Historic New England

Vase

Bulbous vase with dark blue glaze. Three circular holes drilled into rim.

Maker: unknown

Material: clay

GUSN: 179921

Accession Number: 2006.44.2231

Sieve

Funnel shaped metal sieve with three interchangable metal circles.

Maker: unknown

Material: aluminum (metal)

GUSN: 179925

Accession Number: 2006.44.2298A-D

Framed water color of a ship at sea during sunset. The ship has nine unfurled sails and one furled. The front mast has a red, white and blue pennant, and an American flag at the stern. There are four figures on the deck.

Date: 1908

Maker: Macpherson, M (Copyist)

Material: paper (fiber product), watercolor (paint), wood (plant material)

GUSN: 179928

Accession Number: 2006.44.805

Malay of Salem

Framed watercolor of a ship with no sails unfurled. The first mast has a blue and white flat, the second mast has an American flag in the shape of along triangle, and there is an American flag at the stern. There are mountains in the left background and town on the right.

Date: 1905

Maker: Macpherson, M (Copyist)

Material: paper (fiber product), watercolor (paint), wood (plant material)

GUSN: 179934

Accession Number: 2006.44.806

Ship at Sea "Ketch"

Farmed watercolor of a ship at sea with eight unfurled sails and one furled sail. The top mast has a white flag and a long triangular shaped American flag. Another American flag is at the stern. There are nine figures on the deck. Open ocean is in the right backgroud and two ships and land are in th...

Date: 1903

Maker: Macpherson, M (Copyist)

Material: paper (fiber product), watercolor (paint), wood (plant material)

GUSN: 179938

Accession Number: 2006.44.807

Bowl

Bowl with flat bottom and slightly curved sides, rolled rim. Orange-brown exterior glaze and cream colored interior glaze.

Maker: unknown

Material: clay

GUSN: 179940

Accession Number: 2006.44.1799

Bark Patriot of Salem, 1817

Framed watercolor of a ship at sea with eight sails unfurled and three sails furled. On the first mast is a red and white flag, on the second is a long triangular red and blue flag, and on the last mast is an American flage. There are eight figures on the deck. In the left background is land with a ...

Date: 1905

Maker: Macpherson, M (Copyist)

Material: paper (fiber product), watercolor (paint), wood (plant material)

GUSN: 179941

Accession Number: 2006.44.808

Sugar bowl

Porcelain sugar bowl with lid. White decorated with blue flowers and gilt lines around rims. Border of curliques around lid, knob finial, and small round hole for ventilation. Two squared off handles on base.

Maker: unknown

Material: porcelain

GUSN: 179950

Accession Number: 2006.44.3045AB

Ship "Thomas Perkins" of Salem, 1837

Framed watercolor of the ship "Thomas Perkins" at sea with four sails unfurled and eleven furled. There is land on both the left and right sides in the background. There are four figures on the deck. The middle mast is flying a red, white and blue pennant and there is an American flag off the stern.

Date: 1903

Maker: Macpherson, M (Copyist)

Material: paper (fiber product), watercolor (paint), wood (plant material)

GUSN: 179951

Accession Number: 2006.44.810

Sch. "Spy" of Salem

Framed watercolor of a ship at sea with seven sails unfurled. There are six figures on deck, a blue and white pennant on the first mast, and the second mast has a long triangular American flag. Top sail has the name of the ship in reverse.

Date: 1904

Maker: Macpherson, M

Material: paper (fiber product), watercolor (paint), wood (plant material)

GUSN: 179956

Accession Number: 2006.44.811

Tea service

Set of six porcelain teacups and saucers. Decorated primarily in bluish gray with highlights of pink, yellow and green. Saucers have two branches with leaves and a large pink flower, alternating with two butterflies. Cups have one of each, branch with flower and butterfly and also a loop handle.

Date: 1920-1940

Maker: Noritake (Manufacturer)

Material: porcelain

GUSN: 179957

Accession Number: 2006.44.3047

Northern Whale Fishery

Framed lithograph of a whale fishery. There are four ships in view and fourteen longboats. The ships are surrounded by ice and in the left background is a shipwreck on the ice. There are walruses, whales, seals and narwhales in the lower left corner. Numerous figures are pictured hunting, killing an...

