Crane chain
Classification:
Date:
ca. 1750
Medium:
Iron
Dimensions:
Overall: 58 x 1 x 2 5/8 in. ( 147.3 x 2.5 x 6.7 cm )
Description:
Wrought iron chain attached to hook with twisted handle with curved top for hanging.
Credit Line:
Bequest of Richard H. Grosman
Object Number:
1946.329
Gallery Label:
This chain was from the old Grosman homestead, Middleburg Ave, Long Island City, New York.
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1750
eMuseum Object ID:
11415
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Teakettle
Classification:
Date:
1780-1810
Medium:
Copper
Dimensions:
0verall: 10 1/4 x 11 x x 8 1/2 x in. ( 26 x 27.9 x 0 x 21.6 x 0 cm )
Description:
Sheet copper kettle and lid with finial and attached copper handle and scrolled spout.
Credit Line:
Gift of Mrs. Arthur Cassidy
Object Number:
1957.187
Gallery Label:
Many New York families relied on slaves to run their kitchens. A slave would have been responsible for fetching water and keeping some simmering on the fire all day long. Copper kettles such as this would have been regularly scoured with sand to keep them bright and shiny.
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1810
eMuseum Object ID:
11413
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Helmbold's Chemical Warehouse, New York City, c. 1864-69
Classification:
Highlight:
Not promoted
Date:
1820-1880
Medium:
Iron
Dimensions:
Overall: 3/8 x 19 1/8 x 2 3/8 in. ( 1 x 48.6 x 6 cm )
Description:
Long wrought iron spatula with rod shaft, flat handle with looped terminus.
Credit Line:
Gift of Samuel V. Hoffman
Object Number:
1920.122
Inscriptions:
Signed at lower right in black ink: "C. THOMPSON"; inscribed at lower in graphite: "594 Broadway"; above: "This bldg is / Metropolitan Hotel"; verso contains various clippings detailing the meetings of the Masonic Chancellor Walworth Lodge that met in this building
Gallery Label:
According to the donor, this spatula was used to turn pancakes.
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1880
eMuseum Object ID:
11380
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Whale oil lamp
Classification:
Date:
1850-1880
Medium:
Tin, paint
Dimensions:
Overall: 2 1/2 x 3 1/2 x 2 5/8 in. ( 6.4 x 8.9 x 6.7 cm )
Description:
Squat, cylindrical lamp of sheet tin painted brown-black with flat base, stepped dome top with bifurcated burners set in a screw top; strap handle.
Object Number:
INV.7577
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1880
eMuseum Object ID:
11378
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Tea strainer
Classification:
Date:
1850-1900
Medium:
Metal
Dimensions:
Overall: 1 x 1 3/4 in. ( 2.5 x 4.4 cm )
Description:
Half-spherical metal tea strainer with wire handle.
Object Number:
INV.788
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1900
eMuseum Object ID:
11371
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Brazier
Classification:
Date:
1800-1900
Medium:
Copper
Dimensions:
Overall: 3 x 9 3/4 x 6 1/2 in. ( 7.6 x 24.8 x 16.5 cm )
Description:
Copper brazier with strap handle, geometric pierced sides, and three tabs projecting from sides.
Object Number:
1103
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1900
eMuseum Object ID:
11368
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Brazier
Collections:
Classification:
Date:
1750-1800
Medium:
Iron, wood
Dimensions:
Overall: 10 1/4 x 16 x 8 in. ( 26 x 40.6 x 20.3 cm )
Description:
Circular sheet iron brazier on three paw-shaped feet with attached, carved wood and iron handle with semi-loop ending in animal face with ears and exposed teeth; latched, hinged door on lower half of object; missing cover and grill.
Credit Line:
Purchased from Elie Nadelman
Object Number:
1937.1366
Gallery Label:
Braziers had bases designed to hold lives coals; they were used for cooking and warming food and sometimes for heating a room. 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:
1800
eMuseum Object ID:
11309
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Door plate
Classification:
Date:
1860-1900
Medium:
Silver
Dimensions:
Overall: 2 3/4 x 6 x 3 1/2 in. ( 7 x 15.2 x 8.9 cm )
Description:
Rectangular door plate with rounded edge; two pins; bolt on back.
Credit Line:
Gift of Mrs. Bayard Verplanck
Object Number:
1956.205
Marks:
engraved: with 5/8 inch letters: "H. L. COTHEAL"
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1900
eMuseum Object ID:
11283
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Wafer iron
Classification:
Date:
1720-1820
Medium:
Iron
Dimensions:
Overall: 33 1/2 x 8 1/4 x 3 1/2 in. ( 85.1 x 21 x 8.9 cm )
Description:
Wrought iron wafer iron; rectangular plates and tapering handles; interior of both plates are impressed with leaves, flowers, and a house and a grid pattern.
Credit Line:
Purchased from Elie Nadelman
Object Number:
1937.1181
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
Bibliography:
Krohn, Deborah, Peter Miller, and Marybeth De Filippis, eds., "Dutch New York Between East and West: The World of Margrieta van Varick." New York: Bard Graduate Center, New-York Historical Society, New Haven and London: Yale University Press, 2009, p. 303
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1820
eMuseum Object ID:
11255
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Rectangular painted box
Classification:
Date:
1840-1880
Medium:
Iron, tin, paint
Dimensions:
Overall: 2 1/2 x 4 x 2 7/8 in. ( 6.4 x 10.2 x 7.3 cm )
Description:
Rectangular tinned, sheet iron toleware box with hinged lid and latch; painted white with a floral design of red and green flowers on top of lid and three sides of the container.
Object Number:
INV.6517
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1880
eMuseum Object ID:
11254
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
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