Miniature smelling bottle
Classification:
Date:
1820-1890
Medium:
Glass, white metal
Dimensions:
Overall: 2 3/8 x 1 1/4 x 7/8 in. ( 6 x 3.2 x 2.2 cm )
Description:
Opalescent non-lead glass smelling bottle (or pungent) blown in a two-part mold with round metal ringed cap; octagonal shape with incurving sides; remains of paper label attached to front.
Credit Line:
Bequest of Mrs. F. MacDonald Sinclair (Jennie H. Sinclair)
Object Number:
1965.766f
Marks:
printed: on paper label attached to front: "[S] U. P. E. [illeg.]/[illeg.] SMELLING/[illeg.]TS"
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:
1890
eMuseum Object ID:
24029
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Candlestick: blue dolphin
Classification:
Date:
1845-1865
Medium:
Glass
Dimensions:
Overall: 9 5/8 x 3 5/8 x 3 5/8 in. ( 24.4 x 9.2 x 9.2 cm )
Description:
Blue pressed lead glass candlestick with dolphin standard; hexagonal petal socket and baluster stem with six petals at bottom; stem joined by wafer to dolphin standard mounted on square, stepped plinth.
Credit Line:
Bequest of Mrs. F. MacDonald Sinclair (Jennie H. Sinclair)
Object Number:
1965.899d
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:
24028
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Candlestick, blue dolphin
Classification:
Date:
1845-1865
Medium:
Glass
Dimensions:
Overall: 9 5/8 x 3 5/8 x 3 5/8 in. ( 24.4 x 9.2 x 9.2 cm )
Description:
Blue pressed lead glass candlestick with dolphin standard; hexagonal petal socket and baluster stem with six petals at bottom; stem joined by wafer to dolphin standard mounted on square, stepped plinth.
Credit Line:
Bequest of Mrs. F. MacDonald Sinclair (Jennie H. Sinclair)
Object Number:
1965.899c
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:
24027
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Oil lamps (pair)
Classification:
Date:
1855-1865
Medium:
Glass, brass
Dimensions:
overall: 12 1/4 x 4 1/2 in.
Description:
pair of colorless pressed lead glass oil lamps; hexagonal font with domed top pressed with alternating decoration on panels consisting of a circle and a star within a circle, and a star within an oval; font joined with wafer to hexagonal baluster standard on hexagonal base; brass collar and cap with splayed wick tubes with caps.
Credit Line:
Gift of Miss Fannie G. Dudley and family
Object Number:
1957.167ab
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:
1865
eMuseum Object ID:
24025
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Oil lamps (pair)
Classification:
Date:
1855-1870
Medium:
Glass, metal
Dimensions:
overall: 11 3/4 x 4 1/2 x 4 in.
Description:
Pair of colorless pressed lead glass oil lamps; domed cylindrical font with heavy relief diamond faceting joined by wafer to hexagonal pedestal on flat hexagonal plinth; brass threaded collar.
Object Number:
1965.915ab
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:
1870
eMuseum Object ID:
24023
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Oil lamp: twin wick
Classification:
Date:
1855-1865
Medium:
Glass, brass, pewter
Dimensions:
Overall: 12 1/4 x 4 1/2 in. ( 31.1 x 11.4 cm )
Description:
Colorless pressed lead glass oil lamp; hexagonal font with domed top pressed with alternating decoration on panels consisting of a circle and a star within a circle, and a star within an oval; font joined with wafer to hexagonal baluster standard on hexagonal base; brass collar and pewter cap with splayed wick tubes with caps.
Credit Line:
Gift of Miss Fannie G. Dudley and family
Object Number:
1957.167b
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:
1865
eMuseum Object ID:
24021
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Oil lamp
Collections:
Classification:
Date:
1840-1860
Medium:
Glass, metal
Dimensions:
Overall: 4 x 4 1/4 in. ( 10.2 x 10.8 cm )
Description:
Colorless lead glass oil lamp blown in a multi-part mold; bell-shaped font with two rows of six rectangular panels with applied loop handle with crimped end; threaded brass collar.
Credit Line:
Purchased from Elie Nadelman
Object Number:
1937.1523
Gallery Label:
These lamps are known as hand lamps or night lights. According to the accession records, this is a camphene lamp that burned a fluid made from a distillate of camphor.
Provenance:
The Folk Art Collection of Elie Nadelman
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1860
eMuseum Object ID:
24022
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Oil lamp
Classification:
Date:
1850-1870
Medium:
Glass, metal
Dimensions:
Overall: 11 3/4 x 4 1/2 x 4 in. ( 29.8 x 11.4 x 10.2 cm )
Description:
Colorless pressed lead glass oil lamp; domed cylindrical font with heavy relief diamond faceting joined by wafer to hexagonal pedestal on flat hexagonal plinth; brass threaded collar.
Object Number:
1965.915b
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:
1870
eMuseum Object ID:
24020
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Oil lamp
Classification:
Date:
1855-1870
Medium:
Glass, metal
Dimensions:
Overall: 11 3/4 x 4 1/2 x 4 in. ( 29.8 x 11.4 x 10.2 cm )
Description:
Colorless pressed lead glass oil lamp; domed cylindrical font with heavy relief diamond faceting joined by wafer to hexagonal pedestal on flat hexagonal plinth; brass threaded collar.
Object Number:
1965.915a
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:
1870
eMuseum Object ID:
24019
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; circular form with plain edge; in well, faint impression of steamship passing under suspension bridge (with detailed pilings), with sun hanging above, surrounded by garland of twelve stars, and wavy sea filling entire foreground; on interior rim, pattern of attached circles (one small alternating with one large) with dot in center of each circle (Lee-Rose 637).
Credit Line:
Gift of Mrs. J. Insley Blair
Object Number:
1940.435
Gallery Label:
The cup plate pattern is usually referred to as "Maid of the Mist."
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1850
eMuseum Object ID:
24017
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
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