Cup

Classification: 
Date: 
1815-1842
Medium: 
Earthenware
Dimensions: 
Overall: 3 1/4 x 5 3/4 x 5 in. ( 8.3 x 14.6 x 12.7 cm )
Description: 
Molded bulbous pearlware cup with handle and flat rim; decorated with blue transfer printed image of the Boston State House with floral border.
Credit Line: 
Gift of Mrs. J. Insley Blair
Object Number: 
1940.137
Marks: 
printed: on base: blue printed eagle and shield
Gallery Label: 
This may be a shaving cup.
Date Begin: 
0
Date End: 
1842
eMuseum Object ID: 
31474
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.

Jug

Classification: 
Date: 
1880-1920
Medium: 
Stoneware
Dimensions: 
Overall: 11 x 7 x 7 1/4 in. ( 27.9 x 17.8 x 18.4 cm )
Description: 
Molded stoneware jug, half-dipped with dark brown glaze on the upper and unglazed lower section; very worn and discolored paper retailer's labels affixed to front.
Object Number: 
INV.15056
Gallery Label: 
A label indicates that this jug once held senega root extract.
Date Begin: 
0
Date End: 
1920
eMuseum Object ID: 
31454
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.

Tile

Classification: 
Date: 
1930-1950
Medium: 
Earthenware
Dimensions: 
Overall: 5/8 x 6 x 6 in. ( 1.6 x 15.2 x 15.2 cm )
Description: 
Tile with printed image of colorful bird and brown bird perched on separate branches but with beaks touching; inscription beneath; four "legs" with applied rubber tips on bottom.
Object Number: 
Z.32
Marks: 
printed: in brown beneath image: "JOHN JAMES AUDUBON"; "PASSENGER PIGEON" marked: in low relief on obverse: "MOSAIC"
Date Begin: 
0
Date End: 
1950
eMuseum Object ID: 
31449
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.

Cup and saucer

Classification: 
Date: 
1800-1850
Medium: 
Earthenware
Dimensions: 
Overall (cup): 2 1/8 × 3 1/4 in. (5.4 × 8.3 cm) Overall (saucer): 1 1/8 × 5 3/8 in. (2.9 × 13.7 cm)
Description: 
Hand painted pearlware handleless cup and saucer in Gaudy Dutch style with "King's rose" pattern and vine and rosette bands; the edges of both cup and saucer are fluted; decorated in pink, yellow, green, and red-brown overglaze.
Credit Line: 
Purchased from Elie Nadelman
Object Number: 
1937.1101ab
Marks: 
painted: by hand on bottom of cup and saucer: "112" and below the 2, a small wavy line
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: 
31435
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.

Saucer

Classification: 
Date: 
1825-1850
Medium: 
Earthenware
Dimensions: 
Overall: 1 3/8 x 5 5/8 in. ( 3.5 x 14.3 cm )
Description: 
Molded pearlware ("spatterware") saucer with splayed walls and with sponged-on black and brown bands, underglaze decoration on rim and hand-painted stylized central image of a red rose with green foliage, black stem.
Credit Line: 
Purchased from Elie Nadelman
Object Number: 
1937.784
Marks: 
impressed: on base: "+"
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: 
31434
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.

Assembled Set of Worcester blue and White Soft Paste: dessert dish

Classification: 
Date: 
1770-1790
Medium: 
Porcelain
Dimensions: 
Overall: 1 3/4 x 7 x 10 3/8 in. ( 4.4 x 17.8 x 26.4 cm )
Description: 
Scalloped-edged diamond shaped porcelain dish painted in underglaze blue of varying intensity in a complicated pattern of petal-shaped panels, large "cracked ice" border witn concentric sets of stylized leaf and petal design containing a central stylized flower (Kangxi Lotus Pattern); the exterior has floral sparys with a blue border top and bottom; ribbon-tied emblem inside blue painted borders.
Credit Line: 
Gift of Dr. Edmund Astley Prentis
Object Number: 
1957.300a
Marks: 
painted: on bottom: a ribbon-tied emblem inside of blue borders
Gallery Label: 
The pattern on the dish is called the "Kangxi Lotus" pattern, a close copy of an 18th century Chinese design.
Date Begin: 
0
Date End: 
1790
eMuseum Object ID: 
31410
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.

Bottle

Classification: 
Date: 
ca. 1850
Medium: 
Stoneware, cobalt oxide
Dimensions: 
Overall: 10 1/4 x 4 in. ( 26 x 10.2 cm )
Description: 
Salt-glazed stoneware bottle with cobalt blue inscribed retailer's (probably) name.
Credit Line: 
Gift of Samuel V. Hoffman
Object Number: 
1927.86
Marks: 
inscribed: on front: "Post"
Date Begin: 
0
Date End: 
1850
eMuseum Object ID: 
31408
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.

Roller

Classification: 
Date: 
1800-1900
Medium: 
Stoneware
Dimensions: 
Overall: 9 x 4 3/4 in. ( 22.9 x 12.1 cm )
Description: 
Salt-glazed stoneware roller with hollow center and square opening on either center for holding (now missing handles).
Credit Line: 
Purchased from Elie Nadelman
Object Number: 
1937.1483
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: 
1900
eMuseum Object ID: 
31407
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.

Pitcher

Classification: 
Date: 
ca. 1796
Medium: 
Stoneware
Dimensions: 
Overall: 10 1/2 x 7 x 9 in. ( 26.7 x 17.8 x 22.9 cm )
Description: 
Salt-glazed stoneware pitcher with thumbpiece handle terminating in a point; inscribed date on one side.
Object Number: 
Z.306
Marks: 
inscribed: on side: "1796"
Date Begin: 
0
Date End: 
1796
eMuseum Object ID: 
31403
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.

Plate

Classification: 
Date: 
1780-1830
Medium: 
Earthenware
Dimensions: 
Overall: 1 1/2 x 9 3/4 in. ( 3.8 x 24.8 cm )
Description: 
Molded redware plate with serrated edge, with sgraffito decoration of three stylized plants, possibly tulips, coming out of a rectangular gridlike pot; glazed obverse with some splotching of copper green, polished reverse.
Object Number: 
Z.49
Date Begin: 
0
Date End: 
1830
eMuseum Object ID: 
31367
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.

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