Oil lamp
Collections:
Classification:
Date:
1840-1880
Medium:
Glass, metal
Dimensions:
Overall: 4 x 3 3/8 in. ( 10.2 x 8.6 cm )
Description:
Colorless pressed lead glass oil lamp; bell-shaped font with applied loop handle with crimped end; threaded brass collar.
Credit Line:
Purchased from Elie Nadelman
Object Number:
1937.1524
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:
1880
eMuseum Object ID:
12096
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Kerosene lamp
Classification:
Date:
1875-1900
Medium:
Glass, metal
Dimensions:
Overall: 2 1/4 x 6 x 3 1/4 in. ( 5.7 x 15.2 x 8.3 cm )
Description:
Light blue glass kerosene lamp blown in a multi-part mold with a short cylindrical body with vertical ribbing attached to a pressed glass match holder pressed with a basketweave pattern with a loop handle; threaded brass collar.
Credit Line:
Gift of Clarence G. Michalis
Object Number:
1953.653
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1900
eMuseum Object ID:
12043
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Kerosene lamp
Classification:
Date:
1875-1900
Medium:
Glass, metal
Dimensions:
Overall: 4 1/4 x 3 in. ( 10.8 x 7.6 cm )
Description:
Colorless pressed glass kerosene lamp with short cylindrical body with molded inscription "LITTLE BUTTERCUP" and applied loop handle with crimped end; threaded brass collar and kerosene burner.
Credit Line:
Gift of Thomas S. Constantine
Object Number:
1943.309
Marks:
in relief: on body "LITTLE BUTTERCUP"
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1900
eMuseum Object ID:
12037
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Oil lamp
Collections:
Classification:
Date:
1840-1880
Medium:
Glass, metal
Dimensions:
Overall: 4 x 3 1/4 in. ( 10.2 x 8.3 cm )
Description:
Colorless pressed lead glass oil lamp; bell-shaped font with applied loop handle with crimped end; threaded brass collar.
Credit Line:
Purchased from Elie Nadelman
Object Number:
1937.1647
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:
1880
eMuseum Object ID:
12035
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Bottle
Classification:
Date:
1830-1880
Medium:
Glass, paper
Dimensions:
Overall: 3 1/4 x 1 1/2 x 1 1/2 in. ( 8.3 x 3.8 x 3.8 cm )
Description:
Aquamarine mold-blown glass jar with cylindrical neck, narrow shoulder, square body with concave champfered corners, and deeply impressed pontil mark; remnants of deep blue paper label attached to body.
Object Number:
Z.509
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1880
eMuseum Object ID:
11766
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Footed tumbler
Collections:
Classification:
Date:
1850-1870
Medium:
Glass
Dimensions:
Overall: 4 3/8 x 3 3/8 in. ( 11.1 x 8.6 cm )
Description:
Colorless pressed (probably lead) glass footed tumbler with band of oval depressions below rim, ring of diamonds around middle of bowl, arches surrounding base of bowl, and faint pontil mark and circular depression on underside of foot.
Credit Line:
Gift of Elie Nadelman
Object Number:
1938.371
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:
1870
eMuseum Object ID:
11697
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Collection of Prism Disk and Candleholders
Classification:
Highlight:
Not promoted
Medium:
glass and metal
Dimensions:
Overall: 4 x 13 x 10 in. ( 10.2 x 33 x 25.4 cm )
Object Number:
INV.14655
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
0
eMuseum Object ID:
11586
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Oil lamp
Classification:
Date:
1840-1880
Medium:
Glass, metal
Dimensions:
Overall: 5 1/2 x 3 in. ( 14 x 7.6 cm )
Description:
Colorless, lead glass;pressed. Oil lamp; bell-shaped font with vertical ribbing and applied loop handle with crimped end; threaded brass collar and double wick holder with covers on chain.
Credit Line:
Gift of Edith D. Blaisdell
Object Number:
1956.99
Gallery Label:
These lamps are known as hand lamps or night lights. According to the accession records, this is a camphene lamp that burned a fluid made from a distillate of camphor.
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1880
eMuseum Object ID:
11509
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Oil lamp
Collections:
Classification:
Date:
1830-1840
Medium:
Glass
Dimensions:
Overall: 9 x 3 1/2 x 3 1/2 in. ( 22.9 x 8.9 x 8.9 cm )
Description:
Colorless lead glass oil lamp with blown font and pressed base; conical font with vertical rim joined with annulated knop to four-stepped base with concave sides and rounded corners; pontil mark.
Credit Line:
Purchased from Elie Nadelman
Object Number:
1937.1096
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:
11356
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Bottle
Classification:
Date:
1770-1780
Medium:
Glass, cork
Dimensions:
Overall: 8 1/4 x 4 in. ( 21 x 10.2 cm )
Description:
Olive green, non-lead blown glass bottle; bottle blown in dip mold and has cylindrical neck with an up-tooled, flattened applied string rim, rounded shoulders, and a squat cylindrical body with a push up and pontil mark; with cork.
Credit Line:
Gift of Maurice Blumenthal
Object Number:
1921.24a
Marks:
typed: on tag; 18th C. RUM BOTTLE/ FOUND IN THE EXCAVATIONS AT/ BROAD AND FRONT STREETS, 1920/ GIFT OF MR. MAURICE BLUMENTHAL, 1921"
written: on tag around cork; "23/6" (NYHS Field Exploration Committee accession number)
Gallery Label:
According to accession records, bottle was found in excavation at southeast corner of Broad and Front Streets, New York City, in 1920 by the donor, Maurice Blumenthal, who was the contractor for the excavation.
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1780
eMuseum Object ID:
11352
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
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