Creamer
Classification:
Date:
ca. 1825
Medium:
Earthenware
Dimensions:
Overall: 3 3/4 x 4 3/8 x 3 3/8 in. ( 9.5 x 11.1 x 8.6 cm )
Description:
Hand painted creamer in Gaudy Welsh style, decorated with blue underglaze and red-brown, copper luster, and purple luster overglaze; pattern composed of abstract fruits, leaves, and geometric shapes; body is molded, and has two beaded bands in relief and a reeded band around the base.
Credit Line:
Bequest of Weber Hill Arkenburgh
Object Number:
1948.270
Marks:
printed: in blue on base: 2 parallel lines
printed: in purple luster on base: 5 dots
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1825
eMuseum Object ID:
31580
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Saucer
Classification:
Date:
ca. 1825
Medium:
Earthenware
Dimensions:
Overall: 1 1/8 x 5 3/4 in. ( 2.9 x 14.6 cm )
Description:
Hand painted molded pearlware saucer in Gaudy Dutch style; leaf and flower pattern executed in blue underglaze with pink, blue-green, green, brown, and yellow overglaze; the rim is encircled by a blue ring bordered by brown and green with a yellow design at center.
Credit Line:
Bequest of Weber Hill Arkenburgh
Object Number:
1948.269
Marks:
printed: in blue on bottom: "4 [1]" [second number only partial]
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1825
eMuseum Object ID:
31578
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Infant or invalid feeder
Classification:
Date:
1870-1880
Medium:
Whiteware
Dimensions:
Overall: 1 3/4 x 7 1/4 x 3 in. ( 4.4 x 18.4 x 7.6 cm )
Description:
Whiteware infant or invalid feeder; compressed flask shape with hole on top for inserting food or milk and small hole at end for feeding; blue transfer printed all-over cell diaper pattern and asymetrical flower and clover pattern.
Credit Line:
Gift of Miss D. F. Levett Bradley
Object Number:
1936.424
Marks:
impressed: on reverse: illegible double oval mark
Gallery Label:
According to accession records, this object is from the family of the late John William Bradley, B.A., London, author of the "Dictionary of Miniaturists of Sheffield, Stafford, and London." An infant or invalid feeder was often found in homes during the late nineteenth into the twentieth century. A liquid or semi-soft food was placed in the feeder and the spout was then placed in the person's mouth.
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1880
eMuseum Object ID:
31571
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Two handled bowl
Classification:
Date:
1800-1850
Medium:
Earthenware
Dimensions:
Overall: 2 3/4 x 5 x 4 1/4 in. ( 7 x 12.7 x 10.8 cm )
Description:
Molded bowl with applied strap handles terminating in painted rosettes and body decorated with overglazed bouquets of pink, orange, yellow, green, and black (King's rose pattern).
Credit Line:
Gift of Miss Isabella Vaché Cox
Object Number:
1933.218
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1850
eMuseum Object ID:
31570
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Cup plate
Classification:
Date:
1800-1840
Medium:
Earthenware
Dimensions:
Overall: 1/2 x 5 in. ( 1.3 x 12.7 cm )
Description:
Pearlware cup plate with shaped rim; blue transfer printed view of pastoral Chinese river scene and diapered border.
Credit Line:
Gift of Mrs. Charles S. Fairchild
Object Number:
1928.15
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1840
eMuseum Object ID:
31569
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Pitcher
Collections:
Classification:
Date:
1800-1850
Medium:
Earthenware
Dimensions:
Overall: 11 x 9 1/2 x 7 1/4 in. ( 27.9 x 24.1 x 18.4 cm )
Description:
Molded pearlware pitcher, baluster-shaped with relief molded mask and scroll handle and underglazed abstract floral decoration in orange, blue, green, and copper luster on exterior and lip ("Gaudy Welsh").
Credit Line:
Purchased from Elie Nadelman
Object Number:
1937.414
Marks:
written: on circular paper label affixed to bottom: "1411/Eng"
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:
31568
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Waste bowl
Classification:
Date:
ca. 1825
Medium:
Earthenware
Dimensions:
Overall: 2 3/4 x 6 1/4 in. ( 7 x 15.9 cm )
Description:
Molded pearlware bowl printed in red with view of sailing ship flying American flags and steam boat near craggy shore with anchor and spread eagle with laurel branch on one side and red printed view of steamship on other with same in center of bowl; rimmed with golden purple luster metallic oxide.
Credit Line:
Bequest of Randall J. LeBoeuf, Jr., 1976
Object Number:
INV.14393
Gallery Label:
The printed image is said to represent the steamboat "Clermont."
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1825
eMuseum Object ID:
31560
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Plate
Classification:
Date:
ca. 1825
Medium:
Earthenware
Dimensions:
Overall: 1 1/8 x 5 7/8 in. ( 2.9 x 14.9 cm )
Description:
Circular pearlware plate decorated with blue underglaze leaves, rust enamel flowers, green enamel leaves, and pink and green base for flowers (Gaudy Dutch style); highlighted in purple luster, pink luster stripe around rim.
Credit Line:
Bequest of Weber Hill Arkenburgh
Object Number:
1948.268
Marks:
impressed: on bottom: medallion with "E. WOOD & S[ONS] BURSALEM/WARRANTED/SEMI CHINA"
impressed: on bottom: "W"
printed: in blue on bottom: "Z"
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1825
eMuseum Object ID:
31520
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Plate
Classification:
Date:
1894
Medium:
Earthenware
Dimensions:
Overall: 3/8 x 8 1/4 in. ( 1 x 21 cm )
Description:
Brown and white transfer-printed plate with portrait of Sheridan in center and border of bay leaves and berries.
Credit Line:
Gift of Mr. James Hazen Hyde
Object Number:
1948.561d
Marks:
impressed: on back: "FGW 5/WEDGWOOD"
stamped: in brown ink on back: "Sheridan/Etruria, England/ooo/WEDGWOOD"
Gallery Label:
This plate is part of a set of 6, with portrait images of Washington, Lincoln, Sheridan, Sherman, and William Cullen Bryant.
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1894
eMuseum Object ID:
31509
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Plate
Classification:
Date:
1854-1880
Medium:
Earthenware
Dimensions:
Overall: 3/4 x 7 1/4 in. ( 1.9 x 18.4 cm )
Description:
Molded pearlware plate with the letters of the alphabet inscribed around the brim in low relief; at center is a black transfer printed image of a woman seated in a chair clasping her daughter by the arm and looking into her eyes; colors have been hand painted over the glaze to highlight center elements; chair is brown, mother's dress purple, and two green leaves behind.
Credit Line:
Gift of Dr. Frederic R. Griffith
Object Number:
1948.164
Marks:
printed: in black on front of plate below central image: "MOTHER AND DAUGHTER, DEAR TO EACH./WITH A LOVE SURPASSING SPEECH."
Gallery Label:
According to accession records, this plate originally belonged to the donor.
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1880
eMuseum Object ID:
31481
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
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