Vase
Classification:
Date:
1855-1865
Medium:
Glass
Dimensions:
Overall: 9 1/4 x 4 1/4 in. ( 23.5 x 10.8 cm )
Description:
Deep blue pressed lead glass vase; elongated conical shape with fluted rim and three rows of raised rectangular panels with an oval thumbprint at the center of each (block-and-printie pattern); hollow hexagonal base.
Credit Line:
Bequest of Mrs. J. Insley Blair
Object Number:
1952.233
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1865
eMuseum Object ID:
16853
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 5/16 in. ( 1.3 x 8.4 cm )
Description:
Opaque blue pressed glass cup plate; circular form with rope edge; swirl of paler and darker blues; stippled rings along edge of interior rim and well (Lee-Rose 86).
Credit Line:
Gift of Colonel Henry O. Havemeyer
Object Number:
1981.28b
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1850
eMuseum Object ID:
16844
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Hat
Classification:
Date:
1860-1890
Medium:
Glass
Dimensions:
Overall: 2 3/4 x 4 3/8 x 4 1/4 in. ( 7 x 11.1 x 10.8 cm )
Description:
Colorless pressed glass hat (made from tumbler mold) with hand-tooled brim, faceted crown, and daisy impressed on bottom.
Credit Line:
Gift of Clarence G. Michalis
Object Number:
1953.503
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1890
eMuseum Object ID:
16843
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Hat
Classification:
Date:
1875-1925
Medium:
Glass
Dimensions:
Overall: 3 x 5 x 5 1/4 in. ( 7.6 x 12.7 x 13.3 cm )
Description:
Ruby pressed glass hat with hand-tooled brim.
Credit Line:
Gift of Clarence G. Michalis
Object Number:
1953.524
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1925
eMuseum Object ID:
16781
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Kerosene lamp
Classification:
Date:
1912
Medium:
Glass, metal, brass
Dimensions:
Overall: 26 1/2 x 9 1/2 in. ( 67.3 x 24.1 cm )
Description:
Kerosene lamp with reticulated brass base on four legs; green, white, and yellow opaque glass casing for reservoir and spherical lamp shade printed in brown with flowers and presidential imagery including the White House, a portrait of Theodore Roosevelt, the American flag and eagle, and clasped hands beneath a dove with an olive branch; glass chimney, brass reservoir, and burner.
Object Number:
X.188.1-2
Marks:
inscribed: on wick raiser: "SUCCESS"
Gallery Label:
This type of lamp was also known as a "Gone with the Wind" lamp.
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1912
eMuseum Object ID:
16727
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Champagne glass
Classification:
Date:
1900-1925
Medium:
Glass
Dimensions:
Overall: 5 x 2 1/2 in. ( 12.7 x 6.4 cm )
Description:
Colorless blown and cut lead glass champagne glass; cup shaped bowl on hollow faceted stem on conical base.
Credit Line:
Purchase, James B. Wilbur Fund
Object Number:
1941.860
Gallery Label:
From the steamship "Berkshire," circa 1913.
Provenance:
The George W. Murdock Collection of Steamboat Artifacts
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1925
eMuseum Object ID:
16633
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Covered dish
Classification:
Date:
1830-1840
Medium:
Glass
Dimensions:
Overall: 5 1/4 in. ( 13.3 cm )
Description:
Colorless, lead glass; pressed. Vegetable dish with cover; oval shape with undulating sides; cover has princess feather medallions flanked by a rose and a thistle on either side, elaborate scrolls at either end, and a "D" shape handle; dish has princess feather medallions flanked by a basket of fruit on either side, elaborate scrolled-heart medallion at either end, and a cartouche at center surrounded by interlocking S-scrolls.
Object Number:
INV.3844ab
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1840
eMuseum Object ID:
15650
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Cup plate
Classification:
Date:
1830-1845
Medium:
Glass
Dimensions:
Overall: 3/8 x 2 3/4 in. ( 1 x 7 cm )
Description:
Blue pressed lead glass cup plate; circular form with edge of alternating scallops and points; Tudor rose (with three layers of petals, in varying tints of blue) at center of well, on stippled background; pattern of branch-like motifs interspersed with dots (Lee-Rose 147-C).
Credit Line:
Gift of Colonel Henry O. Havemeyer
Object Number:
1987.25
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1845
eMuseum Object ID:
15138
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Paperweight fragment: fruit
Classification:
Date:
1860-1880
Medium:
Glass
Dimensions:
Overall: 3/4 x 2 3/4 in. ( 1.9 x 7 cm )
Description:
Colorless, circular glass paperweight base, with fragment of blown glass fruit form embedded in top.
Credit Line:
Bequest of Mrs. F. MacDonald Sinclair
Object Number:
1965.118
Gallery Label:
Paperweights of this type were a specialty of the New England Glass Company (see "Glass Paperweights of the New-York Historical Society," p. 127).
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1880
eMuseum Object ID:
14966
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 1/16 in. ( 1.3 x 7.8 cm )
Description:
Colorless pressed lead glass cup plate; circular form with scalloped rim; in well, ten-petaled flower with center composed of three concentric rings, on stippled background; on interior rim, stars on stippled ground (Lee-Rose 291).
Credit Line:
Gift of Mrs. J. Insley Blair
Object Number:
1940.412
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1845
eMuseum Object ID:
14631
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
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