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:
1965.881a[dup]
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1880
eMuseum Object ID:
25291
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Dish: footed salt
Collections:
Classification:
Date:
1864-1875
Medium:
Glass
Dimensions:
Overall: 2 3/4 x 2 3/4 in. ( 7 x 7 cm )
Description:
Colorless pressed lead glass footed salt with round bowl with scalloped rim, vertical ribbing from top to bottom, and vine with stylized leaves and flowers circling bowl (Ribbed Leaf or Bellflower pattern).
Credit Line:
Purchased from Elie Nadelman
Object Number:
1937.1059
Gallery Label:
This pattern is known to have been produced by M'Kee and Brothers from the mid-1860s to the early 1870s; however, this extremely popular pattern may have been produced during this period by other Midwest glass factories as well. (See "American Glass, 1760-1930: The Toledo Museum of Art," p. 492.)
Provenance:
The Folk Art Collection of Elie Nadelman
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1875
eMuseum Object ID:
25290
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Candlesticks (pair)
Classification:
Date:
1840-1855
Medium:
Glass
Dimensions:
each: 7 3/8 x 4 1/2 in. ( 18.7 x 11.4 cm )
Description:
Pair of pressed lead glass candlesticks, one blue-green, and the other green; hexagonal baluster socket and stem with knop; wafer joins stem below knop to hollow hexagonal trumpet-shaped base with knop and collar.
Credit Line:
Gift of Mrs. J. Insley Blair
Object Number:
1942.567ab
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1855
eMuseum Object ID:
25289
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Candlestick: green
Classification:
Date:
1840-1855
Medium:
Glass
Dimensions:
Overall: 7 3/8 x 4 1/2 in. ( 18.7 x 11.4 cm )
Description:
Blue-green pressed lead glass candlestick; hexagonal baluster socket and stem with knop; wafer joins stem below knop to hollow hexagonal trumpet-shaped base with knop and collar.
Credit Line:
Gift of Mrs. J. Insley Blair
Object Number:
1942.567b
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1855
eMuseum Object ID:
25288
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Candlestick
Classification:
Date:
1880-1900
Medium:
Glass
Dimensions:
Overall: 9 1/4 x 4 x 4 in. ( 23.5 x 10.2 x 10.2 cm )
Description:
Blue-green pressed lead glass candlestick; ribbed socket with upturned bobeche with C-scrolls on square standard with incurving sides decorated with floral garlands on square pedestal base with canted corners and eight semi-circulat feet decorated with alternating flowers and lion's heads; no pontil mark.
Credit Line:
Bequest of Mrs. F. MacDonald Sinclair (Jennie H. Sinclair)
Object Number:
1965.888a[dup]
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1900
eMuseum Object ID:
25287
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Bowl: geometric pattern
Collections:
Classification:
Date:
1820-1840
Medium:
Glass
Dimensions:
Overall: 1 1/4 x 5 3/4 in. ( 3.2 x 14.6 cm )
Description:
Colorless mold-blown glass bowl, probably blown in a mold for a tumbler and formed into a bowl by tooling; with rim sheared and folded outward, diamond patterning on sides, ribbing around edge of base, and a circle of deep intaglio diamonds and a deep intaglio ring surrounding pontil mark.
Credit Line:
Purchased from Elie Nadelman
Object Number:
1937.1088
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:
25286
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Small dish
Classification:
Date:
1835-1850
Medium:
Glass
Dimensions:
Overall: 7/8 x 4 in. ( 2.2 x 10.2 cm )
Description:
Colorless pressed lead glass dish; circular form with scalloped edge (two small scallops alternating with one larger scallop); eight-pointed star at center of shallow well, filled in with diamonds; pattern of linked circles, every other (larger) circle filled in with diamonds, along interior rim.
Object Number:
INV.13402
Gallery Label:
Collectors call this pattern a variation of the Roman Rosette pressed glass pattern, but its original name and manufacturer are unknown (See Publications).
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1850
eMuseum Object ID:
25285
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Collection of drinking vessels (6)
Classification:
Date:
1775-1825
Medium:
Glass
Description:
Collection of colorless blown nonlead glass drinking vessels (five tumblers and one mug) with polychrome enamel-painted decoration.
Credit Line:
Bequest of Mrs. F. MacDonald Sinclair (Jennie H. Sinclair)
Object Number:
1965.770a-f
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1825
eMuseum Object ID:
25284
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Goblet
Collections:
Classification:
Date:
ca. 1860
Medium:
Glass
Dimensions:
Overall: 6 1/2 x 3 1/2 in. ( 16.5 x 8.9 cm )
Description:
Colorless pressed lead glass goblet with six vertical cables alternating with six plain panels around sides of bowl, prominent collar, faceted stem, and plain circular foot (Cable pattern, Cable with Ring, Atlantic Cable, or Cable Cord).
Credit Line:
Purchased from Elie Nadelman
Object Number:
1937.1030
Gallery Label:
Glassware in the Cable pattern was made by Boston and Sandwich Glass Company around 1860 to commemorate the laying of the Atlantic Cable. The Cable pattern goblet has been reproduced in the twentieth century.
Provenance:
The Folk Art Collection of Elie Nadelman
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1860
eMuseum Object ID:
25283
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Goblet
Collections:
Classification:
Date:
1850-1870
Medium:
Glass
Dimensions:
Overall: 6 x 3 1/8 in. ( 15.2 x 7.9 cm )
Description:
Colorless pressed (probably lead) glass goblet with a circling vine with background of vertical ribbing on bowl, smooth stem, and stepped foot with sunburst on underside (Ribbed Ivy pattern).
Credit Line:
Purchased from Elie Nadelman
Object Number:
1937.1025
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:
1870
eMuseum Object ID:
25282
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
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