Candlestick
Classification:
Date:
1820-1860
Medium:
Glass
Dimensions:
Overall: 7 7/8 x 4 in. ( 20 x 10.2 cm )
Description:
Cobalt blown glass candlestick; socket and standard are a single blown piece; socket has flaring rim decending to tooled annular knop above plain knop; holow, cylindrical standard with collars above and below mounted on pair of knops; solid, circular stepped base.
Credit Line:
Bequest of Mrs. F. MacDonald Sinclair (Jennie H. Sinclair)
Object Number:
1965.881a
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1860
eMuseum Object ID:
24450
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Candlesticks (pair)
Classification:
Date:
1840-1855
Medium:
Glass
Dimensions:
overall: 9 1/4 x 3 1/2 x 3 1/2 in.
Description:
Pair of opaque white pressed lead glass candlesticks; hexagonal socket with petal-form rim on hexagonal stem joined with a wafer to columnar standard with eleven flutes on two-stepped square plinth; hollow interior with pontil mark.
Credit Line:
Bequest of Mrs. F. MacDonald Sinclair (Jennie H. Sinclair)
Object Number:
1965.882ab
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1855
eMuseum Object ID:
24449
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Platter
Classification:
Date:
ca. 1876
Medium:
Glass
Dimensions:
Overall: 1 3/8 x 13 x 9 1/2 in. ( 3.5 x 33 x 24.1 cm )
Description:
Colorless pressed lead glass platter; oval shape with scalloped edge, with Liberty Bell and inscription "1776 DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE 1876" at center and "100 YEARS AGO" and names of the signers of the Declaration on the rim.
Credit Line:
Gift of Mr. & Mrs. Robert P. Coates
Object Number:
1971.110b
Marks:
pressed: on rim: "100 YEARS AGO / [illegible] / NEW JERSEY / R. STOCKTON / J. WITHERSPOON / F. HOPKINSON / J. HART / A. CLARK / PENNSYLVANIA / R. MORRIS / B. RUSH / B. FRANKLIN / J. MORTON / G. CLYMER / J. SMITH / G. TAYLOR / J. WILSON / G. ROSS / MASSACH
Gallery Label:
On September 28, 1875, James C. Gill registered his design for this Gillinder Centennial pattern; it was made in a complete line of tableware. For reports on American glass at the Centennial Exposition, Philadelphia, 1876, see Innes, Pittsburgh Glass, pp. 430-437.
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1876
eMuseum Object ID:
24448
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Candlestick
Classification:
Date:
1840-1855
Medium:
Glass
Dimensions:
Overall: 9 1/4 x 3 1/2 x 3 1/2 in. ( 23.5 x 8.9 x 8.9 cm )
Description:
Translucent blue and opaque white pressed lead glass candlestick; blue hexagonal socket with petal-form rim on hexagonal stem joined with a wafer to white columnar standard with eleven flutes on two-stepped square plinth; hollow interior with pontil mark.
Credit Line:
Bequest of Mrs. F. MacDonald Sinclair (Jennie H. Sinclair)
Object Number:
1965.901b
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1855
eMuseum Object ID:
24447
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
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.509a
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:
24446
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Oil lamp w/electric cord
Classification:
Date:
1847-860
Medium:
Glass, brass
Dimensions:
Overall: 9 1/8 x 3 7/8 in. ( 23.2 x 9.8 cm )
Description:
Colorless pressed lead glass oil lamp;domed font with tapering ovoid lower section pressed with alternating circles and stars; font joined with wafer to hexagonal baluster standard and hexagonal base; brass collar.
Object Number:
1965.926b
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:
860
eMuseum Object ID:
24445
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Oil lamp
Classification:
Date:
1847-1860
Medium:
Glass, brass
Dimensions:
Overall: 10 5/8 x 4 1/2 in. ( 27 x 11.4 cm )
Description:
Colorless pressed lead glass oil lamp; domed, cylindrical font with six alternating vertical bands of indented pairs of circles and faceted grids; font joined with wafer to hexagonal baluster standard on hexagonal base; brass collar.
Credit Line:
Bequest of Mrs. F. MacDonald Sinclair (Jennie H. Sinclair)
Object Number:
1965.916f
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:
24444
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Oil lamp: w/electric fitting
Classification:
Date:
1847-1860
Medium:
Glass, brass, rubber
Dimensions:
Overall: 9 3/4 x 4 in. ( 24.8 x 10.2 cm )
Description:
Colorless pressed lead glass oil lamp;domed, tapering hexagonal font with panels with alternating pattern of circle above a star inside a circle or oval cartouche around five-pointed star; font attached with wafer to hexagonal baluster standard mounted on hexagonal base; hollow threaded metal rod fitted with rubber to brass collar.
Credit Line:
Gift of Clarence G. Michalis
Object Number:
1953.563b
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:
24442
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Candlestick (pair)
Classification:
Date:
1845-1865
Medium:
Glass
Dimensions:
each: 10 x 3 1/2 x 3 1/2 in. ( 25.4 x 8.9 x 8.9 cm )
Description:
Pair of colorless pressed lead glass candlesticks with dolphin standard; hexagonal petal socket and baluster stem with six petals at bottom; stem joined by wafer to dolphin standard mounted on square, stepped plinth.
Credit Line:
Bequest of Mrs. F. MacDonald Sinclair (Jennie H. Sinclair)
Object Number:
1965.897ab
Gallery Label:
Due to the popularity of dolphin candlesticks, glass houses began to manufacture them in a variety of colors and with a range of different bases and sockets. Dolphin lamps and dishes were also produced. Because of their popularity among modern collectors, they have also been produced in the twentieth century.
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1865
eMuseum Object ID:
24441
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Oil lamp
Classification:
Date:
1847-1860
Medium:
Glass, pewter
Dimensions:
Overall: 12 x 4 1/2 in. ( 30.5 x 11.4 cm )
Description:
Colorless pressed glass oil lamp;domed lotus blossom font; font joined with wafer to hexagonal baluster standard on hexagonal base with incurving sides; pewter collar and top with splayed wick tubes.
Credit Line:
Bequest of Mrs. F. MacDonald Sinclair (Jennie H. Sinclair)
Object Number:
1965.916i
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:
24439
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
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