Salt
Classification:
Date:
ca. 1830-1840
Medium:
Glass
Dimensions:
Overall: 1 1/2 x 4 x 2 in. ( 3.8 x 10.2 x 5.1 cm )
Description:
Opalescent pressed lead glass salt; geometric bands decorate sides; beaded keel and sixteen-pointed star on stern (Neal BT9).
Credit Line:
Bequest of Mrs. F. MacDonald Sinclair (Jennie H. Sinclair)
Object Number:
1965.720b
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1840
eMuseum Object ID:
23907
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Cup plate
Classification:
Date:
ca. 1840
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 scalloped edge; log cabin with two chimneys at back, door with latchstring, and four windows, in well; pattern of stippled vine with acorns and leaves running along interior rim; inscription ("TIPPECANOE FORT MEIGS. WM. H. HARRISON") on top and bottom of interior rim, and over log cabin in well (Lee-Rose 596).
Credit Line:
Gift of Mrs. J. Insley Blair
Object Number:
1940.391
Marks:
pressed: in arc over log cabin: "FORT MEIGS"
pressed: on interior rim, top: "TIPPECANOE"
pressed: on interior rim, bottom: "WM. H. HARRISON"
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1840
eMuseum Object ID:
23906
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Bottle
Classification:
Date:
1820-1850
Medium:
Glass
Dimensions:
Overall: 8 x 4 1/2 in. ( 20.3 x 11.4 cm )
Description:
Aquamarine, non-lead glass bottle blown in a dip mold with sixteen vertical ribs and then removed and twisted to the left; cylindrical neck with rounded lip; body has sloping shoulders and straight sides with a slight push-up and pontil mark.
Credit Line:
Gift of Clarence G. Michalis
Object Number:
1953.452
Marks:
typed: on sticker on bottm; "117"
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1850
eMuseum Object ID:
23905
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Bottle
Collections:
Classification:
Date:
1820-1840
Medium:
Glass
Dimensions:
Overall: 9 1/2 x 4 in. ( 24.1 x 10.2 cm )
Description:
Olive-amber, lead glass bottle or decanter blown in a full-sized, four-part mold (McKearin GIII-19 and McKearin Rayed Type VII-A); hand-tooled neck with a straight-finished, fire-polished lip; sloping shoulders and straight-sided body pattern-molded with a geometric pattern of vertical and diagonal ribs with a central band of alternating panels of cross-hatching and square sunbursts; pontil mark on base.
Credit Line:
Purchased from Elie Nadelman
Object Number:
1937.1057
Gallery Label:
This object was once part of the folk art collection of Elie Nadelman (1882-1946), the avant-garde sculptor. From 1924 to 1934, Nadelman's collection was displayed in his Museum of Folk Arts, located in the Riverdale section of the Bronx. The Historical Society purchased Nadelman's entire collection in 1937.
Provenance:
The Folk Art Collection of Elie Nadelman
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1840
eMuseum Object ID:
23904
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Salt
Classification:
Date:
1826-1830
Medium:
Glass
Dimensions:
Overall: 2 x 3 x 2 1/4 in. ( 5.1 x 7.6 x 5.7 cm )
Description:
Opaque white pressed lead glass salt; rectangular with columns and ball feet at corners; paneled sides outlined with rope enclosing a basket of fruit and flowers on the sides and a rose on the ends; mark on the bottom (Neal, NE1A).
Credit Line:
Bequest of Mrs. F. MacDonald Sinclair (Jennie H. Sinclair)
Object Number:
1965.749b
Marks:
pressed: on bottom: "NE/GLASS/COMPANY/BOSTON."
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1830
eMuseum Object ID:
23903
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Hat
Classification:
Date:
1860-1890
Medium:
Glass
Dimensions:
Overall: 3 x 4 x 3 5/8 in. ( 7.6 x 10.2 x 9.2 cm )
Description:
Honey amber threaded glass hat blown in diamond-quilted mold, with irregularly formed brim and ground and polished pontil.
Credit Line:
Gift of Clarence G. Michalis
Object Number:
1953.498
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1890
eMuseum Object ID:
23902
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Salt
Classification:
Date:
ca. 1830-1845
Medium:
Glass
Dimensions:
Overall: 1 3/4 x 3 1/2 x 2 1/4 in. ( 4.4 x 8.9 x 5.7 cm )
Description:
Colorless pressed lead glass salt; sarcophagus shape; sides decorated with diamond pattern; each end decorated with a shell; sarcophagus base with raised diamond.
Credit Line:
Gift of Clarence G. Michalis
Object Number:
1953.565
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1845
eMuseum Object ID:
23901
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Salt
Classification:
Date:
ca. 1830-1840
Medium:
Glass
Dimensions:
Overall: 2 x 3 1/4 x 2 1/2 in. ( 5.1 x 8.3 x 6.4 cm )
Description:
Opalescent, pressed lead glass salt; sarcophagus shape; sides decorated with four diamonds within diamond and surrounded by foliage; four feet formed from shells (Neal, OP17).
Credit Line:
Bequest of Mrs. F. MacDonald Sinclair (Jennie H. Sinclair)
Object Number:
1965.741
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1840
eMuseum Object ID:
23900
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Hat
Classification:
Date:
1870-1900
Medium:
Glass
Dimensions:
Overall: 2 3/8 x 3 1/8 x 3 1/8 in. ( 6 x 7.9 x 7.9 cm )
Description:
Pale yellow pressed glass hat; raised diamond pattern all over.
Credit Line:
Gift of Clarence G. Michalis
Object Number:
1953.547
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1900
eMuseum Object ID:
23899
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Cup plate
Classification:
Date:
1840-1860
Medium:
Glass
Dimensions:
Overall: 1/2 x 3 1/4 in. ( 1.3 x 8.3 cm )
Description:
Colorless pressed lead glass cup plate; circular form with bulls' eyes along edge; anchor on stippled ground in rope-bordered well; pattern of alternating stars and stippled triangles on interior rim; rope table ring (Lee-Rose 693).
Credit Line:
Gift of Mrs. J. Insley Blair
Object Number:
1940.421
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1860
eMuseum Object ID:
23898
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
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