Compote
Classification:
Date:
1830-1845
Medium:
Glass
Dimensions:
Overall: 3 3/4 x 7 1/2 in. ( 9.5 x 19 cm )
Description:
Colorless lead glass; pressed. Circular shaped compote with scalloped edge; in well, scrolled eyes pattern on stippled ground; on interior rim, peacock feathers; applied and tooled stem and foot; foot decorated with geometric patterns (overall pattern also referred to as peacock-feather-eye-and-scroll pattern).
Credit Line:
Bequest of Mrs. F. MacDonald Sinclair (Jennie H. Sinclair)
Object Number:
1965.797d
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1845
eMuseum Object ID:
25678
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Footed fruit bowl/compote
Classification:
Date:
1920-1950
Medium:
Glass
Dimensions:
Overall: 5 1/8 x 9 in. ( 13 x 22.9 cm )
Description:
Colorless pressed lead glass compote 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:
1965.805b
Gallery Label:
The style of this compote is similar to that of European pressed glass manufactured between 1830 and 1850. As it is pressed in one piece, however, it is more likely a twentieth-century reproduction.
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1950
eMuseum Object ID:
25677
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Cake plate
Classification:
Date:
1875-1925
Medium:
Glass
Dimensions:
Overall: 5 1/4 x 9 in. ( 13.3 x 22.9 cm )
Description:
Colorless pressed lead glass cake plate; circular form with curlicued edge; center of plate and foot decorated with allover hobnail pattern; annular knop; hollow foot.
Credit Line:
Bequest of Mrs. J. Insley Blair
Object Number:
1948.323
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1925
eMuseum Object ID:
25676
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Dish: footed compote
Classification:
Date:
1920-1950
Medium:
Glass
Dimensions:
Overall: 5 1/8 x 9 in. ( 13 x 22.9 cm )
Description:
Colorless pressed lead glass compote 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
Gallery Label:
The style of this compote is similar to that of European pressed glass manufactured between 1830 and 1850. As it is pressed in one piece, however, it is more likely a twentieth-century reproduction.
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1950
eMuseum Object ID:
25675
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Sugar bowl with cover
Classification:
Date:
1840-1860
Medium:
Glass
Dimensions:
Overall: 7 1/2 x 4 in. ( 19 x 10.2 cm )
Description:
Aquamarine blown non-lead glass sugar bowl and cover; urn-shaped body with wide plain band above gadrooning around base that is formed from second gather of glass joined to pedestal base with pontil mark; domed cover with gadrooning formed from second gather of glass and flattened ball knob with pontil mark on top.
Credit Line:
Bequest of Mrs. J. Insley Blair
Object Number:
1952.206ab
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1860
eMuseum Object ID:
25674
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Cake plate
Classification:
Date:
1850-1890
Medium:
Glass
Dimensions:
Overall: 5 1/2 x 9 1/8 in. ( 14 x 23.2 cm )
Description:
Colorless pressed lead glass cake plate; circular form with edge composed of points facing up and down; indentation at center of plate; pattern of fans and diamonds on plate and foot; doubly cushioned knop with diamonds; stem and foot attached with wafer.
Credit Line:
Bequest of Mrs. J. Insley Blair
Object Number:
1948.322
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1890
eMuseum Object ID:
25673
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Compote
Classification:
Date:
1828-1835
Medium:
Glass
Dimensions:
Overall: 4 x 6 1/8 in. ( 10.2 x 15.6 cm )
Description:
Compote or Bowl; Lead glass, thick, colorless of gray cast; pressed bowl, free-blown standard; circular shallow bowl, sides spreading slightly and curving over at rim; on bottom, band of graduated strawberry diamonds around four overlapping hearts at center; on sides, (thirteen) stippled hearts alternating with (thirteen) sheaf-of-wheat below arc of five tiny diamonds with small star at each side; rim, alternate one wide and two narrow rounded-scallops (top of heart forming two small scallops); applied large button-knop stem and flaring circular foot; rough pontil mark.
Credit Line:
Bequest of Mrs. F. MacDonald Sinclair (Jennie H. Sinclair)
Object Number:
1965.797c
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1835
eMuseum Object ID:
25672
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 1/2 x 2 in. ( 7.6 x 8.9 x 5.1 cm )
Description:
Colorless lead glass cream jug blown in a three-part mold (McKearin GIII-21); flared rim pulled out to form spout, squat cylindrical body with rounded shoulders molded with band of ribbing at neck over band of alternating panels of diamond sunbursts and diamond diapering over two bands of diagonal fluting at base; base molded with rays (Rayed Ringed Type I) with pontil mark; applied handle with crimped end.
Credit Line:
Gift of Mrs. J. Insley Blair
Object Number:
1942.507
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1840
eMuseum Object ID:
25671
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Tumbler
Classification:
Date:
1840-1870
Medium:
Glass
Dimensions:
Overall: 3 5/8 x 3 1/4 in. ( 9.2 x 8.3 cm )
Description:
Amethyst pressed glass tumbler; cylindrical form with plain rim, with eight panels; portrait busts (three-quarter view) of Napoleon III and his consort enclosed in medallions on either side of tumbler, interspersed with floral decorations.
Object Number:
INV.576
Marks:
pressed: along inside edge of medallion: "NAPOLEON III EMPEREUR"
pressed: along inside edge of other medallion: "SA MAJESTE L'IMPERATRICE"
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1870
eMuseum Object ID:
25670
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Wine glasses (2)
Classification:
Date:
1880-1910
Medium:
Glass
Dimensions:
each: 4 3/8 x 3 1/4 in. ( 11.1 x 8.3 cm )
Description:
Pair of colorless lead glass wine glasses; wide, rounded funnel-shaped bowl engraved with coat of arms composed of lizard above shield with two lizard heads above chevron band and one below; stem with knop at midway point; circular base.
Credit Line:
Gift of Marchesa Anne Pellegrini-Quarantotti
Object Number:
1957.21ab
Gallery Label:
According to the accession records, this pair of wine glasses belonged to Eugene Langdon of Washington Square, the grandfather of the donor. The crest is that of the Langdon family.
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1910
eMuseum Object ID:
25669
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
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