Oil lamp
Collections:
Classification:
Date:
1855-1870
Medium:
Glass, pewter
Dimensions:
Overall: 8 x 4 1/8 in. ( 20.3 x 10.5 cm )
Description:
Colorless pressed lead glass oil lamp; ovoid font with six oval panels in relief on hexagonal incurving stem on hexagonal pedestal base; entire lamp pressed in one multi-part mold; pewter and tin collar and double wick holder for whale oil.
Credit Line:
Purchased from Elie Nadelman
Object Number:
1937.1094
Gallery Label:
The domed top of this lamp's font was formed by using the Magoun Patent method. This method, invented by Joseph Magoun of the New England Glass Company in 1847, eliminated moldmarks by using a hinged, three-part mold to form the sides of the font and a one-piece cylindrical mold to form a cylinder that was then tooled to form the dome.
Provenance:
The Folk Art Collection of Elie Nadelman
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1870
eMuseum Object ID:
24571
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Whale oil lamp
Classification:
Date:
1845-1855
Medium:
Glass, pewter
Dimensions:
Overall: 8 3/4 x 4 1/4 in. ( 22.2 x 10.8 cm )
Description:
Colorless pressed lead glass oil lamp; domed, vase-shaped font with band of six circles on dome and band of six ovals on vase; font attached by wafer to trumpet-shaped hexagonal standard with knops and base; pewter collar, top , with parallel wick tubes.
Credit Line:
Gift of Miss Grace A. Garrison
Object Number:
1919.1
Gallery Label:
The domed top of this lamp's font was formed by using the Magoun Patent method. This method, invented by Joseph Magoun of the New England Glass Company in 1847, eliminated moldmarks by using a hinged, three-part mold to form the sides of the font and a one-piece cylindrical mold to form a cylinder that was then tooled to form the dome.
Provenance:
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1855
eMuseum Object ID:
24570
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Cup plate
Classification:
Date:
1835-1850
Medium:
Glass
Dimensions:
Overall: 7/8 x 3 1/2 in. ( 2.2 x 8.9 cm )
Description:
Opalescent pressed lead glass cup plate; circular form with edge of three small scallops alternating with larger point; eight-pointed star at center of deep well, filled in with diamonds; pattern of linked circles, every other (larger) circle filled in with diamonds, along interior rim (Lee-Rose 254).
Object Number:
INV.13372
Gallery Label:
Collectors call this pattern a variation of the Roman Rosette pressed glass pattern, but its original name and manufacturer are unknown (See Publications).
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1850
eMuseum Object ID:
24569
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Cup plate
Classification:
Date:
1830-1845
Medium:
Glass
Dimensions:
Overall: 1/2 x 3 5/8 in. ( 1.3 x 9.2 cm )
Description:
Colorless pressed lead glass cup plate; circular form with edge of alternating large scallops and points; in well, small six-petaled flower enclosed by plain ring on waffle ground; pattern of stippled arches with alternating angular or rounded shapes, on interior rim; every other arch with small door at bottom and flower at top (Lee-Rose 285).
Credit Line:
Gift of Dr. Arthur H. Merritt
Object Number:
1961.397i
Provenance:
The Dr. Arthur H. Merritt Collection of Anglo-American Historical Staffordshire
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1845
eMuseum Object ID:
24568
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Oil lamps (pair)
Classification:
Date:
1845-1870
Medium:
Glass, metal
Dimensions:
Overall: 9 × 4 × 3 1/2 in. (22.9 × 10.2 × 8.9 cm)
Description:
Pair of yellow pressed lead glass oil lamps; ovoid font with six oval panels in relief on hexagonal incurving stem on hexagonal pedestal base; entire lamp pressed in one multi-part mold; pewter and tin collar and double wick holder for whale oil.
