Bottle w/wicker cover & lid
Classification:
Date:
1870-1890
Medium:
Glass, wicker
Dimensions:
Overall: 14 x 2 3/4 in. ( 35.6 x 7 cm )
Description:
Colorless glass bottle encased in woven wicker; tapered cylindrical bottle with long tapered neck; applied ring below lip; brown, yellow, red, and green wicker casing woven in various patterns in horizontal bands; wicker top is removeable.
Credit Line:
Gift of Mrs. John V. Irwin
Object Number:
1948.479
Gallery Label:
According to accession records, this bottle was purchased at Sitka, Alaska around 1888. The wicker was woven by Northwest Coast Indians.
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1890
eMuseum Object ID:
24380
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 5/8 in.
Description:
Pressed lead glass cup plate with faint amethyst tint; circular form with rope edge; six-pointed star (with flower at center and points filled in with diamonds) in well, surrounded by rope ring, and alternating pattern of hearts and stars; vine pattern running along interior rim; rope table ring (Lee-Rose 79).
Credit Line:
Gift of Mrs. J. Insley Blair
Object Number:
1938.39
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1850
eMuseum Object ID:
24379
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Cup plate
Classification:
Date:
1830-1845
Medium:
Glass
Dimensions:
overall: 1/2 x 3 1/8 in.
Description:
Colorless pressed lead glass cup plate; circular form with scalloped edge; rosette at center of well, with petals reaching out, with vine of acorns and leaves running along border; pattern of hanging ornaments along interior rim, with tassels and fruit-like shapes suspended from stippled cord (Lee-Rose 197-C).
Credit Line:
Gift of Mrs. J. Insley Blair
Object Number:
1938.36
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1845
eMuseum Object ID:
24378
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 3/8 in. ( 1.3 x 8.6 cm )
Description:
Colorless pressed lead glass cup plate; ten-sided form with scalloped edge; in center of well, four-petaled motif with large stippled diamonds (with plain borders) fitting between petals, on stippled ground; thirteen stippled hearts with points facing center along interior rim; rope table ring (Lee-Rose 475).
Credit Line:
Gift of Mrs. J. Insley Blair
Object Number:
1938.35
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1850
eMuseum Object ID:
24377
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:
Colorless pressed lead glass cup plate; circular form with scalloped edge; four plain hearts at center of well with points facing dot at center; frosted band on interior rim (Lee-Rose 478).
Credit Line:
Gift of Mrs. J. Insley Blair
Object Number:
1938.33
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1850
eMuseum Object ID:
24376
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Cruet
Classification:
Date:
1820-1840
Medium:
Glass
Dimensions:
overall: 6 1/4 x 2 1/2 in.
Description:
Colorless lead glass cruet blown in a full-sized three-part mold (McKearin GI-7 Type 2) with tapered cylindrical neck with flanged folded-in lip, barrel-shaped body with sloping shoulders molded with bulbous ring at shoulders and 39 vertical ribs, and flat base with pontil mark.
Object Number:
Z.460
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1840
eMuseum Object ID:
24375
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 in. ( 1.6 x 7.6 cm )
Description:
Colorless pressed lead glass cup plate; circular form with rope edge; small flower at center formed by dots, surrounded by six waffle pattern hearts with points facing center, pointed dots between hearts; several concentric rings around interior rim (Lee-Rose 444).
Credit Line:
Gift of Mrs. J. Insley Blair
Object Number:
1938.29
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1850
eMuseum Object ID:
24374
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Candlestick
Classification:
Date:
1823-1845
Medium:
Glass
Dimensions:
Overall: 10 3/4 x 4 1/4 in. ( 27.3 x 10.8 cm )
Description:
Colorless cut lead glass candlestick; baluster vase-shaped candle socket with bobeche with upturned rim cut with band of strawberry diamonds on body and fans on bobeche joined by cut wafer to holow cylindrical stem with cut with design of interlocking circles with strawberry diamonds joined by faceted wafer to panel-cut pedestal base with a flat plinth in the shape of an eight-pointed star.
Credit Line:
Gift of Lena Cadwalader Evans
Object Number:
1936.698b
Gallery Label:
According to the accession records, this candlestick is Irish, but its provenance and similarity to other pieces of Brooklyn glass from the Corse family at the New-York Historical Society suggest that it may be a product of the Brooklyn Glass Works.
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1845
eMuseum Object ID:
24372
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:
Opaque blue pressed lead glass candlestick; 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:
1965.877a
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1855
eMuseum Object ID:
24373
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Candlestick: clear star base
Classification:
Date:
1823-1845
Medium:
Glass
Dimensions:
Overall: 10 3/4 x 4 1/4 in. ( 27.3 x 10.8 cm )
Description:
Colorless cut lead glass candlestick; baluster vase-shaped candle socket with bobeche with upturned rim cut with band of strawberry diamonds on body and fans on bobeche joined by cut wafer to holow cylindrical stem with cut with design of interlocking circles with strawberry diamonds joined by faceted wafer to panel-cut pedestal base with a flat plinth in the shape of an eight-pointed star.
Credit Line:
Gift of Lena Cadwalader Evans
Object Number:
1936.698a
Gallery Label:
According to the accession records, this candlestick is Irish, but its provenance and similarity to other pieces of Brooklyn glass from the Corse family at the New-York Historical Society suggest that it may be a product of the Brooklyn Glass Works.
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1845
eMuseum Object ID:
24371
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
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