Candle holder
Classification:
Date:
1800-1900
Medium:
Glass
Dimensions:
Overall: 3 x 2 1/2 in. ( 7.6 x 6.4 cm )
Description:
Reddish-yellow pattern-molded glass candle holder; cylindrical form with rounded bottom and flared and folded-over rim; pattern-molded in a multi-part mold with an overall lattice pattern; pontil mark on base.
Credit Line:
Bequest of Mrs. J. Insley Blair
Object Number:
1952.155d
Gallery Label:
Candle holders like this, which are also known as Christmas or Vigil lights, were probably meant to hang or sit in a frame of some sort.
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1900
eMuseum Object ID:
25952
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Candle holder
Classification:
Date:
1800-1900
Medium:
Glass
Dimensions:
Overall: 2 1/2 x 2 5/8 in. ( 6.4 x 6.7 cm )
Description:
Purplish-blue pattern-molded glass candle holder; cylindrical form with rounded bottom and flared and folded-over rim; pattern-molded in a multi-part mold with an overall lattice pattern; pontil mark on base.
Credit Line:
Bequest of Mrs. J. Insley Blair
Object Number:
1952.155i
Gallery Label:
Candle holders like this, which are also known as Christmas or Vigil lights, were probably meant to hang or sit in a frame of some sort.
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1900
eMuseum Object ID:
25950
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Pitcher
Collections:
Classification:
Date:
1825-1840
Medium:
Glass
Dimensions:
Overall: 8 x 8 x 5 in. ( 20.3 x 20.3 x 12.7 cm )
Description:
Colorless, lead glass pitcher blown in a three-part mold of geometric design (McKearin GV-12); barrel-shaped body with sloping shoulders, wide neck, and flared rim pulled out to form spout; body molded with vertical comet- or peacock feather-like motifs on body and scales on shoulders; applied handle with curled end; base molded with starburst (McKearin Diamond Type III) and pontil mark.
Credit Line:
Purchased from Elie Nadelman
Object Number:
1937.733
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:
25948
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Vases (pair)
Classification:
Date:
1880-1910
Medium:
Glass, paint
Dimensions:
each: 8 x 2 1/4 in. ( 20.3 x 5.7 cm )
Description:
Pair of enamel-painted opaque white blown (possibly in a mold) glass vases with wide flared lip, narrow cylindrical neck, and inverted conical body on pedestal base; painted blue, with circular medallion on obverse with the blond, bearded head of a mythological figure in profile against black background; gilding on edge of lip, on ring at top of pedestal, on edge of pedestal, and on medallion frame.
Credit Line:
Gift of Isabella Vaché Cox
Object Number:
1933.207a-b
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1910
eMuseum Object ID:
25949
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Vase
Classification:
Date:
1840-1860
Medium:
Glass
Dimensions:
Overall: 11 7/8 x 4 3/8 in. ( 30.2 x 11.1 cm )
Description:
Deep blue pressed glass vase with hollow hexagonal base pressed separately and attached with wafer; elongated conical shape with fluted rim and two staggered rows of arched panels surrounding bowl; pontil mark on inside of foot.
Credit Line:
Bequest of Mrs. F. MacDonald Sinclair (Jennie H. Sinclair)
Object Number:
1965.831
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1860
eMuseum Object ID:
25947
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Cream jug
Classification:
Date:
1815-1841
Medium:
Glass
Dimensions:
Overall: 4 1/4 x 4 7/8 x 3 in. ( 10.8 x 12.4 x 7.6 cm )
Description:
Colorless, nonlead glass pitcher blown in a 3-part mold (McKearin G III-16); barrel-shaped body with cylindrical neck flared at rim and pulled out for spout; rounded handle crimped at lower terminal; faint vertical ribbing around rim with horizontal rings and diagonal ribbing below; between horizontal rings, 3 repeat panels of diamond diapering and bulls' eye sunburst; vertical ribbing around base; rayed bottom (type VI-A); pontil mark.
Object Number:
INV.3745
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1841
eMuseum Object ID:
25946
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Vases (pair)
Classification:
Date:
1840-1860
Medium:
Glass
Dimensions:
each approx.: 11 3/4 x 4 1/4 in. ( 29.8 x 10.8 cm )
Description:
Pair of deep amethyst pressed glass vases with hollow hexagonal base pressed separately and attached with wafer; elongated conical shape with fluted rim and two staggered rows of arched panels surrounding bowl; pontil mark on inside of foot.
Credit Line:
Bequest of Mrs. F. MacDonald Sinclair (Jennie H. Sinclair)
Object Number:
1952.220a-b
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1860
eMuseum Object ID:
25945
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Vase
Classification:
Date:
1840-1860
Medium:
Glass
Dimensions:
Overall: 11 3/4 x 4 1/4 in. ( 29.8 x 10.8 cm )
Description:
Deep amethyst pressed glass vase with hollow hexagonal base pressed separately and attached with wafer; elongated conical shape with fluted rim and two staggered rows of arched panels surrounding bowl; pontil mark on inside of foot.
Credit Line:
Bequest of Mrs. J. Insley Blair
Object Number:
1952.220b
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1860
eMuseum Object ID:
25944
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Pitcher
Collections:
Classification:
Date:
1825-1845
Medium:
Glass
Dimensions:
Overall: 7 x 8 x 5 in. ( 17.8 x 20.3 x 12.7 cm )
Description:
Colorless, lead glass pitcher blown in a three-part mold of geometric design (McKearin GV-8); cylindrical body with sloping shoulders and wide flared rim pulled out to form spout; body molded with ribs and three large scroll motifs; applied handle crimped and curled at end; flat base with pontil mark.
Credit Line:
Purchased from Elie Nadelman
Object Number:
1937.747
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:
1845
eMuseum Object ID:
25943
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Vase
Classification:
Date:
1890-1920
Medium:
Glass
Dimensions:
Overall: 7 x 4 3/4 in. ( 17.8 x 12.1 cm )
Description:
Colorless glass vase blown in multi-part mold; shouldered, tapering cylindrical form with wide cylindrical neck with lip; entire body molded with high relief naturalistic rose and leaf pattern.
Object Number:
INV.559
Gallery Label:
The neck and lip of this vase indicate that it may have once had a lid, and could actually have been a container for some commercial product.
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1920
eMuseum Object ID:
25942
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
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