Cordial glass
Classification:
Date:
1790-1830
Medium:
Glass
Dimensions:
Overall: 3 1/2 x 1 3/8 x 1 3/8 in. ( 8.9 x 3.5 x 3.5 cm )
Description:
Colorless (with a purple-gray tint) blown and cut lead glass cordial or liqueur glass with pressed base; conical bowl with cut flutes at base and engraved band of alternating feather and branch motifs within two horizontal lines with saw-tooth decoration at mouth, joined by bladed knop to pressed terrace-domed solid square foot.
Credit Line:
Bequest of Catherine Augusta De Peyster
Object Number:
1911.67dd
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1830
eMuseum Object ID:
2710
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Finger bowl: double-lipped
Classification:
Date:
1850-1875
Medium:
Glass
Dimensions:
Overall: 3 5/8 x 5 3/4 x 4 1/2 in. ( 9.2 x 14.6 x 11.4 cm )
Description:
Colorless cut lead glass finger bowl with two pouring spouts and fourteen panels around sides.
Credit Line:
Gift of Mrs. Estelle de Peyster Hosmer
Object Number:
1945.127b
Gallery Label:
According to the accession records, this object belonged to Frederic de Peyster (1790-1882).
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1875
eMuseum Object ID:
2709
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Bowl w/fluted sides
Classification:
Date:
1880-1910
Medium:
Glass
Dimensions:
Overall: 3 1/2 x 5 1/8 in. ( 8.9 x 13 cm )
Description:
Colorless pressed glass bowl; flared shape with scalloped rim and fluted sides; flat base with scalloped edge and star pattern on underside.
Credit Line:
Gift of Mrs. Florence Rogers Dietrich
Object Number:
1944.62
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1910
eMuseum Object ID:
2708
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Double cup w/single handle
Classification:
Date:
1860-1890
Medium:
Glass
Dimensions:
Overall: 3 x 5 7/8 x 4 in. ( 7.6 x 14.9 x 10.2 cm )
Description:
Colorless blown non-lead glass double cup with two molded cylindrical receptacles blown separately and joined together with a wafer, each with pontil mark on base; strap handle is applied at joint.
Credit Line:
Gift of Clarence G. Michalis
Object Number:
1953.566
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1890
eMuseum Object ID:
2707
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Jar
Classification:
Date:
1850-1900
Medium:
Glass
Dimensions:
Overall: 4 1/4 x 3 1/4 in. ( 10.8 x 8.3 cm )
Description:
Colorless pressed glass jar; cylindrical form with recessed rim; band near top of jar with raised, stippled decoration, with banner-like forms suspended; raised pinwheel pattern on base.
Credit Line:
Bequest of Weber Hill Arkenburgh
Object Number:
1948.302
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1900
eMuseum Object ID:
2706
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Wine glass
Classification:
Date:
1880-1910
Medium:
Glass
Dimensions:
Overall: 4 3/8 x 3 1/4 in. ( 11.1 x 8.3 cm )
Description:
Colorless lead glass wine glass; wide, rounded funnel-shaped bowl engraved with coat of arms composed of lizard above shield with two lizard heads above chevron band and one below; stem with knop at midway point; circular base.
Credit Line:
Gift of Marchesa Anne Pellegrini-Quarantotti
Object Number:
1957.21a
Gallery Label:
According to the accession records, this pair of wine glasses belonged to Eugene Langdon of Washington Square, the grandfather of the donor. The crest is that of the Langdon family.
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1910
eMuseum Object ID:
2705
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Smelling bottle
Classification:
Date:
1820-1890
Medium:
Glass, white metal
Dimensions:
Overall: 2 1/2 x 1 3/8 x 1 1/8 in. ( 6.4 x 3.5 x 2.9 cm )
Description:
Deep amethyst non-lead glass smelling bottle (or pungent) blown in two-part mold, with ringed cap; hexagonal shape with 2 wide flat sides in front and back, 2 narrow on each end, rising in double ogee curve from narrow sloping base.
Credit Line:
Bequest of Mrs. F. MacDonald Sinclair (Jennie H. Sinclair)
Object Number:
1965.766c
Gallery Label:
The main purpose of smelling bottles, or pungents, was to mask unpleasant odors, and thus they usually held smelling salts. They were first stoppered by corks and eventually by screw caps. The capacity of these bottles ranges from fractions of a dram to a little over an ounce.
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1890
eMuseum Object ID:
2702
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Tumbler
Classification:
Date:
ca. 1953
Medium:
Glass
Dimensions:
Overall: 4 3/8 x 2 5/8 in. ( 11.1 x 6.7 cm )
Description:
Colorless mold-blown lead glass tumbler; tall, slightly tapering cylindrical form; printed in red, white, and blue with inscriptions relating to the 25th anniversary of Eastern Airlines.
Credit Line:
Gift of Eastern Airlines Inc.
Object Number:
1953.296b
Marks:
printed: in red, white, or blue: "25thANNIVERSARY/ Experience Inspires Confidence/ EASTERN AIRLINES/ 25 YEARS OF DEPENDABLE SERVICE"; "Compliments of Eddie Ruskibaekio[?]"
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1953
eMuseum Object ID:
2701
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Pepper shaker
Classification:
Date:
1875-1925
Medium:
Glass, metal
Dimensions:
Overall: 2 1/2 x 1 1/4 in. ( 6.4 x 3.2 cm )
Description:
Amber pressed glass pepper shaker with pierced tin cover; tapered body on circular pad foot; body covered with fine cross-hatching decoration.
Credit Line:
Gift of Clarence G. Michalis
Object Number:
1953.568b
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1925
eMuseum Object ID:
2678
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Salt: blue spiral
Classification:
Date:
1810-1830
Medium:
Glass
Dimensions:
Overall: 1 1/4 x 2 1/2 in. ( 3.2 x 6.4 cm )
Description:
Cobalt blue lead glass salt blown in a one-piece dip mold with twenty vertical ribs; circular bowl with ribs twisting to the right; pontil mark.
Object Number:
INV.13276
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1830
eMuseum Object ID:
2677
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
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