Scent bottle with stopper
Classification:
Date:
1880-1920
Medium:
Glass
Dimensions:
Overall: 2 7/8 x 1 1/4 in. ( 7.3 x 3.2 cm )
Description:
Colorless cut lead glass scent bottle with flanged lip, short cylindrical neck, horizontal shoulder, and panelled cylindrical body with faceting at shoulder and base; cut glass stopper with faceted ovoid finial.
Object Number:
INV.9890
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1920
eMuseum Object ID:
25691
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Pitcher
Classification:
Date:
1840-1870
Medium:
Glass
Dimensions:
Overall: 6 x 6 x 4 in. ( 15.2 x 15.2 x 10.2 cm )
Description:
Olive-amber blown non-lead glass pitcher with "lily-pad" decoration; spherical body with tall cylindrical neck with flared and tooled rim pulled out to form spout, second gather of glass tooled up into five peaks, applied handle with curled end, and applied disc foot with pincered edges and blow pipe mark on underside.
Credit Line:
Bequest of Mrs. J. Insley Blair
Object Number:
1952.186
Gallery Label:
Lily-pad decoration was introduced to America by German glassworkers. It became popular in New England, New York, and New Jersey in the second quarter of the nineteenth century. Similar olive-amber pitchers were made in Stoddard, New Hampshire. This object was possibly made by the same maker of 1952.159.
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1870
eMuseum Object ID:
25690
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Scent bottle with stopper
Classification:
Date:
1880-1920
Medium:
Glass
Dimensions:
Overall: 3 x 1 1/4 in. ( 7.6 x 3.2 cm )
Description:
Colorless cut lead glass scent bottle with flanged lip, short cylindrical neck, horizontal shoulder, and panelled cylindrical body with faceting at shoulder and base; cut glass stopper with faceted ball finial.
Object Number:
INV.9889
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1920
eMuseum Object ID:
25689
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Cream jug
Classification:
Date:
1835-1865
Medium:
Glass
Dimensions:
Overall: 4 3/4 x 5 x 3 1/4 in. ( 12.1 x 12.7 x 8.3 cm )
Description:
Blue blown glass cream or milk jug with "lily-pad" decoration; spherical body with tall cylindrical neck with flared and tooled rim pulled out to form spout, second gather of glass tooled up into six peaks, applied handle with curled end, and applied disc foot with pincered edges and blow pipe mark on underside.
Credit Line:
Bequest of Mrs. J. Insley Blair
Object Number:
1952.159
Gallery Label:
Decoration consisting of a gather around the base of the vessel, which has been drawn upward in four or more projections with rounded ends. Lily-pad decoration was introduced to America by German glassworkers. It became popular in New England, New York, and New Jersey in the second quarter of the 19th century. This jug is possibly by the same maker as 1952.186.
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1865
eMuseum Object ID:
25688
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Bottle
Classification:
Date:
1840-1870
Medium:
Glass
Dimensions:
Overall: 12 1/2 x 3 in. ( 31.8 x 7.6 cm )
Description:
Pale aquamarine blown glass bottle with flared lip, roughly cylindrical neck, rounded shoulder, cylindrical body that tapers toward bottom, high conical push-up, and pontil mark.
Object Number:
Z.482
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1870
eMuseum Object ID:
25684
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Window pane
Classification:
Date:
1825-1850
Medium:
Glass
Dimensions:
Overall: 1/16 x 5 1/2 in. ( 0.2 x 14 cm )
Description:
Amber blown non-lead glass circular window pane (or bull's eye) with pontil mark.
Credit Line:
Gift of Mrs. J. Insley Blair
Object Number:
1938.46
Gallery Label:
According to the accession records, this window pane is from a house in Portsmouth, NH.
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1850
eMuseum Object ID:
25683
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Window pane
Classification:
Date:
1825-1850
Medium:
Glass
Dimensions:
Overall: 1/16 x 5 1/2 in. ( 0.2 x 14 cm )
Description:
Amber blown non-lead glass circular window pane (or bull's eye) with pontil mark.
Credit Line:
Gift of Mrs. J. Insley Blair
Object Number:
1938.48
Gallery Label:
According to the accession records, this window pane is from a house in Portsmouth, NH.
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1850
eMuseum Object ID:
25682
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Compote
Classification:
Date:
1830-1870
Medium:
Glass
Dimensions:
Overall: 5 x 8 in. ( 12.7 x 20.3 cm )
Description:
Colorless pressed lead glass compote; circular form with scalloped edge; waffle pattern criss-crossed with clear stripes and diamond pattern in well and on interior rim; incurving foot.
Object Number:
INV.3998
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1870
eMuseum Object ID:
25681
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Compotes (pair)
Classification:
Date:
1920-1950
Medium:
Glass
Dimensions:
each: 5 1/8 x 9 in. ( 13 x 22.9 cm )
Description:
Pair of colorless pressed lead glass compotes with bowl and base pressed in one piece; bowl has octagonal rim with serpentine edge, stippled sides with alternating scroll and floral motifs, and waffle patterning on underside; solid pedestal base on square foot with waffle patterning on underside.
Credit Line:
Bequest of Mrs. F. MacDonald Sinclair (Jennie H. Sinclair)
Object Number:
1965.805a-b
Gallery Label:
The style of these compotes is similar to that of European pressed glass manufactured between 1830 and 1850. As they are pressed in one piece, however, they are more likely twentieth-century reproductions.
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1950
eMuseum Object ID:
25680
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Water set
Collections:
Classification:
Date:
1870-1900
Medium:
Glass
Description:
Three-piece water set consisting of pitcher, finger bowl, and tray decorated overall with molded hobnails.
Credit Line:
Purchased from Elie Nadelman
Object Number:
1937.1080a-c
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:
1900
eMuseum Object ID:
25679
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
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