Sugar bowl with cover
Classification:
Date:
1835-1850
Medium:
Glass
Dimensions:
Overall: 7 1/4 x 4 in. ( 18.4 x 10.2 cm )
Description:
Cobalt blue, lead glass; pressed. Sugar bowl and cover; octagonal sugar bowl with flared scalloped rim joined with a wafer to an eight-lobed column on a three-tiered circular base on a square plinth with round turret-like corners, pontil mark on interior; octagonnal ogee-curved domed cover with pointed hexagonal knob.
Credit Line:
Bequest of Mrs. F. MacDonald Sinclair (Jennie H. Sinclair)
Object Number:
1965.792ab
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1850
eMuseum Object ID:
25637
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Relish dish: dessert
Classification:
Date:
1880-1910
Medium:
Glass
Dimensions:
Overall: 1 1/4 x 4 x 4 in. ( 3.2 x 10.2 x 10.2 cm )
Description:
Colorless pressed glass relish dish; square, with round corners and flat base; narrow flanged rim and fluting around sides.
Credit Line:
Bequest of Weber Hill Arkenburgh
Object Number:
1948.344a
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1910
eMuseum Object ID:
25638
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Relish dishes (6)
Classification:
Date:
1880-1910
Medium:
Glass
Dimensions:
each: 1 1/4 x 4 x 4 in. ( 3.2 x 10.2 x 10.2 cm )
Description:
Set of six colorless pressed glass relish dishes; square, with round corners and flat base; narrow flanged rim and fluting around sides.
Credit Line:
Bequest of Weber Hill Arkenburgh
Object Number:
1948.344a-f
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1910
eMuseum Object ID:
25636
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Dishes (pair)
Classification:
Date:
1880-1910
Medium:
Glass
Dimensions:
each: 2 x 8 1/4 x 5 3/8 in. ( 5.1 x 21 x 13.7 cm )
Description:
Pair of sapphire blue pressed glass dishes; rectangular shape with variant of peacock feather pattern with impressed circles around sides; oblong panel with waffle patterning with border of impressed circles on base.
Credit Line:
Bequest of Weber Hill Arkenburgh
Object Number:
1948.283a-b
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1910
eMuseum Object ID:
25635
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Dish: blue
Classification:
Date:
1880-1910
Medium:
Glass
Dimensions:
Overall: 2 x 8 1/4 x 5 3/8 in. ( 5.1 x 21 x 13.7 cm )
Description:
Sapphire blue pressed glass dish; rectangular shape with variant of peacock feather pattern with impressed circles around sides; oblong panel with waffle patterning with border of impressed circles on base.
Credit Line:
Bequest of Weber Hill Arkenburgh
Object Number:
1948.283b
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1910
eMuseum Object ID:
25634
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Butter dish and cover
Classification:
Date:
1875-1900
Medium:
Glass
Dimensions:
Overall: 2 3/4 x 8 3/4 x 6 1/4 in. ( 7 x 22.2 x 15.9 cm )
Description:
Amber pressed lead glass butter dish in the form of a frog on a lily pad; lid in the form of a frog's body with diamond grid cross rests on top of dish; arms and legs along collar of curved dish, with edges of dish shaped to resemble abstract lily pad, sides of dish slightly ribbed, and bottom of dish covered in sawtooth pattern.
Credit Line:
Gift of Clarence G. Michalis
Object Number:
1953.574ab
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1900
eMuseum Object ID:
25633
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Compote
Classification:
Date:
1828-1850
Medium:
Glass
Dimensions:
Overall: 4 7/8 x 7 in. ( 12.4 x 17.8 cm )
Description:
Colorless pressed lead glass compote; circular form with rope edge; in well, abstract floral pattern surrounded by pattern of alternating shields and wheat sheaves; on interior rim, alternating waffle-patterned hearts and abstract geometric designs, connected by arches; applied and tooled stem and foot.
Credit Line:
Bequest of Mrs. F. MacDonald Sinclair (Jennie H. Sinclair)
Object Number:
1965.797a
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1850
eMuseum Object ID:
25632
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Sugar bowl with cover
Classification:
Date:
1891-1892
Medium:
Glass
Dimensions:
Overall: 7 x 3 3/4 in. ( 17.8 x 9.5 cm )
Description:
Colorless, lead glass; pressed and acid-etched. Sugar bowl with cover; cylindrical form in the "Silver Age" or US coin pattern; vertical ribbing aroung body; decorated with band at base that shows a repeating pattern of alternating obverse and reverse U.S. coins with seated Liberty and eagle with inscription "UNITED STATES OF AMERICA QUAR. DOL" AND "1892". Cylindrical cover with band of repeating coins and vertical lines around lip; flat finial of stacked coins with profile of head and inscription, "E PLURIBUS UNUM" and "1892."
Object Number:
INV.506ab
Marks:
in relief: "UNITED STATES OF AMERICA QUAR. DOL," "1892," "E PLURIBUS UNAM"
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1892
eMuseum Object ID:
25631
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Bottle and stopper
Classification:
Date:
1825-1865
Medium:
Glass
Dimensions:
Overall: 5 x 1 3/4 in. ( 12.7 x 4.4 cm )
Description:
Colorless, non-lead glass bottle and stopper blown in a multi-part mold; tapered cylindrical neck with flanged rim, stepped shoulders, and concave cylindrical body with flat base with pontil mark; polychrome enamel band of flowers on body, and gilt and stylized foliate motifs at shoulders.
Credit Line:
Bequest of Mrs. F. MacDonald Sinclair (Jennie H. Sinclair)
Object Number:
1965.770g
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:
25630
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Tumbler
Classification:
Date:
1860-1880
Medium:
Glass
Dimensions:
Overall: 4 x 3 in. ( 10.2 x 7.6 cm )
Description:
Colorless, lead glass; pressed. Tumbler with nine sides; grape vine band around upper half of body.
Credit Line:
Gift of Florence Rogers Dietrich
Object Number:
1944.58h
Gallery Label:
According to the accession records, this set has been attributed to Brooklyn's Greenpoint Glassworks (working 1873-1880) and to Isaac Duval of Wellsburg, West Va. (working 1813-23). The former is more likely, given the style of the set.
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1880
eMuseum Object ID:
25629
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
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