Match or toothpick holder
Classification:
Date:
1880-1920
Medium:
Glass
Dimensions:
Overall: 2 1/4 x 2 1/4 x 2 1/4 in. ( 5.7 x 5.7 x 5.7 cm )
Description:
Green pressed lead glass match holder; bulbous body; sides composed of four panels, two with American shields and two with star medallions inscribed "STARS & STRIPES; four feet; impressed maker's mark on base.
Credit Line:
Gift of Clarence G. Michalis
Object Number:
1953.660
Marks:
impressed: on bottom: "SAFETY/NIGHT LIGHT CO."
impressed: on sides; "STARS & STRIPES"
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1920
eMuseum Object ID:
3648
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Toothpick holder or small tumbler
Classification:
Date:
1840-1860
Medium:
Glass
Dimensions:
Overall: 2 1/4 x 2 in. ( 5.7 x 5.1 cm )
Description:
Cobalt pressed lead glass miniature tumbler; eight vertical arched panels around sides; pontil mark.
Credit Line:
Bequest of Weber Hill Arkenburgh
Object Number:
1948.278
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1860
eMuseum Object ID:
3647
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Rectangular vessel, possibly a salt cellar
Classification:
Highlight:
Not promoted
Date:
1830-1845
Medium:
Glass
Dimensions:
Overall: 1 x 2 1/2 x 1 1/2 in. ( 2.5 x 6.4 x 3.8 cm )
Description:
Colorless pressed lead glass rectangular vessel, possibly a small salt; sides and base decorated with a stylized flower and scrolls on a stippled ground.
Object Number:
INV.13098
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1845
eMuseum Object ID:
3646
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Salt Cellar
Classification:
Date:
1870-1900
Medium:
Glass
Dimensions:
Overall: 3/4 x 2 1/4 in. ( 1.9 x 5.7 cm )
Description:
Colorless pressed lead glass salt; patterned all over with raised stars on a cross-hatched grid; impressed star on base.
Object Number:
INV.13090
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1900
eMuseum Object ID:
3644
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Salt cellar
Classification:
Date:
1900-1920
Medium:
Glass
Dimensions:
Overall: 1 x 1 3/4 in. ( 2.5 x 4.4 cm )
Description:
Colorless molded lead glass salt with six cups; hexagonal form with deeply cut sides and rim; cut star on base.
Credit Line:
Bequest of Weber Hill Arkenburgh
Object Number:
1948.317c
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1920
eMuseum Object ID:
3643
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Salt cellar
Classification:
Date:
1900-1920
Medium:
Glass
Dimensions:
Overall: 1 x 1 3/4 in. ( 2.5 x 4.4 cm )
Description:
Colorless molded lead glass salt with six cups; hexagonal form with deeply cut sides and rim; cut star on base.
Credit Line:
Bequest of Weber Hill Arkenburgh
Object Number:
1948.317a
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1920
eMuseum Object ID:
3642
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Miniature tazza
Classification:
Date:
1810-1830
Medium:
Glass
Dimensions:
Overall: 1 1/2 x 3 1/2 x 2 1/2 in. ( 3.8 x 8.9 x 6.4 cm )
Description:
Colorless blown lead glass miniature tazza; circular bowl bith ribbed base; two applied handles; slightly domed foot; pontil mark.
Object Number:
INV.13254
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1830
eMuseum Object ID:
3641
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Salt
Classification:
Date:
ca. 1830-1840
Medium:
Glass
Dimensions:
Overall: 2 1/8 x 3 1/2 x 1 3/4 in. ( 5.4 x 8.9 x 4.4 cm )
Description:
Opaque amethyst and white pressed lead glass salt; rectangular with two handles formed like shells; four sides decorated with branches of leaves and berries; rectangular fluted foot.
Object Number:
INV.13251
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1840
eMuseum Object ID:
3640
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Salt cellar
Classification:
Date:
1920-1940
Medium:
Glass
Dimensions:
Overall: 1 x 3 x 2 in. ( 2.5 x 7.6 x 5.1 cm )
Description:
Colorless pressed lead glass salt; rectangular form with diamond cut sides and impressed star on base.
Object Number:
INV.13099
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1940
eMuseum Object ID:
3639
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Figured bottle: Jenny Lind
Classification:
Date:
1920-1940
Medium:
Glass
Dimensions:
Overall: 9 1/4 x 5 1/2 x 4 1/2 in. ( 23.5 x 14 x 11.4 cm )
Description:
Light aquamarine, lead glass bottle blown in a full-sized, three-part mold (McKearin GI-107a) with a bust of Jenny Lind beneath the inscription "JENNY LIND" in a banner and above a spray of folliage on the obverse, with a glass house below the inscription "FISLERVILLE GLASS WORKS" in a banner on the reverse; bottle is calabash-shaped with molded ribs and an applied and tooled collar and no pontil mark.
Credit Line:
Gift of Leonidas Westervelt
Object Number:
1945.286
Marks:
embossed: on obverse; "JENNY LIND"
embossed: on reverse; FISLERVILLE GLASS WORKS"
Gallery Label:
This bottle is a counterfeit of a nineteenth-century Jenny Lind bottle. While the general shape and decoration of the bottle is like that of the original, there are obvious differences in the bust of Jenny Lind and the view of the glass house that clearly differentiate this from a genuine specimen.
Provenance:
The Jenny Lind Collection of Leonidas Westervelt
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1940
eMuseum Object ID:
3631
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
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