Candlestick
Classification:
Date:
1840-1855
Medium:
Glass
Dimensions:
Overall: 7 1/4 x 4 1/4 in. ( 18.4 x 10.8 cm )
Description:
Greenish-yellow pressed lead glass candlestick; hexagonal socket with petal-form rim on hexagonal baluster stem joined by wafer to hexagonal knop above a seven-loop trumpet-shaped base; base hollow with pontil mark.
Credit Line:
Bequest of Mrs. F. MacDonald Sinclair (Jennie H. Sinclair)
Object Number:
1965.870b
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1855
eMuseum Object ID:
25527
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Goblet
Classification:
Date:
1890-1920
Medium:
Glass
Dimensions:
Overall: 6 1/4 x 3 in. ( 15.9 x 7.6 cm )
Description:
Colorless pressed glass goblet with transfer-printed images of hunter and dog in forest setting on obverse of bowl and two deer in the forest on reverse of bowl, blade knop at upper end of baluster stem, and plain circular foot.
Credit Line:
Gift of Miss M. Gertrude Deavenport
Object Number:
1954.46
Gallery Label:
According to the accession records, this goblet was part of a set used at hunt breakfasts by the Honorable George Clarke at Hyde Hall, near Cooperstown, New York.
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1920
eMuseum Object ID:
25526
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Spill holders (pair)
Collections:
Classification:
Date:
1860-1875
Medium:
Glass
Dimensions:
each: 5 3/4 x 3 7/8 in. ( 14.6 x 9.8 cm )
Description:
Pair of colorless pressed lead glass spill holders with scalloped rim, vertical ribbing from top to bottom, and vine with stylized leaves and flowers circling bowl (Ribbed Leaf or Bellflower pattern).
Credit Line:
Purchased from Elie Nadelman
Object Number:
1937.1019a-b
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:
1875
eMuseum Object ID:
25525
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Spill holder/goblet
Collections:
Classification:
Date:
1860-1875
Medium:
Glass
Dimensions:
Overall: 5 3/4 x 3 7/8 in. ( 14.6 x 9.8 cm )
Description:
Colorless pressed lead glass spill holder with scalloped rim, vertical ribbing from top to bottom, and vine with stylized leaves and flowers circling bowl (Ribbed Leaf or Bellflower pattern).
Credit Line:
Purchased from Elie Nadelman
Object Number:
1937.1019b
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:
1875
eMuseum Object ID:
25524
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Spill holder/goblet
Collections:
Classification:
Date:
1860-1875
Medium:
Glass
Dimensions:
Overall: 5 3/4 x 3 7/8 in. ( 14.6 x 9.8 cm )
Description:
Colorless pressed lead glass spill holder with scalloped rim, vertical ribbing from top to bottom, and vine with stylized leaves and flowers circling bowl (Ribbed Leaf or Bellflower pattern).
Credit Line:
Purchased from Elie Nadelman
Object Number:
1937.1019a
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:
1875
eMuseum Object ID:
25523
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Bottle
Classification:
Date:
1850-1925
Medium:
Glass, cork
Dimensions:
Overall: 14 x 5 3/4 in. ( 35.6 x 14.6 cm )
Description:
Dark amber blown lead glass bottle with ground bore, flared lip, rudimentary neck, rounded shoulder, and cylindrical body with mold seam across base and circular depression; cork lodged in mouth of bottle.
Object Number:
Z.705
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1925
eMuseum Object ID:
25518
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Miniature compote
Classification:
Date:
1840-1860
Medium:
Glass
Dimensions:
Overall: 3 1/2 x 4 1/4 in. ( 8.9 x 10.8 cm )
Description:
Opaque white glass compote; shallow circular bowl with tooled, scalloped edge; tooled baluster standard; circular base.
Object Number:
Z.701
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1860
eMuseum Object ID:
25512
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Bottle with stopper
Classification:
Date:
1840-1870
Medium:
Glass, paper, cork
Dimensions:
Overall: 3 1/2 x 1 1/8 in. ( 8.9 x 2.9 cm )
Description:
Aquamarine glass bottle blown in a two-part mold; flanged lip, cylindrical neck, rounded shoulder, panelled cylindrical body with paper label fragment, and mold seam and pontil mark on base; cork stopper.
Object Number:
Z.554
Marks:
handwrittten in ink: on paper label affixed to body: "Ira . . ."
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1870
eMuseum Object ID:
25511
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Spittoon/Vase
Classification:
Date:
1850-1900
Medium:
Glass
Dimensions:
Overall: 6 1/2 x 6 in. ( 16.5 x 15.2 cm )
Description:
Amber and aquamarine blown glass spittoon or cuspidor with so-called "lily-pad" decoration; squat globular body curved in at shoulders with a narrow neck and wide flaring rim with outward-folded edge, with second gather of glass tooled up into six peeks; with applied aquamarine disc foot with crimped edge.
Object Number:
INV.3815
Gallery Label:
The Metropolitan Museum of Art has a mortar and pestle set with an amber body and an aquamarine base dating to the late-nineteenth century.
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1900
eMuseum Object ID:
25509
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Figurine in miniature gazebo
Classification:
Date:
1853-1858
Medium:
Glass, ceramic
Dimensions:
Overall: 12 x 5 1/2 in. ( 30.5 x 14 cm )
Description:
Miniature gazebo with glass and mirror frame on circular wooden base; decorated with beaded strings of colorless glass trailed in spiral shapes and red, green, yellow, blue, and pink glass circles; spiraling glass string structure with colored circles on top; figurine of girl beneath gazebo. Condition: Broken Pieces in Box
Credit Line:
Gift of Mrs. L. Frederick
Object Number:
1924.122
Gallery Label:
According to the accession records, this souvenir was purchased at the Crystal Palace in New York City by the donor's mother.
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1858
eMuseum Object ID:
25508
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
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