Bowl
Classification:
Date:
1830-1845
Medium:
Glass
Dimensions:
Overall: 1 1/4 x 6 in. ( 3.2 x 15.2 cm )
Description:
Colorless pressed lead glass bowl; octagonal form with scalloped edge; sides decorated with alternating panels of shields and acanthus leaves; center decorated with thirteen stars surrounding an American eagle; all decoration on stippled ground.
Credit Line:
Gift of Mrs. J. Insley Blair
Object Number:
1940.439
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1845
eMuseum Object ID:
5761
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Vase
Classification:
Date:
ca. 1900-1920
Medium:
Glass
Dimensions:
Overall: 15 x 10 x 6 in. ( 38.1 x 25.4 x 15.2 cm )
Description:
"Favrile" glass Jack-in-the-Pulpit vase. Yellow, white, and amber.
Object Number:
1983.13
Marks:
inscriptions: inscribed: "L.C.T. 07633"
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1920
eMuseum Object ID:
5601
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Small dish: Toddy plate
Classification:
Date:
1835-1850
Medium:
Glass
Dimensions:
Overall: 1/2 x 4 1/4 in. ( 1.3 x 10.8 cm )
Description:
Colorless pressed lead glass toddy plate; circular form with scalloped edge; harp in center of well, within beaded ring and grapevine wreath; on interior rim, on stippled ground, four motifs of stylized leaves and scrolls flanking trapezoidal shape, small stars between (Lee-Rose 808).
Object Number:
INV.13379
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1850
eMuseum Object ID:
5424
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Scent bottle with stopper
Classification:
Date:
1800-1850
Medium:
Glass, metal (probably brass)
Dimensions:
Overall: 4 1/8 x 1 3/4 in. ( 10.5 x 4.4 cm )
Description:
Colorless lead glass blown scent (or perfume) bottle with stopper; ovoid body cut with three bands of pattern (diamonds, vertical ribs, faceted sides) and flanges, flared lip; colorless glass stopper with sunburst pattern cut into top, with narrow length of metal (probably brass) ending in spoon-like curve, thrust into bottle.
Object Number:
INV.12487ab
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1850
eMuseum Object ID:
5349
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Cream jug
Classification:
Date:
1820-1840
Medium:
Glass
Dimensions:
Overall: 3 x 2 1/4 in. ( 7.6 x 5.7 cm )
Description:
Blue pattern-molded glass cream jug; cylindrical form with swelled base and folded-over rim pulled out to form spout; body pattern-molded with ribs and swirled to right; applied handle crimped at end; pontil mark.
Object Number:
INV.12464[dup]
Gallery Label:
This cream jug may be a twentieth-century reproduction of an original object or style from the nineteenth century.
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1840
eMuseum Object ID:
5247
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Kerosene lamp
Collections:
Classification:
Date:
1860-1900
Medium:
Glass, metal
Dimensions:
Overall: 8 1/4 x 3 in. ( 21 x 7.6 cm )
Description:
Blue glass kerosene lamp with short cylindrical body and applied loop handle blown in a multi-part mold with a brass kerosene wick holder and colorless glass hurricane shade.
Credit Line:
Purchased from Elie Nadelman
Object Number:
1937.1518ab
Marks:
printed: on shade: "TRADEMARK/ ACME/ LEAD FLINT"
carved: in low relief on wick adjuster: "STELLAR/ E.M. & Co"
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:
1900
eMuseum Object ID:
4923
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 5/8 in. ( 1.3 x 9.2 cm )
Description:
Colorless pressed lead glass cup plate; circular form with edge of alternating large scallops and points; in well, small six-petaled flower enclosed by plain ring on waffle ground; pattern of stippled arches with alternating angular or rounded shapes, on interior rim; every other arch with small door at bottom and flower at top (Lee-Rose 285).
Credit Line:
Gift of Dr. Arthur H. Merritt
Object Number:
1961.397j
Provenance:
The Dr. Arthur H. Merritt Collection of Anglo-American Historical Staffordshire
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1845
eMuseum Object ID:
4734
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Salt cellar
Classification:
Date:
ca. 1830-1835
Medium:
Glass
Dimensions:
Overall: 1 1/2 x 3 3/4 x 2 1/4 in. ( 3.8 x 9.5 x 5.7 cm )
Description:
Colorless, lead glass; pressed. Salt; boat-shape form with relief details in imitation of a paddlewheel steamboat; maker's mark on sternboard; Lafayette's name on both paddlewheels; oval base decorated with a sunburst (Neal BT4d).
Credit Line:
Bequest of Randall J. LeBoeuf, Jr., 1976
Object Number:
INV.14405
Marks:
pressed: on sternboard: "B. &. S./GLASS./Co"
pressed: on paddlewheels: "LAFAYET."
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1835
eMuseum Object ID:
4635
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Salt cellar
Classification:
Date:
ca. 1828-1835
Medium:
Glass
Dimensions:
Overall: 1 1/2 x 3 1/2 x 2 in. ( 3.8 x 8.9 x 5.1 cm )
Description:
Cobalt blue pressed lead glass salt; boat-shape form with relief details in imitation of a Pittsburgh paddlewheel steamboat; maker's mark on sternboard; anchor is impressed on oval base and a seven-pointed star is on each paddlewheel (Neal BT2).
Credit Line:
Bequest of Randall J. LeBoeuf, Jr., 1976
Object Number:
INV.14403
Marks:
pressed: on sternboard: "PITTSBURGH"
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1835
eMuseum Object ID:
4634
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Tumbler: leaf motif
Classification:
Date:
1875-1900
Medium:
Glass
Dimensions:
Overall: 4 x 3 in. ( 10.2 x 7.6 cm )
Description:
Opaque swirled tannish brown tumbler; truncated cone shape with three large anthemeon leaves below band of curved "C" scrolls.
Credit Line:
Bequest of Weber Hill Arkenburgh
Object Number:
1948.284a
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1900
eMuseum Object ID:
4569
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
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