Cup plate
Classification:
Date:
ca. 1939
Medium:
Glass
Dimensions:
Overall: 1/2 x 3 1/2 in. ( 1.3 x 8.9 cm )
Description:
Colorless pressed lead glass cup plate; circular form with scalloped edge; in well, portrait bust (three-quarter view) of George Washington in period dress; inscription at bottom of interior rim, with signature and date range; plain stars along interior rim, on stippled ground.
Credit Line:
Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Robert Coates in loving memory of Howard Masten and Anne Louise Canoune
Object Number:
1971.109jj
Marks:
pressed: on interior rim, bottom: "G Washington [signature]/1732-1932"
Gallery Label:
This souvenir plate may have been made for the World's Fair, honoring the two-hundredth anniversary of the birth of George Washington (See Publications).
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1939
eMuseum Object ID:
24142
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Oil lamps (pair)
Classification:
Date:
1847-1860
Medium:
Glass, metal
Dimensions:
Overall: 11 1/2 x 5 x 4 1/2 in. ( 29.2 x 12.7 x 11.4 cm )
Description:
One of a pair of colorless pressed lead glass oil lamp; domed hexagonal font molded with gothic-arched windows in panels joined by wafer to base with hexagonal baluster on flat hexagonal base with incurving sides; pontil mark and threaded brass collar.
Object Number:
INV.3973a
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:
1860
eMuseum Object ID:
24140
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Cup plate
Classification:
Date:
1841-1850
Medium:
Glass
Dimensions:
Overall: 1/2 x 3 3/4 in. ( 1.3 x 9.5 cm )
Description:
Emerald green pressed lead glass cup plate; circular form with scalloped edge; in well, representation of Bunker Hill monument (outline of obelisk, with stippled stones), intersected by circle of stars; two lines of inscription around edge of well, enclosed by two concentric rings (stippled); inscription within two concentric rings (stippled) around interior rim, with drape pattern and tassels (Lee-Rose 645-A).
Credit Line:
Gift of Colonel Henry O. Havemeyer
Object Number:
1987.20
Marks:
pressed: around edge of well: "BUNKER HILL BATTLE FOUGHT"; "FROM THE FAIR./TO THE BRAVE."; "JUNE. 17. 1775."
pressed: around interior rim: "CORNERSTONE LAID BY LAFAYETTE. JUNE 17. 1825: FINISHED BY THE LADIES. 1841"
Gallery Label:
Jane Spilman suggests that this cup plate was probably manufactured at either the Boston & Sandwich Glass Company, Sandwich, Massachusetts, or the New England Glass Company, Cambridge, Massachusetts (See Publications).
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1850
eMuseum Object ID:
24139
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Plate
Classification:
Date:
1880-1900
Medium:
Glass
Dimensions:
Overall: 3/4 x 7 in. ( 1.9 x 17.8 cm )
Description:
Colorless pressed lead glass plate; circular form; rim decorated with concentric bands of stars; center decorated with feather wreath around concentric beaded bands.
Credit Line:
Bequest of Mrs. F. MacDonald Sinclair (Jennie H. Sinclair)
Object Number:
1965.815b
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1900
eMuseum Object ID:
24138
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Plate
Classification:
Date:
1880-1900
Medium:
Glass
Dimensions:
Overall: 3/4 x 7 in. ( 1.9 x 17.8 cm )
Description:
Colorless pressed lead glass plate; circular form; rim decorated with concentric bands of stars; center decorated with feather wreath around concentric beaded bands.
Credit Line:
Bequest of Mrs. F. MacDonald Sinclair (Jennie H. Sinclair)
Object Number:
1965.815L
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1900
eMuseum Object ID:
24137
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Bottle: Star Spring Co. Saratoga, NY
Classification:
Date:
1850-1870
Medium:
Glass
Dimensions:
Overall: 7 3/4 x 3 in. ( 19.7 x 7.6 cm )
Description:
Deep amber glass water bottle blown in a three-part mold with two-part finish, rounded shoulder, cylindrical body with inscription "STAR SPRING CO SARATOGA N.Y." on obverse, and slightly concave base.
Object Number:
1953.405
Marks:
In relief: on obverse: "STAR SPRING CO / [raised outline of a star] / SARATOGA N.Y."
Gallery Label:
Water from the springs of Saratoga, in upstate New York, was first bottled in the early nineteenth century.
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1870
eMuseum Object ID:
24135
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Plate
Classification:
Date:
1880-1900
Medium:
Glass
Dimensions:
Overall: 3/4 x 7 in. ( 1.9 x 17.8 cm )
Description:
Colorless pressed lead glass plate; circular form; rim decorated with concentric bands of stars; center decorated with feather wreath around concentric beaded bands.
Credit Line:
Bequest of Mrs. F. MacDonald Sinclair (Jennie H. Sinclair)
Object Number:
1965.815a
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1900
eMuseum Object ID:
24134
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Plate
Classification:
Date:
1830-1840
Medium:
Glass
Dimensions:
Overall: 1/2 x 5 3/4 in. ( 1.3 x 14.6 cm )
Description:
Colorless pressed lead glass plate; circular form with scalloped edge; rim decorated with grapes and grapevines on fluted ground; center decorated with sunburst.
Credit Line:
Bequest of Mrs. F. MacDonald Sinclair (Jennie H. Sinclair)
Object Number:
1965.817f
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1840
eMuseum Object ID:
24133
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Cologne bottle
Collections:
Classification:
Date:
1830-1860
Medium:
Glass
Dimensions:
Overall: 7 1/2 x 2 3/4 x 1 7/8 in. ( 19 x 7 x 4.8 cm )
Description:
Colorless lead glass cologne bottle blown in a two-part mold with flange lip, neck paneled below wide medial collar-rib, rectangular body with panels on four sides three of which contain paired gadroon ribs, and diagonal mold mark on base.
Credit Line:
Purchased from Elie Nadelman
Object Number:
1937.1049
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:
1860
eMuseum Object ID:
24128
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Plate: purple, scalloped rim
Classification:
Date:
1830-1840
Medium:
Glass
Dimensions:
Overall: 3/4 x 7 1/2 in. ( 1.9 x 19 cm )
Description:
Colorless pressed lead glass plate; circular form with fourteen-sided edge; rim decorated with scrolls and foliage on stippled ground; center decorated with star.
Object Number:
INV.12941
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1840
eMuseum Object ID:
24127
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
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