Oil lamp
Classification:
Date:
1850-1900
Medium:
Brass, textile
Dimensions:
Overall: 12 3/4 x 4 x 5 in. ( 32.4 x 10.2 x 12.7 cm )
Description:
Brass oil lamp with circular molded base and cylindrical shaft with cylindrical chamber, with drip pan; another cylindrical reservoir fits into chamber and has elongated tube to hold wick; reservoir has domed lid and is topped with finial.
Credit Line:
Gift of Caroline Phelps Stokes
Object Number:
1896.44a-c
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1900
eMuseum Object ID:
21192
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Key
Classification:
Date:
1790-1850
Medium:
Iron
Dimensions:
Overall: 2 3/4 in. ( 7 cm )
Description:
Wrought iron key with oval handle, straight shaft and 'zig-zag' fret teeth.
Object Number:
INV.810
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1850
eMuseum Object ID:
21113
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Pressing iron
Classification:
Date:
1750-1850
Medium:
Iron, wood
Dimensions:
overall: 9 x 8 7/8 x 5 1/8 in.
Description:
Wrought iron pressing iron with hinged lid and turned wood handle; edge of body features semi heart shaped cut-out decoration; S-shaped iron support attached to interior of bottom; lid closes with hook latch.
Object Number:
Z.1221[dup]
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1850
eMuseum Object ID:
20921
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Iron
Classification:
Date:
1800-1840
Medium:
Iron
Dimensions:
Overall: 5 x 9 in. ( 12.7 x 22.9 cm )
Description:
Cast iron circular lid with wrought iron wire bail handle; innre rim on underside.
Object Number:
1471[dup]
Marks:
hand written: in yellow crayon on underside: "1471"
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1840
eMuseum Object ID:
20691
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Pair of triple hooks
Classification:
Date:
1800-1899
Medium:
Metal (possibly pewter or lead)
Dimensions:
Overall: 27 x 10 1/2 x 3/4 in. ( 68.6 x 26.7 x 1.9 cm )
Description:
Pair of triple metal hooks attached to strands of three segments each secured by circles and joined at top with larger circle.
Object Number:
1957.1538
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1899
eMuseum Object ID:
20689
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Goblet
Classification:
Date:
ca. 1907
Medium:
Bronze, gilding
Dimensions:
Overall: 7 3/4 x 4 1/4 in. ( 19.7 x 10.8 cm )
Description:
Gilt-bronze goblet with thistle-shaped cup, branch-like stem, and circular foot with leaves at base. Embossed inscription around perimeter of foot: " : THE : ENGINEERS : CLUB : DECEMBER : 9TH : 1907"
Credit Line:
Purchase, Hoffman Fund
Object Number:
1991.4
Marks:
embossed: on rim of base: "THE : ENGINEERS : CLUB : DECEMBER : 9TH : 1907 :"
stamped: on rim of base and underside of base: "TIFFANY & CO."
Gallery Label:
Shaped like a thistle to evoke the Scottish ancestry of Andrew Carnegie, this gilt-bronze goblet was one of several made for a dinner on December 9, 1907, celebrating the opening of the new clubhouse built by the Engineers' Club. In attendance were Cornelius Vanderbilt, Henry Clay Frick, Thomas A. Edison, Mark Twain (Samuel Clemens), Rear Admiral George W. Melville, and many other influencial industrial philanthropists and investors. Mark Twain gave a speech in honor of Carnegie, who had donated the money for the twelve-story building located at 32 West 40th Street in New York. Stylistically the goblet is outside of any single tradition; its naturalism recalls that of the middle century, while the roughness inherent in the thistle form and the interest of the surface treatment relates to the Arts and Crafts movement. Made by Tiffany and Company, it also shows the high degree of elegance this company maintained in all of its work, no matter the style. The name of the club, the date of the dinner, and the mark, "TIFFANY & Co" are visible around the base of the goblet.
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1907
eMuseum Object ID:
20146
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Lamp
Classification:
Date:
1850-1925
Medium:
Metal, chrome
Dimensions:
Overall: 8 x 5 in. ( 20.3 x 12.7 cm )
Description:
Lamp with cylindrical base that housed reservoir, stepped dome with molded scrolling decoration; burner now fitted with socket for light bulb, pierced cage surround and electric cord.
Object Number:
INV.14121
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1925
eMuseum Object ID:
19988
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Chafing dish
Classification:
Date:
1740-1760
Medium:
Copper, iron, wood
Dimensions:
Overall: 9 5/8 x 16 1/2 x 11 in. ( 24.4 x 41.9 x 27.9 cm )
Description:
Wrought copper chafing dish with three wrought iron legs and turned wood handle.
Credit Line:
Gift of Walter S. Poor
Object Number:
1945.322
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1760
eMuseum Object ID:
19638
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Kerosene table lamp
Classification:
Date:
1880-1910
Medium:
Brass, glass, earthenware
Dimensions:
Overall: 24 1/2 x 7 3/4 x 7 3/4 in. ( 62.2 x 19.7 x 19.7 cm )
Description:
Kerosene lamp with square, bronze base with molded scrolls and pineapples supporting square blue ceramic casing for reservoir; casing painted with white daisies; bronze burner and glass chimney.
Credit Line:
Gift of the Beekman Family Association
Object Number:
1948.565
Marks:
impressed: on burner: "WRIGHT BUTLER/BIRMINGHAM"
impressed: on wick raiser #1: "PATENT" surrounded by "M[ULTIMIN UNO?]/DUPLEX BURNER"
impressed: on wick raiser #2: "DUPLEX/BURNER" surrounded by "WRIGHT AND BUTLER/PATENT/BIRMINGHAM"
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1910
eMuseum Object ID:
19600
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Matchbox
Classification:
Date:
1870-1890
Medium:
Tin
Dimensions:
Overall: 5 x 4 1/2 x 2 3/4 in. ( 12.7 x 11.4 x 7 cm )
Description:
Cylinder-shaped tin match holder with hinged lid and attached to backplate with stencilled decoration and inscription "MATCHES"; perforated band across front.
Credit Line:
Gift of DeWitt M. Lockman
Object Number:
1934.98
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1890
eMuseum Object ID:
19356
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
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