Relish dish: dessert
Classification:
Date:
1880-1910
Medium:
Glass
Dimensions:
Overall: 1 1/4 x 4 x 4 in. ( 3.2 x 10.2 x 10.2 cm )
Description:
Colorless pressed glass relish dish; square, with round corners and flat base; narrow flanged rim and fluting around sides.
Credit Line:
Bequest of Weber Hill Arkenburgh
Object Number:
1948.344b
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1910
eMuseum Object ID:
17963
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Pitcher
Collections:
Classification:
Date:
1870-1900
Medium:
Glass
Dimensions:
Overall: 8 x 8 x 4 1/2 in. ( 20.3 x 20.3 x 11.4 cm )
Description:
Colorless pressed glass pitcher; cylindrical form with upcurved spout, angular handle, and pedestal foot; body decorated overall with molded hobnails.
Credit Line:
Purchased from Elie Nadelman
Object Number:
1937.1080b
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:
1900
eMuseum Object ID:
17962
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Bowl: footed compote
Classification:
Date:
1835-1850
Medium:
Glass
Dimensions:
Overall: 3 5/8 x 6 in. ( 9.2 x 15.2 cm )
Description:
Colorless pressed lead glass compote with base pressed separately; bowl has scalloped rim, four large princess feather medallions alternating with four small leaf clusters on sides, and alternating leaf clusters and scrolls at center; hand-tooled stem with bladed knop joins bowl to hollow, terrace-domed base with ribbing on underside.
Object Number:
INV.3978
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1850
eMuseum Object ID:
17961
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Perfume Bottle
Classification:
Date:
1850-1900
Medium:
Glass, metal
Dimensions:
Overall: 4 5/8 x 2 x 1 in. ( 11.7 x 5.1 x 2.5 cm )
Description:
Colorless non-lead glass smelling bottle (or pungent) blown in a two-part mold, with metal cap; bottle cut into hexagonal shape, with scrolled sides, and horizontal notches cut into narrow vertical bands at center of sides; red painted decoration with flowers, scrolls, and seated figure w/horn in gown, playing clarinet; metal cap crimped at edges and larger at top.
Credit Line:
Bequest of Mrs. F. MacDonald Sinclair (Jennie H. Sinclair)
Object Number:
1965.767L
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:
1900
eMuseum Object ID:
17960
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Astral lamp
Classification:
Date:
1840-1850
Medium:
Glass, marble, brass
Dimensions:
Overall: 20 1/2 × 8 1/2 x 8 1/2 in. (21.6 × 52.1 × 21.6 cm)
Description:
Frosted glass shade with prisms (2 missing); square marble base.
Credit Line:
Bequest of Mrs. F. MacDonald Sinclair (Jennie H. Sinclair)
Object Number:
1965.921
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1850
eMuseum Object ID:
17923
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Oil lamp e/electric cord
Classification:
Date:
1847-1870
Medium:
Glass, brass, marble
Dimensions:
Overall: 9 x 4 1/4 x 4 1/4 in. ( 22.9 x 10.8 x 10.8 cm )
Description:
Oil lamp with pressed glass font, cast brass standard, and square marble base; spherical font has vertical ribs and is encircled by vine with leaves and flowers; standard has domed base and annular knop in center.
Credit Line:
Bequest of Mrs. F. MacDonald Sinclair (Jennie H. Sinclair)
Object Number:
1965.925b
Gallery Label:
The domed top of this lamp's font was formed by using the Magoun Patent method. This method, invented by Joseph Magoun of the New England Glass Company in 1847, eliminated moldmarks by using a hinged, three-part mold to form the sides of the font and a one-piece cylindrical mold to form a cylinder that was then tooled to form the dome.
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1870
eMuseum Object ID:
17919
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Cream jug
Classification:
Date:
1920-1960
Medium:
Glass
Dimensions:
Overall: 3 x 3 1/2 x 2 1/4 in. ( 7.6 x 8.9 x 5.7 cm )
Description:
Blue pattern-molded glass cream jug; cylindrical form with swelled base and folded-over rim pulled out to form spout; body pattern-molded with ribs and swirled to right; applied handle crimped at end; pontil mark.
Object Number:
INV.675
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1960
eMuseum Object ID:
17917
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Cream jug
Classification:
Date:
1820-1840
Medium:
Glass
Dimensions:
Overall: 3 3/4 x 3 7/8 x 2 5/8 in. ( 9.5 x 9.8 x 6.7 cm )
Description:
Blue lead glass cream jug blown in a 16-rib dip mold and swirled slightly; baluster-shaped body with flaring rim and tooled spout; applied, curled handle; push up and pontil mark.
Credit Line:
Gift of Miss Fannie G. Dudley and Family
Object Number:
1957.181
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1840
eMuseum Object ID:
17916
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Bowl: footed salt
Classification:
Date:
1815-1840
Medium:
Glass
Dimensions:
Overall: 3 1/4 x 3 1/8 x 2 5/8 in. ( 8.3 x 7.9 x 6.7 cm )
Description:
Deep olive-amber blown glass footed salt with flared rim, bulbous bowl, short cylindrical stem, and heavy applied foot with irregular crimping and pontil mark.
Credit Line:
Gift of Mrs. J. Insley Blair
Object Number:
1942.499
Gallery Label:
According to accession records, this object was made in Connecticut.
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1840
eMuseum Object ID:
17915
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Cup: footed salt
Classification:
Date:
1810-1830
Medium:
Glass
Dimensions:
Overall: 2 5/8 x 2 7/8 in. ( 6.7 x 7.3 cm )
Description:
Colorless pattern-molded glass footed salt with double-ogee bowl; with sheared rim, sixteen vertical ribs that twist slightly to the right, ribbed knop joining bowl to a flat foot that terminates in six scallops or petals, and pontil mark.
Object Number:
INV.3811
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1830
eMuseum Object ID:
17914
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
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