Oil lamp
Classification:
Date:
1820-1860
Medium:
Glass
Dimensions:
Overall: 4 1/2 x 2 3/4 in. ( 11.4 x 7 cm )
Description:
Colorless blown lead glass peg oil lamp with spherical font with inturned lip and applied handle crimped at lower terminal attached to solid peg with pontil mark.
Object Number:
INV.553
Gallery Label:
Peg lamps were designed to fit into a candlestick.
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1860
eMuseum Object ID:
24427
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Salt Cellar
Classification:
Date:
1875-1900
Medium:
Glass
Dimensions:
Overall: 1 1/4 x 3 1/8 x 1 1/2 in. ( 3.2 x 7.9 x 3.8 cm )
Description:
Blue pressed lead glass salt in the form of a dog pulling a rectangular cart without wheels.
Credit Line:
Gift of Clarence G. Michalis
Object Number:
1953.615
Gallery Label:
This salt was first made by Central Glass Co., but was widely reproduced by other factories (see publications).
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1900
eMuseum Object ID:
24426
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Match or toothpick holder
Classification:
Date:
1875-1900
Medium:
Glass
Dimensions:
Overall: 2 1/2 x 3 x 1 7/8 in. ( 6.4 x 7.6 x 4.8 cm )
Description:
Amber pressed lead glass match or toothpick holder in the shape of a basket with bird beside it; basket has two loop handles and is twice as tall as the small, round bird.
Credit Line:
Gift of Clarence G. Michalis
Object Number:
1953.666b
Gallery Label:
This novelty was made to be used for matches or toothpicks (see publications).
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1900
eMuseum Object ID:
24425
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Match or toothpick holder
Classification:
Date:
1875-1900
Medium:
Glass
Dimensions:
Overall: 2 1/2 x 3 x 1 7/8 in. ( 6.4 x 7.6 x 4.8 cm )
Description:
Blue pressed lead glass match or toothpick holder in the shape of a basket with bird beside it; basket has two loop handles and is twice as tall as the small, round bird.
Credit Line:
Gift of Clarence G. Michalis
Object Number:
1953.666a
Gallery Label:
This novelty was made to be used for matches or toothpicks (see publications).
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1900
eMuseum Object ID:
24424
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Demijohn
Classification:
Date:
1850-1880
Medium:
Glass, wicker
Dimensions:
Overall: 19 3/4 x 8 in. ( 50.2 x 20.3 cm )
Description:
Aquamarine blown-molded glass demijohn encased in wicker; cylindrical body with long, slightly tapering neck and sloping shoulders; wide, flat sloping collar; wicker handle on one side; base with large molded disk and no pontil mark.
Object Number:
Z.461
Gallery Label:
Demijohns, usually encased in leather or wicker, were used for shipping and storing liquids.
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1880
eMuseum Object ID:
24423
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Match holders (2)
Classification:
Date:
1875-1900
Medium:
Glass
Dimensions:
overall: 2 1/2 x 2 3/4 x 2 1/8 in.
Description:
Pair of pressed lead glass match holder in shape of hollow tree stump with owl on side; 1953.662a blue, 1953.662b amber.
Credit Line:
Gift of Clarence G. Michalis
Object Number:
1953.662ab
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1900
eMuseum Object ID:
24422
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Match or toothpick holder
Classification:
Date:
1875-1900
Medium:
Glass
Dimensions:
Overall: 2 1/2 x 2 3/4 x 2 1/8 in. ( 6.4 x 7 x 5.4 cm )
Description:
Amber pressed lead glass match holder in the shape of a hollow tree stump with owl on side.
Credit Line:
Gift of Clarence G. Michalis
Object Number:
1953.662b
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1900
eMuseum Object ID:
24421
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Salt
Classification:
Date:
1875-1900
Medium:
Glass
Dimensions:
Overall: 1 7/8 x 3 1/8 x 1 3/4 in. ( 4.8 x 7.9 x 4.4 cm )
Description:
Blue pressed lead glass salt in the shape of a wheelbarrow; bowl for salt is ovoid, with scalloped rim and basket-weave exterior, resting on frame with single wheel.
Credit Line:
Gift of Clarence G. Michalis
Object Number:
1953.617
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1900
eMuseum Object ID:
24419
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Cup plate
Classification:
Date:
1841-1850
Medium:
Glass
Dimensions:
Overall: 1/2 x 3 3/4 in. ( 1.3 x 9.5 cm )
Description:
Colorless pressed lead glass cup plate; circular form with scalloped edge; in well, representation of Bunker Hill monument (outline of obelisk, with stippled stones), intersected by circle of stars; two lines of inscription around edge of well, enclosed by two concentric rings (stippled); inscription within two concentric rings (stippled) around interior rim, with drape pattern and tassels (Lee-Rose 645-A).
Credit Line:
Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Robert Coates in loving memory of Howard Masten and Anne Louise Canoune
Object Number:
1971.109f
Marks:
pressed: around edge of well: "BUNKER HILL BATTLE FOUGHT"; "FROM THE FAIR./TO THE BRAVE."; "JUNE. 17. 1775."
pressed: around interior rim: "CORNERSTONE LAID BY LAFAYETTE. JUNE 17. 1825: FINISHED BY THE LADIES. 1841"
Gallery Label:
Jane Spilman suggests that this cup plate was probably manufactured at either the Boston & Sandwich Glass Company, Sandwich, Massachusetts, or the New England Glass Company, Cambridge, Massachusetts (See Publications).
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1850
eMuseum Object ID:
24417
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:
1965.901a
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1855
eMuseum Object ID:
24416
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
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