Plate
Classification:
Date:
1830-1840
Medium:
Earthenware
Dimensions:
Overall: 1 x 9 1/8 in. ( 2.5 x 23.2 cm )
Description:
Molded plate with central image of sailing ship, leaf and vine border all in low relief; transparent green glaze.
Object Number:
INV.14365
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1840
eMuseum Object ID:
31296
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Child's plate
Classification:
Date:
1840-1880
Medium:
Earthenware
Dimensions:
Overall: 5/8 x 5 5/8 in. ( 1.6 x 14.3 cm )
Description:
Molded pearlware plate with floral border in low relief, bordered by a pink stripe; at center, black transfer-printed image of the young, haloed Jesus speaking with some men, as his mother takes him by the hand; inscriptions above and below image; image embellished by hand with pink, blue, and yellow overglaze.
Object Number:
INV.13543
Marks:
impressed: maker's mark on back of plate: illegible
printed: in black on front of plate: "At twelve years old he talk'd with men:/the Jews all wandering stand:/Yet he obeyed his mother then. And came at her command."
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1880
eMuseum Object ID:
31293
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Plate
Classification:
Date:
1800-1850
Medium:
Earthenware
Dimensions:
Overall: 7/8 x 6 3/4 in. ( 2.2 x 17.1 cm )
Description:
Molded octagonal plate with border decoration of flowers in low relief; some of the flowers are painted in pink luster, as is the rim; central black transfer-printed view of a man standing in a store window, and a street scene on the left.
Credit Line:
Purchased from Elie Nadelman, 1937
Object Number:
INV.13535
Marks:
printed: in black around central view: "KEEP THY SHOP AND THY SHOP WILL KEEP THE / FRANKLIN'S PROVERBS"
inscribed: in transfer-printed view: "GOODFELLOW / GROLIER & c"; "NE DONOTHIN[G]"; "TO LET"
written: on adhesive collector's label attached to bottom
Gallery Label:
Benjamin Franklin represents America's prototypical self-made man, rising from humble tradesman to revolutionary thinker and world leader through a combination of hard work and thrift. In his Poor Richard's Almanack, published serially between 1732 and 1757, Franklin printed a steady offering of aphorisms and proverbs counseling industry and frugality, which captured the attention of a society bent on self-improvement. Beginning in the 1830s, Franklin's sayings were frequently printed, and imaginatively illustrated, on plates and mugs presented to children as a reward for good behavior and achievement.
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1850
eMuseum Object ID:
31292
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Colander
Collections:
Classification:
Date:
1809
Medium:
Earthenware
Dimensions:
Overall: 3 3/4 x 9 1/2 x 8 5/8 in. ( 9.5 x 24.1 x 21.9 cm )
Description:
Wheelthrown cylindrical vessel, pierced all over base, with sculpted flange handles, and three pad feet; incised bands near foot and rim; interior splashed with iron oxide and banded near rim in white, central date painted in white with scrolling foliage, under lead glaze.
Credit Line:
Purchased from Elie Nadelman, 1937
Object Number:
Z.46
Marks:
written: on adhevise collector's label on bottom of colander: "74 / Swiss"
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:
Purchased from C. Vandevere Howard, New York City, 1925; The Folk Art Collection of Elie Nadelman
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1809
eMuseum Object ID:
31286
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Trivet
Classification:
Date:
ca. 1830
Medium:
Earthenware
Dimensions:
Overall: 7/8 x 7 3/4 in. ( 2.2 x 19.7 cm )
Description:
Redware trivet with molded bands and impressed circles, grain sheaves (?), and central pinwheel; covered in green glaze.
Credit Line:
Purchased from Elie Nadelman, 1937
Object Number:
Z.35
Marks:
written: in pencil on reverse: "Adam's County / Penn - / About 1830 [underlined]";
written: on adhesive collector's label attached to back of trivet: "361 / 2/ Amer"
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1830
eMuseum Object ID:
31285
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Vase
Classification:
Date:
1923-1950
Medium:
Earthenware
Dimensions:
Overall: 5 1/8 x 4 7/8 in. ( 13 x 12.4 cm )
Description:
Wheelthrown redware vessel with a scalloped edge; cylindrical neck decorated with incised geometric pattern; shouldered body tapers to a small circular base and is dark brown in color.
Credit Line:
Gift of Miss Dorothy C. Barck
Object Number:
1954.175
Marks:
incised: on base: "Inwood Pottery"
Gallery Label:
According to accession records, this vase is a reproduction of Iroquois Indian pottery. Inwood Pottery Studios was built on the site of an old Indian village called Shopakop-kik but moved to 168th Street in 1936 when the city of New York designated that land for a park.
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1950
eMuseum Object ID:
31284
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Vase
Classification:
Date:
1876-1883
Medium:
Earthenware
Dimensions:
Overall: 6 3/8 x 4 1/4 in. ( 16.2 x 10.8 cm )
Description:
Molded white or ivory bodied vase with cylindrical opening on rounded shoulders of tapering form; hand-painted underglaze decoration with white blossoms, pink buds, and green leaves, lined in black on yellow ground with green rim and foot under transparent glaze.
Credit Line:
Gift of Mrs. Clifford R. Dumble
Object Number:
1943.423
Marks:
painted: in green on base: "J BENNETT/NEW YORK,/R 183"
Gallery Label:
John Bennett emigrated from England where he was director of the faience department of the Lambeth pottery of Messrs. Doulton & Co. He came to New York in 1876 and soon built a kiln on Lexington Avenue and later others on East 24th Street. Edwin Atlee Barber credits Bennett with introducing his faience decorating method to the U.S. (See Barber, Pottery and Porcelain of the U.S., pp. 305-306).
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1883
eMuseum Object ID:
31283
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Tobacco jar with lid
Collections:
Classification:
Date:
1891-1938
Medium:
Stoneware
Dimensions:
Overall: 6 x 5 in. ( 15.2 x 12.7 cm )
Description:
Barrel-shaped stoneware tobacco jar, slip-cast with molded vignettes of men at leisure (hunting, smoking, drinking, napping, etc.) and brown band around rim; lid has molded floral wreath and pointed finial.
Credit Line:
Gift of Elie Nadelman
Object Number:
1938.342ab
Marks:
scratched: on underside of lid: "36"
scratched: on underside of jar: "22"
impressed: on underside of jar: "tt/DOULTON/LAMBETH/ENGLAND/1492"
painted: on underside of jar: "M"
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:
1938
eMuseum Object ID:
31279
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Vase
Classification:
Date:
ca. 1780
Medium:
Earthenware
Dimensions:
b-vase with cover: 12 3/4 x 5 1/2 x 4 1/2 in.
Description:
Molded earthenware vase from a garniture of five pieces. Baluster shaped with faceted, domed lids with assymetrical scrolling finials; hand painted in blue with a large flower basket within a scrolling cartouche on a white ground; blue sprig on reverse.
Credit Line:
Gift of Carl Otto von Kienbusch
Object Number:
1969.21b
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1780
eMuseum Object ID:
31274
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Plate
Classification:
Date:
1800-1850
Medium:
Earthenware
Dimensions:
Overall: 5/8 x 6 3/4 in. ( 1.6 x 17.1 cm )
Description:
Circular pearlware plate with band of pink luster around rim; brim decoration consists of green enamel brushstroke leaf pattern and pink luster abstract leaves.
Object Number:
INV.13432
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1850
eMuseum Object ID:
31243
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
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