Wine glass
Classification:
Date:
1880-1910
Medium:
Glass
Dimensions:
Overall: 4 3/8 x 3 1/4 in. ( 11.1 x 8.3 cm )
Description:
Colorless lead glass wine glass; 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:
1957.21b
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:
25668
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Goblet
Classification:
Date:
1876-1880
Medium:
Glass
Dimensions:
Overall: 6 3/8 x 3 1/4 in. ( 16.2 x 8.3 cm )
Description:
Colorless pressed glass goblet with bucket-shaped bowl with Liberty Bell and inscription "1776 DECLARATION . . . INDEPENDENCE 1876" on obverse, "100 YEARS AGO" on reverse, faceted baluster stem, and plain circular foot (Centennial pattern).
Credit Line:
Gift of Clarence G. Michalis
Object Number:
1953.703b
Marks:
in relief: on obverse: "1776 / DECLARATION . . . INDEPENDENCE / 1876"
in relief: on reverse: "100 YEARS / AGO"
Gallery Label:
This pattern was patented by James C. Gill for Gillinder & Sons, September 28, 1875 (see "American and European Pressed Glass in The Corning Museum of Glass, p. 288).
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1880
eMuseum Object ID:
25667
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Pitcher: cream jug
Classification:
Date:
1820-1840
Medium:
Glass
Dimensions:
Overall: 3 x 4 x 2 in. ( 7.6 x 10.2 x 5.1 cm )
Description:
Blue, lead glass; blown. Creamer blown in a three-part mold (McKearin GIII-23); flared rim pulled out to form spout, squat cylindrical body with rounded shoulders molded with band of diamond diapering over band of nine diamonds containing sunbursts over band of fluting at base; base molded with rays (Rayed Type IV) with pontil mark; applied handle with crimped and curled end.
Credit Line:
Bequest of Mrs. J. Insley Blair
Object Number:
1952.166
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1840
eMuseum Object ID:
25666
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Goblet
Classification:
Date:
1865-1900
Medium:
Glass
Dimensions:
Overall: 5 3/4 x 3 1/8 in. ( 14.6 x 7.9 cm )
Description:
Colorless pressed lead glass goblet; bowl with straight sides and curving base; pressed decoration consists of band of laticework and circles 1" below rim, connected by three scrolling designs to band of wagon wheels above latticework ribs; hexagonal stem with knop near top; circular base.
Credit Line:
Bequest of Weber Hill Arkenburgh
Object Number:
1948.355c
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1900
eMuseum Object ID:
25665
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Goblet
Classification:
Date:
1876-1880
Medium:
Glass
Dimensions:
Overall: 6 3/8 x 3 1/4 in. ( 16.2 x 8.3 cm )
Description:
Colorless pressed glass goblet with bucket-shaped bowl with Liberty Bell and inscription "1776 DECLARATION . . . INDEPENDENCE 1876" on obverse, "100 YEARS AGO" on reverse, faceted baluster stem, and plain circular foot (Centennial pattern).
Credit Line:
Gift of Clarence G. Michalis
Object Number:
1953.703a
Marks:
in relief: on obverse: "1776 / DECLARATION . . . INDEPENDENCE / 1876"
in relief: on reverse: "100 YEARS / AGO"
Gallery Label:
This pattern was patented by James C. Gill for Gillinder & Sons, September 28, 1875 (see "American and European Pressed Glass in The Corning Museum of Glass, p. 288).
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1880
eMuseum Object ID:
25664
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Miniature honey dish with cover
Classification:
Date:
1876-1880
Medium:
Glass
Dimensions:
Overall: 2 1/8 x 3 3/8 in. ( 5.4 x 8.6 cm )
Description:
Colorless pressed glass miniature dish with scalloped flange and Liberty Bell with ribbon inscribed "1776 . . . 1876" on base; flattened conical lid with Liberty Bell, inscriptions, and tab-like finial with vertical ribbing on either side (Centennial pattern).