Credit Line:
Bequest of Mrs. F. MacDonald Sinclair (Jennie H. Sinclair)
Object Number:
1965.914ab
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1870
eMuseum Object ID:
24567
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Oil lamp: twin wick, yellow
Classification:
Date:
1845-1870
Medium:
Glass, metal
Dimensions:
Overall: 9 x 4 x 3 1/2 in. ( 22.9 x 10.2 x 8.9 cm )
Description:
Yellow pressed lead glass oil lamp; ovoid font with six oval panels in relief on hexagonal incurving stem on hexagonal pedestal base; entire lamp pressed in one multi-part mold; pewter and tin collar and double wick holder for whale oil.
Credit Line:
Bequest of Mrs. F. MacDonald Sinclair (Jennie H. Sinclair)
Object Number:
1965.914a
Date Begin:
1845
Date End:
1870
eMuseum Object ID:
24566
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Dish: diagonal weave pattern
Classification:
Date:
1840-1850
Medium:
Glass
Dimensions:
Overall: 1 1/4 x 8 in. ( 3.2 x 20.3 cm )
Description:
Colorless pressed lead glass plate with overall diagonal weave pattern and plain, slightly mounded circle at center.
Object Number:
INV.12936
Gallery Label:
Fragments of this pattern were found at the Boston & Sandwich Glass Company factory site; however, some dishes with this pattern may actually be later European examples, as they tend to look newer than most nineteenth-century pressed glass and show fewer signs of wear (see "American and European Pressed Glass in The Corning Museum of Glass," p. 90). George and Helen McKearin refer to this pattern as "Scotch plaid" (see "American Glass," plate 150).
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1850
eMuseum Object ID:
24565
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Pin tray
Classification:
Date:
1850-1900
Medium:
Glass
Dimensions:
Overall: 5/8 x 4 3/8 x 2 1/2 in. ( 1.6 x 11.1 x 6.4 cm )
Description:
Colorless glass; pressed. Tray to hold pins; rectangular form with scalloped edges; at center of tray, design of two pins, crossed; around edge, pressed inscription "SEE-A-PIN/ -AND-PICK-IT-/ UP-ALL-THE-DAY-/ YOU'LL-HAVE-GOOD-LUCK."
Credit Line:
Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Robert Coates in loving memory of Howard Masten and Anne Louise Canoune
Object Number:
1971.109r
Marks:
pressed: around edge of tray: "SEE-A-PIN-/ AND-PICK-IT-UP-/ ALL-THE-DAY-/ YOU'LL-HAVE-GOOD-LUCK"
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1900
eMuseum Object ID:
24564
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Cup plate
Classification:
Date:
1830-1840
Medium:
Glass
Dimensions:
Overall: 1/2 x 3 7/16 in. ( 1.3 x 8.7 cm )
Description:
Colorless pressed lead glass cup plate; circular form with scalloped edge; in well, three-masted side-wheel steamer (the Benjamin Franklin) with stippled rigging, with inscription in arc over ship and initials in flag at left; eagle at top, with pattern of anchors, scrolls, and stars, on stippled ground, along interior rim; rope table ring (Lee-Rose 619-A).
Credit Line:
Gift of Miss Clare Adams
Object Number:
1972.21c
Marks:
pressed: in well, top: "BENJAMIN FRANKLIN"
pressed: in well: "BF"
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1840
eMuseum Object ID:
24563
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Covered butter dish: duck
Classification:
Date:
1880-1910
Medium:
Glass
Dimensions:
Overall: 5 x 5 1/2 x 4 in. ( 12.7 x 14 x 10.2 cm )
Description:
Opaque white pressed glass butter dish in the form of a duck sitting on a basket; cover in the form of a bobtailed duck; dish with basketweave sides and roping edges. Underside of dish with basketweave and central cross.
Credit Line:
Gift of Clarence G. Michalis
Object Number:
1953.754ab
Gallery Label:
This dish, known as the "bobtailed duck" by some collectors, has been attributed to the Westmoreland Glass Co. of Grapeville, PA (see Publications).
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1910
eMuseum Object ID:
24562
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
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