain salad plate in Rose Canton pattern consisting of four panels of flowers, butterflies and birds around a circle enclosing a bird and peony, and a flower and butterfly border.

Date: 1870-1890

Maker: unknown

Material: porcelain

GUSN: 171945

Accession Number: 2006.44.3092.7

Salad plate

Chinese export porcelain salad plate in Rose Canton pattern consisting of four panels of flowers, butterflies and birds around a circle enclosing a bird and peony, and a flower and butterfly border.

Date: 1870-1890

Maker: unknown

Material: porcelain

GUSN: 171946

Accession Number: 2006.44.3092.8

Salad plate

Chinese export porcelain salad plate in Rose Canton pattern consisting of four panels of flowers, butterflies and birds around a circle enclosing a bird and peony, and a flower and butterfly border.

Date: 1870-1890

Maker: unknown

Material: porcelain

GUSN: 171947

Accession Number: 2006.44.3092.9

Box with Cover Mounted on Velvet

Turned oak box (b) and lid (c) sewn to a square piece of balck velvet (a) wtih five brass hooks; paper label sewn to velvet.

Date: 1757

Maker: unknown

Material: wood (plant material), textiles, paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 171948

Accession Number: 1998.5815A-C

Napkin

White linen damask towel with floral pattern

Date: 1734

Maker: unknown

Material: linen (material)

GUSN: 171952

Accession Number: 1998.5817

Table Napkin

White linen damask towel wtih figure of Pallas (Athena) with flags and other military motifs. Cotton table handstitched to top hem.

Date: 1745-1755

Maker: unknown

Material: damask, linen (material)

GUSN: 171953

Accession Number: 1998.5818

Table Napkin

White linen damask with floral and berry vine border

Date: 1744-1755

Maker: unknown

Material: linen (material)

GUSN: 171954

Accession Number: 1998.5819

Towel

Beige homespun linen towel wtih two white cotton loops stitched to ends.

Date: 1790-1840

Maker: unknown

Material: linen (material)

GUSN: 171955

Accession Number: 1998.5820

Flag

American flag, thirty-three stars, wool and cotton

Date: 1835

Maker: unknown

Material: wool (textile), cotton (textile)

GUSN: 171956

Accession Number: 1998.5821

Lace fragment

Black lace trim fragment with leaf pattern along edge

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 171958

Accession Number: 1998.5822a

Lace Trim Fragment

Black lace trim fragment with leaf pattern along edge.

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 171959

Accession Number: 1998.5822b

Lace Trim Fragment

Black lace trim fragment with leaf pattern along edge.

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 171960

Accession Number: 1998.5822c

Trim

Black lace dress fragment with floral design and scalloped edge.

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 171964

Accession Number: 1998.5823a

Dress Fragment

Black lace dress fragment with floral design and scalloped edge

Date: 1800-1850

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 171965

Accession Number: 1998.5823b

Vandyking Trim

White cotton handsewn trim with jagged edge.

Date: 1830-1840

Maker: unknown

Material: cotton (textile), hand sewing

GUSN: 171966

Accession Number: 1998.5824

Dress Fragment

SEE child records for description. Overall, fragments too small to get a full repeat.

Date: 1750

Maker: unknown

Material: silk (textile)

GUSN: 171967

Accession Number: 1998.5825

Cloth fragment

Silk, floral brocade (green ground with red, blue, yellow and green flroal pattern)

Date: 1750

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 171968

Accession Number: 1998.5825 A

Pawn chess piece

Carved white ivory pawn chess piece of a man with arm stretched outward.

Maker: unknown

Material: ivory (tooth component)

GUSN: 171635

Accession Number: 2006.44.2215.13

Pawn chess piece

Carved white ivory pawn chess piece of a man with arm stretched outward.

Maker: unknown

Material: ivory (tooth component)

GUSN: 171636

Accession Number: 2006.44.2215.14

Pawn chess piece

Carved white ivory pawn chess piece of a man with arm stretched outward.

Maker: unknown

Material: ivory (tooth component)

GUSN: 171637

Accession Number: 2006.44.2215.15

Pawn chess piece

Carved white ivory pawn chess piece of a man with arm stretched outward.

