Candlestick: purple
Classification:
Date:
1840-1855
Medium:
Glass
Dimensions:
Overall: 7 3/4 x 4 1/8 in. ( 19.7 x 10.5 cm )
Description:
Blue lead glass candlestick pressed in single mold; hexagonal, baluster-shaped socket and stem; hollow, tapering, straight-sided hexagonal standard and trumpet-shaped base with baluster.
Credit Line:
Bequest of Mrs. F. MacDonald Sinclair (Jennie H. Sinclair)
Object Number:
1965.857b
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1855
eMuseum Object ID:
24687
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Candlesticks (pair)
Classification:
Date:
1900-1950
Medium:
Glass
Dimensions:
overall: 10 1/4 x 4 3/4 x 4 1/4 in.
Description:
Pair of blue pressed lead glass candlesticks; hexagonal socket with circular rim on tapered hexagonal standard on hexagonal pedestal base; some iridescence on base.
Credit Line:
Bequest of Mrs. F. MacDonald Sinclair (Jennie H. Sinclair)
Object Number:
1965.872ab
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1950
eMuseum Object ID:
24686
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Candlestick
Classification:
Date:
1900-1950
Medium:
Glass
Dimensions:
Overall: 10 1/4 x 4 3/4 x 4 1/4 in. ( 26 x 12.1 x 10.8 cm )
Description:
Blue pressed lead glass candlestick; hexagonal socket with circular rim on tapered hexagonal standard on hexagonal pedestal base; some iridescence on base.
Credit Line:
Bequest of Mrs. F. MacDonald Sinclair (Jennie H. Sinclair)
Object Number:
1965.872a
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1950
eMuseum Object ID:
24685
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Candlesticks (pair)
Classification:
Date:
1840-1855
Medium:
Glass
Dimensions:
each: 7 1/2 x 4 1/4 in. ( 19 x 10.8 cm )
Description:
Pair of amethyst pressed lead glass candlesticks; hexagonal baluster socket and stem with knop; wafer joins stem below knop to hollow hexagonal trumpet-shaped base with knop and collar.
Credit Line:
Bequest of Mrs. F. MacDonald Sinclair (Jennie H. Sinclair)
Object Number:
1965.887ab
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1855
eMuseum Object ID:
24684
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Candlesticks (pair)
Classification:
Date:
1850-1900
Medium:
Glass
Dimensions:
overall: 9 x 5 1/2 x 6 in.
Description:
Pair of light green pressed lead glass candlesticks; hexagonal socket with gadrooned rim and base on ribbed columnar standard on circular pedestal base with petal motifs in relief and gadrooned rim; hollow interior.
Credit Line:
Bequest of Mrs. F. MacDonald Sinclair (Jennie H. Sinclair)
Object Number:
1965.865cd
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1900
eMuseum Object ID:
24683
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Candlesticks (pair)
Classification:
Date:
1840-1855
Medium:
Glass
Dimensions:
each: 9 x 4 1/2 in. ( 22.9 x 11.4 cm )
Description:
Pair of amethyst lead glass candlesticks pressed in single mold; hexagonal, baluster-shaped socket and stem; hollow, tapering, straight-sided hexagonal standard and trumpet-shaped base with baluster.
Credit Line:
Bequest of Mrs. F. MacDonald Sinclair
Object Number:
1965.853ab
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1855
eMuseum Object ID:
24682
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Candlestick
Classification:
Date:
1850-1900
Medium:
Glass
Dimensions:
Overall: 9 x 5 1/4 in. ( 22.9 x 13.3 cm )
Description:
Light green pressed lead glass candlestick; hexagonal socket with gadrooned rim and base on ribbed columnar standard on circular pedestal base with petal motifs in relief and gadrooned rim; hollow interior.
Credit Line:
Bequest of Mrs. F. MacDonald Sinclair (Jennie H. Sinclair)
Object Number:
1965.865c
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1900
eMuseum Object ID:
24681
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Candlesticks (pair)
Classification:
Date:
1850-1900
Medium:
Glass
Dimensions:
Overall: 10 x 5 in. ( 25.4 x 12.7 cm )
Description:
Pair of colorless pressed lead glass candlesticks; gadrooned socket and bobeche with upturned scalloped rim on ribbed columnar standard on ribbed circular pedestal base; hollow interior.
Object Number:
INV.588ab
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1900
eMuseum Object ID:
24680
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Spill holder/goblet
Collections:
Classification:
Date:
1860-1880
Medium:
Glass
Dimensions:
Overall: 5 1/2 x 3 1/2 in. ( 14 x 8.9 cm )
Description:
Colorless pressed (probably lead) glass spill holder with elongated bucket-shaped bowl with scalloped rim and allover thumbprint pattern; radiating ribs on upper surface of foot.
Credit Line:
Gift of Elie Nadelman
Object Number:
1938.369
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:
1880
eMuseum Object ID:
24679
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Champagne glass
Classification:
Date:
1880-1920
Medium:
Glass
Dimensions:
Overall: 6 3/4 x 2 1/2 in. ( 17.1 x 6.4 cm )
Description:
Colorless blown lead glass champagne glass; tall round funnel-shaped bowl joined by thin cylindrical stem to pedestal foot; bowl acid-etched with bird on branch and border at rim of scrolls, dots, and flowers between two horizontal lines.
Credit Line:
Gift of Thomas Barber
Object Number:
1956.179b9
Gallery Label:
According to a note found with matching decanter, INV.12609, the decanter, and therefore probably the glassware, belonged to William Bayard.
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1920
eMuseum Object ID:
24678
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
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