Tumbler
Classification:
Date:
1815-1840
Medium:
Glass
Dimensions:
Overall: 5 3/4 x 4 5/8 in. ( 14.6 x 11.7 cm )
Description:
Colorless lead glass tumbler blown in a three-part mold of pressed geometric design (McKearin GII-18) with a band of vertical ribs over a band of diamond diapering over a band of vertical ribs; base molded with band of diamonds (Diamond Type XII) around blank central panel with pontil.
Credit Line:
Bequest of Mrs. J. Insley Blair
Object Number:
1952.214
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1840
eMuseum Object ID:
25110
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Liberty Bell (souvenir)
Classification:
Date:
1890-1920
Medium:
Glass, metal
Dimensions:
Overall: 3 1/2 x 3 1/8 x 2 3/4 in. ( 8.9 x 7.9 x 7 cm )
Description:
Pale amber pressed glass Liberty Bell with metal base.
Credit Line:
Gift of Clarence G. Michalis
Object Number:
1953.692
Marks:
in relief: on obverse: "LIBERTY BELL"
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1920
eMuseum Object ID:
25109
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Match holder
Classification:
Date:
1890-1920
Medium:
Glass
Dimensions:
Overall: 3 7/8 x 2 5/8 x 2 in. ( 9.8 x 6.7 x 5.1 cm )
Description:
Pale amber pressed glass match holder in the form of a stem glass with plaid-patterned 2 putti with barrel-shaped bowl supported by a pair of cherubs.
Credit Line:
Gift of Clarence G. Michalis
Object Number:
1953.656
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1920
eMuseum Object ID:
25108
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Toothpick holder
Classification:
Date:
1890-1920
Medium:
Glass
Dimensions:
Overall: 3 5/8 x 3 x 2 1/2 in. ( 9.2 x 7.6 x 6.4 cm )
Description:
Colorless pressed glass toothpick holder in the form of a frog holding a tulip-shaped bowl with scalloped rim; on domed base with vertical ribbing.
Credit Line:
Gift of Clarence G. Michalis
Object Number:
1953.688
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1920
eMuseum Object ID:
25107
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Tumbler
Collections:
Classification:
Date:
1815-1840
Medium:
Glass
Dimensions:
Overall: 5 x 4 in. ( 12.7 x 10.2 cm )
Description:
Colorless lead glass tumbler blown in a three-part mold of geometric design (McKearin GII-18) with a band of vertical ribs over a band of diamond diapering over a band of vertical ribs; base molded with band of diamonds (Diamond Type XII) around blank central panel with pontil.
Credit Line:
Purchased from Elie Nadelman
Object Number:
1937.988
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:
25106
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Dish
Classification:
Date:
1850-1870
Medium:
Glass
Dimensions:
Overall: 5/8 x 4 1/2 in. ( 1.6 x 11.4 cm )
Description:
Colorless pressed glass dish; circular form with plain edge; seven ovals (egg shape) arranged around edge of well, on textured ground; pattern of repeating ovals around interior rim, on textured ground (Lee-Rose 890).
Object Number:
INV.13366
Gallery Label:
While the size of this plate fits the definition of a toddy plate, that definition, as invented by Lee and Rose, is so vague that the less specific designation as a dish was chosen, and only examples identified by Lee and Rose have been called toddy plates.
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1870
eMuseum Object ID:
25104
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Candlestick
Classification:
Date:
1870-1900
Medium:
Glass
Dimensions:
Overall: 11 x 4 x 4 in. ( 27.9 x 10.2 x 10.2 cm )
Description:
Colorless and frosted pressed lead glass caryatid candlestick; colorless socket with sawtooth-patterned rim and leaf-molded body on head of frosted figure of female in classical drapery holding a mallet on colorless square base with canted corners decorated with frosted floral spray.
Credit Line:
Bequest of Mrs. F. MacDonald Sinclair (Jennie H. Sinclair)
Object Number:
1965.864b
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1900
eMuseum Object ID:
25103
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Mug
Classification:
Date:
1860-1880
Medium:
Glass
Dimensions:
Overall: 3 1/2 x 4 3/4 x 3 1/2 in. ( 8.9 x 12.1 x 8.9 cm )
Description:
Colorless glass; pressed. Barrel-shaped mug with plain rim, two rows of thumb-prints around sides, and arches surrounding base.
Credit Line:
Bequest of Weber Hill Arkenburgh
Object Number:
1948.314
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1880
eMuseum Object ID:
25102
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Dish: sauce plate
Classification:
Date:
1840-1860
Medium:
Glass
Dimensions:
Overall: 5/8 x 5 1/8 in. ( 1.6 x 13 cm )
Description:
Colorless pressed lead glass dish; circular form with scalloped edge; silhouette of Queen Victoria at center of well, surrounded by stippled sunburst pattern capped by curved scroll; scrolled pattern (with leaf-like forms) along interior rim, on stippled ground; crown at top of plate, with sunburst at each side, and "VICTORIA" written in script at bottom.
Credit Line:
Gift of Dr. Arthur H. Merritt
Object Number:
1961.402
Marks:
pressed: on interior rim, bottom: "VICTORIA"
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1860
eMuseum Object ID:
25101
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Candlestick
Classification:
Date:
1820-1860
Medium:
Glass
Dimensions:
Overall: 7 7/8 x 4 in. ( 20 x 10.2 cm )
Description:
Cobalt blown glass candlestick; socket and standard are a single blown piece; socket has flaring rim decending to tooled annular knop above plain knop; holow, cylindrical standard with collars above and below mounted on pair of knops; solid, circular stepped base.
Object Number:
1965.883a
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1860
eMuseum Object ID:
25100
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
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