Candlestick
Classification:
Date:
1840-1855
Medium:
Glass
Dimensions:
Overall: 7 1/4 x 4 1/2 in. ( 18.4 x 11.4 cm )
Description:
Translucent pale green and white alabaster pressed lead glass candlestick; pale green hexagonal socket with petal-form rim on white hexagonal baluster stem joined by wafer to hexagonal knop above a seven-loop trumpet-shaped base; base hollow with pontil mark.
Credit Line:
Bequest of Mrs. F. MacDonald Sinclair (Jennie H. Sinclair)
Object Number:
1965.876a
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1855
eMuseum Object ID:
2937
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Loving cup
Classification:
Date:
1840-1860
Medium:
Glass
Dimensions:
Overall: 3 7/8 x 4 in. ( 9.8 x 10.2 cm )
Description:
Colorless pressed lead glass loving cup with three handles; cylindrical form with slightly flaring rim; pressed decoration consists of swags with fine diamond grid, and faceted hexagon above three six-petaled flowers with fans between petals; rays on bottom form eight-pointed star.
Object Number:
INV.12868
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1860
eMuseum Object ID:
2936
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Cruet set
Classification:
Date:
1875-1900
Medium:
Glass, metal
Description:
Set of five blue lead glass condiment bottles, including two casters, two cruets, and a mustard pot, all blown in a three-part mold; intended to fit into circular frame that is no longer extant.
Credit Line:
Gift of Clyde W. Heath
Object Number:
1953.307a-e
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1900
eMuseum Object ID:
2935
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Decanter with stopper
Classification:
Date:
1820-1840
Medium:
Glass
Dimensions:
Overall: 13 x 4 in. ( 33 x 10.2 cm )
Description:
Colorless cut lead glass decanter; cylindrical neck with three faceted rings and flange lip; shoulders cut with ten flutes; cylindrical body slightly narower at bottom cut with ten panels; hollow octagonal conical stopper on narrow stem.
Credit Line:
Gift of Florence Rogers Dietrich
Object Number:
1944.61b
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1840
eMuseum Object ID:
2910
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Decanter-jug/cruet with stopper
Classification:
Date:
1850-1875
Medium:
Glass
Dimensions:
Overall: 9 1/2 x 5 1/4 x 3 3/4 in. ( 24.1 x 13.3 x 9.5 cm )
Description:
Colorless blown and cut lead glass decanter jug; tall neck cut with flutes with irregular pouring spout, compressed spherical body cut with wide flutes with cypher "CLS", faceted handle, and flat bottom cut with rays; faceted ball stopper on tall concave stem.
Credit Line:
Bequest of Weber Hill Arkenburgh
Object Number:
1948.288ab
Marks:
engraves or etched: on body; "CLS"
Gallery Label:
Decanter-jugs like this were usually intended for claret, a red wine from Bordeaux.
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1875
eMuseum Object ID:
2909
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Cruet with stopper
Classification:
Date:
1830-1870
Medium:
Glass
Dimensions:
Overall: 7 3/4 x 3 1/4 x 3 1/4 in. ( 19.7 x 8.3 x 8.3 cm )
Description:
Colorless glass cruet blown in a multi-part mold, with paneled neck, handle extending from lip to shoulder, square body with oak leaf spray on each side, and base with slight push-up and pontil mark; square stopper with stars on sides and top.
Credit Line:
Bequest of Weber Hill Arkenburgh
Object Number:
1948.290ab
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1870
eMuseum Object ID:
2908
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Tumbler
Collections:
Classification:
Date:
1815-1840
Medium:
Glass
Dimensions:
Overall: 5 3/4 x 4 1/2 in. ( 14.6 x 11.4 cm )
Description:
Colorless lead glass tumbler blown in a three-part mold of pressed geometric design (McKearin GII-18); tapered form with a band of vertical ribs over a band of diamond diapering over a band of vertical ribs; base molded with band of diamonds (Diamond Type XII) around blank central panel with pontil.
Credit Line:
Purchased from Elie Nadelman
Object Number:
1937.1009
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:
2907
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Tumbler
Collections:
Classification:
Date:
1780-1820
Medium:
Glass
Dimensions:
Overall: 5 1/2 x 4 1/4 in. ( 14 x 10.8 cm )
Description:
Colorless, non-lead, blown glass tumbler of tapered form with flat bottom with pontil mark.
Credit Line:
Purchased from Elie Nadelman
Object Number:
1937.986
Gallery Label:
Central European glassware was exported to America in great quantity in the late-18th and early-19th century America, and found a ready market among German- and Anglo-Americans. Though often refered to as flip glasses (flip is an alcoholic beverage), the exact function of these large tumblers is unknown. These wares were also often incorrectly attributed to Henry Stiegel's 18th-century glass works in Manheim, PA.
Provenance:
The Folk Art Collection of Elie Nadelman
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1820
eMuseum Object ID:
2905
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Condiment dish: mustard pot with cover
Classification:
Date:
1870-1900
Medium:
Glass
Dimensions:
Overall: 4 1/2 x 3 7/8 x 2 7/8 in. ( 11.4 x 9.8 x 7.3 cm )
Description:
Colorless pressed glass footed mustard pot; cylindrical bowl with raised quarter-inch bands below rim and above base, two tab handles with fan motif impressed on either side, and stylized twelve-petaled flower on underside of foot; terrace-domed cover with U-shaped cut-out in side for spoon and vertical disk-shaped finial with sunburst on either side.
Credit Line:
Bequest of Weber Hill Arkenburgh
Object Number:
1948.309ab
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1900
eMuseum Object ID:
2898
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Dish: footed sugar bowl with cover
Classification:
Date:
1870-1880
Medium:
Glass
Dimensions:
Overall: 7 1/2 x 4 1/2 in. ( 19 x 11.4 cm )
Description:
Colorless pressed glass sugar bowl with band of diamonds below rim, overlapping hearts on stippled ground, each containing a dart, around middle of bowl, spreading hexagonal stem, and plain circular foot; matching domed cover with raised dots surrounding rim and mushroom-like hexagonal finial with raised dots surrounding edge (Loop and Dart pattern).
Credit Line:
Gift of Miss Fannie G. Dudley & Family
Object Number:
1957.172ab
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1880
eMuseum Object ID:
2897
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
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