Figurine: Ben Franklin
Classification:
Date:
1920-1940
Medium:
Porcelain
Dimensions:
Overall: 2 5/8 x 1 x 7/8 in. ( 6.7 x 2.5 x 2.2 cm )
Description:
Benjamin Franklin figurine; figure standing on green pedestal, wearing brown suit, holding cane and document.
Credit Line:
Gift of Dr. Abram Joseph Abeloff
Object Number:
1942.238
Marks:
stamped: on front of pedestal: "BENFRANKLIN"
printed: beneath base: "Germany"
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1940
eMuseum Object ID:
12190
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Tile
Classification:
Date:
1640-1670
Medium:
Earthenware
Dimensions:
Overall: 5 1/8 x 5 x 1/2 in. ( 13 x 12.7 x 1.3 cm )
Description:
Tin-glazed earthenware tile with buff colored body, white glaze, and painted polychrome deocration; tulip growing from bulb in diamond-shaped frame with saw-tooth edge and curls at each point, fleur-de-lis corner corner motifs; pin holes at lower left and upper right corner.
Object Number:
Z.789
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1670
eMuseum Object ID:
12106
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Statuette: Sailor Boy
Classification:
Date:
Late 19th century
Medium:
Ceramic
Dimensions:
Overall: 10 1/8 x 3 3/8 x 3 in. ( 25.7 x 8.6 x 7.6 cm )
Description:
Knife in sheath hanging from waist
Credit Line:
Gift from an unidentified source
Object Number:
INV.688
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
0
eMuseum Object ID:
12070
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Cup and saucer
Classification:
Date:
ca. 1850
Medium:
Porcelain
Dimensions:
Overall: 3 1/4 x 5 3/8 x 4 1/2 in. ( 8.3 x 13.7 x 11.4 cm )
Description:
Porcelain cup with scalloped rim, with portrait of Jenny Lind in colored enamels and gilded flower design on remaining surface; wide band of gilding on inside rim.
Credit Line:
Gift of Leonidas Westervelt
Object Number:
1945.244a
Marks:
impressed: on underside of cup: schematic fleur de lis
painted: in gold on exterior of cup: "Jenny / Lind"
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1850
eMuseum Object ID:
12015
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Tile
Classification:
Medium:
ceramic
Dimensions:
Overall: 1 x 7 x 7 in. ( 2.5 x 17.8 x 17.8 cm )
Description:
Audubon's Passenger pigeon
Object Number:
INV.11754
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
0
eMuseum Object ID:
11904
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Colander
Classification:
Date:
1800-1900
Medium:
Earthenware
Dimensions:
Overall: 5 1/2 x 7 x 5 3/4 in. ( 14 x 17.8 x 14.6 cm )
Description:
Redware colander pierced on sides and base; banded rim; incised bands around body; strap handle and three lug feet.
Credit Line:
Purchased from Elie Nadelman, 1937
Object Number:
INV.7571
Marks:
written: on adhesive collector's label attached to bottom of colander: "167 / Amer."
Gallery Label:
Nadelman collection label on bottom, "167/Amer"
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1900
eMuseum Object ID:
11893
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Saucer
Classification:
Date:
ca. 1853
Medium:
Porcelain
Dimensions:
Overall: 5 1/8 × 7/8 in. (13 × 2.2 cm)
Description:
Porcelain blue transfer-printed handleless saucer decorated with a repeating pattern of stylized plants; at the center of the saucer and at the inside bottom of the cup are identical rondels with flowers and grass.
Credit Line:
Gift of Colonel Montifore G. Kahn
Object Number:
1953.143b
Marks:
printed: on bottom in blue: Japanese characters
Gallery Label:
According to the donor, this cup and saucer were part of a service given by the government of Japan to Commander Oliver S. Glisson (1809-1890), who commanded the USS Powhattan under Admiral M.C. Perry in July 1853.
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1853
eMuseum Object ID:
11885
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Soap dish
Classification:
Date:
ca. 1882
Medium:
Earthenware
Dimensions:
Overall: 1 x 4 x 3 1/4 in. ( 2.5 x 10.2 x 8.3 cm )
Description:
Heavy molded porcelain soap dish with red and black band around brim and a banner with "Penobscot" inscribed and transfer printed red on one side.
Credit Line:
Purchase, James B. Wilbur Fund
Object Number:
1941.785
Marks:
transfer printed: in red on one side: banner with "Penobscot" inscribed
Gallery Label:
According to the donor, the soap dish is from the steamer the 'Penobscot' 1882/Boston & Bangor Line.
Provenance:
The George W. Murdock Collection of Steamboat Artifacts
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1882
eMuseum Object ID:
11880
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Bottle
Collections:
Classification:
Date:
1848
Medium:
Stoneware
Dimensions:
Overall: 9 3/4 x 3 3/4 in. ( 24.8 x 9.5 cm )
Description:
Salt-glazed stoneware bottle with impressed retailer's mark and date.
Credit Line:
Purchased from Elie Nadelman
Object Number:
1937.569
Marks:
impressed: on front: "O. TINKHAM. / 1848"
Gallery Label:
During the second half of the ninteenth century and into the early twentieth century, stoneware manufacturers commonly supplied local businesses with vessels designed for their products and marked with the retailer's name. Druggists, grocers, brewers, and ink suppliers ordered containers simply marked with their name, location, and sometimes a word describing the contents.
Provenance:
The Folk Art Collection of Elie Nadelman
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1848
eMuseum Object ID:
11852
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Platter: View of Hudson River from Fishkill to West Point
Classification:
Highlight:
Not promoted
Medium:
Earthenware
Dimensions:
Overall: 1 1/4 x 15 1/2 x 13 1/4 in. ( 3.2 x 39.4 x 33.7 cm )
Description:
Molded and beaded floriated edge, oval pearlware platter with brown transfer decoration of a view of the Hudson River from Fishkill with figures, cows, steamboat, houses, and trees, and border of pheasants, roses, scrolls, and brackets.
Credit Line:
Bequest of Randall J. LeBoeuf, Jr., 1976
Object Number:
INV.14433
Marks:
impressed: on back in double band circle around crown device:"CLEWS WARRANTED SATFFORDSHIRE" [slightly obscure]
printed: in brown on back: view of rock, evergreens, sailboat, and "Picturesque Views/from Fishkill/Hudson River"
typed: affixed to back: pap
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
0
eMuseum Object ID:
11823
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
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