Compote with cover
Classification:
Date:
1890-1920
Medium:
Glass
Dimensions:
Overall: 11 x 7 1/4 in. ( 27.9 x 18.4 cm )
Description:
Colorless pressed glass compote with base pressed separately and joined with a wafer; cylindrical bowl with plain sides and large diamonds framing pinwheel pattern on underside; hollow base consists of pedestal decorated with bands of diamonds and diagonal ribs on high circular foot; matching domed cover has knob finial with sunburst on top.
Credit Line:
Bequest of Weber Hill Arkenburgh
Object Number:
1948.325ab
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1920
eMuseum Object ID:
25418
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Punch bowl
Classification:
Date:
1850-1925
Medium:
Glass
Dimensions:
Overall: 5 5/8 x 13 in. ( 14.3 x 33 cm )
Description:
Colorless lead glass punch bowl with irregularly scalloped rim, four slightly concave oval panels around sides, and solid circular base.
Credit Line:
Gift of Mrs. Bayard Verplanck
Object Number:
1956.140
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1925
eMuseum Object ID:
25417
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Cream jug
Collections:
Classification:
Date:
1815-1845 or 1910-1930
Medium:
Glass
Dimensions:
Overall: 4 x 3 7/8 x 2 3/4 in. ( 10.2 x 9.8 x 7 cm )
Description:
Colorless glass cream jug, blown in a 3-part mold; cylindrical body with tall neck and flared rim; applied handle; horizontal rings around neck, vertical ribbing below; on body, 6 vertical lozenges, each decorated with 3 raised dots on background of vertical lines or filled in with lines tracing shape of lozenge, separated by columns of raised dots; vertical ribs below; plain base, with pontil mark.
Credit Line:
Purchased from Elie Nadelman
Object Number:
1937.995
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:
1930
eMuseum Object ID:
25416
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Pitcher
Classification:
Date:
1840-1880
Medium:
Glass
Dimensions:
Overall: 8 1/2 x 6 1/2 x 6 1/2 in. ( 21.6 x 16.5 x 16.5 cm )
Description:
Opalescent white blown glass pitcher with opaque light blue handle and rim; bulbous body with tall neck, flared rim with applied light blue band pulled out to form spout, applied handle with curl at top, and tooled foot ring with pontil mark.
Credit Line:
Gift of Mrs. Russel Hastings
Object Number:
1940.471
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1880
eMuseum Object ID:
25415
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Decanter
Collections:
Classification:
Date:
1825-1840
Medium:
Glass
Dimensions:
Overall: 5 1/8 x 2 3/4 in. ( 13 x 7 cm )
Description:
Sapphire blue half-pint decanter blown in three-part mold (McKearin GI-29); barrel-shaped body with curved, sloping shoulders and tapered cylindrical neck; single band at base of neck, twelve scallops around shoulders with double horizontal bands below; twenty-four vertical ribs above three horizontal bands on body; concentric circles on base (McKearin ringed type 23); pontil mark on base.
Credit Line:
Purchased from Elie Nadelman
Object Number:
1937.1013
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:
25414
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Cream jug
Classification:
Date:
1815-1845 or 1920-1940
Medium:
Glass
Dimensions:
Overall: 4 1/4 x 3 7/8 x 3 in. ( 10.8 x 9.8 x 7.6 cm )
Description:
Deep blue mold 'blown' lead creamer, blown in a 3-part mold (McKearin G III-23); globular body, tall neck, widely flared rim pulled out to form spout; applied handle crimped and curled at lower handle; drawn disk foot; diagonal ribbing around neck within horizontal rings; wide band of diamond diapering; between horizontal rings are 9 large diamonds each containing sunburst with diagonal ribs in between; rayed bottom (type IV); pontil mark.
Credit Line:
Bequest of Mrs. J. Insley Blair
Object Number:
1952.173
Gallery Label:
The lack of wear, thin handle, and unusual attachment of the handle suggest that this object may have been made in the twentieth century.
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1940
eMuseum Object ID:
25413
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Cream jug
Classification:
Date:
1820-1840
Medium:
Glass
Dimensions:
Overall: 4 x 4 1/8 x 3 1/2 in. ( 10.2 x 10.5 x 8.9 cm )
Description:
Deep blue glass creamer blown lead mold in a 3-part mold (McKearin G III-23); squat cylindrical body with shoulders angled to short neck; flared rim pulled out to form spout; applied handle with lower terminal crimped and curled at end; diagonal ribbing around neck within horizontal rings; wide band of diamond diapering; between horizontal rings are 9 large diamonds each containing sunburst with diagonal ribs in between; vertical ribbing around base; rayed bottom (type IV); pontil mark.
Credit Line:
Bequest of Mrs. J. Insley Blair
Object Number:
1952.174
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1840
eMuseum Object ID:
25412
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Pitcher
Collections:
Classification:
Date:
1815-1840
Medium:
Glass
Dimensions:
Overall: 5 x 6 x 5 in. ( 12.7 x 15.2 x 12.7 cm )
Description:
Colorless, lead glass. Pitcher blown in a three-part mold of geometric design (McKearin GII-18); barrel-shaped body with neck with flared rim pulled out to form spout, applied handle with crimped and curled end, and base molded with ring of diamonds (Diamond type) with pontil mark; body molded with bands of vertical ribs at neck, flutes at base, and a wide band of diamond diapering around waist.
Credit Line:
Purchased from Elie Nadelman
Object Number:
1937.1085
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:
25411
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Pitcher
Classification:
Date:
1815-1840
Medium:
Glass
Dimensions:
Overall: 6 x 6 x 4 in. ( 15.2 x 15.2 x 10.2 cm )
Description:
Colorless, lead glass pitcher blown in a three-part mold of geometric design (McKearin GIII-5); barrel-shaped body with tall neck with flared rim pulled out to form spout, applied handle with crimped and curled end, and base molded with concentric rings (Type VI-A); body molded with bands of vertical ribbing at neck and base, diagonal ribbing at shoulders, and a wide band with alternating panels of sunbursts and diamond diapering around waist.
Credit Line:
Bequest of Mrs. J. Insley Blair
Object Number:
1952.213
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1840
eMuseum Object ID:
25410
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Pocket bottle
Classification:
Date:
1800-1840
Medium:
Glass
Dimensions:
Overall: 4 5/8 x 3 1/2 x 2 1/2 in. ( 11.7 x 8.9 x 6.4 cm )
Description:
Amethyst blown lead glass pocket bottle faintly pattern molded with rows of about twenty-four diamonds; flattened ovoid body and cylindrical neck; pontil mark on base.
Credit Line:
Gift of Mrs. J. Insley Blair
Object Number:
1942.503
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1840
eMuseum Object ID:
25409
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
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