Paperweight: sulphide
Classification:
Date:
ca. 1850
Medium:
Glass
Dimensions:
Overall: 1 5/8 x 2 5/8 in. ( 4.1 x 6.7 cm )
Description:
Lead glass paperweight of flattened spherical shape enclosing sulphide double profile portrait of Queen Victoria and Prince Albert on pale translucent cranberry ground.
Credit Line:
Bequest of Mrs. F. MacDonald Sinclair
Object Number:
1965.438
Marks:
handwritten in ink: on lower edge of sulphide: "Victoria - Albert"
Gallery Label:
Both Clichy of France and New England Glass Company of Massachusetts have been suggested as possible manufacturers of this paperweight.
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1850
eMuseum Object ID:
19562
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Paperweight, white underlay
Classification:
Date:
1845-1850
Medium:
Glass
Dimensions:
Overall: 2 1/4 x 3 1/4 in. ( 5.7 x 8.3 cm )
Description:
Colorless lead glass paperweight with internal millefiori garland design; flatterned sphere, with red canes in groups enclosed in sodden snow around a central large ruffled white cane; perimeter of blue-lined cogged canes drawing under to the center of the base.
Credit Line:
Bequest of Mrs. F. MacDonald Sinclair
Object Number:
1965.437
Marks:
handwritten in ink: on various labels affixed to base: "610a", "L.266. / 2.77", "65. / 610", [etc.]
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1850
eMuseum Object ID:
19543
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 1/2 in. ( 1.3 x 8.9 cm )
Description:
Deep amethyst pressed lead glass cup plate; circular form with bulls' eyes along edge; small porthole at center of well, surrounded by several concentric patterned rings, on plain ground; repeating wheat-sheaf motifs radiating from center, enclosed within interior rim; rope table ring (Lee-Rose 170).
Credit Line:
Gift of Colonel Henry O. Havemeyer
Object Number:
1983.39[dup]
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1845
eMuseum Object ID:
19508
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Junk paperweight
Classification:
Date:
1915-1965
Medium:
Glass
Dimensions:
Overall: 1 1/8 x 1 1/2 in. ( 2.9 x 3.8 cm )
Description:
Glass paperweight of flattened spherical shape with concentric millefiori design composed of pink and blue canes; slight pontil mark on base.
Object Number:
INV.9278
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1965
eMuseum Object ID:
19426
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Junk paperweight
Classification:
Date:
1915-1965
Medium:
Glass
Dimensions:
Overall: 1 1/8 x 1 5/8 in. ( 2.9 x 4.1 cm )
Description:
Glass paperweight of flattened spherical shape with concentric millefiori design composed of pale lime green, pink, and blue canes; pontil mark on base.
Object Number:
INV.9279
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1965
eMuseum Object ID:
19359
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Paperweight: sulphide
Classification:
Date:
1845-1850
Medium:
Glass
Dimensions:
Overall: 1 3/4 x 2 1/2 in. ( 4.4 x 6.4 cm )
Description:
Lead glass paperweight of flattened spherical shape enclosing sulphide profile portrait of Benjamin Franklin on deep cobalt blue ground.
Credit Line:
Bequest of Mrs. F. MacDonald Sinclair
Object Number:
1965.164
Marks:
handwritten in ink: on paper label affixed to base: "189"
Gallery Label:
Sulphides-small white clay medallions embedded in glass-imitated the cameos of ancient Rome. During the mid-19th century, the Clichy Glasshouse produced sulphide paperweights of many celebrated figures, from Marie Antoinette and Napoleon to George Washington and Benjamin Franklin.
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1850
eMuseum Object ID:
19343
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Smelling bottle w/lid: 8-sides, blue
Classification:
Date:
1820-1890
Medium:
Glass, metal
Dimensions:
Overall: 2 5/8 x 1 1/4 x 1 in. ( 6.7 x 3.2 x 2.5 cm )
Description:
Deep blue non-lead glass smelling bottle (or pungent) blown in a two-part mold with multi-tiered metal cap; octagonal shape with incurving sides; sediment inside.
Object Number:
INV.13261
Gallery Label:
The main purpose of smelling bottles, or pungents, was to mask unpleasant odors, and thus they usually held smelling salts. They were first stoppered by corks and eventually by screw caps. The capacity of these bottles ranges from fractions of a dram to a little over an ounce.
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1890
eMuseum Object ID:
19326
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Scoop: light blue
Classification:
Date:
1875-1900
Medium:
Glass
Dimensions:
Overall: 6 3/4 x 1 1/2 x 3 in. ( 17.1 x 3.8 x 7.6 cm )
Description:
Blue pressed lead glass scoop with banded handle and grooved underside.
Object Number:
INV.13088
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1900
eMuseum Object ID:
19200
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Dessert Bowl: Ship Motif
Classification:
Date:
1830-1845
Medium:
Glass
Dimensions:
Overall: 1 1/2 x 6 1/2 in. ( 3.8 x 16.5 cm )
Description:
Colorless pressed lead glass bowl with octagonal bull's eye rim, shell and foliate decoration on sides, and paddle-wheel steamboat (possibly the "Fulton") at center.
Credit Line:
Bequest of Randall J. LeBoeuf, Jr., 1976
Object Number:
INV.14408
Gallery Label:
George and Helen McKearin refer to this design as "the so-called Fulton" (see "American Glass," plate 143).
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1845
eMuseum Object ID:
18823
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Match holder
Classification:
Date:
1875-1900
Medium:
Glass
Dimensions:
Overall: 2 3/4 x 3 3/8 in. ( 7 x 8.6 cm )
Description:
Amber pressed glass match holder in form of horse pulling barrel-shaped cart mounted on cylindrical stand; top of stand is reeded for use as striking pad.
Credit Line:
Gift of Clarence G. Michalis
Object Number:
1953.652b
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1900
eMuseum Object ID:
18742
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
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