Plate
Collections:
Classification:
Date:
ca. 1825
Medium:
Earthenware
Dimensions:
Overall: 1 x 10 in. ( 2.5 x 25.4 cm )
Description:
Hand painted molded Gaudy Dutch pearlware plate in sunflower pattern; blue underglaze and red-brown, yellow, brown, and green overglaze; border pattern composed of a ring of blue underglaze bordered by brown with a yellow wave pattern outside of a ring formed by a brown vine pattern.
Credit Line:
Purchased from Elie Nadelman
Object Number:
1937.449
Marks:
impressed: on bottom: "8" partly visible
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:
1825
eMuseum Object ID:
8023
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Plate: Kosc Village of Catskill, Kosciusko's Tomb
Classification:
Highlight:
Not promoted
Date:
1840-1860
Medium:
Earthenware
Dimensions:
Overall: 1 1/4 x 10 1/2 in. ( 3.2 x 26.7 cm )
Description:
Light blue transfer print pearlware platter with fourteen straight edges; the central view depicts a monument surroounded by a fence and shrubbery on hillside; three figues approach the monument, while one sits at the edge of a cliff and looks away and two more walk away into the distance; the border pattern is composed of ferns on a pattern of geometric shapes. (Village of Catskill, Kosciusko's Tomb)
Credit Line:
Gift of Dr. Arthur H. Merritt
Object Number:
1961.339
Marks:
printed: on back in blue: "CATSKILL MOSS/KOSC[IU]SCO'S TOMB/C.C."; maker's mark, elongared diamond with circular bulb on top; inside the bulbs 'IV' is inscribed; at the center of the diamond is 'Rd' and at each corer, clockwise from top 'C', '16', '6' and
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1860
eMuseum Object ID:
7997
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Mug
Classification:
Date:
ca. 1815
Medium:
Earthenware
Dimensions:
Overall: 6 1/8 x 5 3/4 x 4 1/8 in. ( 15.6 x 14.6 x 10.5 cm )
Description:
Cream-colored cylindrical mug with rounded strap handle; printed in red with bust of uniformed officer in profile over crossed laurel boughs, and banded with red top and bottom. Printed inscription: "COMMODORE DECATUR / FREE TRADE & SAILOR'S RIGHTS / DESTROYED THE FRIGATE PHILADELPHIA 1814 / CAPTURED & BROUGHT IN THE BRITISH FRIGATE MACEDONIAN 1812."
Credit Line:
Bequest of Mrs. J. Insley Blair
Object Number:
1952.131
Marks:
printed: in red on side: "COMMODORE DECATUR/FREE TRADE & SAILOR'S RIGHTS/DESTROYED THE FRIGATE PHILADELPHIA 1814/CAPTURED & BROUGHT IN THE BRITISH FRIGATE MACEDONIAN 1812."
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1815
eMuseum Object ID:
7899
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Teapot with cover
Classification:
Date:
ca. 1825
Medium:
Earthenware
Dimensions:
Overall: 5 1/2 x 10 x 5 1/2 in. ( 14 x 25.4 x 14 cm )
Description:
Molded pearlware teapot printed in black with view of sailing ship with flying American flags and steam boat near craggy shore with anchor and spread eagle with laurel branch on one side and black printed view of steamship; rimmed with a gold and purple luster metalic oxide; the lid of the teapot and the sugar bowl are decorated with views of two large homes.
Credit Line:
Gift of Mrs. J. Insley Blair
Object Number:
1944.311ab
Gallery Label:
This piece is part of a larger tea set depicting the "Cadmus," the ship that brought Lafayette to America in 1824, and Robert Fulton's "Clermont," the first commercially successful steamboat.
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1825
eMuseum Object ID:
7842
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Jug
Classification:
Date:
1879-1880
Medium:
Stoneware, cobalt oxide
Dimensions:
Overall: 16 3/4 x 10 1/2 in. ( 42.5 x 26.7 cm )
Description:
Salt-glazed stoneware jug bearing a stamped and impressed maker's mark on upper body and decorated with cobalt blue spray of flowers.
