Historic New England

Teacup and Saucer

Teacup and saucer with a floral design.

Maker: unknown

Material: ceramics (objects)

GUSN: 306603

Accession Number: 1993.469.1-.2

Miniature Toilet Set

Miniature toilet set including a pitcher [.1], basin [.2], chamber pot [.3], and tray [.4]. Gold gilt bands, accents, and floral designs. Hand painted roses.

Maker: unknown

Material: porcelain, gilt paint, hand-painted

GUSN: 306604

Accession Number: 1993.437.1-.4

Ginger Jar

Blue hand-painted ginger jar. No cover.

Maker: unknown

Material: porcelain, hand-painted, glazing (coating)

GUSN: 306679

Accession Number: 1933.6426

Set of Knives

Set of six ivory-handled dinner knives. Marked "Shear Steal".

Maker: unknown

Material: ivory (tooth component), metal

GUSN: 306794

Accession Number: 1993.853.1A-F

Set of Forks

Set of five ivory-handled dinner forks. Marked "SHEAR STEAL".

Maker: unknown

Material: ivory (tooth component), metal

GUSN: 306795

Accession Number: 1993.853.2A-E

Set of Knives

Set of six bone-handled dinner knives. Stamped "SANDERSON'S".

Maker: unknown

Material: bone (material), metal

GUSN: 306796

Accession Number: 1993.854.1A-F

Set of Forks

Set of nine bone-handled forks with two tines.

Maker: unknown

Material: bone (material), metal

GUSN: 306801

Accession Number: 1993.854.2A-I

Fork

Bone-handled fork with three tines.

Maker: unknown

Material: bone (material), metal

GUSN: 306802

Accession Number: 1993.855

Fork

Wood-handled fork with two tines. Stamped "STEEL".

Maker: unknown

Material: wood (plant material), metal

GUSN: 306803

Accession Number: 1993.856

Platter

Blue and white transfer-printed platter with a pastoral scene including a fisherman and a castle.

Date: 1815-1830

Maker: unknown

Material: ceramics (objects), transfer printing

GUSN: 306804

Accession Number: 1993.600

Square Serving Bowl

Blue and white transfer-printed, square-shaped bowl with a pastoral scene including a fisherman and a castle.

Maker: unknown

Material: ceramics (objects), transfer printing

GUSN: 306805

Accession Number: 1993.601

Pitcher

Blue and white transfer-printed pitcher with a flower and chell decoration.

Maker: unknown

Material: ceramics (objects), transfer printing

GUSN: 306806

Accession Number: 1993.602

Tea Bowls

Two blue and white transfer-printed tea bowls with a pastoral scene depicting a castle.

Maker: unknown

Material: ceramics (objects), transfer printing

GUSN: 306807

Accession Number: 1993.603.1-.2

Teapot

Porcelain teapot missing a lid. Molded octagonal body with faceted sides.

Date: 1840-1860

Maker: unknown

Material: porcelain

GUSN: 306808

Accession Number: 1993.604.1

Sugar Bowl with Lid

Porcelain sugar bowl with lid. Molded octagonal body with faceted sides and pointed knop.

Date: 1840-1860

Maker: unknown

Material: porcelain

GUSN: 306809

Accession Number: 1993.604.2AB

Cream Pitcher

Porcelain cream pitcher missing. Molded octagonal body with faceted sides.

Date: 1840-1860

Maker: unknown

Material: porcelain

GUSN: 306810

Accession Number: 1993.604.3

Teacup and Saucer

Porcelain cup with handle and saucer. Molded body.

Date: 1840-1860

Maker: unknown

Material: porcelain

GUSN: 306811

Accession Number: 1993.604.4.1-.2

Plate

Blue transfer-printed pearlware plate. Border of alternating medallions, featuring landscapes, and foliate sprays. Central landscape scene.

Maker: unknown

Material: pearlware, transfer printing

GUSN: 306812

Accession Number: 1993.466

Teacup and Saucer

Porcelain cup with handle and saucer. Molded body.

Date: 1840-1860

Maker: unknown

Material: porcelain

GUSN: 306813

Accession Number: 1993.604.5.1-.2

Teacup and Saucer

Porcelain cup with handle and saucer. Molded body.

Date: 1840-1860

Maker: unknown

Material: porcelain

GUSN: 306814

Accession Number: 1993.604.6.1-.2

Teacup and Saucer

Porcelain cup with handle and saucer. Molded body.

