Martini glass
Classification:
Date:
1900-1950
Medium:
Glass
Dimensions:
Overall: 4 1/4 x 3 1/4 in. ( 10.8 x 8.3 cm )
Description:
Colorless lead glass martini glass; wide, trumpet-shaped bowl with straight sides, plain cylindrical stem, and circular base.
Object Number:
INV.13016b
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1950
eMuseum Object ID:
24938
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Candlestick
Classification:
Date:
1850-1870
Medium:
Glass
Dimensions:
Overall: 7 x 4 1/8 x 3 3/4 in. ( 17.8 x 10.5 x 9.5 cm )
Description:
Opaque blue alabaster pressed lead glass candlestick; hexagonal socket on standard composed of three progressively larger baluster knops on a hexagonal pedestal base; hollow interior with pontil mark.
Object Number:
INV.11884a
Gallery Label:
Candlesticks of this form were reproduced in the 1920s, but the wear on the base and the deterioration of the alabaster suggests that these are original.
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1870
eMuseum Object ID:
24937
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Candlestick
Classification:
Date:
1840-1855
Medium:
Glass
Dimensions:
Overall: 7 x 4 1/2 in. ( 17.8 x 11.4 cm )
Description:
Green pressed lead glass candlestick; hexagonal with wide, flat rim on hexagonal baluster stem joined by a wafer to a hexagonal knop above a seven-loop trumpet-shaped base; base hollow with pontil mark.
Credit Line:
Bequest of Mrs. F. MacDonald Sinclair (Jennie H. Sinclair)
Object Number:
1965.886b
Gallery Label:
This candlestick is attributed to Boston & Sandwich on the basis of fragments of similar bases and sockets found on the site of the glass works.
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1855
eMuseum Object ID:
24936
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Perfume bottle
Classification:
Date:
1800-1925
Medium:
Glass
Dimensions:
Overall: 2 1/2 x 1/2 in. ( 6.4 x 1.3 cm )
Description:
Free-blown non-lead glass perfume bottle, with green tinge; globular body tapering to neck and slightly flared irregular lip; pontil mark at bottom.
Object Number:
INV.13280
Gallery Label:
Sticker affixed to bottom of bottle has inscription written in pen: "XIV/X B 2T"
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1925
eMuseum Object ID:
24935
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Candlestick
Classification:
Date:
1850-1860
Medium:
Glass
Dimensions:
Overall: 8 1/2 x 4 1/4 x 4 in. ( 21.6 x 10.8 x 10.2 cm )
Description:
Opaque blue and white alabaster pressed lead glass candletick; blue hexagonal socket with petal-form rim on hexagonal baluster stem joined by wafer to hexagonal inverted baluster stem on hexagonal pedestal base; hollow interior with pontil mark.
Credit Line:
Bequest of Mrs. F. MacDonald Sinclair (Jennie H. Sinclair)
Object Number:
1965.903b
Gallery Label:
According to Ken Wilson, this candlestick may have been made at the Mount Washington Glass Works or at the American Flint Glass Works, both in Boston, MA (see publications).
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1860
eMuseum Object ID:
24934
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Nursing bottle
Classification:
Date:
1820-1850
Medium:
Glass
Dimensions:
Overall: 6 3/8 x 3 in. ( 16.2 x 7.6 cm )
Description:
Colorless lead glass footed nursing bottle blown in mold; tooled flange lip; tapering cylundrical neck with two annulated rings; bulbous body; circular base.
Credit Line:
Gift of Master Cyrus Smith
Object Number:
1949.39
Gallery Label:
According to the accession records, this nursing bottle belonged to the family of Cyrus Porter Smith, first elected mayor of Brooklyn (1832-1840). Smith was the great-great-great grandfather of the donor.
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1850
eMuseum Object ID:
24933
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Candlesticks (pair)
Classification:
Date:
1845-1855
Medium:
Glass
Dimensions:
overall: 7 x 3 3/4 in.
Description:
Pair of colorless pressed lead glass candlesticks; hexagonal socket with petal-form rim on hexagonal baluster stem joined by wafer to octagonal knop on octagonal columnar standard with interior ribbing on conical base with interior diamond pattern; pontil mark.
Object Number:
INV.678ab
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1855
eMuseum Object ID:
24929
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Candlestick
Classification:
Date:
1845-1855
Medium:
Glass
Dimensions:
Overall: 7 x 3 3/4 in. ( 17.8 x 9.5 cm )
Description:
Colorless pressed lead glass candlestick; hexagonal socket with petal-form rim on hexagonal baluster stem joined by wafer to octagonal knop on octagonal columnar standard with interior ribbing on conical base with interior diamond pattern; pontil mark.
Object Number:
INV.678b
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1855
eMuseum Object ID:
24928
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Smelling bottle
Classification:
Date:
1850-1925
Medium:
Glass
Dimensions:
Overall: 1 1/4 x 3 1/2 x 1 1/4 in. ( 3.2 x 8.9 x 3.2 cm )
Description:
Colorless non-lead glass smelling bottle (or pungent) blown in two-part mold, the shape of a shoe with ruffles around ankle and pattern of flowers (composed of dots) around shoe, and pointed toe culminating in flared bottle mouth; makers mark on base; "LH".
Credit Line:
Bequest of Mrs. F. MacDonald Sinclair (Jennie H. Sinclair)
Object Number:
1965.767b
Marks:
molded: maker's mark on bottom of shoe: "L H"
Gallery Label:
The main purpose of smelling bottles, or pungents, was to mask unpleasant odors, and thus they usually held smelling salts. They were first stoppered by corks and eventually by screw caps. The capacity of these bottles ranges from fractions of a dram to a little over an ounce.
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1925
eMuseum Object ID:
24927
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Candlesticks (pair)
Classification:
Date:
1845-1855
Medium:
Glass
Dimensions:
overall: 7 x 3 3/4 in.
Description:
Pair of green pressed lead glass candlesticks; hexagonal socket with petal-form rim on hexagonal baluster stem joined by wafer to octagonal knop on octagonal columnar standard with interior ribbing on conical base with interior diamond pattern; pontil mark.
Credit Line:
Bequest of Mrs. F. MacDonald Sinclair (Jennie H. Sinclair)
Object Number:
1965.861ab
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1855
eMuseum Object ID:
24926
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
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