Oil lamp
Classification:
Date:
1835-1840
Medium:
Glass
Dimensions:
Overall: 10 3/4 x 3 x 3 in. ( 27.3 x 7.6 x 7.6 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 square base with two lobed tiers; font decorated with unpolished stone wheel engraving of a meandering chain of circles and four stylized leaf sprays; lamp broken into two pieces at wafer between base and font.
Object Number:
INV.4012b
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:
23971
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 7/16 in. ( 1.3 x 8.7 cm )
Description:
Turquoise blue pressed lead glass cup plate; circular form with scalloped edge; in well, three-masted side-wheel steamer (the Chancellor Livingston) with curved flag, on wavy sea, 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 628).
Object Number:
INV.14396b
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:
23969
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Cup plate
Classification:
Date:
1835-1850
Medium:
Glass
Dimensions:
Overall: 7/8 x 3 1/2 in. ( 2.2 x 8.9 cm )
Description:
Opalescent pressed lead glass cup plate; circular form with edge of three small scallops alternating with larger point; eight-pointed star at center of deep well, filled in with diamonds; pattern of linked circles, every other (larger) circle filled in with diamonds, along interior rim (Lee-Rose 254).
Object Number:
INV.13373
Gallery Label:
Collectors call this pattern a variation of the Roman Rosette pressed glass pattern, but its original name and manufacturer are unknown (See Publications).
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1850
eMuseum Object ID:
23968
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Cup plate
Classification:
Date:
1835-1850
Medium:
Glass
Dimensions:
Overall: 7/8 x 3 1/2 in. ( 2.2 x 8.9 cm )
Description:
Opalescent pressed lead glass cup plate; circular form with edge of three small scallops alternating with larger point; eight-pointed star at center of deep well, filled in with diamonds; pattern of linked circles, every other (larger) circle filled in with diamonds, along interior rim (Lee-Rose 254).
Object Number:
INV.13371
Gallery Label:
Collectors call this pattern a variation of the Roman Rosette pressed glass pattern, but its original name and manufacturer are unknown (See Publications).
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1850
eMuseum Object ID:
23967
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Cup plate
Classification:
Date:
1835-1850
Medium:
Glass
Dimensions:
Overall: 7/8 x 3 1/2 in. ( 2.2 x 8.9 cm )
Description:
Opalescent pressed lead glass cup plate; circular form with edge of three small scallops alternating with larger point; eight-pointed star at center of deep well, filled in with diamonds; pattern of linked circles, every other (larger) circle filled in with diamonds, along interior rim (Lee-Rose 254).
Object Number:
INV.3974
Gallery Label:
Collectors call this pattern a variation of the Roman Rosette pressed glass pattern, but its original name and manufacturer are unknown (See Publications).
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1850
eMuseum Object ID:
23966
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Cup plate
Classification:
Date:
1835-1850
Medium:
Glass
Dimensions:
Overall: 7/8 x 3 1/2 in. ( 2.2 x 8.9 cm )
Description:
Opalescent pressed lead glass cup plate; circular form with edge of three small scallops alternating with larger point; eight-pointed star at center of deep well, filled in with diamonds; pattern of linked circles, every other (larger) circle filled in with diamonds, along interior rim (Lee-Rose 254).
Object Number:
INV.3725
Gallery Label:
Collectors call this pattern a variation of the Roman Rosette pressed glass pattern, but its original name and manufacturer are unknown (See Publications).
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1850
eMuseum Object ID:
23965
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Bottle or decanter w/ stopper
Classification:
Date:
1880-1910
Medium:
Glass
Dimensions:
Overall: 9 1/2 x 5 1/2 in. ( 24.1 x 14 cm )
Description:
Opaque white glass decanter with stopper, the decanter blown into a full-size mold with four vertical parts and a base plate; the stopper blown into a full-size three-part mold; decanter of spherical shape with flaring neck and beaded rim; decanter and stopper both with foliate decoration.
Credit Line:
Gift of Clarence G. Michalis
Object Number:
1953.739ab
Marks:
in relief: on underside of base: "3"
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1910
eMuseum Object ID:
23964
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Plate: Abstract Design
Classification:
Date:
1835-1850
Medium:
Glass
Dimensions:
Overall: 1 x 7 in. ( 2.5 x 17.8 cm )
Description:
Colorless pressed lead glass plate; circular form with scalloped edge; rim decorated with alternating patterned peacock feathers; center decorated with wreath of interlocking scrolls and circles.
Object Number:
INV.12939
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1850
eMuseum Object ID:
23963
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Cup plate
Classification:
Date:
1835-1850
Medium:
Glass
Dimensions:
Overall: 7/8 x 3 1/2 in. ( 2.2 x 8.9 cm )
Description:
Opalescent pressed lead glass cup plate; circular form with edge of three small scallops alternating with larger point; eight-pointed star at center of deep well, filled in with diamonds; pattern of linked circles, every other (larger) circle filled in with diamonds, along interior rim (Lee-Rose 254).
Object Number:
INV.13407
Gallery Label:
Collectors call this pattern a variation of the Roman Rosette pressed glass pattern, but its original name and manufacturer are unknown (See Publications).
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1850
eMuseum Object ID:
23962
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Sauce plate
Classification:
Date:
1830-1840
Medium:
Glass
Dimensions:
Overall: 3/4 x 6 in. ( 1.9 x 15.2 cm )
Description:
Colorless pressed lead glass bowl; octagonal form with scalloped edge; sides decorated with alternating panels of shields and acanthus leaves; center decorated with thirteen stars surrounding an American eagle; all decoration on stippled ground.
Object Number:
INV.3703
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1840
eMuseum Object ID:
23961
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
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