Plate: Do Unto Others...
Classification:
Date:
1880-1900
Medium:
Glass
Dimensions:
Overall: 1 1/2 x 11 in. ( 3.8 x 27.9 cm )
Description:
Colorless pressed lead glass plate; circular form; scalloped edge; rim decorated with bands of stars and flutes and lettering that reads "DO UNTO OTHERS AS YOU WOULD HAVE THEM DO UNTO YOU."; base decorated with ring of shells around central flower.
Credit Line:
Gift of Mr. & Mrs. Robert P. Coates
Object Number:
1971.110j
Marks:
impressed: on rim: "DO UNTO OTHERS AS YOU WOULD HAVE THEM DO UNTO YOU."
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1900
eMuseum Object ID:
24508
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Plate: A Good Mother...
Classification:
Date:
1880-1900
Medium:
Glass
Dimensions:
Overall: 1 1/2 x 11 in. ( 3.8 x 27.9 cm )
Description:
Colorless pressed lead glass plate; formed to resemble an eight-petal flower; all-over pattern of stars forming concentric rings; lettering around inner rim reads "A GOOD MOTHER MAKES A HAPPY HOME"; sunburst at center of base.
Credit Line:
Gift of Mr. & Mrs. Robert P. Coates
Object Number:
1971.110m
Marks:
impressed: on rim: "A GOOD MOTHER MAKES A HAPPY HOME"
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1900
eMuseum Object ID:
24507
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Salt cellar
Classification:
Date:
1875-1900
Medium:
Glass
Dimensions:
Overall: 3 3/8 x 2 3/4 x 2 1/8 in. ( 8.6 x 7 x 5.4 cm )
Description:
Blue pressed lead glass salt in form of chair; deep, slightly flared cylindrical well is seat of chair; chair back extends up part of cylinder; geometric pressed decoration composed of faceted stars and diamonds.
Credit Line:
Gift of Clarence G. Michalis
Object Number:
1953.600
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1900
eMuseum Object ID:
24506
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Figured bottle: U.S. Mail; mail box shaped
Classification:
Highlight:
Not promoted
Date:
1890-1920
Medium:
Glass
Dimensions:
Overall: 9 x 4 1/4 x 3 in. ( 22.9 x 10.8 x 7.6 cm )
Description:
Colorless non-lead glass figured bottle blown in a multi-part mold with flat collar, tapered neck, mail box-shaped body with embossed American eagle and inscriptions "US MAIL" and "US M...L" on either side, and inscription "PATENTED DEC 15 1891" on base.
Object Number:
INV.11892
Marks:
in relief: on sides: "U S / MAIL" and "U S / M [latch and lock?] L"
in relief: on base: "PATENTED / DEC 15 1891"
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1920
eMuseum Object ID:
24505
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Bottle: Hall's Bitters E.E. Hall New Haven
Collections:
Classification:
Highlight:
Not promoted
Date:
1860-1890
Medium:
Glass
Dimensions:
Overall: 9 3/8 x 3 1/4 in. ( 23.8 x 8.3 cm )
Description:
Amber glass bitters bottle blown in a three-part mold with wide flange lip, short neck and shoulder, slender barrel shape with narrow bands of horizontal ribbing separated by three wide plain bands, inscription "HALL'S BITTERS" on obverse, "E. E. HALL NEW HAVEN ESTABLISHED 1842" on reverse, and flat base.
Credit Line:
Purchased from Elie Nadelman
Object Number:
1937.1665
Marks:
in relief: on obverse: "HALL'S / BITTERS"
in relief: on reverse: "E. E. HALL NEW HAVEN / ESTABLISHED1842"
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:
1890
eMuseum Object ID:
24504
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Cup plate
Classification:
Date:
1830-1850
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 scalloped edge (two small scallops alternating with one larger scallop); in center of well, small three-masted, square-rigged sailing ship, on wavy sea, enclosed by stippled ring, bordered by pattern of scrolls with shields and stars; on interior rim, trapezoidal shape and floral motif flanked by scrolls, with stars in between (Lee-Rose 610-A).
Credit Line:
Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Robert Coates in loving memory of Howard Masten and Anne Louise Canoune
Object Number:
1971.109b
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1850
eMuseum Object ID:
24503
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Bitters bottle
Classification:
Date:
1860-1890
Medium:
Glass
Dimensions:
Overall: 9 1/2 x 3 1/4 in. ( 24.1 x 8.3 cm )
Description:
Amber glass bitters bottle blown in a three-part mold with thick flange lip, short shoulder and neck, slender barrel shape, label band with inscription "BOURBON WHISKEY/ BITTERS" between wide horizontal ribbing, and flat base.
Credit Line:
Gift of Clarence G. Michalis
Object Number:
1953.416
Marks:
in relief: on obverse: "BOURBON WHISKEY/ BITTERS"
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1890
eMuseum Object ID:
24502
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Cup plate
Classification:
Date:
1827-1840
Medium:
Glass
Dimensions:
overall: 1/2 x 3 3/8 in.
Description:
Colorless pressed lead glass cup plate; circular form with edge consisting of one large scallop alternating with two smaller scallops (formed by hearts); in well, four interlocked hearts (stippled) within plain circle, bordered by stippled diamond pattern; on interior rim, stippled hearts alternating with acanthus leaf on plain ground (Lee-Rose 429).
Credit Line:
Gift of Mrs. J. Insley Blair
Object Number:
1938.40
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1840
eMuseum Object ID:
24501
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Bottle
Classification:
Date:
ca. 1789
Medium:
Glass
Dimensions:
Overall: 11 3/4 x 5 1/2 in. ( 29.8 x 14 cm )
Description:
Olive green, non-lead, blown glass bottle with applied seal "WD HART 1789;" bottle blown in dip mold and has cylindrical neck with applied up-tooled and flattened string rim, rounded shoulders, and a squat cylindrical body with seal applied on body below shoulder, push-up and pontil mark.
Credit Line:
Gift of Helen Murray MacDonald
Object Number:
1955.174
Marks:
in relief: on seal: "WD/ HART./ 1789"
Gallery Label:
According to the accession records, this bottle belonged to William de Hart (1746-1801) who married Elizabeth Bleecker (daughter of James and Abigail Bleecker). de Hart was born in Elizabethtown, N.J. and died in Morristown, N.J. he served as a colonel in the American Revolution.
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1789
eMuseum Object ID:
24500
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Candlestick
Classification:
Date:
1850-1900
Medium:
Glass
Dimensions:
Overall: 7 3/4 x 4 in. ( 19.7 x 10.2 cm )
Description:
Opaque light blue pressed lead glass candlestick; socket and bobeche with vertical lobed ribbing on ribbed columnar standard on ogee-curved pedestal base with lobed ribs; hollow interior.
Credit Line:
Bequest of Mrs. F. MacDonald Sinclair (Jennie H. Sinclair)
Object Number:
1965.873a[dup]
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1900
eMuseum Object ID:
24499
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
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