Dish: green and brown
Classification:
Date:
1850-1900
Medium:
Stoneware
Dimensions:
Overall: 1 x 3 3/4 in. ( 2.5 x 9.5 cm )
Description:
Shallow circular stoneware dish with irregularly-applied mottled brown glaze on the outside and pale-green glaze on the inside.
Object Number:
INV.4280
Marks:
incised in clay: on underside of dish: "Josef"
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1900
eMuseum Object ID:
28410
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Panel of tiles (28)
Classification:
Date:
1725-1775
Medium:
Tin-glazed earthenware
Dimensions:
overall: 21 x 36 x 1 1/8 in.
Description:
Panel of twenty-eight tin-glazed earthenware tiles with blue and white decoration; with Old Testament and New Testament scenes in rondels, including figures representing Adam and Eve, Jacob, Jonah, Moses, Christ, St. Peter, and Mary Magdalene; plaster backing.
Credit Line:
Gift of James W. Beekman, 1874
Object Number:
INV.15003a
Gallery Label:
This panel of tiles is from the front parlor fireplace of the Beekman mansion at First Avenue and 51st Street, built by James Beekman in 1763. The mansion was torn down in 1874, and the chimney breast and tiles were presented to the Historical Society that same year by James William Beekman.
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1775
eMuseum Object ID:
28371
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Panel of tiles (28)
Classification:
Date:
1725-1775
Medium:
Earthenware
Dimensions:
overall: 21 x 36 x 1 1/8 in.
Description:
Panel of twenty-eight tin-glazed earthenware tiles with blue and white decoration; with Old Testament and New Testament scenes in rondels, including figures representing Adam and Eve, Jacob, Jonah, Moses, Christ, St. Peter, and Mary Magdalene; plaster backing.
Credit Line:
Gift of James W. Beekman, 1874
Object Number:
INV.15003b
Gallery Label:
This panel of tiles is from the front parlor fireplace of the Beekman Mansion at First Avenue and 51st Street, built by James Beekman in 1763. The mansion was torn down in 1874, and the chimney breast and tiles were presented to the Historical Society that same year by James William Beekman.
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1775
eMuseum Object ID:
28370
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Jug
Collections:
Classification:
Date:
1800-1814
Medium:
Stoneware, cobalt oxide
Dimensions:
Overall: 11 x 7 1/2 in. ( 27.9 x 19 cm )
Description:
Salt-glazed stoneware jug with impressed maker's mark and decorated with incised and cobalt blue painted leaves.
Credit Line:
Purchased from Elie Nadelman
Object Number:
1937.808
Marks:
impressed: on front: "C. CROLIUS/MANHATTAN, WELLS/NEW-YORK"
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:
1814
eMuseum Object ID:
27967
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Sugar bowl with cover
Classification:
Date:
1800-1875
Medium:
Earthenware
Dimensions:
Overall: 3 1/2 x 4 1/2 in. ( 8.9 x 11.4 cm )
Description:
Buff-colored earthenware sugar bowl with wide, flaring rim and squat, rounded body; decorated with gold, green, red, and blue circular medallions on a clear-glazed band surrounding middle of bowl; brown glaze on rim, shoulder, and base, with incised vertical lines running from inside rim to edge of base; slightly domed cover with brown glaze, incised lines crossing at center, and applied handle.
Credit Line:
Gift of Miss Arlene Brooks Voorhies
Object Number:
1946.93ab
Gallery Label:
According to the accession records, this sugar bowl belonged to Edward Voorhies of Gravesend, Kings County, New York, a great-uncle of the donor.
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1875
eMuseum Object ID:
27822
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Tiles (3)
Classification:
Date:
1750-1800
Medium:
Earthenware
Dimensions:
each approx.: 5 x 5 x 1/4 in. ( 12.7 x 12.7 x 0.6 cm )
Description:
Three tin-glazed tiles with buff-colored body and blue and white painted decoration.
Credit Line:
Gift of Mrs. Bayard Verplanck
Object Number:
1945.519a-c
Gallery Label:
According to the accession records, these tiles came from a house on the northwest corner of Jackson and Main Streets, in Fishkill, New York, where Johannes Swart kept a store (and later a tavern) from 1753.
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1800
eMuseum Object ID:
27791
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Tile
Classification:
Date:
1750-1800
Medium:
Earthenware
Dimensions:
Overall: 4 7/8 x 5 1/8 x 1/4 in. ( 12.4 x 13 x 0.6 cm )
Description:
Tin-glazed earthenware tile with buff-colored body and blue and white painted decoration; coastal scene with boat near shore in the middle ground and house in the background depicted in circular frame, with decorative detailing at each corner of tile.
Credit Line:
Gift of Mrs. Bayard Verplanck
Object Number:
1945.519c
Gallery Label:
According to the accession records, this tile came from a house on the northwest corner of Jackson and Main Streets, in Fishkill, New York, where Johannes Swart kept a store (and later a tavern) from 1753.
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1800
eMuseum Object ID:
27782
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Plate
Classification:
Date:
1826-1829
Medium:
Earthenware
Dimensions:
Overall: 1 x 8 1/2 in. ( 2.5 x 21.6 cm )
Description:
Molded pearlware plate with dark blue transfer print of Lafayette at Washington's tomb; plate has floral border with central image of man seated next to the tomb marked "WASHINGTON"; ship, temple, and setting sun in the background.
Credit Line:
Gift of Dr. Arthur H. Merritt
Object Number:
1961.110
Marks:
transfer printed: in circle of bellflowers on underside of plate: "HARRIS & CHAUNCEY/70 WALL ST./NEW YORK"
Gallery Label:
This plate bears a rare example of a retailer's mark. Harris and Chauncey, proprietors of a "china store" on Wall Street, served as retailers for the Staffordshire pottery firm Enoch Wood & Sons. Harris and Chauncey were in business at various addresses in New York City from 1825, when they were listed in a New York Directory at 108 Water Street, to 1827, when they were located at 70 Wall Street, New York. It is this second address that appears with their name as a printed mark on the back of blue printed designs depicting Lafayette at Washington’s Tomb.
Provenance:
The Dr. Arthur H. Merritt Collection of Anglo-American Historical Staffordshire
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1829
eMuseum Object ID:
27757
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Tile
Classification:
Date:
1750-1800
Medium:
Earthenware
Dimensions:
Overall: 5 1/8 x 5 1/4 x 1/4 in. ( 13 x 13.3 x 0.6 cm )
Description:
Tin-glazed earthenware tile with buff-colored body and blue and white painted decoration; windmill depicted at center of tile with decorative detailing at each corner; pin holes at top left and lower right.
Credit Line:
Gift of Mrs. Bayard Verplanck
Object Number:
1945.519b
Gallery Label:
According to the accession records, this tile came from a house on the northwest corner of Jackson and Main Streets, in Fishkill, New York, where Johannes Swart kept a store (and later a tavern) from 1753.
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1800
eMuseum Object ID:
27753
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Tile
Classification:
Date:
1750-1800
Medium:
Earthenware
Dimensions:
Overall: 5 x 5 1/8 x 1/4 in. ( 12.7 x 13 x 0.6 cm )
Description:
Tin-glazed earthenware tile with buff-colored body and blue and white painted decoration; landscape with central figure on horseback depicted in circular frame, with decorative detailing at each corner of tile.
Credit Line:
Gift of Mrs. Bayard Verplanck
Object Number:
1945.519a
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1800
eMuseum Object ID:
27752
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
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