Vase
Classification:
Date:
1870-1900
Medium:
Glass
Dimensions:
Overall: 6 1/2 x 3 1/8 in. ( 16.5 x 7.9 cm )
Description:
Deep blue pressed glass footed vase with elongated trumpet-shaped bowl with scalloped rim, arched panels containing raised dots around sides of bowl, and pattern of intersecting circles on underside of foot.
Credit Line:
Bequest of Weber Hill Arkenburgh
Object Number:
1948.279a
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1900
eMuseum Object ID:
17504
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Goblet: gold
Collections:
Classification:
Date:
1830-1850
Medium:
Glass
Dimensions:
Overall: 5 1/2 x 3 1/4 in. ( 14 x 8.3 cm )
Description:
Light amber, lead glass; pressed. Goblet with overlapping floral arches on stippled ground around middle of bowl, waffle patterning on base of bowl, prominent collar, and stepped foot with beveled octagonal rim and waffle patterning on underside.
Credit Line:
Purchased from Elie Nadelman
Object Number:
1937.1000
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:
1850
eMuseum Object ID:
17470
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Stemware: goblet
Classification:
Date:
1865-1900
Medium:
Glass
Dimensions:
Overall: 6 1/8 x 3 1/2 in. ( 15.6 x 8.9 cm )
Description:
Colorless pressed lead glass goblet; pressed pattern consists of plain band around rim with inverted triangles beneath; bare tree branches around bowl with one owl perched and one possum climbing ("owl and possum pattern"); stem is pressed to resemble a tree trunk; circular base.
Credit Line:
Bequest of Mrs. F. MacDonald Sinclair (Jennie H. Sinclair)
Object Number:
1965.787j
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1900
eMuseum Object ID:
17469
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Candlestick, amber
Classification:
Date:
1800-1830
Medium:
Glass
Dimensions:
Overall: 5 x 3 7/8 in. ( 12.7 x 9.8 cm )
Description:
Amber-olive blown glass candlestick; hollow socket and stem with flaring top and two tooled knops; circular, trumpet-shaped foot with folded rim; pontil mark.
Credit Line:
Bequest of Mrs. J. Insley Blair
Object Number:
1952.177
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1830
eMuseum Object ID:
17467
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Funnel
Classification:
Date:
1800-1900
Medium:
Glass
Dimensions:
Overall: 4 3/4 x 2 3/8 in. ( 12.1 x 6 cm )
Description:
Aquamarine blown glass funnel with hand-tooled rim and jagged tube end.
Object Number:
Z.938
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1900
eMuseum Object ID:
17441
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Cordial glass
Classification:
Date:
1860-1890
Medium:
Glass
Dimensions:
Overall: 4 1/4 x 2 1/4 in. ( 10.8 x 5.7 cm )
Description:
Colorless cut lead glass cordial glass; bell-shaped bowl cut with six large ovals above six small ovals; hexagonal baluster stem; circular base.
Credit Line:
Bequest of Mrs. J. Insley Blair
Object Number:
1952.67a
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1890
eMuseum Object ID:
17319
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Cup plate
Classification:
Date:
1830-1850
Medium:
Glass
Dimensions:
Overall: 1/2 x 3 3/8 in. ( 1.3 x 8.6 cm )
Description:
Opaque light blue pressed lead glass cup plate; circular form with plain edge; swirl of blue and darker blue with slight opalescent tint at center of well, slightly ornamented with thin stippled rings nearer to interior rim; edge wreathed with alternating pattern of flowers and other foliate motifs or tassels (Lee-Rose 85).
Credit Line:
Gift of Colonel Henry O. Havemeyer
Object Number:
1981.28c
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1850
eMuseum Object ID:
17125
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Tumbler
Classification:
Date:
1860-1880
Medium:
Glass
Dimensions:
Overall: 4 x 3 in. ( 10.2 x 7.6 cm )
Description:
Colorless pressed lead glass tumbler with nine sides; grape vine band around upper half of body.
Credit Line:
Gift of Florence Rogers Dietrich
Object Number:
1944.58i
Gallery Label:
According to the accession records, this set has been attributed to Brooklyn's Greenpoint Glassworks (working 1873-1880) and to Isaac Duval of Wellsburg, West Va. (working 1813-23). The former is more likely, given the style of the set.
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1880
eMuseum Object ID:
17045
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 3/4 x 3 3/4 in. ( 14.6 x 9.5 x 9.5 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.
Credit Line:
Bequest of Mrs. F. MacDonald Sinclair
Object Number:
1965.862b
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1845
eMuseum Object ID:
17041
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Small dish
Classification:
Date:
1840-1880
Medium:
Glass
Dimensions:
Overall: 1 x 4 in. ( 2.5 x 10.2 cm )
Description:
Colorless pressed lead glass dish; circular form with scalloped edge formed by points; geometric pattern radiating from center of well to edge of dish, with alternating clear and stippled wedges.
Object Number:
INV.13396
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1880
eMuseum Object ID:
17006
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
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