Oil lamp
Classification:
Date:
1847-60
Medium:
Glass, pewter
Dimensions:
Overall: 10 3/4 x 5 in. ( 27.3 x 12.7 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 parallel wick tubes.
Credit Line:
Bequest of Mrs. F. MacDonald Sinclair (Jennie H. Sinclair)
Object Number:
1965.916j
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:
1847
eMuseum Object ID:
24405
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; tapering cylindrical font with domed top; 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:
1965.916e
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:
24404
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Platter: railroad train pattern
Classification:
Date:
ca. 1869
Medium:
Glass
Dimensions:
Overall: 7/8 x 11 7/8 x 8 7/8 in. ( 2.2 x 30.2 x 22.5 cm )
Description:
Colorless pressed lead glass platter; hexagonal with concave corners, with pairs of leaves with stippled background on four straight sides, and perspective view of steam locomotive pulling three railroad cars at center.
Credit Line:
Bequest of Weber Hill Arkenburgh
Object Number:
1948.342b
Marks:
in inverted relief: on front of train: "350"
Gallery Label:
According to accession records, this platter was probably made to commemorate the opening of the Union Pacific Railroad in 1869.
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1869
eMuseum Object ID:
24400
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Oil lamp
Classification:
Date:
1847-1855
Medium:
Glass, metal
Dimensions:
Overall: 12 1/2 x 4 1/4 x 4 1/4 in. ( 31.8 x 10.8 x 10.8 cm )
Description:
Opaque blue and white pressed lead glass oil lamp; opaque light blue font with domed top and hexagonal ogee-shaped body molded with acanthus leaves on short beaded pedestal joined by wafer to opaque white base with baluster stem molded with acanthus leaves on a square, two-step plinth; brass threaded collar and pontil mark.
Credit Line:
Bequest of Mrs. F. MacDonald Sinclair (Jennie H. Sinclair)
Object Number:
1965.909b
Gallery Label:
The dome of the font was formed with the Magoun patent method. Developed by Joseph Magoun of the New England Works in 1847, eliminated mold marks by using a hinged, three-part mold to form the body 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:
1855
eMuseum Object ID:
24399
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Egg cup
Classification:
Date:
1860-1885
Medium:
Glass
Dimensions:
Overall: 3 5/8 x 2 5/8 in. ( 9.2 x 6.7 cm )
Description:
Colorless pressed lead glass footed eggcup with flared rim, hexagonal bowl with arches surrounding sides, hexagonal stem, and circular base.
Credit Line:
Gift of Mrs. Ella S. Humble
Object Number:
1953.322a
Gallery Label:
According to the accession records, this object was manufactured by Boston & Sandwich Glass Co. in the late nineteenth century and subsequently given to a great niece of William Stetson (superintendent of the Sandwich factory from 1826 to 1830).
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1885
eMuseum Object ID:
24398
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Oil lamp
Classification:
Date:
1847-1855
Medium:
Glass and metal
Dimensions:
Overall: 12 x 5 x 5 in. ( 30.5 x 12.7 x 12.7 cm )
Description:
Opaque white and blue pressed lead glass oil lamp; opaque white font with domed top and hexagonal ogee-shaped body molded with acanthus leaves on short beaded pedestal joined by wafer to opaque light blue base with baluster stem molded with acanthus leaves on a square, two-step plinth; brass threaded collar and pontil mark.
Credit Line:
Bequest of Mrs. F. MacDonald Sinclair (Jennie H. Sinclair)
Object Number:
1965.910
Gallery Label:
The dome of the font was formed with the Magoun patent method. Developed by Joseph Magoun of the New England Works in 1847, eliminated mold marks by using a hinged, three-part mold to form the body 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:
1855
eMuseum Object ID:
24397
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Bowl
Classification:
Date:
1830-1845
Medium:
Glass
Dimensions:
Overall: 1 x 6 1/8 in. ( 2.5 x 15.6 cm )
Description:
Colorless pressed lead glass bowl with small four-petaled flower with radiating hairpin motif at center and hairpin design on rim.
Credit Line:
Gift of Dr. Arthur H. Merritt
Object Number:
1961.397L
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1845
eMuseum Object ID:
24396
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Cup plate
Classification:
Date:
1835-1850
Medium:
Glass
Dimensions:
Overall: 1/2 x 3 5/16 in. ( 1.3 x 8.4 cm )
Description:
Opalescent pressed lead glass cup plate (translucent); circular form with scalloped edge; in well, twenty-petaled flower with center composed of three concentric rings around center dot; plain interior rim (Lee-Rose 522).
Credit Line:
Gift of Mrs. J. Insley Blair
Object Number:
1938.261
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1850
eMuseum Object ID:
24395
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Oil lamp
Classification:
Date:
1847-1865
Medium:
Glass and metal
Dimensions:
Overall: 9 1/4 x 3 x 3 in. ( 23.5 x 7.6 x 7.6 cm )
Description:
Purple pressed lead glass oil lamp; domed font in loop pattern with six protruding oval panels attached by wafer to octagonal baluster on square plinth; threaded pewter collar.
Object Number:
INV.3772
Gallery Label:
The dome of the font was formed with the Magoun patent method. Developed by Joseph Magoun of the New England Works in 1847, this method eliminated mold marks by using a hinged, three-part mold to form the body 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:
1865
eMuseum Object ID:
24394
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Oil lamp
Classification:
Date:
1830-1850
Medium:
Glass
Dimensions:
Overall: 6 x 2 5/8 in. ( 15.2 x 6.7 cm )
Description:
Colorless, lead glass; blown. Oil lamp with spherical font joined by a solid cylindrcial stem to an applied flat foot with pontil mark; brass single wick holder with cover attached with chain.
Object Number:
INV.12479
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1850
eMuseum Object ID:
24393
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
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