Smelling bottle
Classification:
Date:
1780-1820
Medium:
Glass
Dimensions:
Overall: 3 x 1 x 1/2 in. ( 7.6 x 2.5 x 1.3 cm )
Description:
Deep blue blown non-lead glass smelling bottle (or pungent); flattened ovoid body with cylindrical neck; pattern-molded with vertical ribs swirled to the right (twisted); flat base with pontil mark.
Credit Line:
Bequest of Mrs. F. MacDonald Sinclair (Jennie H. Sinclair)
Object Number:
1965.767d
Gallery Label:
The main purpose of smelling bottles, or pungents, was to mask unpleasant odors, and thus they usually held smelling salts. They were first stoppered by corks and eventually by screw caps. The capacity of these bottles ranges from fractions of a dram to a little over an ounce.
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1820
eMuseum Object ID:
24240
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Paperweight
Classification:
Date:
1830-1850
Medium:
Glass
Dimensions:
Overall: 1/2 x 3 1/4 in. ( 1.3 x 8.3 cm )
Description:
Colorless pressed lead glass paperweight; circular form with edge of scallops and other decoration; in well, sulphide bust of Louis Philippe on waffle ground; pattern of fans and waffle-patterned triangles on interior rim; hole drilled through shoulder to be hung as plaque (Lee-Rose 843).
Credit Line:
Gift of Mrs. J. Insley Blair
Object Number:
1938.44
Gallery Label:
While generally categorized as such, this object was probably never used as a cup plate. Ruth Webb Lee and James Rose observed, in 1948, that all examples had "holes drilled through the shoulders so that they could be hung on the wall as plaques"(See Publications). As seen in other books, a large group of sulphides were used as paperweights, hence the item name used here.
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1850
eMuseum Object ID:
24238
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Tray
Classification:
Date:
1830-1845
Medium:
Glass
Dimensions:
Overall: 1 7/8 x 11 5/8 x 8 1/2 in. ( 4.8 x 29.5 x 21.6 cm )
Description:
Colorless pressed lead glass tray; rounded rectangular shape with open chain rim, open handle at each end, and fan and scroll design surrounding large diamond at center.
Object Number:
INV.3843
Gallery Label:
This extremely rare example "represents a technical achievement in mold making and pressing" (see "American Glass," plate 154). Fragments of this pattern were found at the Sandwich factory site (see "Pressed American and European Glass in The Corning Museum of Glass," p. 101).
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1845
eMuseum Object ID:
24237
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Smelling bottle
Classification:
Date:
1780-1820
Medium:
Glass
Dimensions:
Overall: 3 1/4 x 1 1/4 x 1 in. ( 8.3 x 3.2 x 2.5 cm )
Description:
Deep blue blown non-lead glass smelling bottle (or pungent); flattened ovoid body with wide cylindrical neck; pattern-molded with vertical ribs; flat base with pontil mark.
Credit Line:
Bequest of Mrs. F. MacDonald Sinclair (Jennie H. Sinclair)
Object Number:
1965.767c
Gallery Label:
The main purpose of smelling bottles, or pungents, was to mask unpleasant odors, and thus they usually held smelling salts. They were first stoppered by corks and eventually by screw caps. The capacity of these bottles ranges from fractions of a dram to a little over an ounce.
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1820
eMuseum Object ID:
24236
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Tray
Classification:
Date:
1830-1845
Medium:
Glass
Dimensions:
Overall: 1 7/8 x 11 5/8 x 8 1/2 in. ( 4.8 x 29.5 x 21.6 cm )
Description:
Colorless pressed lead glass tray; rounded rectangular shape with open chain rim, open handle at each end, and fan and scroll design surrounding large diamond at center.
Object Number:
INV.3716
Gallery Label:
This extremely rare example "represents a technical achievement in mold making and pressing" (see "American Glass," plate 154). Fragments of this pattern were found at the Sandwich factory site (see "Pressed American and European Glass in The Corning Museum of Glass," p. 101).
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1845
eMuseum Object ID:
24235
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 1/2 in. ( 1.3 x 8.9 cm )
Description:
Colorless pressed lead glass cup plate; octagonal form with scalloped edge (four eggs alternating with acanthus-like motif); in well, American eagle with shield on breast, with wings spread and head raised to right, clutching arrows and laurel branch, framed by arch of thirteen stars; pattern of flowers, palmettes, and waffle-patterned ovals along interior rim; rope table ring (Lee-Rose 677-G).
Credit Line:
Gift of Mrs. J. Insley Blair
Object Number:
1940.420
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1850
eMuseum Object ID:
24234
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Bowl
Classification:
Date:
1830-1850
Medium:
Glass
Dimensions:
Overall: 1 1/8 x 5 1/2 in. ( 2.9 x 14 cm )
Description:
Colorless pressed lead glass shallow bowl with octagonal rim with a fleur de lis at each angle, side panels with cartouches each of which contains a single stylized flower, and seven small flowers surrounding six-pointed star at center.
Credit Line:
Bequest of Mrs. F. MacDonald Sinclair (Jennie H. Sinclair)
Object Number:
1965.828c
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1850
eMuseum Object ID:
24233
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Oil lamps (pair)
Classification:
Date:
1840-1860
Medium:
Glass, metal
Dimensions:
Overall: 9 7/8 x 3 x 3 in. ( 25.1 x 7.6 x 7.6 cm )
Description:
Pair of colorless pressed lead glass oil lamps; domed top above tapering cylindrical font with eight sides; base consists of eight-sided baluster stem mounted on square base.
Object Number:
INV.3993ab
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1860
eMuseum Object ID:
24232
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Oil lamp
Classification:
Date:
1847-1860
Medium:
Glass, metal
Dimensions:
overall: 9 7/8 x 3 x 3 in.
Description:
Colorless pressed lead glass oil lamp; domed tapering octagonal font; base consists of eight-sided baluster stem mounted on square base; metal lid with wick tube and brass cover mounted on cork stopper.
Object Number:
INV.3993a
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:
24231
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 3/8 in. ( 1.3 x 8.6 cm )
Description:
Deep blue pressed lead glass cup plate; circular form with edge of alternating bulls' eyes and points; in well, American eagle with shield on breast, with wings spread and head raised to right, clutching arrows and laurel branch, surrounded by stippled band punctuated by stars around edge of well; on interior rim, sunburst pattern radiating from center, on stippled ground (Lee-Rose 670-A).
Credit Line:
Gift of Colonel Henry O. Havemeyer
Object Number:
1983.40
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1845
eMuseum Object ID:
24230
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
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