Tile
Classification:
Date:
1700-1750
Medium:
Earthenware
Dimensions:
Overall: 5 x 5 x 1/4 in. ( 12.7 x 12.7 x 0.6 cm )
Description:
Tin-glazed earthenware tile with purple, blue, and white decoration; buff-colored body with white glaze with pin-prick on upper left and right corners; circular blue and white picture of shepherd with two sheep on right all in white diamond-shaped frame with perpendicular lines to corners, on purple spattered field; lower right corner cut away.
Object Number:
INV.8795a
Marks:
written: on obverse, "BROOKLYN"
Gallery Label:
According to the inscripton on the obverse, the tile came from a structure in Brooklyn. The envelope in which the tile was found records that the tile was discovered in the NYHS collection in 1953, and may have been part of the Nash collection.
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1750
eMuseum Object ID:
25880
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Tile
Collections:
Classification:
Date:
ca. 1772
Medium:
Earthenware
Dimensions:
Overall: 4 7/8 x 5 x 1/4 in. ( 12.4 x 12.7 x 0.6 cm )
Description:
White tin-glazed earthenware tile with red transfer-printed decoration; buff-colored earthenware body; square frame made of scrolls ("88" border) containing corpulant cook in apron with tapped barrel, side of beef, ham, and fowl.
Credit Line:
Purchased from Elie Nadelman, 1937
Object Number:
Z.741
Gallery Label:
The design comes from a double print of 1772 by Brandoin entitled "France. England." It is a satircial print contrasting a well-fed English cook and a skinny French cook eating cats and frogs.
Provenance:
The Folk Art Collection of Elie Nadelman
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1772
eMuseum Object ID:
25878
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Tile
Collections:
Classification:
Date:
1765-1775
Medium:
Earthenware
Dimensions:
Overall: 4 7/8 x 5 x 1/4 in. ( 12.4 x 12.7 x 0.6 cm )
Description:
White tin-glazed earthenware tile with red transfer-printed decoration; buff-colored earthenware body; square frame made of scrolls ("88" border) containing man walking with two women in a landscape with cascade in background.
Credit Line:
Purchased from Elie Nadelman, 1937
Object Number:
Z.743
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:
1775
eMuseum Object ID:
25877
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Tile
Collections:
Classification:
Date:
1765-1775
Medium:
Earthenware
Dimensions:
Overall: 5 x 5 x 1/4 in. ( 12.7 x 12.7 x 0.6 cm )
Description:
White tin-glazed earthenware tile with red transfer-printed decoration; buff-colored earthenware body; square frame made of scrolls ("88" border) containing two children dancing to a flute player seated beneath a tree with a standing woman to the right and a house in the background.
Credit Line:
Purchased from Elie Nadelman, 1937
Object Number:
Z.742
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:
1775
eMuseum Object ID:
25876
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Tile
Collections:
Classification:
Date:
1700-1800
Medium:
Earthenware
Dimensions:
Overall: 4 3/4 x 5 1/8 x 1/4 in. ( 12.1 x 13 x 0.6 cm )
Description:
Tin-glazed earthenware tile with blue and white decoration; buff-colored body with white glaze; biblical scene of Jonah being spit up by the whale (Jonah ch. 2 v. 10); ox-head corner motifs; tile has been broken and reglued and infilled.
Credit Line:
Purchased from Elie Nadelman, 1937
Object Number:
Z.735
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:
1800
eMuseum Object ID:
25841
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Ink bottle
Classification:
Date:
1825-1850
Medium:
Stoneware, cork
Dimensions:
Overall: 2 x 1 7/8 in. ( 5.1 x 4.8 cm )
Description:
Buff colored stoneware ink bottle; cylindrical form with short neck and cork; paper label with inscriptions affixed to side.
Object Number:
Z.764
Marks:
printed: on paper label: "ARNOLD'S/ SUPERIOR BLACK INK/ P. & J. ARNOLD,/135 ALDERSGATE STREET, LONDON."
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1850
eMuseum Object ID:
25840
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Tile
Collections:
Classification:
Date:
1725-1775
Medium:
Earthenware
Dimensions:
Overall: 4 1/4 x 5 x 1/4 in. ( 10.8 x 12.7 x 0.6 cm )
Description:
Tin-glazed earthenware tile with blue and white decoration; buff-colored body with white glaze; scene of recumbant man in robe beneath tree with two birds swooping down, possibly Elijah being fed by ravens (I Kings Ch.17 V.5); ox-head corner motifs; tile has been cut down and is broken and has been repaired and is missing lower quarter.
Credit Line:
Purchased from Elie Nadelman, 1937
Object Number:
Z.729
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:
1775
eMuseum Object ID:
25838
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Tile
Collections:
Classification:
Date:
1740-1760
Medium:
Earthenware
Dimensions:
Overall: 5 x 5 x 1/4 in. ( 12.7 x 12.7 x 0.6 cm )
Description:
Tin-glazed earthenware tile with blue and white decoration; buff-colored body with white glaze and pin-prick at upper left; biblical scene of Elijah seated beneath a tree being fed by ravens with a town in left background (I Kings Ch.17 V.5); ox-head corner motifs; tile is broken and has been repaired and infilled.
Credit Line:
Purchased from Elie Nadelman, 1937
Object Number:
Z.730
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:
1760
eMuseum Object ID:
25836
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Jar
Classification:
Date:
1800-1875
Medium:
Earthenware
Dimensions:
Overall: 1 1/4 x 3 3/4 x 2 1/4 in. ( 3.2 x 9.5 x 5.7 cm )
Description:
Black transfer-printed white lead-glazed earthenware jar or box with original contents; rectangular box and lid with canted corners and straight sides; printed on cover saw-tooth border, scrolls, and inscription: "PURIFIED CHARCOAL TOOTH PASTE/ For cleansing the teeth/ and gums and purifying the breath/ PREPARED BY/ X. BAZIN/ PERFUMER/ PHILADELPHIA;" paper label around sides; "X.BAZIN NEW YORK."
Object Number:
Z.668
Marks:
printed: on cover; "PURIFIED CHARCOAL TOOTH PASTE/ For cleansing the teeth/ and gums and purifying the breath/ PREPARED BY/ X. BAZIN/ PERFUMER/ PHILADELPHIA."
printed: paper label on sides; "X. BAZIN NEW YORK"
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1875
eMuseum Object ID:
25835
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Jar
Classification:
Date:
1800-1850
Medium:
Earthenware
Dimensions:
Overall: 2 x 4 1/4 in. ( 5.1 x 10.8 cm )
Description:
Transfer-printed lead-glazed earthenware (pearlware) jar; cylindrical jar with cover transfer-printed in blue with bands around base, border of stars around cover with inscription: "JULES HAUEL, SAPONACEOUS SHAVING COMPOUND, 120 Chesnut St. Philadelphia"
Object Number:
Z.669
Marks:
printed: on cover; "JULES HAUEL, SAPONACEOUS SHAVING COMPOUND, 120 Chesnut St. Philadelphia"
printed: side of base; "JULES HAUEL No.20 CHESNUT STREET PHILADELPHIA."
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1850
eMuseum Object ID:
25812
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
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