Date: 1840-1860

Maker: unknown

Material: porcelain

GUSN: 306815

Accession Number: 1993.604.7.1-.2

Cup Plates

Two small porcelain plates. Molded body.

Date: 1840-1860

Maker: unknown

Material: porcelain

GUSN: 306816

Accession Number: 1993.604.8-.9

Four Plates

Four porcelain plates with molded body.

Date: 1840-1860

Maker: unknown

Material: porcelain

GUSN: 306817

Accession Number: 1993.604.10-.13

Teacup

Teacup with blue and gilt floral decoration.

Date: 1815-1830

Maker: unknown

Material: earthenware

GUSN: 306819

Accession Number: 1993.605.1.1

Teacup

Teacup with blue and gilt floral decoration.

Date: 1815-1830

Maker: unknown

Material: earthenware

GUSN: 306821

Accession Number: 1993.605.2.1

Teacup

Teacup with blue and gilt floral decoration.

Date: 1815-1830

Maker: unknown

Material: ceramics (objects)

GUSN: 306822

Accession Number: 1993.605.3.1

Teacup

Teacup with blue and gilt floral decoration.

Date: 1815-1830

Maker: unknown

Material: earthenware

GUSN: 306823

Accession Number: 1993.605.4.1

Teacup

Teacup with blue and gilt floral decoration.

Date: 1815-1830

Maker: unknown

Material: earthenware

GUSN: 306824

Accession Number: 1993.605.5.1

Teacup

Teacup with blue and gilt floral decoration.

Date: 1815-1830

Maker: unknown

Material: ceramics (objects)

GUSN: 306825

Accession Number: 1993.605.6.1

Tea Plate

Tea plate with blue and gilt floral decoration.

Date: 1815-1830

Maker: unknown

Material: earthenware

GUSN: 306826

Accession Number: 1993.605.7

Tea Plate

Tea plate with blue and gilt floral decoration.

Date: 1815-1830

Maker: unknown

Material: earthenware

GUSN: 306829

Accession Number: 1993.605.8

Tea Bowl

Tea waste bowl with blue and gilt floral decoration.

Date: 1815-1830

Maker: unknown

Material: earthenware

GUSN: 306830

Accession Number: 1993.605.9

Three small sailboats used to decorate a cake. Boat bodies are wood painted black and white. A metal pin, painted black, extends from boat. Each boat has a different colored paper sail: orange (.1); green (.2); and yellow (.3).

Maker: unknown

Material: wood (plant material), metal, paper (fiber product), painting (coating)

GUSN: 310692

Accession Number: 1998.6149.1-.3

Clown Cake Decorations

Four male figures, depicting head and chest, carved from wood and painted. The figures are flat and unpainted on the back and tapper to an unpainted point at the bottom. Each is unique.

Maker: unknown

Material: wood (plant material), carving (processes), hand-painted

GUSN: 310693

Accession Number: 1998.6150.1-.4

Phoenix Brand Wax Tapers in Box

Twenty-three wax tapers in original paper box. Tapers are made of long pieces of string dipped in wax. Box is light blue with dark blue, white and gold printing. Manufactured by Will & Baumer Company, Syracuse, New York.

Date: 1950-1960

Maker: unknown

Material: string (fiber product), wax, paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 310695

Accession Number: 1998.6035

Canape Tray Set in Box

Set of four individual appetizer trays in original box. Trays are made from thin bent plywood. The trays are roughly square with one rounded side and striations on straight side. Round indentation for holding food or drink glass. The trays are stacked in box. Box is cream colored with brown text an...

Date: 1950-1960

Maker: unknown

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

GUSN: 310698

Accession Number: 1998.6045.1-.5

Portrait of C. Malcolm Watkins (1911-2001)

Portrait of C. Malcolm Watkins as a young boy. Subject is seated on a chair and is wearing a white suit jacket, white short pants, white collared shirt, and a floral tie. Small green velvet covered table at sitter's left decorated with a toy elephant, green glass bottle, and a toy boat. Oil on canva...