Maker: unknown

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

GUSN: 179961

Accession Number: 2006.44.812

Wine Bottle

Dark green glass bottle with long neck, curved shoulders, and kicked up bottom. An applied, stamped, round emblem is just below shoulder. The name "Fayerweather" wraps around the outer edge of the emblem and meets at a square enclosing two diamonds. At center is a four-pointed star shape. There are ...

Date: ca. 1757

Maker: unknown

Material: glass (material), free-blown glass, stamping (forming)

GUSN: 179963

Accession Number: 1993.144

Bottle

Wine bottle made of green glass with kicked-up bottom and cylindrical neck. Side has additional applied glass stamped "T/Fayer/weather." Whole body noticeably slouches towards side with stamp- bottom not flat.

Date: ca. 1757

Maker: unknown

Material: glass (material), blown glass

GUSN: 179965

Accession Number: 1993.146

Water Goblet

A set of six water goblets. Pressed glass. On bowl of glass, pattern consists of rope pattern, topped with scallop shape; six-sided stem, melds into a round, tapering flat foot.

Date: ca. 1860

Maker: unknown

Material: glass (material)

GUSN: 180057

Accession Number: 1993.563.2

Water Goblet

A set of six water goblets. Pressed glass. On bowl of glass, pattern consists of rope pattern, topped with scallop shape; six-sided stem, melds into a round, tapering flat foot.

Date: ca. 1860

Maker: unknown

Material: glass (material)

GUSN: 180058

Accession Number: 1993.563.3

Water Goblet

A set of six water goblets. Pressed glass. On bowl of glass, pattern consists of rope pattern, topped with scallop shape; six-sided stem, melds into a round, tapering flat foot.

Date: ca. 1860

Maker: unknown

Material: glass (material)

GUSN: 180059

Accession Number: 1993.563.4

Water Goblet

A set of six water goblets. Pressed glass. On bowl of glass, pattern consists of rope pattern, topped with scallop shape; six-sided stem, melds into a round, tapering flat foot.

Date: ca. 1860

Maker: unknown

Material: glass (material)

GUSN: 180060

Accession Number: 1993.563.5

Water Goblet

A set of six water goblets. Pressed glass. On bowl of glass, pattern consists of rope pattern, topped with scallop shape; six-sided stem, melds into a round, tapering flat foot.

Date: ca. 1860

Maker: unknown

Material: glass (material)

GUSN: 180061

Accession Number: 1993.563.6

Watercolor Painting of an Angel

Framed watercolor of an angel playing a violin. The angel has blond curly hair and yellow wings that fade to green and is wearing white, red, yellow, and green robes, there is a stipled halo around the angel's head.

Date: 1850-1900

Maker: unknown

Material: paper (fiber product), watercolor (paint), wood (plant material)

GUSN: 180062

Accession Number: 2006.44.826

Music Making Angel

Framed watercolor of an angel playing a larged stringed instrument. The angel has blond locks and is wearing Roman style robes. He is seated on steps and is barefoot. The background is plain.

Date: Late 19th century

Maker: unknown

Material: paper (fiber product), watercolor (paint), wood (plant material)

GUSN: 180063

Accession Number: 2006.44.827

Tumblers

Set of five pressed glass paneled bar tumblers of Ashburton-type design.

Date: 1840

Maker: unknown

Material: pressed glass, glass (material)

GUSN: 180064

Accession Number: 1993.551

Tumblers

Set of five pressed glass paneled bar tumblers of Ashburton-type design. .551.1 has seven panels that are 3.5 inches high and 3 3/8 inches wide at the mouth.

Date: 1840

Maker: unknown

Material: glass (material)

GUSN: 180065

Accession Number: 1993.551.1

Tumblers

Set of five pressed glass paneled bar tumblers of Ashburton-type design.

Date: 1840

Maker: unknown

Material: glass (material)

GUSN: 180066

Accession Number: 1993.551.2

Tumblers

Set of five pressed glass paneled bar tumblers of Ashburton-type design.

