Figured bottle: Jenny Lind
Classification:
Date:
1851-1855
Medium:
Glass
Dimensions:
Overall: 10 x 6 x 4 1/2 in. ( 25.4 x 15.2 x 11.4 cm )
Description:
Light aquamarine, lead glass bottle blown in a full-sized, three-part mold (McKearin GI-102) embossed with a portrait bust of Jenny Lind within a wreath with the inscription "JENY[sic] LIND" on the obverse, with a two-story building with a central chimney with the inscription "GLASS*FACTORY" on the reverse; bottle is calabash-shaped with molded ribs and an applied and tooled collar and pontil mark on the base.
Credit Line:
Gift of Leonidas Westervelt
Object Number:
1945.288
Marks:
embossed: on obverse; "JENY LIND"
embossed: on reverse; "GLASS*FACTORY"
Gallery Label:
Jenny Lind (1820-1887), the "Swedish Nightingale," was a soprano who toured America in 1850-1852 under the auspices of P.T. Barnum. Noted for her singing as well as her piety and charity, Lind was incredibly popular in America.
Provenance:
The Jenny Lind Collection of Leonidas Westervelt
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1855
eMuseum Object ID:
23774
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Figured bottle: Jenny Lind
Classification:
Date:
1851-1860
Medium:
Glass
Dimensions:
Overall: 10 x 6 x 4 1/2 in. ( 25.4 x 15.2 x 11.4 cm )
Description:
Aquamarine, non-lead glass bottle blown in a full-sized three-part mold (McKearin GI-99) embossed with a portrait bust of Jenny Lind within a wreath with the inscription, "JENNY LIND" on the obverse with a two-story building with a central chimney with the inscription "MILLFORA GLASS WORK'S" on the reverse; bottle is calabash-shaped with a an applied and tooled collar and a pontil mark on the base.
Credit Line:
Gift of Leonidas Westervelt
Object Number:
1945.287
Marks:
embossed: on obverse; "JENNY LIND"
embossed: on reverse; "MILLFORA GLASS WORK'S"
Gallery Label:
Jenny Lind (1820-1887), the "Swedish Nightingale," was a sporano who toured America in 1850-1852 under the auspices of P.T. Barnum. Noted for her singing as well as her piety and charity, Lind was incredibly popular in America. Though marked Millfora Glass Works, no record of a glass house by that name exists. The Millford Glass Works was operating during the period, and the similarities between this bottle and others made in Southern New Jersey glass houses suggest that it is the maker.
Provenance:
The Jenny Lind Collection of Leonidas Westervelt
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1860
eMuseum Object ID:
23773
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Cup plate
Classification:
Date:
1835-1850
Medium:
Glass
Dimensions:
Overall: 1/2 x 3 7/16 in. ( 1.3 x 8.7 cm )
Description:
Colorless pressed lead glass cup plate; circular form with edge of alternating scallops and points; side-wheel steamer with single smokestack and flag flying at center of well, on wavy sea, enclosed by stippled ring; vine with bunches of grapes and leaves running along edge of well; pattern of stippled arches with alternating angular or rounded shapes on interior rim, every other arch with small flower at top; rope table ring (Lee-Rose 615-A).
Object Number:
INV.14399e
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1850
eMuseum Object ID:
23767
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Glass railroad car
Classification:
Date:
1880-1910
Medium:
Glass
Dimensions:
Overall: 1 3/4 x 3 3/4 x 2 in. ( 4.4 x 9.5 x 5.1 cm )
Description:
Blue pressed glass railroad car with open top and wheels; pressed decoration composed of stars with circular centers, plain bands, four wheels, and simulated springs.
Credit Line:
Gift of Clarence G. Michalis
Object Number:
1953.606
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1910
eMuseum Object ID:
23737
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Pocket bottle
Classification:
Date:
1815-1845
Medium:
Glass
Dimensions:
Overall: 6 1/4 x 5 x 2 1/4 in. ( 15.9 x 12.7 x 5.7 cm )
Description:
Green, lead, blown glass pocket bottle with a short cylindrical neck, compressed oval body with ridge around shoulder formed by second gather of glass and pattern-molded with 36 vertical ribs over 36 ribs swirled to right, low push-up and pontil mark.
Credit Line:
Gift of Clarence G. Michalis
Object Number:
1953.443
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1845
eMuseum Object ID:
23736
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Pocket bottle
Classification:
Date:
1800-1840
Medium:
Glass
Dimensions:
Overall: 5 5/8 x 4 1/2 x 2 1/4 in. ( 14.3 x 11.4 x 5.7 cm )
Description:
Green blown glass pocket bottle with cylindrical flared neck and lip, compressed spherical body pattern-molded with rows of sixteen diamonds, push-up and pontil mark.
Credit Line:
Gift of Clarence G. Michalis
Object Number:
1953.449
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1840
eMuseum Object ID:
23735
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Pitcher: pocket bottle
Classification:
Date:
1769-1774
Medium:
Glass
Dimensions:
Overall: 5 1/2 x 3 3/4 x 3 in. ( 14 x 9.5 x 7.6 cm )
Description:
Amethyst, non-lead, blown glass pocket bottle with cylindrical, flared neck, compressed spherical body pattern-molded with two rows of five diamonds each containing a twelve-petal flower over thirty vertical ribs (the so-called diamond and daisy pattern), and a push-up with a pontil mark.
Credit Line:
Bequest of Mrs. J. Insley Blair
Object Number:
1952.195
Gallery Label:
Henry William Stiegel's American Flint Glass Works in Manheim, PA was one of the first successfully opperated glass houses in Colonial America. This bottle is attributed to Stiegel on the basis of similar examples that were found in Pennsylvania and northern Maryland, and the absence of any known European or English counterparts.
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1774
eMuseum Object ID:
23734
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Figured flask
Classification:
Date:
1800-1850
Medium:
Glass
Dimensions:
Overall: 6 1/2 x 4 x 1 1/2 in. ( 16.5 x 10.2 x 3.8 cm )
Description:
Cobalt blue glass figured flask blown in a full-size, three-part mold; flask has hand-tooled flared neck and lip, rounded shoulders, oval body decorated with twisted vertical ribs, a shield containing a standing lion with an ax on the obverse; flat base with a pontil mark.
Object Number:
Z.453
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1850
eMuseum Object ID:
23733
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Shoe
Classification:
Date:
1880-1910
Medium:
Glass
Dimensions:
Overall: 2 1/8 x 4 1/8 x 1 1/8 in. ( 5.4 x 10.5 x 2.9 cm )
Description:
Amber pressed lead glass shoe with high heel and rim raised at back; pressed diamond mesh decoration.
Credit Line:
Gift of Mrs. F. MacDonald Sinclair (Jennie H. Sinclair)
Object Number:
1965.758b
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1910
eMuseum Object ID:
23732
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Figured flask
Classification:
Date:
1800-1850
Medium:
Glass
Dimensions:
overall: 6 3/8 x 3 3/4 x 1 1/2 in.
Description:
Cobalt blue non-lead glass figured flask blown in a full-size, three-part mold; flask has hand-tooled flared neck and lip, rounded shoulders, oval body decorated with twisted vertical ribs, a shield containing a standing lion with an ax on the obverse; flat base with a pontil mark.
Object Number:
Z.452
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1850
eMuseum Object ID:
23731
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
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