Oil lamp
Classification:
Date:
1847-1860
Medium:
Glass, metal
Dimensions:
Overall: 10 3/4 x 4 x 4 in. ( 27.3 x 10.2 x 10.2 cm )
Description:
Colorless pressed lead glass oil lamp; domed hexagonal font with panels decorated with hearts with alternating plain and diamond mesh interiors; font joined with wafer to footed square plinth; pewter collar.
Object Number:
INV.509b
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.
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1860
eMuseum Object ID:
24484
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Oil lamp
Classification:
Date:
1847-1860
Medium:
Glass, brass
Dimensions:
overall: 11 1/4 x 3 1/2 x 3 1/2 in.
Description:
Colorless pressed lead glass oil lamp; hexagonal font with domed top; two indented squared ovals on each panel; font joined with wafer to standard and base in form of square pedistal; brass collar; font broken off pedestal.
Credit Line:
Bequest of Mrs. F. MacDonald Sinclair (Jennie H. Sinclair)
Object Number:
1965.916h
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.
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1860
eMuseum Object ID:
24483
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Oil lamp
Classification:
Date:
1847-1860
Medium:
Glass, pewter
Dimensions:
Overall: 8 5/8 x 4 in. ( 21.9 x 10.2 cm )
Description:
Colorless pressed lead glass lamp; domed tapering cylinderical font decorated with alternating medallions of diamond mesh or inner circles, and stylized lotus leaf bottom; font joined by wafer to hexagonal baluster standard mounted on hexagonal base with incurving sides; pewter collar.
Object Number:
INV.3991a
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.
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1860
eMuseum Object ID:
24482
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Oil lamp
Classification:
Date:
1847-1860
Medium:
Glass, pewter
Dimensions:
overall: 10 1/4 x 5 in.
Description:
Colorless lead glass pressed oil lamp; domed tapering hexagonal font with pressed diamond pattern; base composed of hexagonal baluster mounted on hexagon with incurving sides; font and base joined with wafer; pewter collar.
Object Number:
INV.3968b
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.
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1860
eMuseum Object ID:
24481
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Oil lamp
Classification:
Date:
1847-1860
Medium:
Glass, metal
Dimensions:
Overall: 9 7/8 x 3 x 3 in. ( 25.1 x 7.6 x 7.6 cm )
Description:
Colorless pressed lead glass oil lamp; domed tapering octagonal font; base consists of eight-sided baluster stem mounted on square base.
Object Number:
INV.3993b
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.
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1860
eMuseum Object ID:
24480
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Oil lamp
Classification:
Date:
1829-1835
Medium:
Glass, metal
Dimensions:
Overall: 10 1/2 x 3 x 3 in. ( 26.7 x 7.6 x 7.6 cm )
Description:
Colorless lead glass oil lamp with blown font and pressed base; bulb-shaped font joined by three wafers to the square base consisting of a plinth on three steps; plinth decorated with baskets of fruit on the four sides and projecting pilasters at the corners surmounted by a lion's head; four shallow bosses on base; sheet brass collar and screw-on double wick holder.
Object Number:
INV.4017
Gallery Label:
At least three variations of this lion's head base exist. The original, made by moldmakers Enock Robinson and Spencer Richards of the New England Glass Company, was quickly copied by Boston and Sandwich, who added pad feet to the base.
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1835
eMuseum Object ID:
24479
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 7/16 in. ( 1.3 x 8.7 cm )
Description:
Colorless pressed lead glass cup plate; circular form with edge consisting of larger scallop alternating with four smaller scallops; in well, portrait bust (profile) of Major Samuel Ringgold in military dress, with name and place of death to each side of profile; plain interior rim (Lee-Rose 585-A).
Credit Line:
Gift of Mrs. J. Insley Blair
Object Number:
1941.329
Marks:
pressed: in well: "RINGGOLD/PALO ALTO"
Gallery Label:
Major Samuel Ringgold was the first American officer to be fatally wounded in the Mexican War, in 1846. Ringgold was born in 1800 in Washington County, Maryland, and entered West Point at the age of 14. After several prestigious appointments, Ringgold was assigned to organize a corps of flying artillery. He died in the course of its first trial at Palo Alto on May 8, 1846, and was buried at Port Isabel. (See Publications)
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1850
eMuseum Object ID:
24478
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Cup plate
Classification:
Date:
1830-1850
Medium:
Glass
Dimensions:
Overall: 5/8 x 3 7/16 in. ( 1.6 x 8.7 cm )
Description:
Peacock blue pressed lead glass cup plate; circular form with edge consisting of one large scallop alternating with two smaller scallops; silhouette of Queen Victoria enclosed by stippled ring, and surrounded by scrollwork; name inscribed to left of profile; on interior rim, pattern of flowers, leaves, scrolled motifs, and shield-like motifs, some stippled (Lee-Rose 577).
Credit Line:
Gift of Colonel Henry O. Havemeyer
Object Number:
1982.65[dup]
Marks:
pressed: in well: "· VICTORIA ·"
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1850
eMuseum Object ID:
24477
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 4 in. ( 1.3 x 10.2 cm )
Description:
Colorless pressed lead glass cup plate; circular form with scalloped edge; in well, portrait bust of Queen Victoria (with features faintly detailed) within stippled circle, surrounded by scrolled border; crown with stippled details just above portrait head on interior rim, with pattern of leaves and roses (on vine) running along interior rim on stippled ground (Lee-Rose 570).
Credit Line:
Gift of Mrs. J. Insley Blair
Object Number:
1940.450
Marks:
pressed: in well, top: "VICTORIA"
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1850
eMuseum Object ID:
24476
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Tray: plant design
Classification:
Date:
1835-1845
Medium:
Glass
Dimensions:
Overall: 5/8 x 6 5/8 x 4 7/8 in. ( 1.6 x 16.8 x 12.4 cm )
Description:
Colorless pressed lead glass rounded rectangular tray with scrolled leaf and fleur de lis pattern in center and on sides.
Object Number:
INV.12925
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1845
eMuseum Object ID:
24475
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
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