Oil lamp
Classification:
Date:
1825-1850
Medium:
Glass, metal
Dimensions:
Overall: 9 1/4 x 3 1/2 x 3 1/2 in. ( 23.5 x 8.9 x 8.9 cm )
Description:
Colorless lead glass oil lamp with blown font and pressed base; bulb-shaped font joined by a multi-ribbed knop to a short cylindrical stem on a four-tiered base with scalloped tiers and bullet shapes at top; pontil; brass collar at opening.
Object Number:
INV.11873
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1850
eMuseum Object ID:
21817
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Candlestick
Classification:
Date:
1850-1900
Medium:
Glass
Dimensions:
Overall: 7 3/4 x 4 in. ( 19.7 x 10.2 cm )
Description:
Opaque light blue pressed lead glass candlestick; socket and bobeche with vertical lobed ribbing on ribbed columnar standard on ogee-curved pedestal base with lobed ribs; hollow interior.
Credit Line:
Bequest of Mrs. F. MacDonald Sinclair (Jennie H. Sinclair)
Object Number:
1965.873b[dup]
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1900
eMuseum Object ID:
21816
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Dish: footed salt
Classification:
Date:
1810-1830
Medium:
Glass
Dimensions:
Overall: 2 7/8 x 2 1/8 in. ( 7.3 x 5.4 cm )
Description:
Colorless pattern-molded glass footed salt with double-ogee bowl; with sheared rim, fourteen vertical ribs that twist slightly to the left, ribbed knop, slightly sloping circular foot, and pontil mark.
Object Number:
INV.12484
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1830
eMuseum Object ID:
21716
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Dish: fan, green
Classification:
Date:
1880-1900
Medium:
Glass
Dimensions:
Overall: 7/8 x 10 1/2 x 7 in. ( 2.2 x 26.7 x 17.8 cm )
Description:
Green pressed glass dish in the shape of an open fan in Hobnail Diamond pattern (also called Daisy and Button).
Credit Line:
Gift of Clarence G. Michalis
Object Number:
1953.576
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1900
eMuseum Object ID:
21711
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Bowl
Classification:
Date:
1820-1850
Medium:
Glass
Dimensions:
Overall: 4 1/2 x 8 in. ( 11.4 x 20.3 cm )
Description:
Cobalt blue blown glass bowl; hemispherical body with flared and down-turned rim on applied conical base with gadrooned rim.
Credit Line:
Gift of Mrs. J. Insley Blair
Object Number:
1951.355
Gallery Label:
According to the accession records, this bowl was purchased at the Frederick Hunter Sale in January 1920 for $260.00.
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1850
eMuseum Object ID:
21191
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Tumbler: monogramed
Classification:
Date:
1890-1920
Medium:
Glass
Dimensions:
Overall: 2 7/8 x 1 7/8 in. ( 7.3 x 4.8 cm )
Description:
Colorless, lead glass. Tumbler with etched border below rim, initials "PP" (first initial is transposed) etched on side, and three-quarter-inch band of fluting cut around edge of base.
Object Number:
INV.13630
Gallery Label:
The initial "P" stands for "Plaza" [Hotel].
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1920
eMuseum Object ID:
20956
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Boot
Classification:
Date:
1880-1910
Medium:
Glass
Dimensions:
Overall: 5 1/2 x 3 1/2 x 1 1/2 in. ( 14 x 8.9 x 3.8 cm )
Description:
Dark blue pressed lead glass high-heeled boot mounted on platform; pressed decoration consists of two rows of alternating cross-hatched and plain squares around rim, lattice work, and side buttons.
Credit Line:
Gift of Clarence G. Michalis
Object Number:
1953.642
Marks:
molded: in reverse beneath base: "B+H"
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1910
eMuseum Object ID:
20846
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Salt cellar
Classification:
Date:
1828-1835
Medium:
Glass
Dimensions:
Overall: 1 1/2 x 3 1/2 x 2 in. ( 3.8 x 8.9 x 5.1 cm )
Description:
Colorless, lead glass; pressed. Salt; boat-shape form with relief details in imitation of a Pittsburgh paddlewheel steamboat; maker's mark on sternboard; anchor is impressed on oval base and a seven-pointed star is on each paddlewheel (Neal BT2).
Credit Line:
Bequest of Randall J. LeBoeuf, Jr., 1976
Object Number:
INV.14406
Marks:
pressed: on sternboard: "PITTSBURGH"
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1835
eMuseum Object ID:
20845
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Figured flask
Classification:
Date:
1820-1840
Medium:
Glass
Dimensions:
Overall: 6 3/4 x 4 1/2 x 2 1/2 in. ( 17.1 x 11.4 x 6.4 cm )
Description:
Olive-amber non-lead glass figured flask blown in a two-part mold (McKearin GI-31); hand-tooled flared lip, oval body with bust of George Washington with inscription "WASHINGTON" on one side, bust of Andrew Jackson with inscription "JACKSON" on the other side, and pontil mark on base.
Credit Line:
Gift of Clarence G. Michalis
Object Number:
1953.382
Marks:
in relief: on obverse; "WASHINGTON"
in relief: on reverse; "JACKSON"
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1840
eMuseum Object ID:
20786
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Cup plate
Classification:
Date:
1840-1850
Medium:
Glass
Dimensions:
Overall: 1/2 x 3 3/8 in. ( 1.3 x 8.6 cm )
Description:
Colorless pressed lead glass cup plate; circular form with scalloped edge; log cabin with flag flying from peak of gable, with no planking on door, and barrel in front of tree to left of cabin, in well; pattern of 6 stippled sprigs of flowers with stems and leaves (daisies, tulips) along interior rim (Lee-Rose 595).
Credit Line:
Gift of Mrs. J. Insley Blair
Object Number:
1940.405
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1850
eMuseum Object ID:
20785
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
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