Date: 1840

Maker: unknown

Material: glass (material)

GUSN: 180067

Accession Number: 1993.551.3

Tumblers

Set of five pressed glass paneled bar tumblers of Ashburton-type design.

Date: 1840

Maker: unknown

Material: glass (material)

GUSN: 180068

Accession Number: 1993.551.4

Tumblers

Set of five pressed glass paneled bar tumblers of Ashburton-type design. .551.5 has seven panels that are 3 1/2 inches high and 3 3/8 wide at the mouth.

Date: 1840

Maker: unknown

Material: glass (material)

GUSN: 180069

Accession Number: 1993.551.5

Bud Vase

Green glass hyacinth vase. Cylindrical shape tapered at neck. Deep dished rim. Pontil mark on bottom.

Date: 1900-1920

Maker: unknown

Material: blown glass, glass (material)

GUSN: 180070

Accession Number: 1993.581

Vase

Teal-colored glass hyacinth vase. Cylindrical shape tapering at neck. Shallow dished rim. Pontil mark on bottom.

Date: 1900-1920

Maker: unknown

Material: blown glass, glass (material)

GUSN: 180071

Accession Number: 1993.582

Sugar Bowl

Sugar bowl (a) and lid (b) made of clear glass. Sugar bowl has a wide mouth decorated with two rows of facets. Bowl tapers to base and has a wide domed circular foot. Domed pressed glass lid has three graduated tiers. Stemmed finial seams are visible. Ashburton-type form.

Date: 1840

Maker: unknown

Material: blown glass, pressed glass, glass (material)

GUSN: 180072

Accession Number: 1993.557AB

Decanter

Hand blown decanter [a] with stopper [b]. Decanter has six rings around neck paired in groups of two. Rings are ribbed. Flared lip on rim. Pontil mark on bottom. Pressed stopper in circular, sun-like shape.

Date: 1790-1800

Maker: unknown

Material: blown glass, glass (material)

GUSN: 180075

Accession Number: 1993.569.1AB

Wine glass

Small wine glass made of clear blown glass. Plain bowl has straight sides, flares toward rim. Bowl tilts, slightly to one side. Straight cylindrical stem has single bulbous ring. Circular foot wider than rim. Pontil mark visible.

Date: ca. 1800

Maker: unknown

Material: blown glass, glass (material)

GUSN: 180078

Accession Number: 1993.567

Epergne

Footed epergne with edged fern decoration. A: Bowl with circular foot. Ferns on outside of bowl. Hole at center where piece B fits. B: Trumpet shaped form with tapered base with blown (?) ring. Ferns at top of "trumpet." Flared rim.

Date: ca. 1890

Maker: unknown

Material: etching (corroding), glass (material)

GUSN: 180079

Accession Number: 1993.593AB

Wallpaper border

Border of graph vines and yellow buds.

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 180080

Accession Number: 1966.135B

Fireboard

Fireboard with a border of green foliate vine, green leaves and gray scrolls, block-printed in three greys, three greens, and brown.

Maker: unknown

Material: wallpapers

GUSN: 180081

Accession Number: 1930.1445

Spring Landscape with Flowering Trees

Framed pastel drawing of a landscape with fields of corpses of trees and low bushes, a stream is in the lower left side, and there are birds in the distance.

Date: Late 19th century

Maker: Brown, John Appleton, 1844-1902 (Artist)

Material: paper (fiber product), oil pastels, wood (plant material)

GUSN: 180082

Accession Number: 2006.44.828

Wallpaper

Border paper.

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 180084

Accession Number: 1953.50B

Flowering Apple Trees

Framed pastel on paper of a small field with a pond and trees with white blossoms. A path winds from the middle left side to behind the center tree. Birds in the upper left side sky.

Date: Late 19th century

Maker: Brown, John Appleton, 1844-1902 (Artist)

Material: paper (fiber product), oil pastels, wood (plant material)

GUSN: 180085

Accession Number: 2006.44.829

Fireboard

Border paper attached to fireboard. Imitation of carved rococo foliate border. Cream and beige.

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 180086

Accession Number: 1972.105b

Stephen Goodhue Wheatland (1824-1892)

Framed painted photographic portrait of Stephen G. Wheatland. He is pictured from the chest up facing left and is looking at the viewer. He is dressed in a white collared shirt, a loose bowtie, and a brown vest and brown suit coat. His hair is slicked back on the sides and he has a mustache.

