Vases (pair)
Classification:
Date:
1875-1950
Medium:
Glass
Dimensions:
each: 7 1/2 x 3 1/2 in. ( 19 x 8.9 cm )
Description:
Pair of amethyst pressed lead glass vases; elongated conical shape with fluted rim and six panels around sides, each containing a raised circle above a loop; hollow base with hexagonal knop and foot.
Credit Line:
Bequest of Mrs. F. MacDonald Sinclair (Jennie H. Sinclair)
Object Number:
1965.833a-b
Gallery Label:
These vases may be twentieth-century reproductions of a mid-nineteenth-century pattern. (Note: Vases such as these reproduced in "American and European Pressed Glass in The Corning Museum of Glass" (p. 230) are said to date from after 1875 because they have been pressed in one piece.)
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1950
eMuseum Object ID:
25324
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Vase: celery glass
Classification:
Date:
1860-1880
Medium:
Glass
Dimensions:
Overall: 8 3/8 x 4 in. ( 21.3 x 10.2 cm )
Description:
Colorless pressed lead glass celery glass; straight-sided bowl with scalloped rim and pressed scallop pattern on lower portion; nonagonal stem and circular base.
Credit Line:
Bequest of Weber Hill Arkenburgh
Object Number:
1948.327
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1880
eMuseum Object ID:
25323
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Vase
Classification:
Date:
1875-1950
Medium:
Glass
Dimensions:
Overall: 7 1/2 x 3 1/2 in. ( 19 x 8.9 cm )
Description:
Amethyst pressed lead glass vase; elongated conical shape with fluted rim and six panels around sides, each containing a raised circle above a loop; hollow base with hexagonal knop and foot.
Credit Line:
Bequest of Mrs. F. MacDonald Sinclair (Jennie H. Sinclair)
Object Number:
1965.833b
Gallery Label:
This vase may be a twentieth-century reproduction of a mid-nineteenth-century pattern. (Note: Vases such as this one reproduced in "American and European Pressed Glass in The Corning Museum of Glass" (p. 230) are said to date from after 1875 because they have been pressed in one piece.)
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1950
eMuseum Object ID:
25322
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Vase
Classification:
Date:
1875-1950
Medium:
Glass
Dimensions:
Overall: 7 1/2 x 3 1/2 in. ( 19 x 8.9 cm )
Description:
Amethyst pressed lead glass vase; elongated conical shape with fluted rim and six panels around sides, each containing a raised circle above a loop; hollow base with hexagonal knop and foot.
Credit Line:
Bequest of Mrs. F. MacDonald Sinclair (Jennie H. Sinclair)
Object Number:
1965.833a
Gallery Label:
This vase may be a twentieth-century reproduction of a mid-nineteenth-century pattern. (Note: Vases such as this one reproduced in "American and European Pressed Glass in The Corning Museum of Glass" (p. 230) are said to date from after 1875 because they have been pressed in one piece.)
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1950
eMuseum Object ID:
25321
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Cream jug
Collections:
Classification:
Date:
1830-1840
Medium:
Glass
Dimensions:
Overall: 4 3/8 x 3 1/2 x 3 1/8 in. ( 11.1 x 8.9 x 7.9 cm )
Description:
Deep blue nonlead glass cream jug blown in a four-part mold (McKearin G V-14); cylindrical body with straight sides, neck flared at rim and pulled out for spout (handle broken off); geometric pattern of scrolls and floral devices; rayed bottom (type I); pontil mark.
Credit Line:
Purchased from Elie Nadelman
Object Number:
1937.734
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:
25319
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Apothecary bottle
Classification:
Date:
1850-1900
Medium:
Glass, gilding, paint
Dimensions:
Overall: 9 1/4 x 3 3/4 in. ( 23.5 x 9.5 cm )
Description:
Apothecary bottle with narrow mouth, short cylindrical neck, circular body with straight sides, and pushup; attached glass label with gilding and painted inscription between two scrolls on white ground, "SYR. SCIL. CO."
Object Number:
Z.662
Marks:
painted: on label affixed to bottle: "SYR. SCIL. CO."
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1900
eMuseum Object ID:
25301
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Footed eggcup
Classification:
Date:
1840-1860
Medium:
Glass
Dimensions:
Overall: 3 1/2 x 2 7/8 in. ( 8.9 x 7.3 cm )
Description:
Colorless, lead glass; pressed. Conical shaped egg cup with scalloped rim; stippled body with scallop shells around sides; applied round scalloped foot.
Object Number:
INV.3992
Gallery Label:
This example has been published as an example of American glass; however, according to "American and European Pressed Glass in The Corning Museum of Glass," it is more similar to European glass in design (p. 389).
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1860
eMuseum Object ID:
25295
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Candlesticks (pair)
Classification:
Date:
1850-1880
Medium:
Glass
Dimensions:
each: 9 3/4 x 5 1/2 in.
Description:
Pair of opaque white pressed lead glass candlesticks; socket and bobeche with gadrooning on hexagonal baluster standard on hexagonal pedestal base with oval cabuchons and beaded base; hollow interior.
Credit Line:
Bequest of Mrs. F. MacDonald Sinclair (Jennie H. Sinclair)
Object Number:
1965.881ab[dup]
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1880
eMuseum Object ID:
25294
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Candlestick
Classification:
Date:
1850-1880
Medium:
Glass
Dimensions:
Overall: 9 3/4 x 5 1/2 in. ( 24.8 x 14 cm )
Description:
Opaque white pressed lead glass candlestick; socket and bobeche with gadrooning on hexagonal baluster standard on hexagonal pedestal base with oval cabuchons and beaded base; hollow interior.
Credit Line:
Bequest of Mrs. F. MacDonald Sinclair (Jennie H. Sinclair)
Object Number:
1965.881b[dup]
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1880
eMuseum Object ID:
25293
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Dish
Classification:
Date:
1840-1880
Medium:
Glass
Dimensions:
Overall: 1 1/8 x 4 1/2 in. ( 2.9 x 11.4 cm )
Description:
Amber pressed lead glass small dish; circular form with scalloped (wavy) edge; sunburst pattern, in well; on stippled ground, pattern of larger and smaller flowers, and leaves, around interior rim.
Credit Line:
Gift of Miss Fannie G. Dudley & Family
Object Number:
1957.157
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1880
eMuseum Object ID:
25292
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
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