Goblet
Classification:
Date:
1870-1900
Medium:
Glass
Dimensions:
Overall: 6 1/8 x 3 3/8 in. ( 15.6 x 8.6 cm )
Description:
Colorless pressed lead glass goblet; bowl with straight sides and curving lower portion; sides of bowl are plain and lower portion is pressed with honeycomb of hexagonal panels diminishing in size towards stem; ten-sided stem and circular base.
Credit Line:
Bequest of Weber Hill Arkenburgh
Object Number:
1948.353d
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1900
eMuseum Object ID:
24960
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Goblet
Classification:
Date:
1870-1900
Medium:
Glass
Dimensions:
Overall: 6 1/8 x 3 3/8 in. ( 15.6 x 8.6 cm )
Description:
Colorless pressed lead glass goblet; bowl with straight sides and curving lower portion; sides of bowl are plain and lower portion is pressed with honeycomb of hexagonal panels diminishing in size towards stem; ten-sided stem and circular base.
Credit Line:
Bequest of Weber Hill Arkenburgh
Object Number:
1948.353b
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1900
eMuseum Object ID:
24959
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Decanter-jugs with stoppers (pair)
Classification:
Date:
1840-1880
Medium:
Glass
Dimensions:
Each (Approx.): 12 1/2 × 6 × 5 in. (31.8 × 15.2 × 12.7 cm)
Description:
Pair of colorless blown lead glass decanter-jugs with tall faceted neck with irregular pouring spout, and compressed spherical body wheel-engraved with meandering vine at shoulder with oval dots over entire body, joined by compressed knop stem to conical foot cut underneath with rays; faceted ball stopper on concave stem.
Credit Line:
Gift of Mrs. Edwin M. Blake
Object Number:
1944.134a-d
Gallery Label:
Decanter-jugs like these were usually intended for claret, a red wine from Bordeaux.
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1880
eMuseum Object ID:
24957
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Decanter-jug
Classification:
Date:
1840-1880
Medium:
Glass
Dimensions:
Overall: 12 1/2 x 5 3/4 x 4 in. ( 31.8 x 14.6 x 10.2 cm )
Description:
Colorless blown lead glass decanter-jug with tall faceted neck with irregular pouring spout, and compressed spherical body wheel-engraved with meandering vine at shoulder with oval dots over entire body, joined by compressed knop stem to conical foot cut underneath with rays; faceted ball stopper on concave stem.
Credit Line:
Gift of Mrs. Edwin M. Blake
Object Number:
1944.134cd
Gallery Label:
Decanter-jugs like this were usually intended for claret, a red wine from Bordeaux.
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1880
eMuseum Object ID:
24955
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Celery glass
Classification:
Date:
1845-1865
Medium:
Glass
Dimensions:
Overall: 10 1/4 x 4 3/4 in. ( 26 x 12.1 cm )
Description:
Amethyst pressed lead glass celery glass; eight-panel, bell-shaped body with scalloped rim on short cylinder; body joined by wafer below to octagonal pedestal foot.
Credit Line:
Bequest of Mrs. F. MacDonald Sinclair (Jennie H. Sinclair)
Object Number:
1965.836a
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1865
eMuseum Object ID:
24956
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Celery glass
Classification:
Date:
1845-1865
Medium:
Glass
Dimensions:
Overall: 10 x 6 in. ( 25.4 x 15.2 cm )
Description:
Colorless, lead glass; pressed. Celery glass; eight-sided, bell-shaped body with three tiers of ornamentation (arches, circles, and ovals) and scalloped rim; body joined by wafer below to stem (with knop) and plain conical foot.
Credit Line:
Gift of Clarence G. Michalis
Object Number:
1953.562b
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1865
eMuseum Object ID:
24953
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Cologne bottle
Collections:
Classification:
Date:
1830-1860
Medium:
Glass
Dimensions:
Overall: 7 x 2 5/8 x 1 3/8 in. ( 17.8 x 6.7 x 3.5 cm )
Description:
Aquamarine glass cologne bottle blown in a two-part mold with narrow collar, long cylindrical neck with wide ring at center, rectangular body with concave chamfers, raised rectangular panel with vase and flowers on obverse, rectangular panel bordered by chevrons on reverse, paired gadroon ribs on sides, and diagonal seam and pontil mark on base.
Credit Line:
Purchased from Elie Nadelman
Object Number:
1937.1050
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:
1860
eMuseum Object ID:
24952
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Bottle: Saratoga Seltzer water
Classification:
Date:
1870-1900
Medium:
Glass
Dimensions:
Overall: 5 3/4 x 3 in. ( 14.6 x 7.6 cm )
Description:
Emerald green glass water bottle blown in a two-part mold with separate base plate; with rounded applied lip, tooled cylindrical neck, nearly horizontal shoulder with inscription "SARATOGA SELTZER WATER," cylindrical body, and shallow circular depression in base.
Credit Line:
Gift of Clarence G. Michalis
Object Number:
1953.412
Marks:
in relief: on shoulder: "SARATOGA SELTZER WATER"
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1900
eMuseum Object ID:
24951
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Sugar bowl with cover
Classification:
Date:
1850-1900
Medium:
Glass
Dimensions:
Overall: 5 3/4 x 3 1/2 in. ( 14.6 x 8.9 cm )
Description:
Colorless blown and cut lead glass sugar bowl and cover; ovoid bowl and cover with applied conical foot anf faceted finial cut overall with heavy diamond faceting; underside of base cut with rays.
Credit Line:
Bequest of Mrs. J. Insley Blair
Object Number:
1952.65ab
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1900
eMuseum Object ID:
24950
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Decanters in frame (3)
Classification:
Date:
1790-1830
Medium:
Glass, metal, ivory
Dimensions:
overall, decanters in frame: 9 1/4 x 13 x 3 1/2 in. ( 23.5 x 33 x 8.9 cm )
Description:
Three colorless blown and cut lead glass decanters in a silver-plated copper frame with bone handles; square decanter with chamfered corners, sloping shoulders, and irregular pouring spout with cut sides with panel of diamond diapering above vertical ribs; faceted ball stopper; rectangular frame with canted corners on four ball feet with two bone handles and three connected square rings on four tapered supports for bottles with four circular rings in between (possibly for stoppers). Silver plate almost all gone.
Credit Line:
Bequest of Mrs. J. Insley Blair
Object Number:
1952.68a-d
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1830
eMuseum Object ID:
24949
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
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