Credit Line:
Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Robert Coates, in loving memory of Howard Masten and Anne Louise Canoune
Object Number:
1971.109dd
Marks:
pressed: on base of dish: "1776 . . . 1876" and "PAT SEPT 23D[?] 1875"
pressed: on top of cover: "1776 / DECLARATION . . . INDEPENDENCE / 1876" and "100 YEARS / AGO"
Gallery Label:
This pattern was patented by James C. Gill for Gillinder & Sons, September 28, 1875 (see "American and European Pressed Glass in The Corning Museum of Glass, p. 288).
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1880
eMuseum Object ID:
25663
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Wine glass
Classification:
Date:
1825-1865
Medium:
Glass
Dimensions:
Overall: 4 x 2 in. ( 10.2 x 5.1 cm )
Description:
Colorless, non-lead blown glass wine or cordial glass; tapered bowl joined by cylindrical stem with annulated knop to conical base with pontil mark; polychrome enamel band of flowers on bowl and gilt band at rim.
Credit Line:
Bequest of Mrs. F. MacDonald Sinclair (Jennie H. Sinclair)
Object Number:
1965.770h
Gallery Label:
Glassware with this sort of polychrome enamel decoration has been attributed to Germany or Bohemia, Spain, and Denmark.
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1865
eMuseum Object ID:
25662
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Paperweight: steel die
Classification:
Date:
ca. 1900
Medium:
Glass
Dimensions:
Overall: 4 1/4 x 3 1/2 in. ( 10.8 x 8.9 cm )
Description:
Colorless lead glass paperweight in the shape of a sphere on flat circular base with pontil mark; internal steel-die motif of white single-masted sailboat with red flag on green water.
Credit Line:
Bequest of Mrs. F. MacDonald Sinclair
Object Number:
1965.398
Gallery Label:
This paperweight may have been made by Michael Kane. The steel-die sailing sloop was possibly meant to represent the "Spray," in which Captain Joshua Slocum started around the world in 1895 (see "Glass Paperweights of the New-York Historical Society," pp. 135 and 182).
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1900
eMuseum Object ID:
25661
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Mantle Ornament paperweight
Classification:
Date:
1890-1910
Medium:
Glass
Dimensions:
Overall: 6 1/8 x 3 3/8 in. ( 15.6 x 8.6 cm )
Description:
Colorless lead glass paperweight in the form of a flattened sphere mounted atop a pedestal consisting of stem with hollow ball knop and flat pad foot with pontil mark; internal motif of flat pink poinsettia dotted with goldstone, five green leaves, and stem.
Credit Line:
Bequest of Mrs. F. MacDonald Sinclair
Object Number:
1965.141
Gallery Label:
This paperweight may have been created by Nicholas Lutz during his later years at the Mt. Washington Glass Co. in New Bedford, Massachusetts, or at the Union Glass Co. in Somerville, Massachusetts (see "Glass Paperweights of the New-York Historical Society," p. 134). Lutz worked at the Mt. Washington factory from 1892 until 1895 and at the Union factory from 1895 until his death in 1904.
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1910
eMuseum Object ID:
25658
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Paperweight
Classification:
Date:
1900-1910
Medium:
Glass
Dimensions:
Overall: 5 1/2 x 3 3/4 in. ( 14 x 9.5 cm )
Description:
Colorless lead glass paperweight in the form of a sphere cut with one circular punty on top and four on the sides atop a pedestal consisting of baluster stem and flat pad foot; internal motif of a pink cross and encircling vine with rocks and grass below.
Credit Line:
Bequest of Mrs. F. MacDonald Sinclair
Object Number:
1965.300
Gallery Label:
This paperweight may have been made by Michael Kane of Whitall, Tatum & Company (see "Glass Paperweights of the New-York Historical Society," p. 134).
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1910
eMuseum Object ID:
25657
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
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