Candlestick
Classification:
Date:
1845-1855
Medium:
Glass
Dimensions:
Overall: 7 x 3 3/4 in. ( 17.8 x 9.5 cm )
Description:
Colorless pressed lead glass candlestick; hexagonal socket with petal-form rim on hexagonal baluster stem joined by wafer to octagonal knop on octagonal columnar standard with interior ribbing on conical base with interior diamond pattern; pontil mark.
Object Number:
INV.678a
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1855
eMuseum Object ID:
1584
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Goblet
Classification:
Date:
1933
Medium:
Glass
Dimensions:
Overall: 6 3/4 x 3 1/4 in. ( 17.1 x 8.3 cm )
Description:
Colorless blown lead-glass goblet; cup-shaped bowl joined by wafer to hollow globe containing blue glass lamp-work bird joined by a wafer to pedestal base with pontil mark; engraved on bowl, "SUCCESS TO REPEAL" and "1933."
Credit Line:
Gift of Mrs. Robert Taylor
Object Number:
1945.406
Marks:
engraved: on bowl; "SUCCESS/ TO/ REPEAL" and "1933"
printed: underside of base; "REPEAL GLASS/ Vernay/ MADE IN ENGLAND"
Gallery Label:
The 18th Amendment to the Constitution, Prohibition, was repealed by the passage of the 21st Amendment in 1933.
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1933
eMuseum Object ID:
1573
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Paperweight: sulphide
Classification:
Dimensions:
Overall: 1 in. ( 2.5 cm )
Description:
plaque of George Washington
Object Number:
1965.483
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
0
eMuseum Object ID:
1538
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Stained glass panel: window hanging
Classification:
Date:
1870-1900
Medium:
Glass, metal
Dimensions:
Overall: 15 7/8 x 14 1/8 in. ( 40.3 x 35.9 cm )
Description:
Stained glass window hanging suspended from chain, with central genre image of enraged man raising fist at a religious shrine, other hand on shoulder of young girl kneeling in prayer; decorative surround with green scrolls and red, blue, and purple overlay.
Credit Line:
Gift of Mrs. Roswell Skeel, Jr.
Object Number:
1942.329
Gallery Label:
According to accession records, this hanging was purchased by the donor from Mary Read Jordan, the daughter of the artist, George Read, and his wife Ann Jane Morrow.
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1900
eMuseum Object ID:
1522
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Footed glass
Classification:
Date:
1850-1925
Medium:
Glass
Dimensions:
Overall: 3 x 3/4 in. ( 7.6 x 1.9 cm )
Description:
Colorless blown glass footed glass, flute shaped with plain conical foot.
Object Number:
Z.638
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1925
eMuseum Object ID:
1509
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Salt cellar
Classification:
Date:
1830-1835
Medium:
Glass
Dimensions:
Overall: 1 1/2 x 3 3/4 x 2 1/4 in. ( 3.8 x 9.5 x 5.7 cm )
Description:
Dark cobalt blue glass; pressed. Salt; boat-shape form with relief details in imitation of a paddlewheel steamboat; maker's mark on sternboard; sunburst decorated oval base; Lafayette's name on both paddlewheels (Neal BT4).
Credit Line:
Bequest of Randall J. LeBoeuf, Jr., 1976
Object Number:
INV.14402
Marks:
pressed: on sternboard: "B. &. S./ GLASS./ Co"
pressed: on paddlewheels: "LAFAYET."
Bibliography:
Denker, Ellen Paul. "Collector' legacies." The Magazine Antiques 167 (2005): 176-180.
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1835
eMuseum Object ID:
1490
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Candlestick
Classification:
Date:
1850-1900
Medium:
Glass
Dimensions:
Overall: 8 1/2 x 4 1/2 x 4 in. ( 21.6 x 11.4 x 10.2 cm )
Description:
Blue-green pressed lead glass candlestick; hexagonal baluster-shaped socket with gadrooned rim and circular cartouches on hexagonal baluster standard with oval cartouches on hexagonal faceted pedestal base with loop decoration; hollow interior ribbed like a lemon-squeezer.
Credit Line:
Gift of Mrs. F. MacDonald Sinclair (Jennie H. Sinclair)
Object Number:
1965.855b
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1900
eMuseum Object ID:
1465
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Candlestick
Classification:
Date:
1840-1855
Medium:
Glass
Dimensions:
Overall: 7 1/4 x 4 1/2 in. ( 18.4 x 11.4 cm )
Description:
Blue pressed lead glass candlestick; hexagonal socket with petal-form rim on 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:
1965.858a
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1855
eMuseum Object ID:
1464
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Candlestick
Classification:
Date:
1850-1900
Medium:
Glass
Dimensions:
Overall: 9 x 5 1/2 in. ( 22.9 x 14 cm )
Description:
Light green pressed lead glass candlestick; hexagonal socket with gadrooned rim and base on ribbed columnar standard on circular pedestal base with petal motifs in relief and gadrooned rim; hollow interior.
Credit Line:
Bequest of Mrs. F. MacDonald Sinclair (Jennie H. Sinclair)
Object Number:
1965.865d
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1900
eMuseum Object ID:
1463
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Vase
Classification:
Date:
1840-1870
Medium:
Glass
Dimensions:
Overall: 4 1/2 x 3 7/8 in. ( 11.4 x 9.8 cm )
Description:
Deep amethyst pressed glass vase; octagonal bowl with flared, fluted rim; octagonal pedestal base.
Credit Line:
Bequest of Mrs. J. Insley Blair
Object Number:
1952.223
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1870
eMuseum Object ID:
1458
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
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