Oil lamp
Classification:
Date:
1850-1865
Medium:
Glass, brass
Dimensions:
Overall: 11 x 5 1/4 in. ( 27.9 x 13.3 cm )
Description:
Colorless lead glass oil lamp; conical font with slightly domed top; pressed decoration consists of six vertical panels with four squares with circular indentations ("block-and-printie" pattern); font joined by wafer to hexagonal standard with knop; brass collar.
Object Number:
INV.3966b
Marks:
written: in ink on paper label beneath base: "S"
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1865
eMuseum Object ID:
24061
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Oil lamp
Classification:
Date:
1850-1865
Medium:
Glass, brass
Dimensions:
Overall: 11 x 5 1/4 in. ( 27.9 x 13.3 cm )
Description:
Colorless lead glass oil lamp; conical font with slightly domed top; pressed decoration consists of six vertical panels with four squares with circular indentations ("block-and-printie" pattern); font joined by wafer to hexagonal standard with knop; brass collar and cover with splayed wick tubes and caps.
Object Number:
INV.3966a
Marks:
written: in ink on paper label affixed beneath base: "S"
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1865
eMuseum Object ID:
24060
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Cup
Classification:
Date:
1880-1940
Medium:
Glass
Dimensions:
Overall: 1 1/2 x 1 3/4 in. ( 3.8 x 4.4 cm )
Description:
Small handleless blown glass cup, stained green and cut exposing colorless ground; pattern of fans and diamonds.
Object Number:
Z.471
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1940
eMuseum Object ID:
24059
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Smelling bottle
Classification:
Date:
1825-1875
Medium:
Glass, cork
Dimensions:
Overall: 1 x 3 x 2 in. ( 2.5 x 7.6 x 5.1 cm )
Description:
Colorless blown lead glass smelling bottle; cylindrical wound body (seahorse shape) with applied trailed thread decoration (colorless) crimped into parallel notches, with crimped end; straight finish with fire-polished lip; pontil mark on side; cork in mouth.
Credit Line:
Bequest of Mrs. F. MacDonald Sinclair (Jennie H. Sinclair)
Object Number:
1965.761b
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1875
eMuseum Object ID:
24058
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Oil lamps (pair)
Classification:
Date:
1825-1840
Medium:
Glass, metal
Dimensions:
Overall: 10 x 3 3/4 x 3 3/4 in. ( 25.4 x 9.5 x 9.5 cm )
Description:
Colorless lead glass oil lamp with blown font and pressed base; spherical font with mercurial ring and unpolished stone wheel engraving of vine motif and swags joined by annular wafer to inverted baluster joined by annular wafer to base consisting of a short lobed column on plinth of three circular steps on square base with projecting circular corners; pewter threaded collar; pontil mark in hollow base.
Object Number:
INV.513ab
Gallery Label:
The mercurial ring is thought to have been produced by Thomas Cains of the South Boston and Phoenix Glass Works of Boston, MA.
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1840
eMuseum Object ID:
24057
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Oil lamp
Classification:
Date:
1825-1840
Medium:
Glass, metal
Dimensions:
Overall: 10 x 3 3/4 x 3 3/4 in. ( 25.4 x 9.5 x 9.5 cm )
Description:
Colorless lead glass oil lamp with blown font and pressed base; spherical font with mercurial ring and unpolished stone wheel engraving of vine motif and swags joined by annular wafer to inverted baluster joined by annular wafer to base consisting of a short lobed column on plinth of three circular steps on square base with projecting circular corners; pewter threaded collar; pontil mark in hollow base.
Object Number:
INV.513b
Gallery Label:
The mercurial ring is thought to have been produced by Thomas Cains of the South Boston and Pheonix Glass Works of Boston, MA.
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1840
eMuseum Object ID:
24055
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:
Colorless pressed lead glass cup plate; circular form with scalloped edge; in well, representation of Bunker Hill monument (obelisk, with stones articulated), intersected by stippled circle and larger circle of stars; inscription around edge of well, enclosed by two concentric rings; on interior rim, continuous linked chain formed by two interwoven dotted bands, punctuated by small stars (Lee-Rose 640).
Credit Line:
Gift of Mrs. J. Insley Blair
Object Number:
1940.401
Marks:
pressed: around edge of well: "BUNKER HILL * BATTLE FOUGHT"; "JUNE 17. 1775"
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:
24056
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Oil lamp
Classification:
Date:
1825-1840
Medium:
Glass, metal
Dimensions:
Overall: 10 x 3 3/4 x 3 3/4 in. ( 25.4 x 9.5 x 9.5 cm )
Description:
Colorless lead glass oil lamp with blown font and pressed base; spherical font with mercurial ring and unpolished stone wheel engraving of vine motif and swags joined by annular wafer to inverted baluster joined by annular wafer to base consisting of a short lobed column on plinth of three circular steps on square base with projecting circular corners; brass threaded collar; pontil mark in hollow base.
Object Number:
INV.513a
Gallery Label:
The mercurial ring is thought to have been produced by Thomas Cains of the South Boston and Pheonix Glass Works of Boston, MA.
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1840
eMuseum Object ID:
24054
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Oil lamps (pair)
Classification:
Date:
1830-1845
Medium:
Glass, brass
Dimensions:
Overall: 9 1/4 x 3 7/8 in. ( 23.5 x 9.8 cm )
Description:
Pair of colorless lead glass oil lamps with blown fonts and pressed bases; cylindrical font with wide vertical ribs alternating with half-ovals connecting to upper and lower rims; hexagonal base and conical stem with incurving sides; brass collar.
Object Number:
INV.543ab
Gallery Label:
The lamp top of INV.543b has two tapering wick tubes which project away from one another, indicating that this pair of lamps was meant to be used with burning fuel rather than oil.
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1845
eMuseum Object ID:
24053
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Oil lamp
Classification:
Date:
1830-1845
Medium:
Glass, brass
Dimensions:
Overall: 9 1/4 x 3 7/8 in. ( 23.5 x 9.8 cm )
Description:
Colorless lead glass oil lamp with blown font and pressed base; cylindrical font with wide vertical ribs alternating with half-ovals connecting to upper and lower rims; hexagonal base and conical stem with incurving sides; brass collar and cap with tubes.
Object Number:
INV.543b
Gallery Label:
The lamp top of INV.543b has two tapering wick tubes which project away from one another, indicating that this pair of lamps was meant to be used with burning fuel rather than oil.
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1845
eMuseum Object ID:
24052
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
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