Date: ca. 1867

Maker: unknown

Material: photographic paper, velvet (fabric weave), wood (plant material)

GUSN: 180087

Accession Number: 2006.44.854

Ann Maria Pingree (1846-1927)

Framed painted photographic portrait print of Ann Maria Pingree. She is pictured from the chest up facing forward and viewing to the right. She is wearing a green button up dress with a white collar and brown brooch. Her hair has finger waves and there is a black ribbon tied around her neck.

Date: ca. 1867

Maker: unknown

Material: photographic paper, wood (plant material)

GUSN: 180089

Accession Number: 2006.44.853

David Pingree (1841-1932)

Framed photographic portrait of David Pingree, (1841-1932). The man is seated toward the viewer but looks off to the right. His hair is slicked back and he has a mustache. He is wearing a white collared shirt with a bowtie with a suit and matching vest. He is wearing a glove on his right hand and is...

Date: 1860-1870

Maker: unknown

Material: photographic paper, silver (metal)

GUSN: 180091

Accession Number: 2006.44.855

Palestine

Framed watercolor of a two masted ship with nine unfurled sails and an American flag at the stern. There are fourteen people on deck. the first mast has a blue and white flag with a white "P" and the second mast has four blue and white flags. The top flag is halved diagonally, the second is halved v...

Date: 1900-1910

Maker: Macpherson, M (Copyist)

Material: paper (fiber product), watercolor (paint), wood (plant material)

GUSN: 180093

Accession Number: 2006.44.862

Membership certificate

Framed membership certificate for the Massachusetts National Guard. Black calligraphy text above and below a black ink drawing of a horsedrawn artillery regiment. A red wax seal is in the bottom left corner and a dark blue, light blue and red striped ribbon is framed in the upper right corner.

Date: 1928

Maker: unknown

Material: paper (fiber product), ink, wax

GUSN: 180094

Accession Number: 2006.44.877

Membership certificate

Framed membership certificate to the Massachusetts Historical Society. Black ink calligraphic text with three signatures at bottom and a raised circular seal at center bottom.

Date: 1961

Maker: unknown

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

GUSN: 180096

Accession Number: 2006.44.878

Wallpaper

Border paper pasted on fireboard. Imitation of a rococo carved foliate border. Cream and beige.

Maker: unknown

Material: wallpapers

GUSN: 180098

Accession Number: 1972.106b

Stephen Phillips holding a ball

Framed photograph of Stephen Phillips as a young boy holding a ball. He is dressed in a white one piece longsleeve pantaloon costume with a belt and leggings and black leather boots.

Date: ca. 1910

Maker: unknown

Material: photographic paper, wood (plant material)

GUSN: 180101

Accession Number: 2006.44.893

Caster set

Castor set consisting of four bottles in blown, clear glass on a shallow metal stand. .1 = stand, silver-plate over copper. Rectangular base with rounded edges and shallow sides, decorated with pressed band of wary ribbing. Vertical metal frame holds four bottles with finger grip at top. Four ball f...

Date: 1810-1830

Maker: unknown

Material: blown glass, pressed glass, silver (metal), copper (metal), glass (material)

GUSN: 180110

Accession Number: 1993.594

Cruet set stand

Cruet set consisting of four bottles in blown, clear glass on a shallow metal stand. Stand, silver-plate over copper. Rectangular base with rounded edges and shallow sides, decorated with pressed band of wary ribbing. Vertical metal frame holds four bottles with finger grip at top. Four ball feet on...

Date: 1810-1830

Maker: Sheffield (Maker)

Material: glass (material), silver (metal), copper (metal)

GUSN: 180111

Accession Number: 1993.594.1

Caster

Glass condiment bottle, with all over diagonal dimple pattern and cylindrical body. Visible pontil mark. .2a-spice bottle, b. perforated copper lid, domed with finial.

Date: 1810-1830

Maker: unknown

Material: glass (material), silver (metal), copper (metal)

GUSN: 180112

Accession Number: 1993.594.2AB

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