Jar
Classification:
Date:
1825-1900
Medium:
Redware, glaze
Dimensions:
Overall: 10 7/8 x 6 1/2 in. ( 27.6 x 16.5 cm )
Description:
Tall redware jar with inward sloping shoulders and narrow mouth, shaped to accept a cover (now missing)
Object Number:
Z.3146
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1900
eMuseum Object ID:
40341
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Pair of vases
Classification:
Date:
1870-1900
Medium:
Porcelain
Dimensions:
Overall: 13 1/8 x 8 3/4 x 4 5/8 in. ( 33.3 x 22.2 x 11.7 cm )
Description:
Pair of footed vases, stylized floral shape, intricateky modelled; white ground decorated with blue and yellow enamel; details and edging in gilding.
Credit Line:
Gift of Miss Mary Clinton Brown
Object Number:
1940.52-53
Marks:
marked: by hand inside bases: "30"
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1900
eMuseum Object ID:
40226
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Lid
Collections:
Classification:
Date:
1800-1899
Medium:
Stoneware
Dimensions:
diameter: 5 1/2 in. ( 14 cm )
Description:
Salt glazed stoneware lid.
Credit Line:
Purchased from Elie Nadelman
Object Number:
1937.852b
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:
1899
eMuseum Object ID:
39933
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Pot
Collections:
Classification:
Date:
1852
Medium:
Stoneware, cobalt oxide
Dimensions:
Overall: 5 3/4 x 7 in. ( 14.6 x 17.8 cm )
Description:
Salt-glazed stoneware two-handled pot decorated with a cobalt-blue flower and date.
Credit Line:
Purchased from Elie Nadelman
Object Number:
1937.852a
Marks:
painted: on front: "1852"
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:
1852
eMuseum Object ID:
39932
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Butter mold
Classification:
Date:
ca.1825-1875
Medium:
Earthenware
Dimensions:
Overall: 1/2 x 3 1/2 x 1 1/2 in. ( 1.3 x 8.9 x 3.8 cm )
Description:
Earthenware butter mold formed in the shape of a leaf; interior coated with green glaze.
Object Number:
INV.9692[dup]
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1875
eMuseum Object ID:
39582
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Chocolate or coffee pot
Classification:
Date:
ca. 1788
Medium:
Porcelain
Dimensions:
Overall: 8 3/4 x 7 1/2 x 8 in. ( 22.2 x 19 x 20.3 cm )
Description:
Cylindrical porcelain chocolate pot; gilt pistol handle at 45 degrees from gilt S-curve spout; domed lid with peach sprig knop; gilt and black wave border and floral sprigs; enamelled wreath and eagle holding roundel of agricultural figure (emblem of the Society of the Cincinnati) appears twice above cipher of Samuel Shaw.
Credit Line:
Gift of Miss Frances Jay, Mrs. Alexander Duer Harvey, Mrs. Lloyd Kirkham Garrison, and Mrs. Lawrence W. Fox, in memory of Mrs. Pierre Jay (nee Louisa Shaw Barlow) by her children
Object Number:
1972.11a
Marks:
painted: in roundel: " 1783 SOCIETAS CINCINNATORUM INSTUTA"
gilded: beneath eagle emblem: "SS"(Samuel Shaw)
Gallery Label:
This chocolate pot is part of a beverage service made for Samuel Shaw, first American consul at Canton.
Provenance:
Samuel Shaw (d. 1794); to his nephew, Robert Gould Shaw (1776-1853); to his eldest son, Francis George Shaw (1809-1882); to his daughter, Ellen Shaw; to her daughter, Louisa Shaw Barlow; to her daughters, Miss Frances Jay, Mrs. Alexander Duer Harvey, Mrs. Lloyd Kirkham Garrison, and Mrs. Lawrence W. Fox.
Bibliography:
Olson, Roberta J. M. “A selection of European paintings and objects.” The Magazine Antiques, Vol. 167, no.1, January 2005, p.182-187.
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1788
eMuseum Object ID:
39571
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Platter
Classification:
Date:
ca. 1850
Medium:
Earthenware
Dimensions:
Overall: 1 3/8 x 15 3/8 x 12 in. ( 3.5 x 39.1 x 30.5 cm )
Description:
Octagonal glazed earthenware platter with light blue transfer print decoration of military battle of men on horseback and border of roses, brackets, and figure of Diana and military trophies on rim.
Credit Line:
Gift of James Hazen Hyde
Object Number:
1947.303[dup]
Marks:
typed: paper label affixed to bottom: "39"
printed: in blue in decorated bracket: "Texian Campaign" and beneath bracket: "A. Shaw"
Gallery Label:
The "Texian Campaign" represents a battle in the Mexican War.
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1850
eMuseum Object ID:
39480
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Plate
Classification:
Date:
ca. 1940-1980
Medium:
Earthenware
Dimensions:
Overall: 1 x 11 in. ( 2.5 x 27.9 cm )
Description:
Circular earthenware plate with lobed edges; red transfer printed border central view of building on campus of the College of the City of New York (The Main Building).
Object Number:
INV.13469[dup]
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1980
eMuseum Object ID:
39324
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Butter mold
Classification:
Date:
ca. 1825-1875
Medium:
Earthenware
Dimensions:
Overall: 1 1/4 x 3 1/2 in. ( 3.2 x 8.9 cm )
Description:
Circular earthenware butter mold with fluted sides and tube in the center; covered with a green glaze and a black band is painted around the rim.
Object Number:
INV.9689
Marks:
hand written: paper collector's label affixed to bottom: "6/8 T-13"
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1875
eMuseum Object ID:
39282
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Match holder
Classification:
Medium:
Earthenware
Dimensions:
Overall: 6 1/2 x 3 1/2 x 3 1/2 in. ( 16.5 x 8.9 x 8.9 cm )
Description:
Cast ceramic match holder composed of a full statuette of a soldier standing in front of a covered match box in the form of a woven trunk with removable lid with ridged striker on interior and all glazed dark brown.
Credit Line:
Gift of Mrs. John B. Walker
Object Number:
1953.316
Marks:
impressed: on bottom: "T.G. W./86"
Gallery Label:
According to the donor, this statutette may be Garibaldi or General Grant.
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
0
eMuseum Object ID:
39248
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
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