Bell-shaped cover
Classification:
Date:
1875-1900
Medium:
Glass
Dimensions:
Overall: 8 x 6 1/2 in. ( 20.3 x 16.5 cm )
Description:
Colorless mold-blown bell-shaped cover with frosted exterior etched with naturalistic scene of crane in landscape; applied, drawn loop for holding at top.
Credit Line:
Gift of Mrs. Ripley Hitchcock
Object Number:
INV.12601
Gallery Label:
Attribution of donor based on tag found tied to object reading "MRS./ RIPLEY/ HITCHCOCK/ 1959"
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1900
eMuseum Object ID:
25907
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Crochet hook
Classification:
Date:
1850-1925
Medium:
Glass
Dimensions:
Overall: 6 1/4 x 3/4 in. ( 15.9 x 1.9 cm )
Description:
Colorless, opaque white, and opaque red blown and tooled lead glass crochet hook or miniature cane; tapered cylindrical rod made of colorless, opaque white, and opaque red canes with hook at one end, two twists on shaft, and tear-shaped end.
Object Number:
INV.579
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1925
eMuseum Object ID:
25906
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Pitchers (pair)
Classification:
Date:
1890-1910
Medium:
Glass
Dimensions:
each: 9 x 8 x 5 in. ( 22.9 x 20.3 x 12.7 cm )
Description:
Pair of colorless pressed glass pitchers; cylindrical form with ogee-curved rim with spout on pedestal base with curved handle; body molded with cornucopia in relief on one side and floral spray on the other.
Credit Line:
Bequest of Weber Hill Arkenburgh
Object Number:
1948.321a-b
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1910
eMuseum Object ID:
25905
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Pitcher
Classification:
Date:
1890-1910
Medium:
Glass
Dimensions:
Overall: 9 x 8 x 5 in. ( 22.9 x 20.3 x 12.7 cm )
Description:
Colorless pressed glass pitcher; cylindrical form with ogee-curved rim with spout on pedestal base with curved handle; body molded with cornucopia in relief on one side and floral spray on the other.
Credit Line:
Bequest of Weber Hill Arkenburgh
Object Number:
1948.321b
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1910
eMuseum Object ID:
25904
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Pair of celery glasses
Classification:
Date:
1845-1865
Medium:
Glass
Dimensions:
each: 10 x 6 in. ( 25.4 x 15.2 cm )
Description:
Pair of colorless pressed lead glass celery glasses; eight-sided, bell-shaped body with three tiers of ornamentation (arches, circles, and ovals) and scalloped rim; body joined by wafer below to stem (with knop) and plain conical foot.
Credit Line:
Gift of Clarence G. Michalis
Object Number:
1953.562ab
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1865
eMuseum Object ID:
25902
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Vases (pair)
Classification:
Date:
1850-1870
Medium:
Glass
Dimensions:
each approx.: 9 x 3 in. ( 22.9 x 7.6 cm )
Description:
Pair of light green blown non-lead glass vases; tall ovoid body with flated and gaffered rim; pontil mark on base.
Credit Line:
Purchase, Abbott-Lenox Fund
Object Number:
1960.3ab
Gallery Label:
According to the accession records, these vases were found by George S. McKearin in 1925, and attributed by him to Bernard's Bay, NY, c.1852-1870. These vases were purchased by N-YHS from McKearin's estate.
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1870
eMuseum Object ID:
25901
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Vase
Classification:
Date:
1850-1870
Medium:
Glass
Dimensions:
Overall: 9 x 3 in. ( 22.9 x 7.6 cm )
Description:
Light green blown non-lead glass vase; tall ovoid body with fluted and gaffered rim; pontil mark on base.
Credit Line:
Purchase, Abbott-Lenox Fund
Object Number:
1960.3b
Gallery Label:
According to the accession records, this vase was found by George S. McKearin in 1925, and attributed by him to Bernard's Bay, NY, ca. 1852-1870. This vase was purchased by N-YHS from McKearin's estate.
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1870
eMuseum Object ID:
25900
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Vase: Celery glass
Classification:
Date:
1845-1865
Medium:
Glass
Dimensions:
Overall: 10 x 6 in. ( 25.4 x 15.2 cm )
Description:
Colorless, lead glass; pressed. Celery glass; eight-sided, bell-shaped body with three tiers of ornamentation (arches, circles, and ovals) and scalloped rim; body joined by wafer below to stem (with knop) and plain conical foot.
Credit Line:
Gift of Clarence G. Michalis
Object Number:
1953.562a
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1865
eMuseum Object ID:
25899
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Cream jug
Classification:
Date:
1820-1840
Medium:
Glass
Dimensions:
Overall: 3 x 3 3/4 x 2 1/4 in. ( 7.6 x 9.5 x 5.7 cm )
Description:
Blue pattern-molded glass cream jug; cylindrical form with swelled base and folded-over rim pulled out to form spout; body pattern-molded with ribs and swirled to right; applied handle crimped at end; pontil mark.
Object Number:
INV.12464
Gallery Label:
This cream jug may be a twentieth-century reproduction of an original object or style from the nineteenth century.
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1840
eMuseum Object ID:
25898
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Vase: celery glass
Classification:
Date:
1850-1880
Medium:
Glass
Dimensions:
Overall: 7 3/4 x 5 in. ( 19.7 x 12.7 cm )
Description:
Colorless cut lead glass celery glass or vase; eight-sided cylindrical form; upper portion has incurving sides and scalloped rim; rays cut in bottom.
Credit Line:
Gift of Mrs. Charles M. Gay
Object Number:
1951.347
Gallery Label:
The accession record states that this celery glass was said to have been made at the factory of Albert Gallatin, an ancestor of the donor, at New Geneva, PA, but that according to Helen McKearin, this type was not made at that factory and most likely came from one of the Pittsburgh factories and was presented to Gallatin.
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1880
eMuseum Object ID:
25897
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
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