Toothpick holder
Classification:
Date:
1880-1910
Medium:
Glass
Dimensions:
Overall: 3 1/4 x 2 7/8 x 2 1/4 in. ( 8.3 x 7.3 x 5.7 cm )
Description:
Pale blue pressed glass toothpick holder in the form of a bust of a man in a top hat; hat, which is open on top, serves as receptacle for toothpicks.
Credit Line:
Gift of Clarence G. Michalis
Object Number:
1953.655
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1910
eMuseum Object ID:
25261
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Lampshade
Classification:
Date:
1870-1900
Medium:
Glass
Dimensions:
Overall: 4 x 5 in. ( 10.2 x 12.7 cm )
Description:
Colorless lead glass mold-blown lampshade; transfer-printed acid etched design consists of scrolls and flowers; lines where transfer sheet began and ended visible.
Object Number:
INV.12952
Gallery Label:
Widespread use of etching in decorating glass objects is primarily a late nineteenth century phenomenon, although the technique was invented in the 1770s. The technique used on this lampshade involved engraving a design on a copper plate, covering the plate with an acid-resistant substance, and transfer printing the design onto the glass with paper. Once the design was printed on the object, it was dipped in hydrofluoric acid to etch the pattern (see publications).
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1900
eMuseum Object ID:
25257
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Caster
Classification:
Date:
1760-1790
Medium:
Glass, copper
Dimensions:
Overall: 4 1/2 x 2 in. ( 11.4 x 5.1 cm )
Description:
Colorless pattern-molded lead glass caster; baluster-shaped caster pattern- molded with an overall design of diamonds, on a circular pad foot with a pierced domed copper cover with beading around the edge.
Credit Line:
Gift of Mrs. J. Insley Blair
Object Number:
1952.572
Gallery Label:
This caster was probably part of a cruet set.
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1790
eMuseum Object ID:
25256
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Inkwell
Collections:
Classification:
Date:
1800-1830
Medium:
Glass
Dimensions:
Overall: 3 1/8 x 4 1/2 in. ( 7.9 x 11.4 cm )
Description:
Green bottle glass inkwell with blown cylindrical exterior and ring-shaped cover pierced with four holes for pens and with cylindrical cavity at center for ink bottle.
Credit Line:
Purchased from Elie Nadelman
Object Number:
1937.1083
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:
1830
eMuseum Object ID:
25255
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Caster
Classification:
Date:
1850-1870
Medium:
Glass, metal
Dimensions:
Overall: 5 1/4 x 2 in. ( 13.3 x 5.1 cm )
Description:
Colorless lead glass caster blown in a three-part mold; hexagonal neck with sloping shoulders, lobed body, and straight-sided base; pierced metal cap.
Credit Line:
Gift of Katherine deB. Parsons
Object Number:
1946.77
Gallery Label:
According to the accession record, this caster was presented to Phoebe Willis Penfold (1793-1875) by Liet. W.S. Lovell on board a vessel that brought explorer Dr. Elisha Kent Kane back from the Arctic. Dr. Kane made two trips to the Arctic, being rescued on his second trip in 1855. Originally this caster was probably part of a larger cruet set.
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1870
eMuseum Object ID:
25254
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
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.13403
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1850
eMuseum Object ID:
25253
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Candlestick
Classification:
Date:
1945-1865
Medium:
Glass
Dimensions:
overall: 10 x 3 1/2 x 3 1/2 in.
Description:
Pressed lead glass candlestick with dolphin standard; translucent blue hexagonal petal socket and baluster stem with six petals at bottom; stem joined by wafer to translucent white dolphin standard mounted on square plinth.
Object Number:
INV.3758
Gallery Label:
Due to the popularity of dolphin candlesticks, glass houses began to manufacture them in a variety of colors and with a range of different bases and sockets. Dolphin lamps and dishes were also produced. Because of their popularity among modern collectors, they have also been produced in the twentieth century.
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1865
eMuseum Object ID:
25252
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Bowl
Classification:
Date:
1830-1860
Medium:
Glass
Dimensions:
Overall: 1 1/8 x 4 3/8 in. ( 2.9 x 11.1 cm )
Description:
Deep blue pressed lead glass small dish; circular form with scalloped (wavy) edge; in well, sunburst on plain ground; field of diamonds receding in size towards well on interior rim; concentric rope circle around edge of dish, with wavy edge echoed below rim, with raised pattern of reflected shapes.
Credit Line:
Bequest of Weber Hill Arkenburgh
Object Number:
1948.277b
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1860
eMuseum Object ID:
25251
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Bowl
Collections:
Classification:
Date:
1825-1840
Medium:
Glass
Dimensions:
Overall: 1 1/4 x 5 5/8 in. ( 3.2 x 14.3 cm )
Description:
Colorless mold-blown glass bowl, probably blown in a mold for a tumbler, expanded, and formed into a bowl by tooling; with rim sheared and folded outward, bands of diagonal ribbing, diamond patterning, and vertical ribbing on sides, and crude star and pontil mark on base.
Credit Line:
Purchased from Elie Nadelman
Object Number:
1937.1087
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:
25250
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Candlesticks (pair)
Classification:
Date:
1850-1865
Medium:
Glass
Dimensions:
each: 7 5/8 x 4 in. ( 19.4 x 10.2 cm )
Description:
Pair of blue-green pressed lead glass candlestick with hexagonal baluster stem and socket; stem joined by wafer to hollow hexagonal trumpet-shaped base with blade knop and vertical section bounded by collars.
Credit Line:
Bequest of Mrs. F. MacDonald Sinclair (Jennie H. Sinclair)
Object Number:
1965.874ab
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1865
eMuseum Object ID:
25248
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
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