Ink bottle
Collections:
Classification:
Date:
1820-1870
Medium:
Glass, paper, cork
Dimensions:
Overall: 2 1/8 x 2 1/4 in. ( 5.4 x 5.7 cm )
Description:
Aquamarine mold-blown glass ink bottle; hand-tooled lip with folded edge, cylindrical neck, conical body with faceted sides and octagonal base, and rough pontil mark; paper label affixed to front; cork stopper inside bottle.
Credit Line:
Purchased from Elie Nadelman
Object Number:
1937.1708
Marks:
printed paper label: affixed to front of bottle: "BLAKES / GOLD & STEEL / PEN / BLACK / INK / 264 Pearl S[treet]"
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:
1870
eMuseum Object ID:
2676
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Ink bottle
Collections:
Classification:
Date:
1840-1900
Medium:
Glass
Dimensions:
Overall: 2 3/8 x 2 3/8 in. ( 6 x 6 cm )
Description:
Colorless glass ink bottle blown in two part mold; ocatgonal pyramid with cylindrical neck with lip; hollow pontil mark in base; interior stained with black ink; paper label affixed to side.
Credit Line:
Purchased from Elie Nadelman
Object Number:
1937.1707
Marks:
printed: in black on label: "T. JOHNSON'S FINE/ BLACK INK/ WILLINGTON, CONN."
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:
2675
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Ink bottle: brown
Classification:
Date:
1840-1900
Medium:
Glass
Dimensions:
Overall: 2 1/2 x 2 1/2 in. ( 6.4 x 6.4 cm )
Description:
Amber glass ink bottle blown in two part mold; octagonal pyramid with cylindrical, slightly flaring neck; pontil mark.
Credit Line:
Gift of Clarence G. Michalis
Object Number:
1953.437
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1900
eMuseum Object ID:
2674
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Miniature tumbler
Classification:
Date:
1840-1860
Medium:
Glass
Dimensions:
Overall: 1 3/4 x 1 1/4 in. ( 4.4 x 3.2 cm )
Description:
Colorless pressed lead glass miniature tumbler; four panels around sides decorated with scrolls on stippled ground; foot formed from an eight-petal flower.
Object Number:
INV.13279
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1860
eMuseum Object ID:
2673
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Miniature bottle: broom shape
Classification:
Date:
1875-1925
Medium:
Glass
Dimensions:
Overall: 3 1/4 x 1 7/8 x 7/8 in. ( 8.3 x 4.8 x 2.2 cm )
Description:
Colorless miniature lead glass bottle blown in three part mold in shape of whisk broom.
Object Number:
INV.13278
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1925
eMuseum Object ID:
2672
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Perfume bottle
Classification:
Date:
1750-1850
Medium:
Glass, cork
Dimensions:
Overall: 3 1/2 x 2 1/2 x 1/2 in. ( 8.9 x 6.4 x 1.3 cm )
Description:
Non-lead glass smelling bottle (or pungent) clear with green tinge blown in a dip mold, with cork inside mouth; compressed body in the shape of a tear drop.
Credit Line:
Gift of Clarence G. Michalis
Object Number:
1953.455
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1850
eMuseum Object ID:
2671
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Footed salt: blue
Classification:
Date:
1810-1830
Medium:
Glass
Dimensions:
Overall: 3 x 2 in. ( 7.6 x 5.1 cm )
Description:
Cobalt blue lead glass footed salt blown in a multi-part mold patterned with seven rows of fourteen diamonds; double-ogee bowl joined to the slightly sloping circular foot with a solid ribbed knop drawn from the same gather, pontil mark.
Credit Line:
Gift of Clarence G. Michalis
Object Number:
1953.477
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1830
eMuseum Object ID:
2661
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Jar with cover
Collections:
Classification:
Date:
1875-1925
Medium:
Glass
Dimensions:
Overall: 3 x 2 in. ( 7.6 x 5.1 cm )
Description:
Green pressed glass jar or cannister with screw-on cover; paneled cylindrical body with faceted rim at base and shoulders, bottom impressed with circular indentation and ribbed ring; circular cover with flattened mushroom finial with faceted edge.
Credit Line:
Purchased from Elie Nadelman
Object Number:
1937.1651c
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:
1925
eMuseum Object ID:
2660
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Ink bottle: brown
Classification:
Date:
1840-1900
Medium:
Glass
Dimensions:
Overall: 2 3/8 x 2 3/8 in. ( 6 x 6 cm )
Description:
Amber glass ink bottle blown in two part mold; octagonal pyramid with cylindrical neck; pontil mark in base.
Credit Line:
Gift of Clarence G. Michalis
Object Number:
1953.439
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1900
eMuseum Object ID:
2659
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Tumbler
Classification:
Date:
1875-1925
Medium:
Glass
Dimensions:
Overall: 3 5/8 x 3 in. ( 9.2 x 7.6 cm )
Description:
Red pressed glass tumbler; truncated conical shape with twelve molded flutes below band of diamond diapering below plain rim.
Credit Line:
Gift of Mrs. Irving McKesson
Object Number:
1940.340a
Gallery Label:
According to the accession records, this tumbler was probably made in Austria.
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1925
eMuseum Object ID:
2658
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
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