Paperweight with snake
Classification:
Date:
1870-1900
Medium:
Glass with snake preserved in fluid
Dimensions:
Overall: 7/8 x 3 1/4 x 3 1/4 in. ( 2.2 x 8.3 x 8.3 cm )
Description:
Colorless glass paperweight with coiled coral snake in preserving fluid sealed in domed compartment with metal frame atop a flat, square base.
Object Number:
1933.191
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1900
eMuseum Object ID:
26419
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Paperweight
Classification:
Date:
1850-1870
Medium:
Glass, textile, paper
Dimensions:
Overall: 1 3/8 x 3 1/2 in. ( 3.5 x 8.9 cm )
Description:
Colorless lead glass paperweight; circular shape with colored lithographic portrait of a woman affixed to base and visible through rounded top; base is covered in black textile to which is affixed a green paper label with "JENNY LIND" inscribed in gold.
Credit Line:
Gift of Leonidas Westervelt
Object Number:
1945.308
Marks:
printed: on paper label affixed to reverse: "JENNY LIND"
Provenance:
The Jenny Lind Collection of Leonidas Westervelt
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1870
eMuseum Object ID:
26418
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Paperweight
Classification:
Date:
1876
Medium:
Glass
Dimensions:
Overall: 1 1/8 x 3 1/4 in. ( 2.9 x 8.3 cm )
Description:
Colorless lead glass circular flat plaque paperweight with profile portrait of Abraham Lincoln pressed intaglio into the base; portrait medallion and gavel-cut edge with acid finish.
Credit Line:
Gift of Mrs. J. Insley Blair
Object Number:
1948.398a
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1876
eMuseum Object ID:
26416
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Paperweight
Classification:
Date:
1850-1870
Medium:
Glass
Dimensions:
Overall: 1 x 3 1/2 in. ( 2.5 x 8.9 cm )
Description:
Colorless lead glass plaque paperweight; hexagonal shape with beveled top edge and acid-finished profile portrait of a man pressed intaglio into base; "HENRY CLAY" inscribed below portrait.
Credit Line:
Gift of Mrs. J. Insley Blair
Object Number:
1948.397
Marks:
pressed: below portrait: "HENRY CLAY"
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1870
eMuseum Object ID:
26414
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Paperweight
Classification:
Date:
1852-1880
Medium:
Glass
Dimensions:
Overall: 2 x 2 3/4 in. ( 5.1 x 7 cm )
Description:
Colorless lead glass paperweight in the form of a flattened sphere with concave base; internal motif consists of white poinsettia with numerous bubbles and five emerald green leaves.
Credit Line:
Gift of Mrs. F. MacDonald Sinclair
Object Number:
1965.84
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1880
eMuseum Object ID:
26413
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Paperweight: sulphide
Classification:
Date:
ca. 1850
Medium:
Glass
Dimensions:
Overall: 1 3/4 x 2 1/2 in. ( 4.4 x 6.4 cm )
Description:
Lead glass paperweight in the form of a flattened sphere with slightly concave base; sulphide bust of Zachary Taylor on deep translucent cobalt ground.
Credit Line:
Gift of Mrs. F. MacDonald Sinclair
Object Number:
1965.267
Marks:
handwritten in ink: on lower edge of sulphide: "Taylor"
Gallery Label:
The popularity of General Zachary Taylor as a subject in a paperweight stems from his victory over Santa Anna at Buena Vista in 1847, during the Mexican War, a victory that made him president (see "Glass Paperweights of the New-York Historical Society," p. 129).
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1850
eMuseum Object ID:
26382
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Bottle
Classification:
Date:
1800-1850
Medium:
Glass
Dimensions:
Overall: 6 x 2 1/4 in. ( 15.2 x 5.7 cm )
Description:
Deep olive green glass bottle blown in a two-part mold, with sloping collar, short cylindrical neck, rounded shoulder, cylindrical body, and pontil mark.
Object Number:
Z.631
Marks:
handwritten in ink: on tape affixed to base: "436 / Error / By Van"
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1850
eMuseum Object ID:
26004
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Decanter: Cologne bottle with stopper
Classification:
Date:
1860-1880
Medium:
Glass
Dimensions:
Overall: 7 7/8 x 3 1/2 in. ( 20 x 8.9 cm )
Description:
Colorless pressed lead glass cologne bottle; twelve-sided cylindrical form with thick molded ring with indentations around lower portion; short, cylindrical neck with flange lip; conical stopper with eight vertical indentations around sides.
Credit Line:
Bequest of Weber Hill Arkenburgh
Object Number:
1948.295cd
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1880
eMuseum Object ID:
26002
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:
1945.127a
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:
26001
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Cologne bottle w/stopper
Classification:
Date:
1830-1850
Medium:
Glass
Dimensions:
Overall: 7 3/4 x 3 in. ( 19.7 x 7.6 cm )
Description:
Yellow cut glass cologne bottle with stopper; octagonal bell-shaped form with faceted ring around cylindrical neck; ring around middle of body; circular base; solid hexagonal stopper.
Credit Line:
Gift of Isabella Vaché Cox
Object Number:
1926.30ab
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1850
eMuseum Object ID:
25998
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
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