Stopper
Classification:
Date:
1830-1880
Medium:
Glass
Dimensions:
Overall: 2 1/8 x 1 3/4 in. ( 5.4 x 4.4 cm )
Description:
Colorless glass stopper with mushroom shaped top.
Object Number:
Z.1357
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1880
eMuseum Object ID:
7691
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Stopper
Classification:
Date:
1850-1900
Medium:
Glass
Dimensions:
Overall: 2 x 1 1/2 in. ( 5.1 x 3.8 cm )
Description:
Colorless glass stopper with mushroom shaped top.
Object Number:
Z.1369
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1900
eMuseum Object ID:
7690
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Perfume bottle in case
Classification:
Date:
1790-1830
Medium:
Tortoise shell, silver, glass, metal, textile
Dimensions:
Case (closed): 2 x 1 x 3/4 in. (5.1 x 2.5 x 1.9 cm)
Description:
Colorless free-blown glass perfume bottle with sunburst pattern cut into each side and polished, pontil mark on bottom, and silver cap with ring on top; bottle (in the shape of miniature flask) nested into tortoise shell case lined with textile, with metal diamond affixed to each side.
Credit Line:
Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Robert Coates in loving memory of Howard Masten and Anne Louise Canoune
Object Number:
1971.109gg
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1830
eMuseum Object ID:
7604
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Figured bottle/flask
Classification:
Date:
1900-1950
Medium:
Glass
Dimensions:
Overall: 13 x 3 in. ( 33 x 7.6 cm )
Description:
Cobalt blue lead glass bottle blown in full-size two-part mold; in the shape of a praying woman (Virgin Mary) dressed in long robes, angel figure beneath; handle at rear, flanged lip, pontil mark.
Object Number:
INV.3264
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1950
eMuseum Object ID:
7536
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Compote
Classification:
Date:
1820-1840
Medium:
Glass
Dimensions:
Overall: 5 1/4 x 8 1/2 in. ( 13.3 x 21.6 cm )
Description:
Aquamarine blown non-lead glass compote; wide hemispherical bowl with straight sides joined by stem with central knop to flat disc base with pontil mark.
Credit Line:
Gift of Dr. Arthur H. Merritt
Object Number:
1961.412
Provenance:
The Dr. Arthur H. Merritt Collection of Anglo-American Historical Staffordshire
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1840
eMuseum Object ID:
7462
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Celery glass
Classification:
Date:
1845-1865
Medium:
Glass
Dimensions:
Overall: 9 7/8 x 5 1/4 in. ( 25.1 x 13.3 cm )
Description:
Colorless pressed lead glass celery glass; eight-panel, bell-shaped body with scalloped rim, on short cylinder; body joined by wafer below to octagonal pedestal foot.
Credit Line:
Gift of Miss Fannie G. Dudley & Family
Object Number:
1957.168b
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1865
eMuseum Object ID:
7461
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Cup plate
Classification:
Date:
1835-1850
Medium:
Glass
Dimensions:
Overall: 1/2 x 3 3/8 in. ( 1.3 x 8.6 cm )
Description:
Pressed lead glass cup plate with very faint lavender tint; circular form with scalloped edge; four plain hearts at center of well with points facing dot at center, on stippled ground; on interior rim, twelve stippled hearts facing center (Lee-Rose 477).
Credit Line:
Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Robert Coates in loving memory of Howard Masten and Anne Louise Canoune
Object Number:
1971.109x
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1850
eMuseum Object ID:
7460
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Vase
Classification:
Date:
1840-1860
Medium:
Glass
Dimensions:
Overall: 12 7/8 x 3 3/8 x 3 3/8 in. ( 32.7 x 8.6 x 8.6 cm )
Description:
Deep blue-green glass; pressed. Vase with hollow base pressed separately and attached with wafer; elongated conical shape with fluted rim and six elongated ovals above six shorter ones surrounding bowl (Bigler pattern); base consists of octagonal dumb-bell drop knop, octagonal plinth, and square foot.
Credit Line:
Bequest of Mrs. J. Insley Blair
Object Number:
1952.222
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1860
eMuseum Object ID:
7447
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Vase
Classification:
Date:
1850-1875
Medium:
Glass
Dimensions:
Overall: 11 3/8 x 4 1/2 in. ( 28.9 x 11.4 cm )
Description:
Emerald-green pressed lead glass vase; elongated conical shape with fluted rim and six vertical loops surrounding bowl; hexagonal stem with dumb-bell knop and stepped hexagonal foot with slightly serpentine edge.
Credit Line:
Bequest of Mrs. J. Insley Blair
Object Number:
1952.230a
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1875
eMuseum Object ID:
7297
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Decanter with stopper
Classification:
Date:
1840-1870
Medium:
Glass
Dimensions:
Overall: 12 x 3 in. ( 30.5 x 7.6 cm )
Description:
Yellow blown and cut lead glass decanter; tapered neck with flared rim, sloping shoulders, and tapered 10-sided body all panel-cut with flat bottom; hexagonal stopper with flat top.
Credit Line:
Gift of Isabella Vache Cox
Object Number:
1926.27ab
Gallery Label:
This decanter with stopper is an example of uranium glass, or glass colored with uranium oxide, to which the earliest reference appears to date from 1817. Uranium glass was made popular by Josef Riedel in and after 1834.
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1870
eMuseum Object ID:
7281
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
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