Whistle
Collections:
Classification:
Date:
1810-1840
Medium:
Earthenware
Dimensions:
Overall: 2 1/2 x 3 x 1 1/2 in. ( 6.4 x 7.6 x 3.8 cm )
Description:
Molded redware bird-shaped figurine with a brown and yellow mottled glaze.
Credit Line:
Purchased from Elie Nadelman, 1937
Object Number:
INV.9327
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:
1840
eMuseum Object ID:
12609
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Tobacco jar with lid
Collections:
Classification:
Date:
1840-1880
Medium:
Earthenware
Dimensions:
Overall: 2 3/4 x 4 1/8 in. ( 7 x 10.5 cm )
Description:
Wheelthrown low cylindrical redware container with fiited cover with flat top; orange slip covered in lead glaze.
Credit Line:
Gift of Elie Nadelman
Object Number:
1938.377ab
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:
1880
eMuseum Object ID:
12560
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Still bank
Collections:
Classification:
Date:
1840-1880
Medium:
Earthenware
Dimensions:
Overall: 5 1/4 x 3 7/8 in. ( 13.3 x 9.8 cm )
Description:
Cylindrical yellowware still bank with domed top and finial representing a tower; decorated with mottled brown glaze (Rockingham); horizontal slot (for coins) at juncture of cylinder and top.
Credit Line:
Purchased from Elie Nadelman
Object Number:
1937.900
Marks:
written: on adhesive collector's label attached to bottom of still bank: "557/AM."
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:
1880
eMuseum Object ID:
12479
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Still bank
Collections:
Classification:
Date:
1840-1880
Medium:
Stoneware
Dimensions:
Overall: 4 1/2 x 3 1/8 in. ( 11.4 x 7.9 cm )
Description:
Wheel-thrown stoneware jug-shaped bank covered with white slip; vertical slot (for coins).
Credit Line:
Purchased from Elie Nadelman
Object Number:
1937.867
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:
1880
eMuseum Object ID:
12474
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Pitcher
Collections:
Classification:
Date:
1800-1900
Medium:
Earthenware
Dimensions:
Overall: 9 3/8 x 8 1/2 x 7 1/2 in. ( 23.8 x 21.6 x 19 cm )
Description:
Wheelthrown redware pitcher, bulbous with applied grooved strap handle with flared neck and small spout; collared with an applied scalloped band in high relief with incised bands at regular intervals on shoulder; lead glaze down to one inch of base; with unglazed foot.
Credit Line:
Purchased from Elie Nadelman
Object Number:
1937.540
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:
12406
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Pipe racks
Collections:
Classification:
Date:
1800-1900
Medium:
Earthenware
Dimensions:
Overall: 6 7/8 x 5 in. ( 17.5 x 12.7 cm )
Description:
Porcelain pipe rack; flower form with one large receptacle on top in the shape of an open bud flanked by a similar smaller receptacle on either side; circular base with incised diapering.
Credit Line:
Purchased from Elie Nadelman
Object Number:
1938.343
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:
12311
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Vegetable dish and cover
Classification:
Date:
ca. 1790
Medium:
Porcelain
Dimensions:
Overall: 6 x 14 1/2 x 11 3/4 in. ( 15.2 x 36.8 x 29.8 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:
1984.47ab
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:
12278
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Soup plate
Classification:
Date:
1840-1850
Medium:
Earthenware
Dimensions:
Overall: 1 7/8 x 10 1/2 in. ( 4.8 x 26.7 cm )
Description:
Red transfer printed molded pearlware soup plate with central image depicting two Europeans and two Indians; one European holds a piece of paper; border design is composed of geometric shapes.
Credit Line:
Gift of Mrs. J. Insley Blair
Object Number:
1942.416
Marks:
stamped: in red on back: Chinese-looking house and trees with banner with "W PENNS TREATY/TG" inscribed
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1850
eMuseum Object ID:
12269
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Demi-tasse cup: Hotel Netherland
Classification:
Date:
ca. 1904
Medium:
Porcelain
Dimensions:
Overall: 2 1/8 x 3 1/4 x 2 3/4 in. ( 5.4 x 8.3 x 7 cm )
Description:
Porcelain cup with gilt border on lip, foot and handle and gilt coat of arms.
Credit Line:
Gift of Miss Flora Jo Bergstrom
Object Number:
INV.13615
Marks:
printed: beneath base: "MADE ESPECIALLY FOR/Hotel Netherland/BY/Higgins & Seitzer/NEW YORK"
Gallery Label:
This cup and saucer set was given to or given away by Miss Flora Bergstrom on Oct 30, 1961.
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1904
eMuseum Object ID:
12229
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Pitcher
Classification:
Date:
1792-1796
Medium:
Earthenware
Dimensions:
Overall: 4 7/8 x 4 1/2 x 3 1/2 in. ( 12.4 x 11.4 x 8.9 cm )
Description:
Glazed pearlware pitcher with base of spout and handle terminus and thumbpad molded with leaf in low relief, bulbous body printed in blue with three images; two male portrait busts (Benjamin Franklin and George Washington) and one medallion with two classically dressed figures; borders show rosettes on ribbon-wrapped reeded band.
Credit Line:
Gift of Dr. Arthur H. Merritt
Object Number:
1961.310
Marks:
printed: under each portrait: "LONG LIVE THE PRESIDENT"; "DR FRANKLIN"
Gallery Label:
This transfer-printed pitcher, one of three known in this pattern, is one of the earliest known examples of Staffordshire pottery made specifically for the American market. A similar example, printed in black, is at the Smithsonian Institution.
Provenance:
The Dr. Arthur H. Merritt Collection of Anglo-American Historical Staffordshire
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1796
eMuseum Object ID:
12217
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
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