Dish: footed salt
Collections:
Classification:
Date:
1820-1840
Medium:
Glass
Dimensions:
Overall: 2 1/4 x 3 in. ( 5.7 x 7.6 cm )
Description:
Colorless glass footed salt blown in a multi-part mold with plain rim with sheared edge, band of diamond patterning on bottom of bowl, rays extending from bottom of bowl to underside of foot, and pontil mark.
Credit Line:
Purchased from Elie Nadelman
Object Number:
1937.994
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:
1840
eMuseum Object ID:
17911
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Dish: footed salt
Classification:
Date:
1840-1860
Medium:
glass
Dimensions:
Overall: 2 x 2 7/8 in. ( 5.1 x 7.3 cm )
Description:
Colorless pressed glass footed salt with flared rim with rope-patterned edge, Gothic arches around sides, and foot with scalloped edge and sunburst on underside.
Credit Line:
Gift of Miss Fannie G. Dudley & Family
Object Number:
1957.161
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1860
eMuseum Object ID:
17910
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Dessert dish: sherbert
Classification:
Date:
1880-1910
Medium:
Glass
Dimensions:
Overall: 2 3/8 x 4 in. ( 6 x 10.2 cm )
Description:
Colorless glass; pressed. Sherbet glass with beading above egg and dart border on rim, leaf and flower motif surrounding bowl, and ribbing on base of bowl and foot.
Credit Line:
Bequest of Weber Hill Arkenburgh
Object Number:
1948.346b
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1910
eMuseum Object ID:
17909
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Lamp w/electric cord
Classification:
Date:
1860-1900
Medium:
Glass, metal, marble
Dimensions:
Overall: 14 x 5 1/2 x 5 1/2 in. ( 35.6 x 14 x 14 cm )
Description:
Lamp with glass font, brass standard, and marble base; Inverted pear-shaped font cased with opaque white exterior cut to reveal colorless interior; columnar brass standard; stepped white marble base with sheet brass border; screw at top for electric wiring.
Credit Line:
Bequest of Mrs. F. MacDonald Sinclair
Object Number:
1965.911
Gallery Label:
The attachment on the top of this lamp indicates that it was wired for an electric bulb at one time.
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1900
eMuseum Object ID:
17873
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Vase
Classification:
Date:
1900-1940
Medium:
Glass
Dimensions:
Overall: 8 1/4 x 5 3/8 in. ( 21 x 13.7 cm )
Description:
Pink lead glass vase blown in a mold with swirling ribs; cylindrical lower portion with shoulder, and tall trumpet-shaped upper portion.
Credit Line:
Bequest of Mrs. F. MacDonald Sinclair (Jennie H. Sinclair)
Object Number:
1965.783d
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1940
eMuseum Object ID:
17851
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Footed salt: impressed seal on bottom
Classification:
Date:
1810-1830
Medium:
Glass
Dimensions:
Overall: 2 x 4 in. ( 5.1 x 10.2 cm )
Description:
Amethyst lead glass footed salt blown in a one-piece dip mold with thirty-two vertical ribs at base and ten-pointed star impressed on bottom; circular bowl with flared hand-tooled rim; disc foot; pontil mark.
Object Number:
INV.12458
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1830
eMuseum Object ID:
17829
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Figure flask (Indian maiden)
Classification:
Date:
1868-1875
Medium:
Glass
Dimensions:
Overall: 12 1/2 x 3 in. ( 31.8 x 7.6 cm )
Description:
Light green non-lead glass bitter's bottle blown in full-size two-part mold in the shape of an Indian Queen; figure wears crown and Indian garb including feathered skirt and long robe, holds shield at her left side which reads BROWN'S/ CELEBRATED/ INDIAN HERB BITTERS."
Credit Line:
Purchased from Elie Nadelman
Object Number:
1937.1048
Marks:
in relief: on shield: "BROWN'S/ CELEBRATED/ INDIAN HERB BITTERS"
in relief: below robe: "PATENTED/ FEB 11/ 1868"
Provenance:
The Folk Art Collection of Elie Nadelman
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1875
eMuseum Object ID:
17741
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Flask
Classification:
Date:
1825-1875
Medium:
Glass
Dimensions:
Overall: 4 x 3 1/2 x 1 1/2 in. ( 10.2 x 8.9 x 3.8 cm )
Description:
Light green blown glass flask with sloping collar, cylindrical neck, flattened chestnut form with added layer of glass, triangular lumps of glass regularly distributed over entire body, and rounded base with pontil mark.
Credit Line:
Gift of Clarence G. Michalis
Object Number:
1953.454
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1875
eMuseum Object ID:
17670
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Candlestick
Classification:
Date:
1840-1855
Medium:
Glass
Dimensions:
Overall: 7 1/2 x 4 3/8 x 3 3/4 in. ( 19 x 11.1 x 9.5 cm )
Description:
Green pressed lead glass candlestick; hexagonal socket with petal-form rim on hexagonal baluster stem joined with a wafer to hexagonal knop on hexagonal pedestal base.
Credit Line:
Gift of Mrs. J. Insley Blair
Object Number:
1942.566
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1855
eMuseum Object ID:
17669
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Candlestick
Classification:
Date:
1830-1845
Medium:
Glass
Dimensions:
Overall: 5 3/4 x 3 1/4 x 3 1/4 in. ( 14.6 x 8.3 x 8.3 cm )
Description:
Colorless pressed lead glass candlestick; finely ribbed socket with stippled and beaded bobeche and lobed base on two annular knops joined by wafer to base consisting of lobed quatrefoil standard on five-stepped quatrefoil base with hollow, ribbed interior with pontil mark.
Credit Line:
Bequest of Mrs. F. MacDonald Sinclair
Object Number:
1965.862a
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1845
eMuseum Object ID:
17668
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
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