Chopping knife
Classification:
Date:
1750-1830
Medium:
Iron, wood
Dimensions:
Overall: 8 x 8 x 3 3/4 in. ( 20.3 x 20.3 x 9.5 cm )
Description:
Chopper (or chopping knife) with three parallel wrought iron blades and turned wood handle.
Credit Line:
Gift of Mrs. J. Insley Blair
Object Number:
1938.296
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1830
eMuseum Object ID:
11492
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
2 prong fork w/ long handle
Classification:
Date:
1770-1870
Medium:
Iron
Dimensions:
Overall: 3/8 x 16 3/4 in. ( 1 x 42.5 cm )
Description:
Two-pronged wrought iron fork with long rod shaft, flattening at handle with a looped terminus.
Credit Line:
Gift of Samuel V. Hoffman
Object Number:
1920.125
Provenance:
Formerly of the George W. Nash Collection of Ulster County, New York Household Artifacts
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1870
eMuseum Object ID:
11489
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Teakettle
Classification:
Date:
1850-1900
Medium:
Copper, tin, brass
Dimensions:
Overall: 6 1/2 x 10 1/2 x 7 1/4 in. ( 16.5 x 26.7 x 18.4 cm )
Description:
Copper kettle with tinned interior with rounded body, crooked spout with hinged cover over mouth, flat circular base and shoulder, hinged strap and bail handle, and circular step-domed lid with brass mushroom finial.
Credit Line:
Gift of Edmund B. Child
Object Number:
1933.133ab
Marks:
printed: in pencil under lidL "Child."
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1900
eMuseum Object ID:
11451
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Sugar cutter
Classification:
Date:
1800-1840
Medium:
Iron
Dimensions:
Overall: 9 1/2 x 3 3/8 x 1/2 in. ( 24.1 x 8.6 x 1.3 cm )
Description:
Cast iron sugar nippers with tooled decoration at joint of series of circles and hook clasp at end of handles.
Credit Line:
Gift of Mrs. Irving McKesson
Object Number:
1940.10
Gallery Label:
For much of the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries, sugar was sold in cones, loaves, and blocks, formed when molasses was poured into a mold. Sugar cutters or "nippers" were used to break small pieces from the cone, both in the shop and in the home. Until the late 1860s, when a commercial process for making granulated sugar was invented, the chunks could be crushed with a mortar and pestle if finer sugar was desired. Larger, plain cutters like these were suitable for use in the kitchen, while more decorative cutters were used at the tea table.
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1840
eMuseum Object ID:
11441
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Spoon: figure on end
Classification:
Date:
1750-1825
Medium:
Metal
Dimensions:
Overall: 5 1/4 x 1 x 3/8 in. ( 13.3 x 2.5 x 1 cm )
Description:
Metal spoon made in two pieces, with the bowl joined to the handle; the handle is decorated with a floral garland design, the top shows the figure of a nude male holding a robe.
Object Number:
INV.12145
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1825
eMuseum Object ID:
11436
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Trivet
Classification:
Date:
1860-1890
Medium:
Iron
Dimensions:
Overall: 7/8 x 6 1/4 x 4 in. ( 2.2 x 15.9 x 10.2 cm )
Description:
Cast iron trivet on three feet with raised edge and "C" pierced in center.
Credit Line:
Gift of Mrs. Bayard Verplanck
Object Number:
1956.144b
Date Begin:
1860
Date End:
1890
eMuseum Object ID:
11430
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Trivet
Classification:
Date:
1800-1840
Medium:
Iron
Dimensions:
Overall: 3 1/4 x 9 x 5 1/4 in. ( 8.3 x 22.9 x 13.3 cm )
Description:
Four foot iron stand with open circular middle.
Credit Line:
Gift of Mrs. Irving McKesson
Object Number:
2470
Marks:
hand written: in red paint on underside: "2470"
Gallery Label:
According to the donor, this trivet belonged to his grandfather, Samuel Jones, A.M.D.D, (1737-1811), near Philadelphia.
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1840
eMuseum Object ID:
11429
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Snick blade
Classification:
Date:
1800-1850
Medium:
Iron
Dimensions:
Overall: 8 x 5 1/2 x 3/8 in. ( 20.3 x 14 x 1 cm )
Description:
Flat wrought iron snick blade with a long wooden handle.
Credit Line:
Gift of Samuel V. Hoffman
Object Number:
N-76
Gallery Label:
Snick blades were used for chopping sausage meat.
Provenance:
The George W. Nash Collection of Ulster County, New York Household Artifacts
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1850
eMuseum Object ID:
11426
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Pressing iron
Classification:
Date:
1840-1860
Medium:
Iron
Dimensions:
Overall: 4 3/4 x 5 1/2 x 3 1/2 in. ( 12.1 x 14 x 8.9 cm )
Description:
Cast and wrought iron flatiron with raised, curved handle; molded star on top of body and molded "4" in center top of handle.
Credit Line:
Gift of George Hammond Sullivan
Object Number:
1950.272a
Marks:
molded: in center top of handle: "4"
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1860
eMuseum Object ID:
11418
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Fireplace tongs
Classification:
Date:
1780-1820
Medium:
Iron
Dimensions:
Overall: 25 x 4 x 1 in. ( 63.5 x 10.2 x 2.5 cm )
Description:
Wrought iron fire tongs; baluster handle; molded circular hinge.
Credit Line:
Bequest of Richard H. Gosman
Object Number:
1946.323
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1820
eMuseum Object ID:
11417
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
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