Ink bottle w/label: Morris B.Powell Drugist and Chemist
Collections:
Classification:
Highlight:
Not promoted
Date:
1847-1877
Medium:
Glass
Dimensions:
Overall: 6 x 3 1/4 in. ( 15.2 x 8.3 cm )
Description:
Aquamarine glass ink bottle blown in a three-part mold with wide flange lip, cylindrical neck, short nearly flat shoulder, twelve-sided body with inscription "HARRISON'S COLUMBIAN INK" and paper label, and slight circular depression and pontil mark on base.
Credit Line:
Purchased from Elie Nadelman
Object Number:
1937.1679
Marks:
in relief (lengthwise): on three contiguous sides: "HARRISON'S / COLUMBIAN / INK"
printed paper label: affixed to obverse: "MORRIS B. POWELL, / DRUGGIST & CHEMIST, / Naperville, Ill. / Physician's Prescriptions Carefully Prepared."
in relief: on shoulde
Gallery Label:
The entry "Apollos W. Harrison, books, maps, and inks" first appears in the Philadelphia city directory in 1847. By 1877 only his residence address is given, suggesting that by then he had retired. (See McKearin and Wilson, "American Bottles & Flasks and Their Ancestry," p. 267.)
Provenance:
The Folk Art Collection of Elie Nadelman
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1877
eMuseum Object ID:
23960
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Plate
Classification:
Date:
1830-1840
Medium:
Glass
Dimensions:
Overall: 3/4 x 7 in. ( 1.9 x 17.8 cm )
Description:
Colorless pressed lead glass plate; circular form with scalloped edge; rim decorated with leaves; center decorated with band of alternating circles and diamonds encircling leaves and scrolls and a central star; all decoration on stippled ground.
Object Number:
INV.528
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1840
eMuseum Object ID:
23959
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Candlestick
Classification:
Date:
1845-1865
Medium:
Glass
Dimensions:
Overall: 10 5/8 x 3 5/8 x 3 5/8 in. ( 27 x 9.2 x 9.2 cm )
Description:
Translucent green 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:
1965.894b
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:
23958
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Candlestick
Classification:
Date:
1845-1865
Medium:
Glass
Dimensions:
Overall: 10 5/8 x 3 5/8 x 3 5/8 in. ( 27 x 9.2 x 9.2 cm )
Description:
Translucent green, lead glass; pressed. 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:
1965.894a
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:
23957
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Candlestick, white dolphin
Classification:
Date:
1845-1865
Medium:
Glass
Dimensions:
Overall: 10 3/8 x 3 5/8 x 3 5/8 in. ( 26.4 x 9.2 x 9.2 cm )
Description:
Opaque white 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 plinth.
Credit Line:
Bequest of Mrs. F. MacDonald Sinclair (Jennie H. Sinclair)
Object Number:
1965.893a
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:
23956
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Candlestick: dolphin white
Classification:
Date:
1845-1865
Medium:
Glass
Dimensions:
Overall: 10 1/2 x 4 x 4 in. ( 26.7 x 10.2 x 10.2 cm )
Description:
Pressed lead glass candlestick 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:
1965.891b
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:
23955
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Candlestick: dolphin blue/white
Classification:
Date:
1845-1865
Medium:
Glass
Dimensions:
Overall: 10 1/2 x 4 x 4 in. ( 26.7 x 10.2 x 10.2 cm )
Description:
Pressed lead glass candlestick 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:
1965.891a
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:
23954
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Candlestick, blue and white dolphin
Classification:
Date:
1845-1865
Medium:
Glass
Dimensions:
Overall: 10 1/2 x 3 3/4 x 3 3/4 in. ( 26.7 x 9.5 x 9.5 cm )
Description:
Pressed lead glass candlestick 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:
1965.890b
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:
23953
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Candlestick: dolphin blue/white
Classification:
Date:
1845-1865
Medium:
Glass
Dimensions:
Overall: 10 1/2 x 3 3/4 x 3 3/4 in. ( 26.7 x 9.5 x 9.5 cm )
Description:
Pressed lead glass candlestick 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.
Credit Line:
Bequest of Mrs. F. MacDonald Sinclair (Jennie H. Sinclair)
Object Number:
1965.890a
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.
Provenance:
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1865
eMuseum Object ID:
23951
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Platter
Classification:
Date:
1880-1920
Medium:
Glass
Dimensions:
Overall: 1 1/8 x 9 3/4 x 8 1/8 in. ( 2.9 x 24.8 x 20.6 cm )
Description:
Colorless pressed glass octagonal platter with fans enclosed in half-circular frames within band edged in beading on rim and oval depression with ribs radiating from lozenge at center.
Credit Line:
Bequest of Weber Hill Arkenburgh
Object Number:
1948.343b
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1920
eMuseum Object ID:
23945
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
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