Oil lamp
Classification:
Date:
1835-1840
Medium:
Glass, metal
Dimensions:
Overall: 8 1/4 x 4 x 4 in. ( 21 x 10.2 x 10.2 cm )
Description:
Colorless lead glass oil lamp with blown font and pressed base; spherical font attached with three wafers to a quatrefoil base with paw feet and corbels at the corners with shells in between; four pad feet on base; tin collar and double wick holder.
Object Number:
INV.11874b
Gallery Label:
Minor variations in the height and color of the bases suggest that INV.11874a and b are not the product of the same glass house.
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1840
eMuseum Object ID:
39234
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Oil lamp
Classification:
Date:
1835-1840
Medium:
Glass, metal
Dimensions:
Overall: 8 1/4 x 4 x 4 in. ( 21 x 10.2 x 10.2 cm )
Description:
Colorless lead glass oil lamp with blown font and pressed base; spherical font attached with three wafers to a quatrefoil base with paw feet and corbels at the corners with shells in between; four pad feet on base.
Object Number:
INV.11874a
Gallery Label:
Minor variations in the height and color of the bases suggest that INV.11874a and b are not the product of the same glass house.
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1840
eMuseum Object ID:
39233
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Mustard pot with cover
Classification:
Date:
1830-1850
Medium:
Glass
Dimensions:
Overall: 3 3/4 x 2 7/8 in. ( 9.5 x 7.3 cm )
Description:
Colorless pressed (probably lead) glass mustard pot; conical shape with fine vertical ribbing and relief serpentine border below rim, eights panels with scroll motif around sides, elaborate scroll handle, and octagonal foot with waffle patterning with radiating ribs on underside; domed and paneled cover with scroll motif, U-shaped cut-out for spoon, and stylized floral finial.
Object Number:
INV.3834ab
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1850
eMuseum Object ID:
38936
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Celery glass
Classification:
Date:
1870-1900
Medium:
Glass
Dimensions:
Overall (bowl): 7 1/2 in. × 5 3/4 in. (19.1 × 14.6 cm)
Part (base): 3 1/4 in. × 5 3/4 in. (8.3 × 14.6 cm)
Description:
Colorless glass celery glass with footed base (now detached); pressed bowl with six large oval depressions below flared, scalloped rim, and six contiguous arched panels around base; blown glass foot with baluster stem.
Credit Line:
Gift of Miss Isabella Vaché Cox
Object Number:
1933.219ab
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1900
eMuseum Object ID:
38809
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Oil lamps (pair)
Classification:
Date:
1820-1840
Medium:
Glass
Dimensions:
Overall: 10 x 4 1/4 in. ( 25.4 x 10.8 cm )
Description:
Pair of colorless, blown lead glass oil lamps with spherical fonts with hollw peg bases attached with hollow baluster stem with bobeche to low domed base; INV.541A has a tin double wick holder.
Object Number:
INV.541ab
Gallery Label:
Straight double wick holders were designed for whale oil lamps.
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1840
eMuseum Object ID:
38657
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Lampshade: flared
Classification:
Date:
1850-1900
Medium:
Glass
Dimensions:
Overall: 6 x 10 in. ( 15.2 x 25.4 cm )
Description:
Colorless cut lead glass lampshade; flared shape with notched and scalloped edge; sides with circular cuts surrounded by curvilinear outlines and leaf and flower pattern; diagonal cuts surrounding base.
Object Number:
INV.12954
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1900
eMuseum Object ID:
36813
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Glass
Classification:
Date:
1950-1970
Medium:
Glass
Dimensions:
Overall: 4 3/4 x 2 1/2 in. ( 12.1 x 6.4 cm )
Description:
Souvenir frosted glass with transfer-printed images of the Empire State Building, Statue of Liberty, and Rockefeller Center over an image of the New York skyline in yellow and black.
Credit Line:
Gift of Roberta J. M. Olson
Object Number:
2000.799
Marks:
printed: on the glass: "New York City/ EMPIRE/ STATE/ BLDG./ WORLD'S/ TALLEST/ STATUE/ OF/ LIBERTY/ ROCKEFELLER/ CENTER/ NEW YORK SKYLINE"
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1970
eMuseum Object ID:
35926
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Footed dish
Classification:
Date:
1890-1920
Medium:
Glass, silver
Dimensions:
Overall: 1 1/2 x 10 1/4 x 8 in. ( 3.8 x 26 x 20.3 cm )
Description:
Colorless pressed glass footed circular dish with silver trim and floral decoration; molded loop pattern on underside; scalloped edges; tab handles.
Object Number:
Z.3182
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1920
eMuseum Object ID:
34664
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Bottle: Morning Bitters inceptum 5869, triangular
Collections:
Classification:
Highlight:
Not promoted
Date:
1869-1880
Medium:
Glass
Dimensions:
Overall: 12 1/2 x 3 x 3 in. ( 31.8 x 7.6 x 7.6 cm )
Description:
Brown-amber non-lead glass bottle of triangular shape blown in full-size two-piece mold; molded striations on two sides and paneled third side; one side embossed "MORNING*BITTERS/INCEPTUM5869"; tooled lip, concave disk in base.
Credit Line:
Purchased from Elie Nadelman
Object Number:
1937.1658
Marks:
in relief: on side: "MORNING*BITTERS/INCEPTUM5869"
in relief: above shoulders: "PATENTED/5869"
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:
1880
eMuseum Object ID:
34106
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Patch box
Classification:
Date:
1800-1830
Medium:
Glass, sulfide, brass
Dimensions:
Overall: 1 1/8 x 2 1/4 in. ( 2.9 x 5.7 cm )
Description:
Round cut glass patch box, the cover has a sulfide bust of Lafayette, the bottom and cover have bands of brass which fit snuggly together.
Credit Line:
Gift of Mrs. J. Insley Blair
Object Number:
1941.618ab
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1830
eMuseum Object ID:
33753
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
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