Wine glass
Classification:
Date:
1907-1940
Medium:
Glass
Dimensions:
overall: 5 x 2 1/4 in.
Description:
Colorless pressed glass wine glass; round funnel-shaped bowl printed with portrait of Washington above inscription "Fraunces Tavern" and faceted pedestal stem on plain conical foot.
Object Number:
INV.12968d
Marks:
printed: on bowl; "Fraunces Tavern"
Gallery Label:
Fraunces Tavern was a meeting hall and inn built in 1719 at Queen (now Pearl) and Canal (now Broad) Streets in New York. It was the site of significant events associated with the Revolutionary and Early National Periods, including Washington's farewell to his troops in 1783. It was restored and opened as a museum and restaurant by the Sons of Liberty in 1907.
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1940
eMuseum Object ID:
24836
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Wine glass
Classification:
Date:
1907-1940
Medium:
Glass
Dimensions:
overall: 5 x 2 1/4 in.
Description:
Colorless pressed glass wine glass; round funnel-shaped bowl printed with portrait of Washington above inscription "Fraunces Tavern" and faceted pedestal stem on plain conical foot.
Object Number:
INV.12968b
Marks:
printed: on bowl; "Fraunces Tavern"
Gallery Label:
Fraunces Tavern was a meeting hall and inn built in 1719 at Queen (now Pearl) and Canal (now Broad) Streets in New York. It was the site of significant events associated with the Revolutionary and Early National Periods, including Washington's farewell to his troops in 1783. It was restored and opened as a museum and restaurant by the Sons of Liberty in 1907.
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1940
eMuseum Object ID:
24835
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Wine glass
Classification:
Date:
1907-1940
Medium:
Glass
Dimensions:
overall: 5 x 2 1/4 in.
Description:
Colorless pressed glass wine glass; round funnel-shaped bowl printed with portrait of Washington above inscription "Fraunces Tavern," faceted pedestal stem on plain conical foot.
Object Number:
INV.12968a
Marks:
printed: on bowl; "Fraunces Tavern"
Gallery Label:
Fraunces Tavern was a meeting hall and inn built in 1719 at Queen (now Pearl) and Canal (now Broad) Streets in New York. It was the site of significant events associated with the Revolutionary and Early National Periods, including Washington's farewell to his troops in 1783. It was restored and opened as a museum and restaurant by the Sons of Liberty in 1907.
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1940
eMuseum Object ID:
24834
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Goblets (12)
Classification:
Date:
1864-1870
Medium:
Glass
Dimensions:
Overall: 6 1/8 x 3 1/2 in. ( 15.6 x 8.9 cm )
Description:
Set of colorless pressed lead glass goblets; outside of bowl pressed with vertical ribs and stylized grapevine band ("ribbed-grape pattern"); hexagonal stem and trumpet-shaped base with rays.
Credit Line:
Bequest of Mrs. F. MacDonald Sinclair (Jennie H. Sinclair)
Object Number:
1965.786a-l
Gallery Label:
This pattern has also been attributed to Boston and Sandwich Glass Works, Sandwich, MA (see publications).
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1870
eMuseum Object ID:
24833
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Goblet: footed bowl
Classification:
Date:
1870-1880
Medium:
Glass
Dimensions:
Overall: 5 1/4 x 4 1/8 in. ( 13.3 x 10.5 cm )
Description:
Colorless pressed lead glass footed bowl with plain rim and three large heart-shaped scrolled-frame medallions on stippled ground on lower half (Princess Feather pattern); faceted stem and plain circular foot.
Credit Line:
Gift of Miss T. T. Schneider
Object Number:
1942.338a
Gallery Label:
This object may be a sugar bowl with missing cover (see Ruth Webb Lee's "Handbook of Early American Pressed Glass Patterns," plate 112).
