Hat
Classification:
Date:
1820-1850
Medium:
Glass
Dimensions:
Overall: 2 5/8 x 2 1/4 x 2 in. ( 6.7 x 5.7 x 5.1 cm )
Description:
Sapphire blue blown three-mold glass hat with hand-tooled brim with folded edge and diamond diapering, sunbursts, and vertical ribbing on crown; pontil mark surrounded by radiating ribs on base.
Credit Line:
Bequest of Mrs. F. MacDonald Sinclair (Jennie H. Sinclair)
Object Number:
1965.520
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1850
eMuseum Object ID:
23191
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Hat
Classification:
Date:
1890-1920
Medium:
Glass, wicker
Dimensions:
Overall: 5 7/8 x 7 3/8 x 7 in. ( 14.9 x 18.7 x 17.8 cm )
Description:
Colorless blown molded (using two-part mold) glass top hat with wicker band, slight kick-up, and ground and polished pontil mark.
Credit Line:
Gift of Clarence G. Michalis
Object Number:
1953.523
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1920
eMuseum Object ID:
22750
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Bottle with original contents
Classification:
Date:
1760-1780
Medium:
Glass, cork
Dimensions:
Overall: 8 3/4 x 4 in. ( 22.2 x 10.2 cm )
Description:
Olive green, non-lead, blown glass bottle; bottle blown in dip mold and has cylindrical neck with applied, V-shaped string rim, rounded shoulders, and a cylindrical body with a push-up and pontil mark; cork and seal still intact; contains liquified ca. 1819 mushroom catsup.
Credit Line:
Gift of Lucy Embury Hubbell
Object Number:
1953.193
Marks:
written: on paper label; "Mushroom Catsup/ made by/ my grandmother/ Pindar's Vale Tarrytown/ in the year/ 1819/ kept only as a relic"
Gallery Label:
According to accession records, this eighteenth-century bottle was still in use in the early nineteenth century, when it was used to hold home-made mushroom catsup. Re-use of bottles was common in the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries, and empty bottles were usually saved or sold to be filled again and again.
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1780
eMuseum Object ID:
22705
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Inkwell
Classification:
Date:
1875-1900
Medium:
Glass, brass, cork
Dimensions:
Overall: 2 x 3 1/2 x 2 in. ( 5.1 x 8.9 x 5.1 cm )
Description:
Amethyst lead glass inkwell blown in multi-part mold; octagonally scalloped bottle tapering body with flat top; neck extends upward from base; brass ring around neck with remnants of hing for (missing) cover; cork stopper.
Credit Line:
Gift of Isabella Vache Cox
Object Number:
1933.221
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1900
eMuseum Object ID:
22404
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Bottle
Collections:
Classification:
Date:
1820-1880
Medium:
Glass
Dimensions:
Overall: 9 5/8 x 2 1/2 in. ( 24.4 x 6.4 cm )
Description:
Amethyst purple manganese glass bottle; bottle blown in a dip mold with a tall cylindrical neck with a rounded lip, rounded shoulders, and a tall straight-sided body with a flat base and pontil mark.
Credit Line:
Purchased from Elie Nadelman
Object Number:
1937.1053
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:
1880
eMuseum Object ID:
22382
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Figured flask
Classification:
Date:
1847-1855
Medium:
Glass
Dimensions:
Overall: 6 3/4 x 4 7/8 x 2 1/4 in. ( 17.1 x 12.4 x 5.7 cm )
Description:
Aquamarine non-lead glass figured flask blown in a two-part mold (McKearin GI-38) with plain lip, oval body with bust of George Washington on one side with inscription "THE FATHER OF HIS COUNTRY", bust of Zachary Taylor on the other side with inscription "GEN. TAYLOR NEVER SURRENDERS" along with name of maker, and pontil mark on base.
