Bottle
Classification:
Date:
1750-1770
Medium:
Glass
Dimensions:
Overall: 8 1/2 x 4 1/8 in. ( 21.6 x 10.5 cm )
Description:
Olive green, non-lead, blown glass bottle; bottle blown in dip mold and has cylindrical neck with applied string rim, rounded shoulders, and a squat, cylindrical body with a push up and a pontil mark; cork intact in neck; iridescence on surface and heart-shaped piece missing from side.
Credit Line:
Gift of Maurice Blumenthal
Object Number:
1921.24b
Marks:
typed: on loose tag; "RUM BOTTLE/ Found in excavation/ at Front and Broad Streets/ New York City/ (Period: American Revolution)"
painted: in red on bottom; "23/7"
Gallery Label:
According to accession records, bottle was found in excavation at southeast corner of Front and Broad Street, new York City, in 1920 by the donor, Maurice Bluemnthal, who was the contractor for the excavation.
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1770
eMuseum Object ID:
11351
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Bottle
Classification:
Date:
1760-1770
Medium:
Glass
Dimensions:
Overall: 8 3/4 x 4 in. ( 22.2 x 10.2 cm )
Description:
Olive dark green, non-lead, blown glass bottle; bottle blown in dip mold and has cylindrical neck with applied string rim, rounded shoulders, and a squat, cylindrical body with a push-up and pontil mark; wax and fragment of newspaper from closure adheared to neck and shoulders of bottle.
Credit Line:
Gift of Mrs. Edward Rutledge and Daughters
Object Number:
1954.187b
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1770
eMuseum Object ID:
11308
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Goblet
Classification:
Date:
1870-1900
Medium:
Glass
Dimensions:
Overall: 5 7/8 x 3 1/4 in. ( 14.9 x 8.3 cm )
Description:
Colorless pressed glass goblet with stippled band with thrice repeated scroll motif surrounding bowl, faceted base of bowl, and faceted stem terminating in a hexagonal step upon a plain circular foot.
Credit Line:
Bequest of Weber Hill Arkenburgh
Object Number:
1948.367
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1900
eMuseum Object ID:
11238
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Oil lamp
Classification:
Date:
1830-1840
Medium:
Glass
Dimensions:
Overall: 4 x 2 1/2 in. ( 10.2 x 6.4 cm )
Description:
Colorless lead glass oil lamp with blown font and pressed base; spherical font attached to short column on three-stepped lobed base; tin collar and pontil mark.
Object Number:
INV.4021
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1840
eMuseum Object ID:
11126
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Inkwell
Collections:
Classification:
Date:
1820-1840
Medium:
Glass
Dimensions:
Overall: 2 x 3 in. ( 5.1 x 7.6 cm )
Description:
Amber olive bottle glass inkwell; cylindrical, with wide diamond mesh band above band of vertical ribbing (mcKearin G. II-18); incised band around top and tooled hole at center; hollow pontil mark indicates use of blowpipe.
Credit Line:
Purchased from Elie Nadelman
Object Number:
1937.740
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:
11114
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Tumbler
Collections:
Classification:
Date:
1815-1840
Medium:
Glass
Dimensions:
Overall: 6 1/4 x 4 1/2 in. ( 15.9 x 11.4 cm )
Description:
Colorless lead glass tumbler blown in a three-part mold of geometric design (McKearin GII-22); cylindrical form with a band of vertical ribs over a band of diagonal ribs over a band of diamond diapering over a band of diagonal ribs over a band of vertical ribs; base molded with a band of diamonds (Diamond Type X-XII?) around blank central pattern with pontil mark.
Credit Line:
Purchased from Elie Nadelman
Object Number:
1937.1011
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:
11072
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Hat
Classification:
Date:
1820-1850
Medium:
Glass
Dimensions:
Overall: 2 1/4 x 2 1/2 x 2 1/4 in. ( 5.7 x 6.4 x 5.7 cm )
Description:
Colorless blown three-mold glass hat with hand-tooled brim with folded edge and diamond diapering, sunbursts, and diagonal ribbing on crown; pontil mark surrounded by radiating ribs on base.
Credit Line:
Bequest of Mrs. F. MacDonald Sinclair (Jennie H. Sinclair)
Object Number:
1965.532a
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1850
eMuseum Object ID:
10892
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Figured bottle
Classification:
Date:
1930-1960
Medium:
Glass
Dimensions:
Overall: 11 1/8 x 3 x 3 1/2 in. ( 28.3 x 7.6 x 8.9 cm )
Description:
Opaque brown machine-made glass figured bottle with flat collar, cylindrical neck, and body shaped like a seated bear.
Credit Line:
Bequest of Mrs. F. Macdonald Sinclair (Jennie H. Sinclair)
Object Number:
1965.779b
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1960
eMuseum Object ID:
10807
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Finger bowl
Classification:
Date:
1890-1930
Medium:
Glass
Dimensions:
Overall: 3 7/8 x 5 in. ( 9.8 x 12.7 cm )
Description:
Amethyst mold-blown finger bowl; deep, slightly tapered spherical body.
Credit Line:
Bequest of Mrs. F. MacDonald Sinclair
Object Number:
1965.777b
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1930
eMuseum Object ID:
10731
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Finger bowl
Classification:
Date:
1890-1930
Medium:
Glass
Dimensions:
Overall: 3 7/8 x 5 in. ( 9.8 x 12.7 cm )
Description:
Amethyst mold-blown finger bowl; deep, slightly tapered spherical body.
Credit Line:
Bequest of Mrs. F. MacDonald Sinclair
Object Number:
1965.777a
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1930
eMuseum Object ID:
10726
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
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