Credit Line:
Gift of Samuel V. Hoffman
Object Number:
1927.83
Marks:
impressed: mark: "WEST TROY / N.Y. / POTTERY"
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1880
eMuseum Object ID:
7786
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Plate
Classification:
Date:
1932
Medium:
Earthenware
Dimensions:
Overall: 7/8 x 8 3/8 x 8 3/8 in. ( 2.2 x 21.3 x 21.3 cm )
Description:
Roughly square earthenware plate with slightly serpentine sides and scalloped corners; center with green transfer-printed image of Mount Vernon with expansive lawn in foreground; flower and scroll pattern on rim.
Credit Line:
Gift of Mrs. Ripley Hitchcock
Object Number:
1957.14h
Marks:
transfer printed: on obverse, below central image: "Mount Vernon"
transfer printed: on reverse: "George Washington / Bicentenary / Memorial / Plates / 1732-1932 / First in War / First in Peace / First in the Hearts of His Countrymen" and "Crown Ducal / E
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1932
eMuseum Object ID:
7776
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Plate
Classification:
Date:
1932
Medium:
Earthenware
Dimensions:
Overall: 7/8 x 8 3/8 x 8 3/8 in. ( 2.2 x 21.3 x 21.3 cm )
Description:
Roughly square earthenware plate with slightly serpentine sides and scalloped corners; center with green transfer-printed image of George Washington's ancestral home; flower and scroll pattern on rim.
Credit Line:
Gift of Mrs. Ripley Hitchcock
Object Number:
1957.14f
Marks:
transfer printed: on obverse, below central image: "Washington Ancestral Home / Sulgrave Manor Banbury"
transfer printed: on reverse: "George Washington / Bicentenary / Memorial / Plates / 1732-1932 / First in War / First in Peace / First in the Hearts o
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1932
eMuseum Object ID:
7775
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Tile
Classification:
Date:
1650-1750
Medium:
Earthenware
Dimensions:
Overall: 5 1/4 x 5 1/4 x 3/8 in. ( 13.3 x 13.3 x 1 cm )
Description:
Tin-glazed earthenware tile with blue and white painted decoration; buff-colored body, pinkish-white glaze, and pin-holes at lower left and upper right corners; putti with bow and arrow in center; spider's head corner motifs.
Credit Line:
Gift of S. Alofsen, 1864
Object Number:
INV.8792f
Marks:
written: on reverse; "From S Alofsen/ Dec 1864"
Gallery Label:
The early date at which this tile entered the NYHS collection suggests that it may have been from a NY house.
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1750
eMuseum Object ID:
7749
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Inkwell
Classification:
Date:
ca. 1900
Medium:
Porcelain
Dimensions:
Overall: 3 x 2 x 2 in. ( 7.6 x 5.1 x 5.1 cm )
Description:
Porcelain cube-shaped inkwell with brass rim and hinge; hand-painted leaf and berry decoration.
Object Number:
INV.7784
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1900
eMuseum Object ID:
7562
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Cup and saucer
Classification:
Date:
1770-1772
Medium:
Porcelain
Dimensions:
cup: 2 x 4 x 3 1/4 in. ( 5.1 x 10.2 x 8.3 cm )
saucer: 1 x 5 1/4 in. ( 2.5 x 13.3 cm )
Description:
Fluted porcelain cup and saucer; turquoise underglaze or blue celeste with gilded bands around teacup base and rims; handle composed of entwined twigs terminating in leaves with gilt handles.
Credit Line:
Gift of Mrs. J. Insley Blair
Object Number:
1951.364ab
Marks:
painted: base of cup and saucer in underglaze blue: mark and square divided into series of triangles
Gallery Label:
Mrs. Blair purchased this cup and saucer set from Ginsberg and Long in 1930; for mark identification see Geoffrey Gooden's, Encyclopedia of British Pottery and Porcelain Marks, # 4315 and Gerald Coke, In Search of James Giles.
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1772
eMuseum Object ID:
7524
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
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