Cup plate
Classification:
Date:
1830-1845
Medium:
Glass
Dimensions:
Overall: 1/2 x 3 5/8 in. ( 1.3 x 9.2 cm )
Description:
Colorless pressed lead glass cup plate; circular form with edge of alternating large scallops and points; in well, small six-petaled flower enclosed by plain ring on waffle ground; pattern of stippled arches with alternating angular or rounded shapes, on interior rim; every other arch with small door at bottom and flower at top (Lee-Rose 285).
Credit Line:
Gift of Miss Fannie G. Dudley & Family
Object Number:
1957.146
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1845
eMuseum Object ID:
24041
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:
1965.817d
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1840
eMuseum Object ID:
24040
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Lid for dish
Classification:
Date:
1875-1900
Medium:
Glass
Dimensions:
Overall: 3 x 2 3/8 x 4 5/8 in. ( 7.6 x 6 x 11.7 cm )
Description:
Amber pressed lead glass lid for dish in form of a terrier lying down on a rectangular platform; sides of platform covered with vertical ribs.
Credit Line:
Gift of Clarence G. Michalis
Object Number:
1953.698
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1900
eMuseum Object ID:
24039
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Decanter or bottle
Classification:
Date:
1820-1840
Medium:
Glass
Dimensions:
Overall: 7 x 3 in. ( 17.8 x 7.6 cm )
Description:
Olive-amber green glass decanter or bottle blown in a full-size three-part mold (McKearin GIII-16) with a tapered cylindrical neck with a hand-tooled flared lip, barrel-shaped body with sloping shoulders molded with a geometric design consisting of vertical ribbing above and below a two-part band of diagonal ribbing over alternating panels of sunburst and diamond diapering, and a flat molded base (McKearin Rayed Type VI-A) with pontil mark.
Credit Line:
Bequest of Mrs. J. Insley Blair
Object Number:
1951.362
Gallery Label:
According to the accession records, this decanter was purchased at Ginsburg and Levy in January 1919 for $5.00.
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1840
eMuseum Object ID:
24038
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Smelling bottle
Classification:
Date:
1850-1900
Medium:
Glass, metal
Dimensions:
Overall: 2 1/2 x 1 1/2 x 1 1/8 in. ( 6.4 x 3.8 x 2.9 cm )
Description:
Deep amethyst lead glass smelling bottle blown in two-part mold, with ringed cap; hexagonal shape with 2 wide flat sides in front and back, 2 narrow sides on each end, rising in double ogee curve from narrow sloping base.
Object Number:
INV.571
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1900
eMuseum Object ID:
24036
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Candlesticks (pair)
Classification:
Date:
1845-1865
Medium:
Glass
Dimensions:
each: 10 1/2 x 3 3/4 x 3 3/4 in. ( 26.7 x 9.5 x 9.5 cm )
Description:
Pair of pressed lead glass candlesticks with dolphin standard; translucent blue hexagonal petal socket and baluster stem with six petals at bottom; stem joined by wafer to translucent white dolphin standard mounted on square.
Credit Line:
Bequest of Mrs. F. MacDonald Sinclair (Jennie H. Sinclair)
Object Number:
1965.890ab
Gallery Label:
Due to the popularity of dolphin candlesticks, glass houses began to manufacture them in a variety of colors and with a range of different bases and sockets. Dolphin lamps and dishes were also produced. Because of their popularity among modern collectors, they have also been produced in the twentieth century.
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1865
eMuseum Object ID:
24035
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Dish
Classification:
Date:
1830-1845
Medium:
Glass
Dimensions:
Overall: 7/8 x 5 1/4 in. ( 2.2 x 13.3 cm )
Description:
Colorless, lead glass; pressed. Dish with alternating leaves and blossoms on sides and alternating tulips and leaves radiating from center.
Object Number:
INV.13362
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1845
eMuseum Object ID:
24033
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Candlesticks (pair)
Classification:
Date:
1845-1865
Medium:
Glass
Dimensions:
overall: 10 1/2 x 4 x 4 in.
Description:
Pair of pressed lead glass candlesticks with dolphin standard; translucent blue hexagonal petal socket and baluster stem with six petals at bottom; stem joined by wafer to translucent white dolphin standard mounted on square plinth with small step.
Credit Line:
Bequest of Mrs. F. MacDonald Sinclair (Jennie H. Sinclair)
Object Number:
1965.891ab
Gallery Label:
Due to the popularity of dolphin candlesticks, glass houses began to manufacture them in a variety of colors and with a range of different bases and sockets. Dolphin lamps and dishes were also produced. Because of their popularity among modern collectors, they have also been produced in the twentieth century.
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1865
eMuseum Object ID:
24032
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Candlesticks (pair)
Classification:
Date:
1840-1855
Medium:
Glass
Dimensions:
each: 7 1/4 x 4 1/2 in.
Description:
Pair of translucent pale green and white alabaster pressed lead glass candlesticks; pale green hexagonal socket with petal-form rim on white hexagonal baluster stem joined by wafer to hexagonal knop above a seven-loop trumpet-shaped base; base hollow with pontil mark.
Credit Line:
Bequest of Mrs. F. MacDonald Sinclair (Jennie H. Sinclair)
Object Number:
1965.876ab
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1855
eMuseum Object ID:
24031
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Smelling bottle w/lid: 8-sides, blue
Classification:
Date:
1820-1890
Medium:
Glass, metal
Dimensions:
Overall: 2 5/8 x 1 1/2 x 1 in. ( 6.7 x 3.8 x 2.5 cm )
Description:
Deep blue lead glass smelling bottle blown in a two-part mold with round metal cap; octagonal shape with incurving sides.
Object Number:
INV.13260
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1890
eMuseum Object ID:
24030
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
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