Oil lamp
Collections:
Classification:
Date:
1800-1830
Medium:
Tin, brass
Dimensions:
Overall: 6 x 5 1/4 in. ( 15.2 x 13.3 cm )
Description:
Painted tin conical top whale oil lamp with reed rim on dish and ring handle with two wicks.
Credit Line:
Purchased from Elie Nadelman
Object Number:
1937.1500
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:
12038
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Candle lantern
Collections:
Classification:
Date:
1840-1880
Medium:
Iron, tin, plastic
Dimensions:
Overall: 5 1/4 x 3 1/2 x 3 1/8 in. ( 13.3 x 8.9 x 7.9 cm )
Description:
Toile (varnish sheet iron) and tinned sheet iron lantern with arm for candle which swings outside of box for lighting; plastic or mica glazing on two sides; pierced ventilation holes on top and bottom.
Credit Line:
Purchased from Elie Nadelman
Object Number:
1937.1530
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:
1880
eMuseum Object ID:
12033
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Oil lantern
Classification:
Date:
1875-1900
Medium:
Iron, tin, paint
Dimensions:
Overall: 6 x 2 1/2 x 1 1/2 in. ( 15.2 x 6.4 x 3.8 cm )
Description:
Black tinned sheet metal lantern with removable rectangular fuel reservoir and wick.
Object Number:
INV.6360
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1900
eMuseum Object ID:
12032
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Sugar auger
Classification:
Date:
ca. 1886
Medium:
Iron, wood
Dimensions:
Overall: 15 x 9 7/8 x 7 3/4 in. ( 38.1 x 25.1 x 19.7 cm )
Description:
Sugar auger (or dried fruit lifter) with iron shank, crosswise wood handle, central tapered screw, and pair of cutting lips.
Credit Line:
Gift of Samuel V. Hoffman
Object Number:
1930.53
Marks:
cast: on top of handle: "PAT.NOV"
Gallery Label:
This sugar auger, purchased by Samuel V. Hoffman from C. W. Ives, New Haven, Connecticut, was used to extricate stuck-together dried apricots or apples from a keg or barrel, or similarly, for damp-stuck sugar. It would have been stabbed in, twisted and then lifted. Also called a "sugar devil" due to its whirling dervish appearance, this example is probably related to patent number 352,736, issued on November 16, 1886 to John E. Coles of New York City. He designed the auger with the tip of one arm lower than the other so that it engaged the fruit or sugar first. Each arm then "shaves" layers off the fruit or sugar, much like a double-bladed twist auger cuts a hole in wood.
Provenance:
The George W. Nash Collection of Ulster County, New York Household Artifacts
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1886
eMuseum Object ID:
12029
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Kitchen tool
Classification:
Medium:
Iron, wood
Dimensions:
Overall: 1 1/2 x 7 3/8 x 1 7/8 in. ( 3.8 x 18.7 x 4.8 cm )
Description:
Wrought and cast iron with adjustable screw, faceted elongated handle.
Credit Line:
Gift of Mrs. Irving McKesson
Object Number:
1938.217[dup]
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
0
eMuseum Object ID:
12019
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Cream strainer
Classification:
Date:
1800-1900
Medium:
Iron
Dimensions:
Overall: 7/8 x 5 1/2 x 6 in. ( 2.2 x 14 x 15.2 cm )
Description:
Ovoid curved strainer pierced with holes that form a lozenge diaper within a lozenge shape; flange handle pierced for hanging.
Credit Line:
Gift of Mr. & Mrs. Jess J. Ottgen
Object Number:
INV.2193[dup]
Gallery Label:
This cream strainer was used by the donors.
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1900
eMuseum Object ID:
12018
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Wafer iron
Collections:
Classification:
Date:
ca. 1720-1820
Medium:
Iron
Dimensions:
Overall: 35 1/2 x 8 x 2 1/2 in. ( 90.2 x 20.3 x 6.4 cm )
Description:
Wrought iron wafer iron; rectangular plates with hinged handles; interior of one plate has engraved image of urn with flowers and birds and the opposite plate has a very fine grid pattern.
Credit Line:
Purchased from Elie Nadelman
Object Number:
1937.1178
Gallery Label:
A wafer iron is a long-handled pair of tongs molded with a design that is impressed on the wafer batter in the process of baking. This one 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:
1820
eMuseum Object ID:
12017
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Canister and lid
Classification:
Date:
1820-1880
Medium:
Iron, paint
Dimensions:
Overall: 10 x 5 1/2 in. ( 25.4 x 14 cm )
Description:
Sheet iron cylindrical canister with circular lid and decorated with black and gold paint.
Credit Line:
Gift of Thomas S. Constantine
Object Number:
1942.449ab
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1880
eMuseum Object ID:
11973
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Striker
Classification:
Date:
1750-1850
Medium:
Iron
Dimensions:
Overall: 2 x 3 in. ( 5.1 x 7.6 cm )
Description:
Wrought iron flint striker with curved handle.
Object Number:
INV.6366
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1850
eMuseum Object ID:
11964
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Hook
Classification:
Date:
1750-1850
Medium:
Iron
Dimensions:
Overall: 5 x 5 in. ( 12.7 x 12.7 cm )
Description:
Wrought iron hook with two pierced holes for mounting.
Object Number:
INV.6370
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1850
eMuseum Object ID:
11963
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
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