Maker: unknown

Material: ivory (tooth component)

GUSN: 171638

Accession Number: 2006.44.2215.16

King chess piece

Carved dyed red ivory king chess piece of an Asian man wearing formal costume and hat.

Maker: unknown

Material: ivory (tooth component)

GUSN: 171639

Accession Number: 2006.44.2215.17

Queen chess piece

Carved dyed red ivory queen chess piece of an Asian woman wearing a formal robe and hat.

Maker: unknown

Material: ivory (tooth component)

GUSN: 171640

Accession Number: 2006.44.2215.18

Bishop chess piece

Carved dyed red ivory bishop chess piece of an Asian man wearing a robe and hat.

Maker: unknown

Material: ivory (tooth component)

GUSN: 171641

Accession Number: 2006.44.2215.19

Bishop chess piece

Carved dyed red ivory bishop chess piece of an Asian man wearing a robe and hat.

Maker: unknown

Material: ivory (tooth component)

GUSN: 171642

Accession Number: 2006.44.2215.20

Knight chess piece

Carved dyed red ivory bishop chess piece of an Asian man wearing a robe and hat.

Maker: unknown

Material: ivory (tooth component)

GUSN: 171643

Accession Number: 2006.44.2215.21

Knight chess piece

Carved dyed red ivory knight chess piece of a man on a horse with a sword.

Maker: unknown

Material: ivory (tooth component)

GUSN: 171644

Accession Number: 2006.44.2215.22

Rook chess piece

Carved dyed red ivory rook chess piece of an elephant with a man standing on its head and a tower with a flag on its back.

Maker: unknown

Material: ivory (tooth component)

GUSN: 171645

Accession Number: 2006.44.2215.23

Rook chess piece

Carved dyed red ivory rook chess piece of an elephant with a man standing on its head and a tower with a flag on its back.

Maker: unknown

Material: ivory (tooth component)

GUSN: 171646

Accession Number: 2006.44.2215.24

Pawn chess piece

Carved dyed red ivory chess piece of a man astride with his arm outstretched.

Maker: unknown

Material: ivory (tooth component)

GUSN: 171647

Accession Number: 2006.44.2215.25

Pawn chess piece

Carved dyed red ivory chess piece of a man astride with his arm outstretched.

Maker: unknown

Material: ivory (tooth component)

GUSN: 171648

Accession Number: 2006.44.2215.26

Pawn chess piece

Carved dyed red ivory chess piece of a man astride with his arm outstretched.

Maker: unknown

Material: ivory (tooth component)

GUSN: 171649

Accession Number: 2006.44.2215.27

Pawn chess piece

Carved dyed red ivory chess piece of a man astride with his arm outstretched.

Maker: unknown

Material: ivory (tooth component)

GUSN: 171650

Accession Number: 2006.44.2215.28

Pawn chess piece

Carved dyed red ivory chess piece of a man astride with his arm outstretched.

Maker: unknown

Material: ivory (tooth component)

GUSN: 171651

Accession Number: 2006.44.2215.29

Pawn chess piece

Carved dyed red ivory chess piece of a man astride with his arm outstretched.

Maker: unknown

Material: ivory (tooth component)

GUSN: 171652

Accession Number: 2006.44.2215.30

Pawn chess piece

Carved dyed red ivory chess piece of a man astride with his arm outstretched.

Maker: unknown

Material: ivory (tooth component)

GUSN: 171653

Accession Number: 2006.44.2215.31

Pawn chess piece

Carved dyed red ivory chess piece of a man astride with his arm outstretched.

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 171654

Accession Number: 2006.44.2215.32

Cricket Cage

Lacquer Japanese cricket cage. Baking powder box inside.

Maker: unknown

Material: wood (plant material), lacquer (coating), metal

GUSN: 171655

Accession Number: 2006.44.2390A-D

Wooden outrigger canoe model, possibly from the Caroline Islands in Micronesia. The main canoe body is painted black on the outside along the waterline. The canoe is curved up at either end but more pronounced at the stern (back) where the curve ends in two prongs where the steering oar (now missing...

Maker: unknown

Material: wood (plant material), plant fiber

GUSN: 171656

Accession Number: 2006.44.2219