Decanters (2)
Classification:
Date:
1810-1840
Medium:
Glass
Dimensions:
Each (without stopper): 4 1/4 x 8 1/2 in. (10.8 x 21.6 cm)
Description:
Pair of colorless cut lead glass decanters; slightly barrel-shaped with ten sides; cylindrical neck with three applied rings and flange lip; sunburst cut beneath base.
Object Number:
INV.12608a-c
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1840
eMuseum Object ID:
24018
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:
Light emerald green pressed lead glass cup plate; circular form with plain edge; in well, faint impression of steamship passing under suspension bridge, with sun hanging above, 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 636).
Object Number:
INV.14397c
Gallery Label:
These cup plates are usually referred to as "Maid of the Mist" patterns (See Publications).
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1850
eMuseum Object ID:
24016
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 sun hanging above, 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 636).
Credit Line:
Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Robert Coates in loving memory of Howard Masten and Anne Louise Canoune
Object Number:
1971.109bb
Gallery Label:
The cup plate pattern is usually referred to as "Maid of the Mist."
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1850
eMuseum Object ID:
24015
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Oil lamp
Classification:
Date:
1835-1840
Medium:
Glass
Dimensions:
Overall: 12 x 3 1/2 x 3 1/2 in. ( 30.5 x 8.9 x 8.9 cm )
Description:
Colorless lead glass oil lamp with blown font and pressed base; cylindrical font with pewter threaded collar 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; font decorated with unpolished stone wheel engraving of a meandering chain of circles and four stylized leaf sprays; tin or pewter collar with splayed double wick holder for burning fluid with covers on chains.
Credit Line:
Bequest of Mrs. F. MacDonald Sinclair (Jennie H. Sinclair)
Object Number:
1965.916d
Gallery Label:
The engraved decoration closely parallels that on a lamp and a compote at the Toledo Museum ("American Glass" Cat. Nos. 408 and 199). The compote has been tentatively attributed to Boston and Sandwich Glass Works.
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1840
eMuseum Object ID:
24014
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Decanter with stopper
Classification:
Date:
1840-1870
Medium:
Glass
Dimensions:
Overall: 13 1/4 x 3 3/4 in. ( 33.7 x 9.5 cm )
Description:
Colorless cut lead glass decanter with stopper; flange lip, narrow baluster-shaped neck, and tapering cylindrical body; neck hexagonal, with facets at bulge and separated from body with ring and two steeply sloping steps; body covered in diamond grid with lager diamonds at bottom; sunburst cut beneath base; stopper is inverted cone shape cut with hexagonal pyramid at top, wide band of diamonds, and slight swelling near base; elongated bubble inside stopper.
Credit Line:
Gift of Mrs. Francis P. Webb
Object Number:
1954.83ab
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1870
eMuseum Object ID:
24013
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 sun hanging above, 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 636).
Credit Line:
Gift of Mrs. J. Insley Blair
Object Number:
1940.397
Gallery Label:
The cup plate pattern is usually referred to as "Maid of the Mist."
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1850
eMuseum Object ID:
24012
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Oil lamps (pair)
Classification:
Date:
1830-1845
Medium:
Glass
Dimensions:
Overall: 8 7/8 x 3 7/8 x 4 1/4 in. ( 22.5 x 9.8 x 10.8 cm )
Description:
Pair of oil lamps with blown bulb font and pressed base; triangular base with incurving sides with stylized shells and chamfered corners with paw feet and bullet-like projections above.
Object Number:
INV.4015ab
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1845
eMuseum Object ID:
24011
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Oil lamp
Classification:
Date:
1830-1845
Medium:
Glass
Dimensions:
Overall: 8 7/8 x 3 7/8 x 4 1/4 in. ( 22.5 x 9.8 x 10.8 cm )
Description:
Oil lamp with blown bulb font and pressed base; triangular base with incurving sides with stylized shells and chamfered corners with paw feet and bullet-like projections above.
Object Number:
INV.4015b
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1845
eMuseum Object ID:
24010
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Cup plate
Classification:
Date:
ca. 1850
Medium:
Glass
Dimensions:
Overall: 1/2 x 3 3/8 in. ( 1.3 x 8.6 cm )
Description:
Light green pressed lead glass cup plate; circular form with plain edge; in well, faint impression of steamship passing under suspension bridge, with sun hanging above, and wavy sea below; on interior rim, pattern of attached circles (one small alternating with one large) (Lee-Rose 635).
Object Number:
INV.14397b
Gallery Label:
These cup plates are usually referred to as "Maid of the Mist" patterns (See Publications).
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1850
eMuseum Object ID:
24009
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 3/8 in. ( 1.3 x 8.6 cm )
Description:
Colorless pressed lead glass cup plate; circular form with scalloped edge; in well, three-masted side-wheel steamer (the Chancellor Livingston) with stippled rigging and curved flag, with stippled foreground, 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 632).
Object Number:
INV.14401c
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:
24008
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
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