Salt
Classification:
Date:
ca. 1830-1845
Medium:
Glass
Dimensions:
Overall: 1 1/2 x 2 3/4 x 2 1/4 in. ( 3.8 x 7 x 5.7 cm )
Description:
Light green pressed lead glass salt; trapezoidal form; palmettes and beaded scrolls on four sides; scrolls on base; four tapered cylindrical feet (Neal MV1).
Credit Line:
Bequest of Mrs. F. MacDonald Sinclair (Jennie H. Sinclair)
Object Number:
1965.722b
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1845
eMuseum Object ID:
23630
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Figured bottle: Jenny Lind
Classification:
Date:
1851-1857
Medium:
Glass
Dimensions:
Overall: 10 3/4 x 6 x 4 1/2 in. ( 27.3 x 15.2 x 11.4 cm )
Description:
Dark green, 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 "GLASS WORKS S. HUFFSEY" on the reverse; bottle is calabash-shaped with a an applied and tooled collar and a blow-pipe mark on the base.
Credit Line:
Gift of Leonidas Westervelt
Object Number:
1945.282
Marks:
embossed: on obverse; "JENNY LIND"
embossed: on reverse; "GLASS WORKS/ S. HUFFSEY"
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 and her piety and charity, Lind was incredibly popular in America. Samuel Huffsey was a Philadelphia glass dealer between 1851 and 1857. The bottle may have been made at the Millford Glass Works, Millford NJ (of which Huffsey may have been an owner) or at the New Brooklyn Glass Works or the Isabella Glass Works in New Jersey.
Provenance:
The Jenny Lind Collection of Leonidas Westervelt
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1857
eMuseum Object ID:
23629
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Cup plate
Classification:
Date:
1830-1845
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 edge of alternating bulls' eyes and points; thistle on stippled ground in well; pattern of petals along interior well, every other petal stippled (Lee-Rose 133).
Credit Line:
Gift of Mrs. J. Insley Blair
Object Number:
1940.422
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1845
eMuseum Object ID:
23628
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Salt
Classification:
Date:
ca. 1835-1840
Medium:
Glass
Dimensions:
Overall: 1 3/4 x 3 x 2 in. ( 4.4 x 7.6 x 5.1 cm )
Description:
Colorless, lead glass; pressed. Salt in trapezoidal form; shell flanked by leaves on stippled ground on four sides; diamond patterned base; rectangular shell and foliate decorated foot (Neal SL1).
Object Number:
1965.731b
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1840
eMuseum Object ID:
23627
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Salt
Classification:
Date:
ca. 1835-1850
Medium:
Glass
Dimensions:
Overall: 1 3/4 x 3 x 2 in. ( 4.4 x 7.6 x 5.1 cm )
Description:
Colorless, lead glass; pressed. Salt in trapezoidal form; shell flanked by leaves on stippled ground on four sides; diamond patterned base; rectangular shell and foliate decorated foot (Neal SL1).
Credit Line:
Bequest of Mrs. F. MacDonald Sinclair (Jennie H. Sinclair)
Object Number:
1965.731a
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1850
eMuseum Object ID:
23626
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Cup plate
Classification:
Date:
1831-1832
Medium:
Glass
Dimensions:
Overall: 1/2 x 3 1/2 in. ( 1.3 x 8.9 cm )
Description:
Blue pressed lead glass cup plate; circular form with scalloped edge; narrow curved rim and flat circular well; in well, American eagle with shield on breast, with wings spread and head raised to left, with border of cross-hatched concentric rings interrupted by stars, sprigs to each side of date "1831"; on interior rim, pattern of medallions, fleur-de-lis, and leaves, with cross-hatched background; also on interior rim, sprigs along edge of well, and below date (Lee-Rose 661).
Credit Line:
Gift of Colonel Henry O. Havemeyer
Object Number:
1983.42
Marks:
pressed: in well, below eagle: "1831"
Gallery Label:
Sticker affixed to cup plate has inscription written in blue ink: "R/661"
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1832
eMuseum Object ID:
23625
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Cup plate
Classification:
Date:
1831-1832
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 scalloped edge; narrow curved rim and flat circular well; in well, American eagle with shield on breast, with wings spread and head raised to left, with border of cross-hatched concentric rings interrupted by stars, sprigs to each side of date "1831"; on interior rim, pattern of medallions, fleur-de-lis, and leaves, with cross-hatched background; also on interior rim, sprigs along edge of well, and below date (Lee-Rose 661).
Credit Line:
Gift of Mrs. J. Insley Blair
Object Number:
1940.431
Marks:
pressed: in well, under eagle: "1831"
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1832
eMuseum Object ID:
23624
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Glass hat
Classification:
Date:
1860-1890
Medium:
Glass
Dimensions:
Overall: 3 1/2 x 6 x 5 in. ( 8.9 x 15.2 x 12.7 cm )
Description:
Cobalt blue blown glass hat, with pontil mark, dome-shaped crown, and brim with infolded edge; additional rim on the inside where the brim is joined to the crown.
Credit Line:
Gift of Clarence G. Michalis
Object Number:
1953.499
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1890
eMuseum Object ID:
23623
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Salt
Classification:
Date:
ca. 1830-1840
Medium:
Glass
Dimensions:
Overall: 2 x 4 x 2 3/4 in. ( 5.1 x 10.2 x 7 cm )
Description:
Colorless, pressed lead glass salt; sarcophagus shape with shell handles; shell on each side an C-scrolls on ends, all on diamond patterned ground; four feet formed from C-scrolls.
Credit Line:
Bequest of Mrs. F. MacDonald Sinclair (Jennie H. Sinclair)
Object Number:
1965.728b
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1840
eMuseum Object ID:
23622
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Footed salt
Classification:
Date:
1820-1840
Medium:
Glass
Dimensions:
Overall: 2 x 3 in. ( 5.1 x 7.6 cm )
Description:
Cobalt blue lead glass footed salt blown in a three-part mold patterned with three repeat panels of diamond diapering and diamond-shaped sunburst; compressed globular bowl curved in below everted rim; drawn stem and thick disc foot patterned with sawtooth bands; pontil mark (McKearin G III-25).
Credit Line:
Bequest of Mrs. J. Insley Blair
Object Number:
1952.167
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1840
eMuseum Object ID:
23593
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
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