Candle holder
Classification:
Date:
1800-1900
Medium:
Glass
Dimensions:
Overall: 3 x 2 1/2 in. ( 7.6 x 6.4 cm )
Description:
Emerald green pattern-molded glass candle holder; cylindrical form with rounded bottom and flared and folded-over rim; pattern-molded in a multi-part mold with an overall lattice pattern; pontil mark on base.
Credit Line:
Bequest of Mrs. J. Insley Blair
Object Number:
1952.155b
Gallery Label:
Candle holders like this, which are also known as Christmas or Vigil lights, were probably meant to hang or sit in a frame of some sort.
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1900
eMuseum Object ID:
2724
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Wine glass
Classification:
Date:
1825-1875
Medium:
Glass
Dimensions:
Overall: 4 1/8 x 2 1/4 in. ( 10.5 x 5.7 cm )
Description:
Light olive green blown glass wine glass with cylindrical bowl, stem with two ball knops, and small circular foot with pontil mark.
Credit Line:
Bequest of Mrs. J. Insley Blair
Object Number:
1952.183
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1875
eMuseum Object ID:
2722
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Cologne bottle w/stopper
Classification:
Date:
1840-1880
Medium:
Glass
Dimensions:
Overall: 5 x 2 in. ( 12.7 x 5.1 cm )
Description:
Deep blue blown glass cologne bottle with pressed glass stopper; with hand-tooled flanged lip, cylindrical neck, and rounded shoulder, and dip-molded cylindrical body, with pontil mark on base.
Credit Line:
Gift of Clarence G. Michalis
Object Number:
1953.425ab
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1880
eMuseum Object ID:
2721
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Dish: footed bowl
Classification:
Date:
1880-1920
Medium:
Glass
Dimensions:
Overall: 4 3/4 x 4 1/4 in. ( 12.1 x 10.8 cm )
Description:
Sapphire blue footed bowl with faceted diamond patterning on bowl and plain foot.
Credit Line:
Bequest of Mrs. F. MacDonald Sinclair (Jennie H. Sinclair)
Object Number:
1965.790b
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1920
eMuseum Object ID:
2719
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Dish: footed bowl
Classification:
Date:
1880-1920
Medium:
Glass
Dimensions:
Overall: 4 3/4 x 4 1/4 in. ( 12.1 x 10.8 cm )
Description:
Sapphire blue footed bowl with faceted diamond patterning on bowl and plain foot.
Credit Line:
Bequest of Mrs. F. MacDonald Sinclair (Jennie H. Sinclair)
Object Number:
1965.790a
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1920
eMuseum Object ID:
2718
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Dish: footed bowl
Classification:
Date:
1840-1870
Medium:
Glass
Dimensions:
Overall: 5 7/8 x 5 3/8 in. ( 14.9 x 13.7 cm )
Description:
Deep sapphire blue footed pressed glass bowl; octagonal shape with scalloped rim, octagonal spreading stem, and plain circular foot.
Credit Line:
Gift of Mrs. J. Insley Blair
Object Number:
1942.571b
Gallery Label:
Helen McKearin determined that this bowl was "probably Midwestern," according to the accession records.
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1870
eMuseum Object ID:
2717
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Bowl: grape vine motif
Classification:
Date:
1830-1860
Medium:
Glass
Dimensions:
Overall: 2 5/8 x 4 3/4 in. ( 6.7 x 12.1 cm )
Description:
Yellow, lead glass; blown. Bowl with applied foot; wheel engraved grape vine encircles bowl.
Credit Line:
Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Robert P. Coates in loving memory of Howard Masten and Anne Louise Canoune
Object Number:
1971.109ii
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1860
eMuseum Object ID:
2716
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Champagne glass
Classification:
Date:
1880-1920
Medium:
Glass
Dimensions:
Overall: 6 3/4 x 2 1/2 in. ( 17.1 x 6.4 cm )
Description:
Colorless blown lead glass champagne glass; tall round funnel-shaped bowl joined by thin cylindrical stem to pedestal foot; bowl acid-etched with bird on branch and border at rim of scrolls, dots, and flowers between two horizontal lines.
Credit Line:
Gift of Thomas Barber
Object Number:
1956.179b4
Gallery Label:
According to a note found with matching decanter, INV.12609, the decanter, and therefore probably the glassware, belonged to William Bayard.
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1920
eMuseum Object ID:
2715
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Goblet
Classification:
Date:
1880-1920
Medium:
Glass
Dimensions:
Overall: 6 x 3 in. ( 15.2 x 7.6 cm )
Description:
Colorless blown lead glass goblet; round funnel-shaped bowl joined by thin cylindrical stem to pedestal foot; bowl acid-etched with bird on branch and border at rim of scrolls, dots, and flowers between two horizontal lines.
Credit Line:
Gift of Thomas Barber
Object Number:
1956.179a8
Gallery Label:
According to a note found with matching decanter, INV.12609, the decanter, and therefore probably the glassware, belonged to William Bayard.
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1920
eMuseum Object ID:
2714
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Pocket bottle
Collections:
Classification:
Date:
1800-1840
Medium:
Glass
Dimensions:
Overall: 6 1/4 x 4 3/4 x 2 1/2 in. ( 15.9 x 12.1 x 6.4 cm )
Description:
Green blown glass pocket bottle with a cylindrical flared neck and lip, compressed oval body pattern-molded with 20 vertical ribs, circular base with a push-up and pontil mark.
Credit Line:
Purchased from Elie Nadelman
Object Number:
1937.1031
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:
2711
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
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