Shot glass
Classification:
Date:
1875-1950
Medium:
Glass
Dimensions:
Overall: 2 x 1 1/2 in. ( 5.1 x 3.8 cm )
Description:
Colorless pressed glass shot glass; truncated conical shape with paneled body with flutes at base.
Object Number:
INV.8703a
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1950
eMuseum Object ID:
25779
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Bottle with stopper
Classification:
Date:
1840-1870
Medium:
Glass, cork
Dimensions:
Overall: 2 7/8 x 1 1/4 in. ( 7.3 x 3.2 cm )
Description:
Colorless blown glass bottle with dark brown residue from original contents; flanged lip, cylindrical neck, sloped shoulder, cylindrical body, and pontil mark; cork stopper.
Object Number:
Z.559
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1870
eMuseum Object ID:
25778
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Bowl
Classification:
Date:
1800-1875
Medium:
Glass
Dimensions:
Overall: 4 x 7 3/4 x 5 3/4 in. ( 10.2 x 19.7 x 14.6 cm )
Description:
Colorless blown and cut lead glass bowl; oblong shape with scalloped rim, incurving sides, and circular pad foot with faceted edge; bowl cut band of diamond lozenges.
Credit Line:
Bequest of Mrs. J. Insley Blair
Object Number:
1952.69
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1875
eMuseum Object ID:
25775
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Bowl
Collections:
Classification:
Date:
1810-1840 or 1900-1937
Medium:
Glass
Dimensions:
Overall: 5 1/8 x 6 1/8 x 6 1/4 in. ( 13 x 15.6 x 15.9 cm )
Description:
Aquamarine lead glass bowl; deep, cup-shaped bowl with flaring rim and spout; solid applied foot with pontil mark.
Credit Line:
Purchased from Elie Nadelman
Object Number:
1937.1100
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:
1937
eMuseum Object ID:
25774
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Hat
Classification:
Date:
1820-1850
Medium:
Glass
Dimensions:
Overall: 2 1/4 x 2 1/2 x 2 1/2 in. ( 5.7 x 6.4 x 6.4 cm )
Description:
Sapphire blue blown three-mold glass hat with hand-tooled brim and diamond diapering and vertical ribbing on crown; pontil mark surrounded by hand-tooled radiating lines on base.
Credit Line:
Bequest of Mrs. F. MacDonald Sinclair (Jennie H. Sinclair)
Object Number:
1965.519
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1850
eMuseum Object ID:
25773
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Footed bowls (pair)
Classification:
Date:
1840-1870
Medium:
Glass
Dimensions:
each: 5 7/8 x 5 3/8 in. ( 14.9 x 13.7 cm )
Description:
Pair of deep sapphire blue footed bowls; octagonal shape with scalloped rim, octagonal spreading stem, and plain circular foot.
Credit Line:
Gift of Mrs. J. Insley Blair
Object Number:
1942.571a-b
Gallery Label:
Helen McKearin determined that these bowls were "probably Midwestern," according to the accession records.
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1870
eMuseum Object ID:
25771
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Dish: footed bowl
Classification:
Date:
1840-1870
Medium:
Glass
Dimensions:
Overall: 5 7/8 x 5 3/8 in. ( 14.9 x 13.7 cm )
Description:
Deep sapphire blue footed bowl; octagonal shape with scalloped rim, octagonal spreading stem, and plain circular foot.
Credit Line:
Gift of Mrs. J. Insley Blair
Object Number:
1942.571a
Gallery Label:
Helen McKearin determined that this bowl was "probably Midwestern," according to the accession records.
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1870
eMuseum Object ID:
25769
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Vase
Classification:
Date:
1855-1865
Medium:
Glass
Dimensions:
Overall: 9 1/8 x 4 1/4 in. ( 23.2 x 10.8 cm )
Description:
Light olive-amber pressed lead glass vase; elongated conical shape with fluted rim and three rows of raised rectangular panels with an oval thumbprint at the center of each (block-and-printie pattern); hollow hexagonal base.
Credit Line:
Bequest of Mrs. J. Insley Blair
Object Number:
1952.221b
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1865
eMuseum Object ID:
25767
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Vase
Classification:
Date:
1855-1865
Medium:
Glass
Dimensions:
Overall: 9 1/8 x 4 1/4 in. ( 23.2 x 10.8 cm )
Description:
Canary-yellow pressed lead glass vase; elongated conical shape with fluted rim and three rows of raised rectangular panels with an oval thumbprint at the center of each (block-and-printie pattern); hollow hexagonal base.
Credit Line:
Bequest of Mrs. F. MacDonald Sinclair (Jennie H. Sinclair)
Object Number:
1965.840a
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1865
eMuseum Object ID:
25766
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Celery glasses (pair)
Classification:
Date:
1820-1840
Medium:
Glass
Dimensions:
Overall: 8 1/4 x 5 in. ( 21 x 12.7 cm )
Description:
Pair of colorless blown and cut lead glass celery glasses; truncated conical form with scalloped rim joined by short baluster stem to disc foot; body cut with vertical plant-like motifs consisting of fans on stems with cross-hatching, over band of flutes at base, underside of base cut with rays.
Credit Line:
Bequest of Mrs. J. Insley Blair
Object Number:
1952.66ab
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1840
eMuseum Object ID:
25765
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
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