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1880
eMuseum Object ID:
24832
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Decanter with stopper
Classification:
Date:
1780-1810
Medium:
Glass
Dimensions:
Overall: 10 1/2 x 4 3/4 in. ( 26.7 x 12.1 cm )
Description:
Colorless blown lead glass decanter with pressed stopper; bulbous body with sloping shoulders, tapered cylindrical neck with two applied and tooled rings, flanged lip, and flat bottom with pontil mark; pressed ribbed mushroom-shaped stopper.
Credit Line:
Bequest of Weber Hill Arkenburgh
Object Number:
1948.289ab
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1810
eMuseum Object ID:
24830
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Oil lamp
Classification:
Date:
1835-1840
Medium:
Glass, metal
Dimensions:
Overall: 12 x 3 1/2 x 3 1/2 in. ( 30.5 x 8.9 x 8.9 cm )
Description:
Colorless lead glass oil lamp with blown font and pressed base; cylindrical font with pewter threaded collar joined by annular wafer to inverted baluster joined by annular wafer to base consisting of a short lobed column on plinth of three circular steps on square base with projecting circular corners; font decorated with unpolished stone wheel engraving of a meandering chain of circles and four stylized leaf sprays; tin or pewter collar with splayed double wick holder for burning fluid with covers on chains.
Credit Line:
Bequest of Mrs. F. MacDonald Sinclair (Jennie H. Sinclair)
Object Number:
1965.916c
Gallery Label:
The engraved decoration closely parallels that on a lamp and a compote at the Toledo Museum ("American Glass" Cat. Nos. 408 and 199). The compote has been tentatively attributed to Boston and Sandwich Glass Works.
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1840
eMuseum Object ID:
24829
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Decanter with stopper
Collections:
Classification:
Date:
1815-1840
Medium:
Glass
Dimensions:
Overall: 10 1/8 x 4 1/4 in. ( 25.7 x 10.8 cm )
Description:
Colorless lead glass decanter blown in three-part mold (McKearin GII-27); bulbous body with flange lip, short cylindrical neck and sloping shoulders; molded pattern consists of a wide band of vertical ribs above three panels of diamond ribbing separated from one another by five vertical ribs; vertical ribbing around base; bottom molded with rays (McKearin rayed type IV); pontil mark; stopper has sunburst at top, band of diamond diapering, and vertical ribs around bottom (McKearin plate 144, no. 3).
Credit Line:
Purchased from Elie Nadelman
Object Number:
1937.952ab
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:
24828
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Decanter with stopper
Classification:
Date:
1815-1825
Medium:
Glass
Dimensions:
Overall: 8 x 4 in. ( 20.3 x 10.2 cm )
Description:
Colorless lead glass decanter blown in three-part mold (McKearin GII-7); barrel-shaped body with flange lip, short cylindrical neck, and sloping shoulders; molded pattern consists of wide scalloped band on shoulder, wide band of diamond diapering separated by a horizontal ring from a wide band ofvertical ribs; diamond diapering around base; pontil mark; stopper is sphere with vertical ribs.
Credit Line:
Gift of Clarence G. Michalis
Object Number:
1953.468ab
Gallery Label:
The Keene Glassworks were operational from 1815-1817.
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1825
eMuseum Object ID:
24827
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Decanter with stopper
Classification:
Date:
1820-1840 or 1920-1950
Medium:
Glass
Dimensions:
Overall: 10 3/4 x 4 in. ( 27.3 x 10.2 cm )
Description:
Aquamarine lead glass decanter blown in three-part mold (McKearin GII-18); bulbous body with flange lip, cylindrical neck encircled by three double rings with rigaree decoration, and sloping shoulders; molded pattern consists of a wide band of vertical ribs separated by a horizontal ring from a wide band of diamond diapering; vertical ribbing around base; bottom molded with diamond ring (McKearin diamond type XIV); pontil mark; stopper has sunburst at top, band of diamond diapering, and vertical ribs around bottom (McKearin plate 144, no. 3).
Credit Line:
Bequest of Mrs. J. Insley Blair
Object Number:
1952.172ab
Gallery Label:
The unusual color and lack of wear of this decanter suggest that it may be a twentieth century reproduction.
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1950
eMuseum Object ID:
24826
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
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