Credit Line:
Gift of Clarence G. Michalis
Object Number:
1953.390
Marks:
in relief: on obverse: "THE FATHER OF HIS COUNTRY"
in relief: on reverse: "DYOTTVILLE GLASS WORKS PHILAD.A / GEN.TAYLOR NEVER SURRENDERS"
Gallery Label:
This flask reflects Taylor's growing popularity as a hero of the Mexican War and as a potential presidential candidate (see Kenneth M. Wilson, "American Glass, 1760-1930," vol. 1, p. 126).
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1855
eMuseum Object ID:
22326
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Millefiori paperweight
Classification:
Date:
1848
Medium:
Glass
Dimensions:
Overall: 1 3/4 x 2 1/2 in. ( 4.4 x 6.4 cm )
Description:
Colorless lead glass paperweight in the shape of a flattened sphere with slightlly concave base; with spaced millefiori concentric design, upset lace ground, figure canes, and one cane with inscription "B / 1848."
Credit Line:
Bequest of Mrs. F. MacDonald Sinclair
Object Number:
1965.449
Marks:
glass cane: near edge of top: "B / 1848"
handwritten in ink: on paper labels affixed to base: "65. / 623" and "623[?]"
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1848
eMuseum Object ID:
22311
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Figured bottle
Classification:
Date:
1851-1855
Medium:
Glass
Dimensions:
Overall: 9 1/2 x 5 1/2 x 4 1/2 in. ( 24.1 x 14 x 11.4 cm )
Description:
Dark blue-green, non-lead glass bottle blown in a full-sized, three-part mold (McKearin GI-112) embossed with a bust of Lajos Kossuth with flags and the inscription "LOUIS KOSSUTH" on the obverse, with a steam frigate with the inscription "U.S. Steam Frigate Mississippi" and "S. HUFFSEY" on the reverse; bottle is calabash-shaped with molded ribs, an applied and tooled collar, and a pontil mark.
Credit Line:
Gift of Clarence G. Michalis
Object Number:
1953.399
Marks:
embossed: on obverse; "LOUIS KOSSUTH"
embossed: on reverse; ""U.S. STEAM FRIGATE/ MISSISSIPPI"
embossed: on paddlewheel; "S. HUFFSEY"
embossed: on bottom; "P. H. DOFLEIN/ MOULD MAKER/ NTH 5T ST. 84"
Gallery Label:
Lajos Kossuth (1802-1894) was the leader of the failed Hungarian Revolution of 1848-1850. On October 15, 1851 he landed in New York to begin a tour of America to raise money and political support for his cause. Though popular with the American public, he was unsuccessful in his attempt to gain money or government recognition. Samuel Huffsey was a Philadelphia glass retailer between 1851-1857, and Philip Doflein was a Philadelphia mold maker between 1842-1899.
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1855
eMuseum Object ID:
22251
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Plate
Classification:
Date:
1840-1850
Medium:
Glass
Dimensions:
Overall: 1 x 3 1/2 in. ( 2.5 x 8.9 cm )
Description:
Colorless pressed lead glass plate; circular form with sixteen-sided edge; overall pattern of crisscrossing lines.
Credit Line:
Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Robert Coates in loving memory of Howard Masten and Anne Louise Canoune
Object Number:
1971.109l
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1850
eMuseum Object ID:
21942
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Bottle: square w/rounded shoulders
Classification:
Date:
1820-1860
Medium:
Glass
Dimensions:
Overall: 10 1/2 x 4 x 4 in. ( 26.7 x 10.2 x 10.2 cm )
Description:
Olive-green, non-lead, blown in a three-part mold, glass case bottle; bottle has a short cylindrical neck with a down-tooled lip, rounded shoulders, and square body with flat chamfered corners, tapered, ridged sides, and a molded flat base decorated with a central star surrounded by six circular dots.
Credit Line:
Gift of Clarence G. Michalis
Object Number:
1953.410
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1860
eMuseum Object ID:
21915
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
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