Decorative Arts
Highlights include more than 75 pieces of early New England silver; a group of handsome Boston neoclassical furnishings; Shaker furniture from Enfield, New Hampshire; and art pottery by the Grueby Faience Company.
Piction collections thumbnails
New England Glass Company, American, East Cambridge, Massachusetts, active 1818 - 1888
Pitcher
about 1870
2007.3.1
Boston and Sandwich Glass Company, American, active 1825 - 1888
Dolphin Candlestick
about 1860
2007.3.2
Attributed to Edward William Farrar, American, 1807/08 - 1845 (active Middlebury, Vermont)
Jar
1830-1839
2013.19
Unidentified Enfield Shaker maker (Enfield, New Hampshire), American, active 1793-1923
Sewing Table
about 1830-1840
46.22.16381
Unidentified Enfield Shaker maker (Enfield, New Hampshire), American, active 1793-1923
Double Sewing Desk or Work Stand
about 1830-1870
46.22.16382
Unidentified Enfield Shaker maker (Enfield, New Hampshire), American, active 1793-1923
Ladderback Chair
about 1820-1845
46.22.16386
Unidentified Enfield Shaker maker (Enfield, New Hampshire), American, active 1793-1923
Lowback Dining Chair
about 1850
46.22.16387
Maker of Case Unknown, probably Vermont, in the New York taste
Tall Case Clock
about 1816, case 1820 or later
f.946.30
attributed to Thomas Emmons and George Archbald, Boston, Massachusetts, American, active 1813 - 1825
Pier Table (one of a pair)
about 1820-1825
f.965.90.9
Possibly Julius Barnard, possibly Hanover, New Hampshire, American, 1769 - after 1812
Sideboard
about 1800
f.980.64
Thomas Dane, Ipswich and Boston, Massachusetts, American, 1726 - 1795
Chafing Dish
about 1750
m.970.68
Jones, Ball and Poor, American, mid - 19th century
Tea Service: Kettle-on-Stand
1846-1852
m.975.80.1
John Danforth, Norwich, Connecticut, American, 1741 - 1799, active 1773 - 1793
Porringer
1773-1793
m.991.39.2
Annette Woodward, American, 1787 - 1824
Mourning Picture for Bezaleel Woodward (1745-1804)
about 1810
t.933.13