Chamberstick
Classification:
Date:
1800-1860
Medium:
Brass
Dimensions:
Overall: 3 x 3 1/4 x 3 in. ( 7.6 x 8.3 x 7.6 cm )
Description:
Chamberstick with reeded saucer base, screwed into socket with wide bobeche and pedestal foot to which a strap finger loop attaches.
Credit Line:
Gift of John Ward Dunsmore
Object Number:
1941.1187
Marks:
written: in pencil on base: "J.W. DUNSMORE"
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1860
eMuseum Object ID:
29278
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Oil lamp
Collections:
Classification:
Date:
1850-1890
Medium:
Metal (brass, iron, or tin)
Dimensions:
Overall: 7 7/8 x 3 7/8 in. ( 20 x 9.8 cm )
Description:
Single burner whale oil lamp with acorn top and separate filling place on straight shaft and circular base.
Credit Line:
Purchased from Elie Nadelman
Object Number:
1937.1501
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:
1890
eMuseum Object ID:
29273
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Herb grinder
Collections:
Classification:
Date:
1750-1840
Medium:
Iron, wood
Dimensions:
Part (trough): 3 5/8 x 18 1/2 x 4 1/4 in. (9.2 x 47 x 10.8 cm)
Part (knife): 12 1/4 x 7 1/2 in. (31.1 x 19.1 cm)
Description:
Cast iron herb grinder; boat-shaped trough on two legs with spouted end for pouring crushed herbs; grinding wheel with wood handle.
Credit Line:
Purchased from Elie Nadelman
Object Number:
1937.1553ab
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:
1840
eMuseum Object ID:
29270
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Padlock and key
Classification:
Date:
1800-1900
Medium:
Steel
Dimensions:
Part (padlock): 1 1/4 x 7/8 x 1/2 in. (3.2 x 2.2 x 1.3 cm)
Part (key): 1 x 1/2 x 1/8 in. (2.5 x 1.3 x 0.3 cm)
Description:
Rectangular steel padlock with square hinged cover over keyhole; C-shaped shackle on top hinged on one side. Steel key with oval loop, hollow cylindrical shaft and a square block.
Credit Line:
Gift Walter S. Poor
Object Number:
Z.1929ab
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1900
eMuseum Object ID:
29269
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Measure
Collections:
Classification:
Date:
1871-1890
Medium:
Copper, brass, glass
Dimensions:
Overall: 7 7/8 x 8 1/2 x 5 7/8 in. ( 20 x 21.6 x 14.9 cm )
Description:
Cylindrical sheet copper c-pot with splayed foot, circular molded base; straight, rounded-triangular spout, strap handle with rounded insert, brass hinged copper lid pierced with four pointed arches with an inscribed circle, and brass mushroom finial; vertical rectangular column of four glass panes in side.
Credit Line:
Purchased from Elie Nadelman
Object Number:
1937.1311
Marks:
stamped: on side: "WHT/1871"
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:
1890
eMuseum Object ID:
29266
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Coffeepot
Collections:
Classification:
Date:
1825-1860
Medium:
Iron, tin
Dimensions:
Overall: 12 x 10 3/4 x 5 7/8 in. ( 30.5 x 27.3 x 14.9 cm )
Description:
Tinned sheet iron and lacquered coffeepot with splayed circular foot, seamed baluster body, bracketed spout, reinforced strap handle and hinged domed lid with mushroom finial; body decorated with chased, stippled image of basket of flowers and intercrossing bands.
Credit Line:
Purchased from Elie Nadelman
Object Number:
1937.466
Marks:
stamped: on handle in block letters: "J. KETTERE[R]"
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:
Purchased from John Barrett Kerfoot (Ehrich Galleries, 1925?); The Folk Art Collection of Elie Nadelman
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1860
eMuseum Object ID:
29261
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Chamberstick
Collections:
Classification:
Date:
1800-1830
Medium:
Tin
Dimensions:
Overall: 4 3/4 x 8 3/4 x 8 5/8 in. ( 12.1 x 22.2 x 21.9 cm )
Description:
Single candle holder with cylindrical shaft with molded bobeche at rim, attached to slightly domed saucer base with flared brim with two molded bands and wide rim.
Credit Line:
Purchased from Elie Nadelman
Object Number:
1937.1493b
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:
1830
eMuseum Object ID:
29237
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Candlestick
Classification:
Date:
1875-1900
Medium:
Brass
Dimensions:
Overall: 12 3/4 x 9 in. ( 32.4 x 22.9 cm )
Description:
Brass ecclesiastical candlestick with domed circular foot, conical stem, molded circular bobeche, and flat circular bobeche that flares out from upper end of candle socket.
Credit Line:
Gift of Mrs. Katharine Prentis Murphy
Object Number:
1967.60
Marks:
written: on tag tied to object: "Murphy estate"
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1900
eMuseum Object ID:
29233
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Candlestick
Classification:
Date:
1700-1750
Medium:
Brass
Dimensions:
Overall: 27 x 11 1/2 in. ( 68.6 x 29.2 cm )
Description:
Brass candlestick with large platter base with ball feet and baluster turned shaft with large cylindrical socket; candlestick consists of four separate pieces that screw together (base, lower shaft, wax catching saucer, and shaft of socket).
Credit Line:
Gift of Mrs. Katharine Prentis Murphy
Object Number:
1967.58
Gallery Label:
While the base is probaby from the early eighteenth century, the other parts are from the twentieth century.
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1750
eMuseum Object ID:
29231
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Pitcher or measure
Classification:
Date:
1860-1890
Medium:
Copper
Dimensions:
Overall: 8 1/2 x 7 1/4 x 5 1/4 in. ( 21.6 x 18.4 x 13.3 cm )
Description:
Sheet copper pitcher, tapered cylindrical form with loop handle, crescent-shaped spout soldered to lip (may be a measure -- marks are probably names of inspectors of weights and measures).
Credit Line:
Gift of Edmund B. Child
Object Number:
1933.233
Marks:
stamped: on exterior near upper joint of handle: "J. [L] Burnett/C Sealer/1862/1853"
stamped: on exterior near opposite side of handle joint: "D. W. C./J. MEAD/1855/... PENDLETON/C. SEALER/1864"
stamped: on base: "L. BURNETT"
Gallery Label:
According to accession records, this measure was used in the Bronx.
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1890
eMuseum Object ID:
29226
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
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