Goblet
Classification:
Date:
1860-1890
Medium:
Glass
Dimensions:
Overall: 6 1/8 x 3 1/4 in. ( 15.6 x 8.3 cm )
Description:
Sapphire blue pressed (probably lead) glass goblet with undecorated bowl, octagonal baluster stem, and plain circular foot.
Credit Line:
Bequest of Mrs. F. MacDonald Sinclair (Jennie H. Sinclair)
Object Number:
1965.788b
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1890
eMuseum Object ID:
25484
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Cordial glass
Classification:
Date:
1880-1920
Medium:
Glass
Dimensions:
Overall: 3 1/4 x 2 in. ( 8.3 x 5.1 cm )
Description:
Colorless blown lead glass cordial glass; round funnel-shaped bowl joined by thin cylindrical stem to pedestal foot; bowl acid-etched with bird on branch and border at rim of scrolls, dots, and flowers between two horizontal lines.
Credit Line:
Gift of Thomas Barber
Object Number:
1956.179d
Gallery Label:
According to a note found with matching decanter, INV.12609, the decanter, and therefore probably the glassware, belonged to William Bayard.
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1920
eMuseum Object ID:
25483
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Wine glass
Classification:
Date:
1880-1920
Medium:
Glass
Dimensions:
Overall: 4 5/8 x 2 1/2 in. ( 11.7 x 6.4 cm )
Description:
Colorless blown lead glass wine glass; round funnel-shaped bowl joined by thin cylindrical stem to pedestal foot; bowl acid-etched with bird on branch and border at rim of scrolls, dots, and flowers between two horizontal lines.
Credit Line:
Gift of Thomas Barber
Object Number:
1956.179c9
Gallery Label:
According to a note found with matching decanter, INV.12609, the decanter, and therefore probably the glassware, belonged to William Bayard.
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1920
eMuseum Object ID:
25481
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Wine glass
Classification:
Date:
1880-1920
Medium:
Glass
Dimensions:
Overall: 4 5/8 x 2 1/2 in. ( 11.7 x 6.4 cm )
Description:
Colorless blown lead glass wine glass; round funnel-shaped bowl joined by thin cylindrical stem to pedestal foot; bowl acid-etched with bird on branch and border at rim of scrolls, dots, and flowers between two horizontal lines.
Credit Line:
Gift of Thomas Barber
Object Number:
1956.179c6
Gallery Label:
According to a note found with matching decanter, INV.12609, the decanter, and therefore probably the glassware, belonged to William Bayard.
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1920
eMuseum Object ID:
25480
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Celery glass
Classification:
Date:
1870-1900
Medium:
Glass
Dimensions:
Overall: 9 x 4 in. ( 22.9 x 10.2 cm )
Description:
Colorless blown glass footed celery glass with baluster-shaped bowl; stem with bladed knop and circular foot with ground pontil mark blown separately.
Object Number:
Z.640
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1900
eMuseum Object ID:
25476
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Miniature chambersticks (pair)
Classification:
Date:
1835-1850
Medium:
Glass
Dimensions:
each approx.: 3 x 2 3/4 in. ( 7.6 x 7 cm )
Description:
Pair of colorless pressed lead glass miniature chambersticks; cylindrical socket with swirled, gadrooned bobeche; incurving cylindrical standard, and circular, hollow trumpet-shaped base with beaded rim, swirled gadrooning, and beads on underside; finger loop.
Object Number:
INV.12480ab
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1850
eMuseum Object ID:
25467
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.542
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:
25465
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Candlesticks (pair)
Classification:
Date:
1830-1845
Medium:
Glass
Dimensions:
each approx.: 5 3/4 x 3 1/2 x 3 1/2 in. ( 14.6 x 8.9 x 8.9 cm )
Description:
Pair of colorless pressed lead glass candlesticks; finely ribbed socket with stippled and beaded bobeche and lobed base on two annular knops joined by wafer to base consisting of lobed quatrefoil standard on five-stepped quatrefoil base with hollow, ribbed interior.
Credit Line:
Bequest of Mrs. F. MacDonald Sinclair
Object Number:
1965.862ab
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1845
eMuseum Object ID:
25462
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Ink bottle with stopper
Classification:
Date:
1847-1877
Medium:
Glass, cork
Dimensions:
Overall: 8 1/8 x 4 in. ( 20.6 x 10.2 cm )
Description:
Aquamarine glass ink bottle blown in a two-part mold with separate base plate; applied flange lip, cylindrical neck, short nearly flat shoulder with "PATENT" inscribed on reverse, twelve-sided body with inscription "HARRISON'S COLUMBIAN INK" lengthwise on obverse, domed push-up, and pontil mark on base; cork stopper.
Object Number:
Z.540
Marks:
in relief: on shoulder: "PATENT"
in relief: on body (lengthwise): "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:
25461
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Christmas ornament
Classification:
Date:
1875-1900
Medium:
Glass, metal
Dimensions:
Overall: 4 1/2 x 3 x 3 in. ( 11.4 x 7.6 x 7.6 cm )
Description:
Colorless glass Christmas ornament blown in a multi-part mold shaped like a bunch of grapes with interior coating of mirrored yellow-gold and a pressed metal closure with hanging ring.
Credit Line:
Gift of Mrs. Irving McKesson
Object Number:
1934.34
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1900
eMuseum Object ID:
25459
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
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