Bottle
Collections:
Classification:
Date:
1820-1880
Medium:
Glass
Dimensions:
Overall: 10 x 2 3/4 in. ( 25.4 x 7 cm )
Description:
Cobalt blue glass bottle; blown in a dip mold with a tall cylindrical neck with a rounded lip, rounded shoulders, and a tall straight-sided body with a flat base and pontil mark.
Credit Line:
Purchased from Elie Nadelman
Object Number:
1937.1051
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:
1880
eMuseum Object ID:
29467
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Inkwell
Collections:
Classification:
Date:
1820-1840
Medium:
Glass
Dimensions:
Overall: 1 1/4 x 2 3/8 x 2 1/4 in. ( 3.2 x 6 x 5.7 cm )
Description:
Amber olive bottle glass inkwell; square, with canted edges; patterned in rib mold and swirled; tooled opening at top.
Credit Line:
Purchased from Elie Nadelman
Object Number:
1937.741
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:
29465
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Ink bottle
Classification:
Date:
1840-1900
Medium:
Glass
Dimensions:
Overall: 2 3/8 x 2 5/8 in. ( 6 x 6.7 cm )
Description:
Colorless glass ink bottle blown in two part mold; octagonal pyramid with cylindrical neck with lip; bottle has become iridescent from contact with soil.
Credit Line:
Gift of Miss Dorothy C. Barck
Object Number:
1954.221c
Gallery Label:
Iridescence may indicate that this bottle was excavated or found.
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1900
eMuseum Object ID:
29464
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Vase
Classification:
Date:
ca. 1850
Medium:
Brass, glass, marble
Dimensions:
Overall: 16 3/4 x 5 x 5 in. ( 42.5 x 12.7 x 12.7 cm )
Description:
Milk glass vase with fluted blue rim; bronze stand on marble base, in the form of figure of Jenny Lind; above, a receptacle with three female faces.
Credit Line:
Gift of Leonidas Westervelt
Object Number:
1945.259
Provenance:
The Jenny Lind Collection of Leonidas Westervelt
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1850
eMuseum Object ID:
28930
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Carafe
Classification:
Date:
1840-1880
Medium:
Glass
Dimensions:
Overall: 8 x 4 1/2 in. ( 20.3 x 11.4 cm )
Description:
Ruby flashed cut lead glass carafe with flanged lip, cylindrical neck, and conical body with faceted sides; body engraved with continuous landscape with running dog on one side and pointing dog on the other.
Credit Line:
Permanent Loan from the Beekman Family Association
Object Number:
1948.537a
Gallery Label:
This carafe and its associated tumbler, known as a tumble up, were intended for bedside use to hold and serve water. The tumbler could be inverted on the neck of the carafe when not in use.
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1880
eMuseum Object ID:
27816
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Inkwell
Collections:
Classification:
Date:
1820-1840
Medium:
Glass
Dimensions:
Overall: 1 3/4 x 1 7/8 in. ( 4.4 x 4.8 cm )
Description:
Olive green bottle glass inkwell; cylindrical with wide band of diamond mesh above band of vertical ribbing (McKearin G. II-18); incised band around tooled opening at top; base has oblong indentations radiating away from pontil mark.
Credit Line:
Purchased from Elie Nadelman
Object Number:
1937.1006
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:
27801
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Lampshade
Classification:
Date:
1870-1900
Medium:
Glass
Dimensions:
Overall: 9 3/4 x 7 1/4 in. ( 24.8 x 18.4 cm )
Description:
Colorless glass lampshade with cut and frosted pattern; baluster shape with turned-over upper edge; stylized floral pattern composed of shallow circular cuts.
Credit Line:
Gift of Mrs. Florence Rogers Dietrich
Object Number:
1943.223
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1900
eMuseum Object ID:
27775
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Candlestick
Classification:
Date:
1845-1865
Medium:
Glass
Dimensions:
Overall: 10 3/4 x 3 3/4 x 2 1/2 in. ( 27.3 x 9.5 x 6.4 cm )
Description:
Pressed amber glass candlestick with petal socket, dolphin standard, and square stepped base.
Credit Line:
Gift of Miss Fannie G. Dudley and family
Object Number:
1957.164a
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1865
eMuseum Object ID:
27687
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Tumbler
Collections:
Classification:
Date:
Possibly 1780-1820, possibly 1920-1940
Medium:
Glass
Dimensions:
Overall: 5 3/4 x 4 3/4 in. ( 14.6 x 12.1 cm )
Description:
Colorless, non-lead blown and pattern-molded glass tumber; tapered form with 30 molded flutes around lower portion of body with band of wheel-engraved chain of pointed ovals with cross-hatching below a squiggled band at rim; flat base with pontil mark.
Credit Line:
Purchased from Elie Nadelman
Object Number:
1937.1012
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 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:
1940
eMuseum Object ID:
27502
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Ink bottle
Collections:
Classification:
Date:
1850-1870
Medium:
Glass, cork
Dimensions:
Overall: 2 1/4 x 2 1/4 in. ( 5.7 x 5.7 cm )
Description:
Aquamarine glass ink bottle blown in two part mold; octagonal pyramid with cylindrical neck; cork stopper; hollow pontil mark in base; interior stained with blue ink so as to make bottle look blue; paper label affixed to side.
Credit Line:
Purchased from Elie Nadelman
Object Number:
1937.1703
Marks:
printed: on label: "FINE/ BLUE WRITING/ INK/ PRICE & SONS"
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:
27500
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
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