Cup (Tea bowl)
Collections:
Classification:
Date:
1825-1850
Medium:
Earthenware
Dimensions:
Overall: 2 1/2 x 4 1/8 in. ( 6.4 x 10.5 cm )
Description:
Molded pearlware ("spatterware") handleless cup with slightly flared rim and exterior mostly covered with sponged on red underglaze; there is also a hand-painted blue and red stylized flower with blue center and green leaves.
Credit Line:
Purchased from Elie Nadelman
Object Number:
1937.786
Marks:
impressed: on bottom: small pinwheel shapes
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:
1850
eMuseum Object ID:
36190
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Saucer
Collections:
Classification:
Date:
1825-1850
Medium:
Earthenware
Dimensions:
Overall: 1 1/4 x 5 3/4 in. ( 3.2 x 14.6 cm )
Description:
Molded pearlware ("spatterware") with splayed walls with sponged-on red underglaze decoration on rim and hand painted central image of a peacock, blue, green, grey and black.
Credit Line:
Purchased from Elie Nadelman
Object Number:
1937.725
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:
1850
eMuseum Object ID:
36189
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Plate: blue with eagle emblem
Collections:
Classification:
Date:
1825-1850
Medium:
Earthenware
Dimensions:
Overall: 7/8 x 9 in. ( 2.2 x 22.9 cm )
Description:
Molded pearlware ("spatterware") plate with slightly facted brim and corresponding angled rim; the brim is covered in blue, sponged-on underglaze; at the center is a transfer printed eagle with arrow and shield.
Credit Line:
Purchased from Elie Nadelman
Object Number:
1937.768
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:
1850
eMuseum Object ID:
36188
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Plate
Collections:
Classification:
Date:
1825-1850
Medium:
Earthenware
Dimensions:
Overall: 1 1/8 x 8 3/4 in. ( 2.9 x 22.2 cm )
Description:
Molded pearlware ("spatterware") plate with slightly faceted brim and corresponding angled edges with front entirely covered in blue, sponged-on underglaze.
Credit Line:
Purchased from Elie Nadelman
Object Number:
1937.769
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:
1850
eMuseum Object ID:
36187
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Plate: Sancho Panza debate w/Teresa
Classification:
Date:
1815-1840
Medium:
Earthenware
Dimensions:
Overall: 1 1/8 x 9 1/8 in. ( 2.9 x 23.2 cm )
Description:
Dark blue transfer printed pearlware plate with central image depicting seated Sancho Panza and standing Theresa and cat in an interior space; the border pattern is composed of cloves and flowers.
Credit Line:
Gift of Dr. Arthur H. Merritt
Object Number:
1961.394
Marks:
printed: in blue on back: cartouche inscribed with "SANCHO PANZA'S/DEBATE? WITH THERESA"
impressed: in back: heart shape, small
Gallery Label:
This plate is part of the Don Quixote series.
Provenance:
The Dr. Arthur H. Merritt Collection of Anglo-American Historical Staffordshire
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1840
eMuseum Object ID:
36186
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Tea plate
Classification:
Date:
1825-1840
Medium:
Earthenware
Dimensions:
diameter: 6 1/8 in. ( 15.6 cm )
Description:
Blue transfer printed plate with inscription about Erie Canal honoring DeWitt Clinton; the border pattern is composed of vignettes of canal boats and locks.
Object Number:
INV.14415
Marks:
impressed: on back: the number "15"
inscribed: on front: "THE GRAND ERIE CANAL/ A SPLENDID MONUMENT OF THE/ ENTERPRISE AND RESOUCES/ OF THE STATE OF/ NEW YORK/ INDEBTED FOR ITS EARLY COMME-/NCEMENT & RAPID COMPLETION/ TO THE ACTIVE ENERGIES, PREEMINE-/NT
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1840
eMuseum Object ID:
36185
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Cup plate: Congress Shall Make No Law....
Classification:
Highlight:
Not promoted
Date:
1837-1860
Medium:
Earthenware
Dimensions:
Overall: 1/2 x 4 in. ( 1.3 x 10.2 cm )
Description:
Light blue transfer printed pearlware plate with scalloped edges; there are four cartouches with inscriptions or images around the border as well as four eagles with shields; the center of the plate also has an inscription; all of the inscriptions are quotations from the Constitution.
Object Number:
1961.199
Marks:
inscribed: in cartouches around border: "WE HOLD/ THAT ALL MEN [ital] ARE CREATED EQUAL"; "OF ONE BLOOD/ ARE ALL [ital]/ NATIONS OF/MEN"; "LOVEJOY/ THE FIRST MARTYR [ital] TO AMERICAN/LIBERTY/at/[?]LTON [illegible]; central inscription: "CONGRESS/SHALL MA
Gallery Label:
The underlying theme of this cup plate is abolition.
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1860
eMuseum Object ID:
36183
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Plate
Classification:
Date:
1824-1840
Medium:
Earthenware
Dimensions:
Overall: 3/4 x 5 1/2 in. ( 1.9 x 14 cm )
Description:
Blue transfer printed pearlware plate with central panel with inscription eulogizing the city of Utica;the border pattern is composed of vignettes showing canal, boats, and docks.
Object Number:
INV.14413
Marks:
inscribed: on front: "UTICA/VILLAGE IN THE STATE OF/NEW YORK. THIRTY YEARS SINCE A/ WILDERNESS. NOW (1824) INFERIOR TO/ NONE IN THE WEATERN SECTION OF THE /STATE/ IN POPULATION, WEALTH, COMMERCIAL/ ENTERPRISE, ACTIVE INDUSTRY/ AND CIVIL IMPROVEMENT."
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1840
eMuseum Object ID:
36184
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Dinner plates (12)
Classification:
Date:
ca. 1870
Medium:
Porcelain
Dimensions:
Overall: 1 1/8 x 9 1/4 in. ( 2.9 x 23.5 cm )
Description:
Circular porcelain plates with gold bands and blue brim; initials at center encircled by gold band.
Credit Line:
Gift of Mrs. Estelle De Peyster Hosmer
Object Number:
1945.131a-l
Marks:
hand painted: in blue at center: "de P."
Gallery Label:
This set of dinner plates most likely belonged to the family of Frederick DePeyster (1796-1882).
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1870
eMuseum Object ID:
36173
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Sauce boat with cover and ladle
Classification:
Date:
1785-1795
Medium:
Porcelain
Dimensions:
Overall: 4 x 8 x 5 in. ( 10.2 x 20.3 x 12.7 cm )
Description:
Porcelain dinner set including sauce boat with lid and ladle;it has blue underglaze around the rim and blue underglaze flowers, and is decorated with gilded bands, swags, flowers, and other embellishments; all pieces have scalloped edges.
Object Number:
INV.12774a-c
Marks:
printed: in blue on back: "5"
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1795
eMuseum Object ID:
36171
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
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