Bottle
Classification:
Date:
1750-1800
Medium:
Glass, pewter
Dimensions:
Overall: 6 1/8 x 3 1/4 x 2 1/2 in. ( 15.6 x 8.3 x 6.4 cm )
Description:
Colorless blown nonlead glass bottle; rectangular body (eight-sided) with rounded shoulders with ridge formed by second gather; conical neck with lip mounted with pewter neck ring; low push-up; pontil mark on bottom; polychrome enamel-painted floral decoration.
Credit Line:
Bequest of Mrs. F. MacDonald Sinclair (Jennie H. Sinclair)
Object Number:
1965.771c
Gallery Label:
While wares with this enameled decoration were long thought by collectors and scholars to be the product of Henry Steigel's Manheim Glass Works, there is no evidence that any of these enameled wares were made in America. Their exact function is unknown. (See Publications)
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1800
eMuseum Object ID:
24902
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Footed drinking glass
Classification:
Date:
1815-1850
Medium:
Glass
Dimensions:
Overall: 3 5/8 x 2 5/8 in. ( 9.2 x 6.7 cm )
Description:
Light olive green brown blown drinking glass with waisted bowl, short stem, small circular foot, and pontil mark.
Credit Line:
Bequest of Mrs. J. Insley Blair
Object Number:
1952.179
Gallery Label:
According to accession records, this glass was manufactured at the Willington Glass Works in Willington, Connecticut, between 1815 and 1847.
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1850
eMuseum Object ID:
24901
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Bottle or decanter
Classification:
Date:
1750-1800
Medium:
Glass
Dimensions:
Overall: 6 1/2 x 3 1/2 x 3 in. ( 16.5 x 8.9 x 7.6 cm )
Description:
Colorless blown nonlead glass bottle (or decanter); rectangular body (eight-sided) with rounded shoulders with ridge formed by second gather; conical neck with lip; low push-up; pontil mark on bottom; polychrome enamel-painted decoration consisting of floral motifs on one side and bird within medallion on other side.
Credit Line:
Bequest of Mrs. F. MacDonald Sinclair (Jennie H. Sinclair)
Object Number:
1965.771e
Gallery Label:
While wares with this enameled decoration were long thought by collectors and scholars to be the product of Henry Steigel's Manheim Glass Works, there is no evidence that any of these enameled wares were made in America. Their exact function is unknown. (See Publications)
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1800
eMuseum Object ID:
24900
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Bottle
Classification:
Date:
1750-1800
Medium:
Glass, pewter
Dimensions:
Overall: 7 1/2 x 3 7/8 x 3 in. ( 19 x 9.8 x 7.6 cm )
Description:
Colorless blown nonlead glass bottle; rectangular body (eight-sided) with rounded shoulders with ridge formed by second gather; conical neck with lip mounted with pewter neck ring and screw top; low push-up; pontil mark on bottom; polychrome enamel-painted decoration consisting of floral motifs on one side and man in colonial dress on other.
Credit Line:
Bequest of Mrs. F. MacDonald Sinclair (Jennie H. Sinclair)
Object Number:
1965.771d
Gallery Label:
While wares with this enameled decoration were long thought by collectors and scholars to be the product of Henry Steigel's Manheim Glass Works, there is no evidence that any of these enameled wares were made in America. Their exact function is unknown. (See Publications)
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1800
eMuseum Object ID:
24899
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Mug
Classification:
Date:
Possibly 1800-1840, possibly 1920-1950
Medium:
Glass
Dimensions:
Overall: 3 3/4 x 3 1/4 in. ( 9.5 x 8.3 cm )
Description:
Blue-green blown non-lead glass mug; tapered body pattern-molded with vertical ribs and decorated with spiral trailed thread of glass on upper half; applied loop handle crimped at both ends; attached foot with pontil mark.
Object Number:
INV.12477
Gallery Label:
Though some of the elememnts of this mug suggest at early 19th-century date, the lack of wear, overall lightness of the piece, and somewhat unstable-looking handles suggest that it might be a 20th-century reproduction.
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1950
eMuseum Object ID:
24898
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Bottle
Classification:
Date:
1750-1800
Medium:
Glass, pewter
Dimensions:
Overall: 5 7/8 x 3 x 2 1/4 in. ( 14.9 x 7.6 x 5.7 cm )
Description:
Colorless blown nonlead glass bottle; rectangular body (eight-sided) with rounded shoulders with ridge formed by second gather; conical neck with lip mounted with pewter neck ring; low push-up; pontil mark on bottom; polychrome enamel-painted floral decoration.
Credit Line:
Bequest of Mrs. F. MacDonald Sinclair (Jennie H. Sinclair)
Object Number:
1965.771b
Gallery Label:
While wares with this enameled decoration were long thought by collectors and scholars to be the product of Henry Steigel's Manheim Glass Works, there is no evidence that any of these enameled wares were made in America. Their exact function is unknown. (See Publications)
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1800
eMuseum Object ID:
24897
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Bottle
Classification:
Date:
1750-1800
Medium:
Glass, pewter
Dimensions:
Overall: 5 3/4 x 2 3/4 x 2 in. ( 14.6 x 7 x 5.1 cm )
Description:
Light brown blown non-lead glass bottle (or decanter); conical neck mounted with pewter threaded ring (cap missing), rounded shoulders with ridge formed by second gather of glass, rectangular body with chamfered corners, and flat base with pontil mark; decorated with polychrome enamel painting of clasped hands and flaming hearts on front, German inscription on back, and floral motifs on sides.
Object Number:
INV.12481
Marks:
painted enamel: on back; "unser frei/ und liebes/ band soll/ auflosen/ seine hand"
Gallery Label:
While wares with this enameled decoration were long thought by collectors and scholars to be the product of Henry Steigel's Manheim Glass Works, there is no evidence that any of these enameled wares were made in America. Their exact function is unknown.
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1800
eMuseum Object ID:
24895
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Footed salt
Classification:
Date:
1760-1790
Medium:
Glass
Dimensions:
Overall: 3 1/4 x 2 in. ( 8.3 x 5.1 cm )
Description:
Colorless glass footed salt with double-ogee bowl blown in a multi-part mold; with sheared rim, diamond patterning on bowl, ribbed knop joining bowl to slightly sloping circular base, and pontil mark.
Object Number:
INV.3741
Gallery Label:
This form fits the description of "chain salts" in a list of glasswares made in 1769 and the first three months of 1770, according to the account books of Henry William Stiegel. However, similar salts were produced in England. (See "American Glass, 1760-1930: The Toledo Museum of Art," pp. 183 and 780.)
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1790
eMuseum Object ID:
24894
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:
Green 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.
Credit Line:
Bequest of Mrs. F. MacDonald Sinclair (Jennie H. Sinclair)
Object Number:
1965.861b
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1855
eMuseum Object ID:
24893
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:
Green 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.
Credit Line:
Bequest of Mrs. F. MacDonald Sinclair (Jennie H. Sinclair)
Object Number:
1965.861a
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1855
eMuseum Object ID:
24892
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
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