Date: 1920

Maker: George, Vesper Lincoln, 1865-1934 (Artist)

Material: oil paint (paint), canvas

GUSN: 310706

Accession Number: 2015.62.1

Portrait of Lura Burgess Woodside (1887-1982)

Portrait of Lura Woodside as a young girl. Sitter is standing and leaning against the arm of a floral upholstered settee. She is wearing a white dress, black stockings, and black boots. She is holding a white bonnet in her right hand and has a gold heart shaped locket around her neck. Oil on canvas ...

Date: 1892

Maker: George, Vesper Lincoln, 1865-1934 (Artist)

Material: oil paint (paint), canvas

GUSN: 310707

Accession Number: 2015.62.2

Color print of Harvard University

Color print of Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts. Plain wood frame. Paper. Boston, MA.

Date: 1810-1830

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 310708

Accession Number: 2015.62.3

Print of the Cambridge Common

Print of the Cambridge Common, Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts. Hand colored full-tone collotype. Black wood frame with gilt edges. Drawn by D. Bell. Printed by the Meriden Gravure Company. Meriden, CT, 1942.

Date: 1942

Maker: Meriden Gravure Company (Printer)

Material: paper (fiber product), collotypes (prints), hand coloring

GUSN: 310709

Accession Number: 2015.62.4

Hooked rug of a man loading a kiln with wood. Mounted on a rectangular frame. Wool. United States, 1937

Hooked rug of a man loading a kiln with wood. The rug is mounted on a rectangular frame. The date "1937" appears in upper right.

Date: 1937

Maker: unknown

Material: wool (hair)

GUSN: 310710

Accession Number: 2015.62.5

Fabric Picture

Silk picture of a peacock. Reverse painted glass frame.

Date: 1830-1850

Maker: unknown

Material: silk (fiber)

GUSN: 310711

Accession Number: 2015.62.6

Watercolor Painting of Strawberries

Painting of a yellow and green basket of strawberries. Plain wood frame. Watercolor paints and paper.

Date: 1840

Maker: unknown

Material: paper (fiber product), watercolor (paint)

GUSN: 310712

Accession Number: 2015.62.7

Engraving of Reverend John Murray (1742-1793)

Engraving of Reverend John Murray (1742-1793). Plain wood frame.

Date: 1795

Maker: Hill, Samuel, ca. 1766-1803 (Engraver)

Material: paper (fiber product), engravings (prints), wood (plant material)

GUSN: 310713

Accession Number: 2015.62.8

Painting

Watercolor painting on paper. Painting is a memorial for G.W. Mansir, aged three years. Depicts a woman draped in dark clothing kneeling beside a memorial and a willow tree, with trees and hills in background. Gilt frame and glass.

Date: 1817

Maker: unknown

Material: paper (fiber product), watercolor (paint)

GUSN: 310714

Accession Number: 2015.62.9

Painting of the Nathaniel Thayer Homestead, Lancaster, Massachusetts

Oil on canvas painting of the Nathaniel Thayer Homestead, Lancaster, Massachusetts. Gilt frame.

Date: 1860-1900

Maker: unknown

Material: canvas, oil paint (paint)

GUSN: 310715

Accession Number: 2015.62.10

Print of Madonna and Child

Print of Madonna and Child. Block-printed and hand-colored with vibrant red and gilt detailing on a black background. Plain black frame, gray matting.

Date: 1940-1980

Maker: Crite, Allan Rohan (American painter, illustrator, 1910-2007) (Artist)

Material: paper (fiber product), block printing (relief printing process)

GUSN: 310716

Accession Number: 2015.62.11

Photograph of Bride

Full-body portrait of Lura Burgess Woodside Watkins (1887-1982) in wedding dress and veil, holding flower bouquet. Plain black frame, cream-colored matting.

Date: 1910

Maker: unknown

Material: photographs

GUSN: 310717

Accession Number: 2015.62.12

Photograph of Bride

Full-body portrait of Lura Burgess Woodside Watkins (1887-1982) in wedding dress and veil, holding flower bouquet. Arts and crafts style frame.

Date: 1910

Maker: unknown

Material: photographs

GUSN: 310718

Accession Number: 2015.62.13

Engraving of Mystic River

Engraving "View of the Bridge Over the Mystic River and the Country Adjacent from Bunker's Hill." Engraving depicts bridge with hilly landscape in background and river with rowboat in foreground.

Date: 1795

Maker: Hill, Samuel, ca. 1766-1803 (Engraver)

Material: paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 310719

Accession Number: 2015.62.14

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