Flask
Classification:
Date:
1850-1900
Medium:
Glass
Dimensions:
Overall: 7 x 4 1/2 x 2 in. ( 17.8 x 11.4 x 5.1 cm )
Description:
Red lead glass flask with applied opaque white threads pulled into loop patterns and marvered and then blown in a ribbed dip mold and twisted; bottle has short cylindrical neck, compressed ovoid body and pontil mark.
Credit Line:
Gift of Clarence G. Michalis
Object Number:
1953.458
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1900
eMuseum Object ID:
24217
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Set of jars with covers (3)
Collections:
Classification:
Date:
1875-1925
Medium:
Glass
Dimensions:
each: 3 x 2 in.
Description:
Set of three green pressed glass jars or cannisters with screw-on covers; paneled cylindrical body with faceted rim at base and shoulders, bottom impressed with circular indentation and ribbed ring; circular cover with flattened mushroom finial with faceted edge.
Credit Line:
Purchased from Elie Nadelman
Object Number:
1937.1651a-c
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:
1925
eMuseum Object ID:
24216
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Druggist's jar
Collections:
Classification:
Date:
1830-1880
Medium:
Glass
Dimensions:
Overall: 18 1/2 x 8 in. ( 47 x 20.3 cm )
Description:
Colorless blown glass apothecary jar with long cylindrical neck flared at bottom; applied ring collar; ovoid section pattern-molded with rows of diamonds; applied bulging stem and domed conical foot; pontil mark.
Credit Line:
Purchased from Elie Nadelman
Object Number:
1937.999
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:
24214
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Cologne bottle w/stopper
Classification:
Date:
1840-1880
Medium:
Glass
Dimensions:
Overall: 5 x 2 in. ( 12.7 x 5.1 cm )
Description:
Deep blue blown glass cologne bottle with pressed glass stopper; with hand-tooled flanged lip, cylindrical neck, and rounded shoulder, and dip-molded cylindrical body, with pontil mark on base.
Credit Line:
Gift of Clarence G. Michalis
Object Number:
1953.424ab
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1880
eMuseum Object ID:
24215
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Bowl
Classification:
Date:
1840-1860
Medium:
Glass
Dimensions:
Overall: 1 1/4 x 6 in. ( 3.2 x 15.2 cm )
Description:
Reddish amber pressed lead glass bowl; circular form with scalloped edge; rim decorated with a foliate wreath; center decorated with leaves and acorns.
Object Number:
INV.3830
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1860
eMuseum Object ID:
24213
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Dish
Classification:
Date:
1835-1850
Medium:
Glass
Dimensions:
Overall: 1 x 5 1/2 in. ( 2.5 x 14 cm )
Description:
Opalescent pressed lead glass dish; circular form with scalloped edge; rim decorated with band of linked patterned circles; center decorated with nine-pointed star.
Object Number:
INV.12921
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1850
eMuseum Object ID:
24212
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Dish
Classification:
Date:
1830-1840
Medium:
Glass
Dimensions:
Overall: 1 3/4 x 9 in. ( 4.4 x 22.9 cm )
Description:
Colorless pressed lead glass dish; circular form; rim decoration composed of alternating hearts and lyres; base decoration composed of strawberry diamonds around an eight-pointed star.
Credit Line:
Bequest of Mrs. F. MacDonald Sinclair (Jennie H. Sinclair)
Object Number:
1965.823
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1840
eMuseum Object ID:
24211
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Cup plate
Classification:
Date:
1834-1840
Medium:
Glass
Dimensions:
Overall: 1/2 x 3 7/16 in. ( 1.3 x 8.7 cm )
Description:
Light turquoise blue pressed lead glass cup plate; circular form with scalloped edge; in well, three-masted side-wheel steamer (the Chancellor Livingston) with curved flag, on wavy sea, with inscription above and below ship; stick figures on decks; on interior rim, pattern of shields, stippled hearts, scrolls, and stars, on stippled ground; rope table ring (Lee-Rose 628).
Object Number:
INV.14401a
Marks:
pressed: in well: "CHANCELLOR/LIVINGSTON"
Gallery Label:
The Chancellor Livingston was a paddle-wheel steamboat with auxiliary sails that operated between New York and Providence, R.I. until it was dismantled in 1834. The cup plate may commemorate the destruction of the ship.
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1840
eMuseum Object ID:
24210
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Cruet/cologne bottle
Collections:
Classification:
Date:
1820-1840
Medium:
Glass
Dimensions:
overall, without stopper: 5 3/4 x 2 3/4 in. ( 14.6 x 7 cm )
Description:
Purple-blue lead glass cruet or cologne bottle blown in a mold of three vertical sections and a base plate (McKearin GI-7 Type 2) with a tapered cylindrical neck with flanged lip, barrel-shaped bottle with sloping shoulders molded with bulbous horizontal ring at shoulders and 36 vertical ribs, flat base with pontil mark, and solid pressed and tooled glass stopper.
Credit Line:
Purchased from Elie Nadelman
Object Number:
1937.1014ab
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:
1840
eMuseum Object ID:
24209
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Dish
Classification:
Date:
1835-1850
Medium:
Glass
Dimensions:
Overall: 1 1/2 x 9 x 9 in. ( 3.8 x 22.9 x 22.9 cm )
Description:
Colorless pressed lead glass dish; octagonal form; rim decoration composed of alternating panels of acanthus leaves, scrolls and shields; base decoration composed of beehives, stars and thistles; all decoration on stippled ground.
Credit Line:
Bequest of Mrs. F. MacDonald Sinclair (Jennie H. Sinclair)
Object Number:
INV.3990
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1850
eMuseum Object ID:
24208
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
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