Waffle iron: ornamented with crest and star motif in relief
Classification:
Highlight:
Not promoted
Date:
ca. 1720-1820
Medium:
Iron
Dimensions:
Overall: 26 1/2 x 6 x 2 1/2 in. ( 67.3 x 15.2 x 6.4 cm )
Description:
Cast iron waffle iron; rectangular plates and wrought iron handles that close with an oval clasp; both exterior plates are decorated with raised stars and flowers and interior plates have grid pattern.
Credit Line:
Gift of Miss Mary E. Vaché and Miss Isabella Vaché Cox
Object Number:
1933.205
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1820
eMuseum Object ID:
19351
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Hook and chain
Classification:
Date:
1750-1800
Medium:
Iron
Dimensions:
Overall: 29 x 4 3/4 x 1 in. ( 73.7 x 12.1 x 2.5 cm )
Description:
Wrought iron five-link chain with hook at one end and loop at other.
Credit Line:
Bequest of Richard H. Grosman
Object Number:
1946.331
Gallery Label:
According to accession records, this chain came from the Old Grosman Homestead, Middleburg Ave, Long Island City, NY. It may have been used as a drag chain for beaver traps or for fishing.
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1800
eMuseum Object ID:
19349
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Jug or pitcher
Collections:
Classification:
Date:
1850-1900
Medium:
Copper
Dimensions:
Overall: 6 1/2 x 6 x 5 in. ( 16.5 x 15.2 x 12.7 cm )
Description:
Copper jug with applied wedge-shaped spout, applied strap handle, on footed base.
Credit Line:
Purchased from Elie Nadelman
Object Number:
1937.1607
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:
1900
eMuseum Object ID:
19348
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Coffeepot with lid
Collections:
Classification:
Date:
1900-1930
Medium:
Brass
Dimensions:
Overall: 9 x 11 1/4 x 6 in. ( 22.9 x 28.6 x 15.2 cm )
Description:
Cylindrical sheet brass coffeepot with flat, circular base, broken and scrolling spout with bifurcated tip, strap handle, stepped round top with circular domed lid and flat, circular finial.
Credit Line:
Purchased from Elie Nadelman
Object Number:
1937.1355ab
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:
19303
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Lantern
Classification:
Date:
1830-1890
Medium:
Glass, tin
Dimensions:
Overall: 11 x 4 x 4 in. ( 27.9 x 10.2 x 10.2 cm )
Description:
Rectangular blackened tin lantern with single socket for candle, cylindrical foot, hinged glass door, glass sides, square canted top with cylindrical chimney and crinolated cap; bail handle.
Object Number:
INV.1052
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1890
eMuseum Object ID:
19176
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Taper jack/ wax coil lamp
Classification:
Date:
1800-1830
Medium:
Tin, paint
Dimensions:
Overall: 3 x 3 x 2 1/8 in. ( 7.6 x 7.6 x 5.4 cm )
Description:
Cylindrical can with flat base, strap handle rounded top with round cylindrical opening in center of top, both painted black with fine brown reeding and star borders; inside contains coiled beeswax candle.
Credit Line:
Gift of Walter S. Poor
Object Number:
1945.326
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1830
eMuseum Object ID:
19129
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Lamp holder
Classification:
Date:
1650-1700
Medium:
Brass
Dimensions:
Overall: 4 1/2 x 8 3/4 x 1 in. ( 11.4 x 22.2 x 2.5 cm )
Description:
Brass sign or lamp holder decorated with pierced floral ornament with caryatid.
Object Number:
INV.7864
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1700
eMuseum Object ID:
19128
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Matchbox
Collections:
Classification:
Date:
1800-1900
Medium:
Brass, tin
Dimensions:
Overall: 3 x 1 x 1 3/8 in. ( 7.6 x 2.5 x 3.5 cm )
Description:
Cylindrical match box with one flat side, with hinged lid on either end containing one flint stone and eleven matches packed in black cloth.
Credit Line:
Purchased from Elie Nadelman
Object Number:
1937.1531
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:
1900
eMuseum Object ID:
18809
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Fireback
Classification:
Date:
1870-1900
Medium:
Wood, cast iron
Description:
Arched top, two cupids hold wreaths and horns, floral spray along sides
Credit Line:
Permanent Loan from the Beekman Family Association
Object Number:
1948.564
Gallery Label:
Made from timber from the Beekman mansion when it was demolished in 1874, with firebacks and tiles. Fireback from nursery of the house. See #206 page 118 "The Bible in Iron" by H.C. Mercer, 1914.
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1900
eMuseum Object ID:
18778
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Historical obelisk: Cleopatra's Needle
Classification:
Date:
1881
Medium:
Lead
Dimensions:
Overall: 15 1/8 x 3 1/2 x 3 3/8 in. ( 38.4 x 8.9 x 8.6 cm )
Description:
Patinated lead model of the "Cleopatra's needle" obelisk in Central Park, New York City, NY.
Credit Line:
Gift of Mr. Townsend Lawrence
Object Number:
1951.344
Marks:
inscribed: base of obelisk: "ANTIQUE LEAD No 25./WALTER B. LAWRENCE"
inscribed: proper right side of base insert: "Copyright 1881 by Henry H. Goringe"
inscribed: proper left side of insert, bottom of base: "TIFFANY & CO., NY"
inscribed: insert in bot
Gallery Label:
On July 20, 1880, a ship carrying an ancient Egyptian obelisk docked in New York to begin the final stage of an engineering project that started several months earlier in Alexandria, Egypt. The project engineer, Lieutenant Commander Henry H. Gorringe, had successfully removed the obelisk known as "Cleopatra's Needle" from the site where it had stood, leaning slightly toward the sea, since the time the Romans had moved it from its original site in Heliopolis. Several weeks later, on January 22, 1881, the obelisk was placed in its present position near the Metropolitan Museum of Art in Central Park – a gift of the Egyptian government to the people of the United States. This model was made in a limited edition to be given to individuals who were involved in the removal and installation of the obelisk from Egypt to New York.
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1881
eMuseum Object ID:
18529
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Pages
