Bottle
Classification:
Date:
1840-1870
Medium:
Glass, paper
Dimensions:
Overall: 4 3/8 x 1 7/8 in. ( 11.1 x 4.8 cm )
Description:
Colorless blown glass bottle (originally a container for blacking, now encrusted with residue), with flanged lip, cylindrical neck, horizontal shoulder, cylindrical body with fragments of paper label attached, and pontil mark on base.
Object Number:
Z.541
Marks:
printed paper label: affixed to body: "REYNOLDS' / Water-Proof Mirror Blacking. / For All Kinds of Leather / Such as Boots, Shoes, Harness, Carriage Tops / . . . / . . . sold by [?] REYNOLDS, only, South Granville, N.Y."
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1870
eMuseum Object ID:
25507
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Bowl
Classification:
Date:
1835-1865
Medium:
Glass
Dimensions:
Overall: 3 x 5 in. ( 7.6 x 12.7 cm )
Description:
Aquamarine blown non-lead glass bowl with "lily-pad" decoration; circular form with flared sides and out-ward folded rim with added gather of glass tooled into six peaks; applied disc foot with pincered edge and pontil mark on base.
Credit Line:
Bequest of Mrs. J. Insley Blair
Object Number:
1952.211
Gallery Label:
The lack of spontaniety and robustness of the tooled gather of glass causes some question about the genuineness of this article.
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1865
eMuseum Object ID:
25506
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Bowl
Classification:
Date:
1835-1865
Medium:
Glass
Dimensions:
Overall: 2 1/2 x 7 1/2 in. ( 6.4 x 19 cm )
Description:
Aquamarine blown non-lead glass bowl with "lily-pad" decoration; circular form with flared sides and out-ward folded rim with added gather of glass tooled into four tall peaks with four shorter peaks in between; pontil mark on base.
Credit Line:
Gift of Dr. Arthur H. Merritt
Object Number:
1961.411
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1865
eMuseum Object ID:
25505
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Bottle
Classification:
Date:
1840-1870
Medium:
Glass, paper
Dimensions:
Overall: 4 5/8 x 1 5/8 x 1 5/8 in. ( 11.7 x 4.1 x 4.1 cm )
Description:
Pale green glass bottle (originally a container for blacking solution, now encrusted with residue); blown in a two-part mold, with straight finish, cylindrical neck, narrow sloped shoulder, square body with fragments of paper label attached, and diagonal mold seam and pontil mark on base.
Object Number:
Z.539
Marks:
printed paper label: affixed to body: "UNRIVALED . . . ER PROOF / BLACKING / This Blacking is acknowledged to be / superior to any ever . . . ."
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1870
eMuseum Object ID:
25504
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Miniature chambersticks (2)
Classification:
Date:
1850-1880
Medium:
Glass
Dimensions:
each: 3 x 3 3/8 in. ( 7.6 x 8.6 cm )
Description:
Pair of blue pressed lead glass miniature chambersticks; cylindrical socket with beaded band around rim and vertical ribs; hollow, trumpet-shaped base with gadrooning; finger loop.
Object Number:
INV.12459ab
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1880
eMuseum Object ID:
25503
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Ink bottle
Classification:
Date:
1847-1877
Medium:
Glass
Dimensions:
Overall: 5 3/4 x 2 3/4 in. ( 14.6 x 7 cm )
Description:
Deep blue glass ink bottle blown in a two-part mold with separate base plate; applied flange lip, cylindrical neck, slightly sloped shoulder, cylindrical body with "HARRISON'S COLUMBIAN INK" inscribed on obverse, push-up, and pontil mark on base.
Object Number:
Z.543
Marks:
in relief: on obverse: "HARRISON'S / COLUMBIAN / INK"
Gallery Label:
The entry "Apollos W. Harrison, books, maps, and inks" first appears in the Philadelphia city directory in 1847. By 1877 only his residence address is given, suggesting that by then he had retired. (See McKearin and Wilson, "American Bottles & Flasks and Their Ancestry," p. 267.)
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1877
eMuseum Object ID:
25500
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Pitcher: creamer
Classification:
Date:
1870-1900
Medium:
Glass
Dimensions:
Overall: 5 7/8 x 5 1/4 x 3 1/4 in. ( 14.9 x 13.3 x 8.3 cm )
Description:
Colorless, helmet shaped pressed glass creamer with slightly undulating stem border above wreath of oak leaves and acorns surrounding middle of bowl; hexagonal stem terminating in hexagonal step atop plain circular foot; applied hand-tooled loop handle (variant of Acorn pattern).
Credit Line:
Bequest of Weber Hill Arkenburgh
Object Number:
1948.331
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1900
eMuseum Object ID:
25499
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Pitcher: creamer
Classification:
Date:
ca. 1871
Medium:
Glass
Dimensions:
Overall: 5 7/8 x 4 3/4 x 3 in. ( 14.9 x 12.1 x 7.6 cm )
Description:
Opaque white glass; pressed. Creamer with six framed sheaves of wheat surrounding lower half of bowl, ear-shaped handle, and plain circular foot (Panelled Wheat pattern).
Credit Line:
Gift of Clarence G. Michalis
Object Number:
1953.764
Gallery Label:
This pattern was patented by J. H. Hobbs on February 28, 1871 (see "Pressed Glass in America," p. 422).
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1871
eMuseum Object ID:
25498
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Dish: footed sugar bowl with cover
Classification:
Date:
1880-1910
Medium:
Glass
Dimensions:
Overall: 7 3/4 x 4 1/2 in. ( 19.7 x 11.4 cm )
Description:
Colorless pressed glass footed sugar bowl; round funnel shape with large beads lining edge of rim, loops in beaded frames separated by lines of dewdrops surrounding sides, and plain circular foot; matching domed cover has finial with three concave sides and pointed top (Beaded Dewdrop pattern).
Credit Line:
Gift of Miss Fannie G. Dudley & Family
Object Number:
1957.171ab
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1910
eMuseum Object ID:
25497
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Cream jug
Classification:
Date:
1830-1840
Medium:
Glass
Dimensions:
Overall: 4 3/8 x 6 x 3 1/8 in. ( 11.1 x 15.2 x 7.9 cm )
Description:
Colorless, lead glass; pressed. Creamer with squat, eight-sided body; various scrolls, diamonds, and floral motifs on stippled ground; flared rim curves up to form spout; handle with scrolled forms and stippled decoration; octagonal foot with scalloped edge, and pattern of rays radiating from center.
Object Number:
INV.3970
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1840
eMuseum Object ID:
25496
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
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