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:
1956.179c2
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:
25437
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Footed jar with stopper
Classification:
Date:
1890-1920
Medium:
Glass
Dimensions:
Overall: 7 3/4 x 4 in. ( 19.7 x 10.2 cm )
Description:
Colorless pressed glass footed jar with diamond patterning on neck, spherical body with "Bailey's Heliotrope Sachet" etched on obverse, short baluster stem with band of circular depressions, and plain circular foot; hollow pressed glass stopper with flattened ball finial with band of circular depressions surrounding edge.
Object Number:
Z.673ab
Marks:
etched: on obverse: "Bailey's / Heliotrope / Sachet"
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1920
eMuseum Object ID:
25431
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Footed jar with stopper
Classification:
Date:
1875-1900
Medium:
Glass, enamel, gilding
Dimensions:
Overall: 11 1/8 x 2 7/8 in. ( 28.3 x 7.3 cm )
Description:
Colorless blown glass footed jar with flanged lip, short cylindrical neck, and cylindrical body with rounded shoulder and base and glass label with polychrome enamel and "LICORICE LOZENGES" inscribed in gilding; base with domed foot and inscription "W. R. WARNER & Co PHILA'D - PATD SEPT 18 1875" pressed separately; blown glass stopper with hollow ball finial.
Object Number:
Z.629ab
Marks:
painted: on reverse side of glass label: "LICORICE / LOZENGES"
pressed: on foot: "W. R. WARNER & Co PHILA'D PATD SEPT 18 1875"
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1900
eMuseum Object ID:
25428
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Sphere (witch ball)
Collections:
Classification:
Date:
1830-1840
Medium:
Glass
Dimensions:
Overall: 4 1/2 x 2 1/2 in. ( 11.4 x 6.4 cm )
Description:
Cobalt blue blown glass sphere with long cylindrical neck; possibly associated with the apothecary jars 1937.950ab.
Credit Line:
Purchased from Elie Nadelman
Object Number:
1937.950c
Marks:
scratched: on surface; "1836/11"
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:
1840
eMuseum Object ID:
25427
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Lamp base
Classification:
Date:
1850-1880
Medium:
Glass, metal
Dimensions:
Overall: 11 1/2 x 5 1/2 in. ( 29.2 x 14 cm )
Description:
Colorless pressed lead glass lamp base; octagonal, petalform glass cup around metal attachment for lamp lodged in cylindrical socket with beaded rim and six ovals; hexagonal, gadrooned baluster stem; circular base with six ovals.
Credit Line:
Gift of Miss Lena Cadwalader Evans
Object Number:
1936.790c
Gallery Label:
According to the accession records, this lamp came from "Hokanum," the Connecticut estate of Morris Ketchum (1796-1880).
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1880
eMuseum Object ID:
25426
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Sphere (witch ball)
Classification:
Date:
1830-1880
Medium:
Glass
Dimensions:
Overall: 2 1/2 in. ( 6.4 cm )
Description:
Cobalt blue blown glass sphere with open blow pipe hole at one end.
Credit Line:
Gift of Mrs. J. Insley Blair
Object Number:
1951.356
Gallery Label:
According to the accession records, this was used as the cover for a pitcher and was purchased at the Hunter sale.
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1880
eMuseum Object ID:
25425
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Cruet set
Classification:
Date:
1870-1880
Medium:
Glass, silver plate
Dimensions:
Overall: 11 1/2 x 7 in. ( 29.2 x 17.8 cm )
Description:
Cruet set with five lead glass containers, blown in a three-part mold, with copper-wheel engraved decoration consisting of floral sprays and blossoms, in revolving silver-plated stand with pedestal and screw-on handle; handle of inverted triangular shape with rounded top and pierced foliage; containers fitted into holes in circular stand; apron with Japanese-inspired machine-engraved design of clover and flowers; mustard pot (b) with nonexistent neck, inset lip at waist, cylindrical body, and metal cap with finial and slot; casters (c-d) with concave cylindrical neck, sloping shoulders, concave body above inset lip at waist and cylindrical body below, (c) with remains of metal cap; cruet (e) with flared rim, cylindrical neck, sloping shoulders, concave body above inset lip at waist and cylindrical body below; cruet (f) with flared and folded in rim, cylindrical neck, sloping shoulders, inset lip at waist and cylindrical body.
Credit Line:
Bequest of Weber Hill Arkenburgh
Object Number:
1948.326a-f
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1880
eMuseum Object ID:
25423
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Perfume bottle
Classification:
Date:
1850-1925
Medium:
Glass, gilding
Dimensions:
Overall: 7 x 1/2 x 1/2 in. ( 17.8 x 1.3 x 1.3 cm )
Description:
Colorless lead glass perfume bottle with stopper; bottle molded into long rectangular shape and pricked with a long pin to create interior space; steeply sloping shoulders and tapering cylindrical neck; body cut with "X"-shapes and ovals on two sides, and gilded with abstract vines and and designs; flat, circular, gilded stopper.
Object Number:
Z.697
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1925
eMuseum Object ID:
25422
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Salts (pair)
Classification:
Date:
1855-1865
Medium:
Glass
Dimensions:
each: 3 5/8 x 3 7/8 in. ( 9.2 x 9.8 cm )
Description:
Pair of colorless pressed lead glass footed salts; hexagonal form with petal-form rim, ring above six eggs; short hexagonal standard and hexagonal base.
Object Number:
INV.12963ab
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1865
eMuseum Object ID:
25421
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Compote
Classification:
Date:
1840-1870
Medium:
Glass
Dimensions:
Overall: 8 1/4 x 12 in. ( 21 x 30.5 cm )
Description:
Colorless blown and cut lead glass compote or footed bowl; hemispherical bowl with deep down-turned rim cut with flutes on bowl and grooves on rim joined by baluster stem to plain conical base with ground down pontil mark.
Credit Line:
Bequest of Mrs. J. Insley Blair
Object Number:
1952.70
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1870
eMuseum Object ID:
25419
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
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