Butter mold
Classification:
Date:
ca. 1825-1875
Medium:
Earthenware
Dimensions:
Overall: 3 1/2 x 1 3/4 in. ( 8.9 x 4.4 cm )
Description:
Unglazed redware butter mold with impressed image of a standing bear holding a lance.
Object Number:
INV.9694
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1875
eMuseum Object ID:
20466
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Container
Collections:
Classification:
Date:
1800-1900
Medium:
Earthenware
Dimensions:
Overall: 1 3/4 x 2 1/8 in. ( 4.4 x 5.4 cm )
Description:
Buff-colored earthenware container with black mottled underglaze; narrow opening at center of domed top and arched door pierced into base.
Credit Line:
Purchased from Elie Nadelman, 1937
Object Number:
INV.9667
Gallery Label:
This container may have been used as an insect trap. It 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:
20464
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Plate
Classification:
Date:
ca. 1790
Medium:
Porcelain
Dimensions:
Overall: 1 x 9 1/4 in. ( 2.5 x 23.5 cm )
Description:
Molded edge plate decorated with blue enamel and gilding; border decoration consists of a wide blue enamel band with gold stars bounded on the inside by a gold spearhead band; interior decoration consists of blue enamel gilded floral swags; shield at center with a star border, ribbons and leafy swag above, inscribed with initials.
Credit Line:
Gift of Mrs. Kenneth McNeil
Object Number:
1984.7
Gallery Label:
This dish, part of a fifty-four-piece dinner service, was owned by New York statesman and merchant James Watson, Jr. (1750-1806) and his wife Mary Talcott (1752-1806).
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1790
eMuseum Object ID:
20418
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Serving dish
Classification:
Date:
ca. 1790
Medium:
Porcelain
Dimensions:
Overall: 2 x 12 5/8 x 10 in. ( 5.1 x 32.1 x 25.4 cm )
Description:
Oval platter with molded edge decorated with blue enamel and gilding; border decoration consists of wide blue enamel band with gold stars bounded below by blue dots and faded gilded spearhead band below; central decoration consists of blue enamel gilded floral swags and a shield with blue border and gold stars, ribbons, and leafy swag; initials inscribed in shield.
Credit Line:
Gift of Mrs. Kenneth McNeil
Object Number:
1984.53
Gallery Label:
This dish, part of a fifty-four-piece dinner service, was owned by New York statesman and merchant James Watson, Jr. (1750-1806) and his wife Mary Talcott (1752-1806).
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1790
eMuseum Object ID:
20417
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Serving dish
Classification:
Date:
ca. 1790
Medium:
Porcelain
Dimensions:
Overall: 2 x 14 1/2 x 12 in. ( 5.1 x 36.8 x 30.5 cm )
Description:
Oval platter with molded edge decorated with blue enamel and gilding; border decoration consists of wide blue enamel band with gold stars bounded below by blue dots and faded gilded spearhead band below; central decoration consists of blue enamel gilded floral swags and a shield with blue border and gold stars, ribbons, and leafy swag; initials inscribed in shield.
Credit Line:
Gift of Mrs. Kenneth McNeil
Object Number:
1984.50
Gallery Label:
This dish, part of a fifty-four-piece dinner service, was owned by New York statesman and merchant James Watson, Jr. (1750-1806) and his wife Mary Talcott (1752-1806).
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1790
eMuseum Object ID:
20416
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Vegetable dish and cover
Classification:
Date:
ca. 1790
Medium:
Porcelain
Dimensions:
Overall: 5 1/2 x 13 x 10 1/2 in. ( 14 x 33 x 26.7 cm )
Description:
Vegetable dish and cover with fruit knop and molded edges; decorated with blue enamel and gilding; border decoration conisits of wide bands of blue enamel with gold stars; bounded by a gold spearhead band; interior decoration of blue enamel gilded floral swags; shield at center with blue enamel and gold star border, ribbons, leafy swag, and inscribed initials.
Credit Line:
Gift of Mrs. Kenneth McNeil
Object Number:
1984.48ab
Gallery Label:
This dish, part of a fifty-four-piece dinner service, was owned by New York statesman and merchant James Watson, Jr. (1750-1806) and his wife Mary Talcott (1752-1806).
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1790
eMuseum Object ID:
20415
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Platter
Classification:
Date:
ca. 1790
Medium:
Porcelain
Dimensions:
Overall: 1 3/4 x 11 3/4 x 9 1/2 in. ( 4.4 x 29.8 x 24.1 cm )
Description:
Oval platter with molded edge decorated with blue enamel and gilding; border decoration consists of wide blue enamel band with gold stars bounded below by blue dots and faded gilded spearhead band below; central decoration consists of blue enamel gilded floral swags and a shield with blue border and gold stars, ribbons, and leafy swag; initials inscribed in shield.
Credit Line:
Gift of Mrs. Kenneth McNeil
Object Number:
1984.45
Gallery Label:
This dish, part of a fifty-four-piece dinner service, was owned by New York statesman and merchant James Watson, Jr. (1750-1806) and his wife Mary Talcott (1752-1806).
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1790
eMuseum Object ID:
20414
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Platter
Classification:
Date:
ca. 1790
Medium:
Porcelain
Dimensions:
Overall: 1 x 13 1/4 x 10 3/4 in. ( 2.5 x 33.7 x 27.3 cm )
Description:
Oval platter with molded edge decorated with blue enamel and gilding; border decoration consists of wide blue enamel band with gold stars bounded below by blue dots and faded gilded spearhead band below; central decoration consists of blue enamel gilded floral swags and a shield with blue border and gold stars, ribbons, and leafy swag; initials inscribed in shield.
Credit Line:
Gift of Mrs. Kenneth McNeil
Object Number:
1984.44
Gallery Label:
This dish, part of a fifty-four-piece dinner service, was owned by New York statesman and merchant James Watson, Jr. (1750-1806) and his wife Mary Talcott (1752-1806).
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1790
eMuseum Object ID:
20413
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Plate: May...Summers...Winters...
Classification:
Date:
1825-1850
Medium:
Earthenware
Dimensions:
Overall: 3/4 x 6 3/8 in. ( 1.9 x 16.2 cm )
Description:
Earthenware plate with buff-colored glaze and molded brim with letters of the alphabet in relief; at center, purple transfer printed image of a landscape with a woman picking flowers and child standing on a bridge; image is surrounded by inscription.
Object Number:
INV.9982
Marks:
printed: around central image: "MAY./ SUMMERS SUN IS WARM AND BRIGHT/WINTERS SUN IS COLD AND WHITE/AUTUMN BRINGS US SHEAVES OF GRAIN/SPRING WILL SCATTER FLOWERS AGAIN/PLEASANT CHANGES GOD ARRANGES ALL THROUGHOUT THE YEAR."
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1850
eMuseum Object ID:
20397
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Intaglio stone: monogram; bust of man
Classification:
Date:
ca. 1777
Medium:
Stoneware
Dimensions:
Overall: 1 x 3/4 x 1/8 in. ( 2.5 x 1.9 x 0.3 cm )
Description:
Oval black basaltes ware intaglio with monogram on one side and head of a man in frontal view on the other; bust depicts poet John Milton.
Object Number:
25
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1777
eMuseum Object ID:
20367
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
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