Unknown metal object
Classification:
Date:
1800-1899
Medium:
Metal (possibly pewter)
Dimensions:
Overall: 1 1/4 x 8 x 2 1/2 in. ( 3.2 x 20.3 x 6.4 cm )
Description:
Pistol- shaped metal apparatus: flaring tubular body with funnel-shaped end with banded mouth, crooked at opposite end with cylindrical part attached to slender arched handle with beaded edges.
Object Number:
Z.2876
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1899
eMuseum Object ID:
39052
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Fire tongs
Classification:
Date:
1750-1800
Medium:
Iron
Description:
Wrought iron fire tongs; tapering square handle with knob at terminus.
Object Number:
Z.2866
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1800
eMuseum Object ID:
39050
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Spatula
Collections:
Classification:
Date:
1900-1930
Medium:
Copper, iron
Dimensions:
Overall: 3/8 x 4 5/8 x 11 1/2 in. ( 1 x 11.7 x 29.2 cm )
Description:
Flat U-shaped copper head pierced with four groups of four holes surrounding crudely engraved year inscription.
Credit Line:
Purchased from Elie Nadelman, 1937
Object Number:
Z.2878
Marks:
inscribed: on spatula: "1768"
hand written: paper adhesive label with red border: "FOLK/ART/1937"
Gallery Label:
This object was once part of the folk art collection of Elie Nadelman (1882-1946), the avant-garde sculptor. From 1924 to 1934, Nadelman's collection was displayed in his Museum of Folk Arts, located in the Riverdale section of the Bronx. The Historical Society purchased Nadelman's entire collection in 1937.
Provenance:
The Folk Art Collection of Elie Nadelman
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1930
eMuseum Object ID:
39049
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Pie crimper
Classification:
Date:
ca. 1800-1850
Medium:
Brass, iron, wood
Dimensions:
Overall: 8 1/4 x 1 3/4 x 1 in. ( 21 x 4.4 x 2.5 cm )
Description:
Pastry jagger (or crimper) with cylindrical wooden handle; baluster shaped iron shaft; brass crimping wheel.
Object Number:
Z.96
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1850
eMuseum Object ID:
39032
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Pie crimper
Classification:
Date:
ca. 1780-1830
Medium:
Brass
Dimensions:
Overall: 4 1/2 × 1 1/8 in. (11.4 × 2.9 cm)
Description:
Brass pastry jagger (or crimper) with shaft terminating in tooth-edged arc; crimping wheel attached to opposite end.
Object Number:
Z.95
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1830
eMuseum Object ID:
39031
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Pie crimper
Classification:
Date:
1850-1900
Medium:
Brass
Dimensions:
Overall: 4 3/8 × 1 1/4 in. (11.1 × 3.2 cm)
Description:
Brass pastry jagger (or crimper) with crimping wheel on either end of shaft.
Object Number:
Z.94
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1900
eMuseum Object ID:
39029
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Pie crimper
Classification:
Date:
ca. 1850-1900
Medium:
Brass
Dimensions:
Overall: 4 1/4 × 1 (10.8 × 2.5 cm)
Description:
Cast brass pastry jagger (or crimper) with crimped wheel at one end of shaft and tooth-edge arc at opposite.
Object Number:
Z.86
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1900
eMuseum Object ID:
39025
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Pie crimper
Classification:
Date:
ca. 1866
Medium:
Brass
Dimensions:
Overall: 5 7/8 × 3 in. (14.9 × 7.6 cm)
Description:
Cast brass pie rimmer, crimper and pastry cutter with two crimping wheels and shaft terminating in tooth-edge arc.
Object Number:
Z.85
Marks:
impressed: in shaft: "PAT. SEP. 11, 1866"
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1866
eMuseum Object ID:
39024
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Pestle
Classification:
Date:
ca. 1800-1850
Medium:
Iron
Dimensions:
Overall: 8 x 1 1/2 in. ( 20.3 x 3.8 cm )
Description:
Cast iron pestle.
Object Number:
Z.2875
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1850
eMuseum Object ID:
39012
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Trivet
Classification:
Date:
1900-1999
Medium:
Iron, wood
Dimensions:
Overall: 2 x 13 x 6 5/8 in. ( 5.1 x 33 x 16.8 cm )
Description:
Rectangular stand of wrought iron frame joined with rivets with four curled feet and turned wood handle painted black.
Object Number:
Z.2877
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1999
eMuseum Object ID:
39011
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
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