Goblet
Classification:
Date:
1860-1890
Medium:
Glass
Dimensions:
Overall: 5 3/4 x 3 1/4 in. ( 14.6 x 8.3 cm )
Description:
Colorless pressed glass goblet with bucket-shaped bowl, six raised rectangular panels around sides, two narrow rings at center of stem, and stepped foot with faceted rim.
Credit Line:
Bequest of Weber Hill Arkenburgh
Object Number:
1948.354b
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1890
eMuseum Object ID:
25162
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Decanters (pair) with stopper
Classification:
Date:
1840-1880
Medium:
Glass
Dimensions:
each: 10 1/2 x 3 1/4 in. ( 26.7 x 8.3 cm )
Description:
Pair of colorless cut lead glass decanters; tapering, septagonal cylindrical neck with flaring lip; seven panels cut around sloping shoulders; septagonal body with deep cut ribs separating panels; conical stopper with air bubble, cut with six panels at top, middle, and bottom
Credit Line:
Bequest of Weber Hill Arkenburgh
Object Number:
1948.285a-d
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1880
eMuseum Object ID:
25161
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Jar with cover
Collections:
Classification:
Date:
1875-1925
Medium:
Glass
Dimensions:
Overall: 3 x 2 in. ( 7.6 x 5.1 cm )
Description:
Green pressed glass jar or cannister with screw-on cover; paneled cylindrical body with faceted rim at base and shoulders, bottom impressed with circular indentation and ribbed ring; circular cover with flattened mushroom finial with faceted edge.
Credit Line:
Purchased from Elie Nadelman
Object Number:
1937.1651a
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:
1925
eMuseum Object ID:
25160
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Jar with cover
Collections:
Classification:
Date:
1875-1925
Medium:
Glass
Dimensions:
Overall: 3 x 2 in. ( 7.6 x 5.1 cm )
Description:
Green pressed glass jar or cannister with screw-on cover; paneled cylindrical body with faceted rim at base and shoulders, bottom impressed with circular indentation and ribbed ring; circular cover with flattened mushroom finial with faceted edge.
Credit Line:
Purchased from Elie Nadelman
Object Number:
1937.1651b
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:
1925
eMuseum Object ID:
25159
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Shakers (pair)
Classification:
Date:
1877-1890
Medium:
Glass, metal
Dimensions:
each: 2 1/2 x 1 1/4 in.
Description:
Pair of amethyst glass salt shakers blown in a two-part mold with a separate base plate; spherical body with a threaded neck and a pad foot molded with a starburst pattern; pewter domed top with finial, round holes, and a threaded collar and iron fixture inside.
Object Number:
INV.519ab
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1890
eMuseum Object ID:
25158
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Shaker
Classification:
Date:
1877-1890
Medium:
Glass, metal
Dimensions:
Overall: 2 1/2 x 1 1/4 in. ( 6.4 x 3.2 cm )
Description:
Amethyst glass salt shaker blown in a two-part mold with a separate base plate; spherical body with a threaded neck and a pad foot molded with a starburst pattern; pewter domed top with finial, round holes, and a threaded collar and iron fixture inside.
Object Number:
INV.519b
Marks:
impressed: on cover; "DANA K ALDEN, BOSTON/ PAT DEC 25, 1877"
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1890
eMuseum Object ID:
25157
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Shaker
Classification:
Date:
1877-1890
Medium:
Glass, metal
Dimensions:
Overall: 2 1/2 x 1 1/4 in. ( 6.4 x 3.2 cm )
Description:
Amethyst glass salt shaker blown in a two-part mold with a separate base plate; spherical body with a threaded neck and a pad foot molded with a starburst pattern; pewter domed top with finial, round holes, and a threaded collar and iron fixture inside.
Object Number:
INV.519a
Marks:
impressed: on cover; "DANA K ALDEN, BOSTON/ PAT DEC 25, 1877"
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1890
eMuseum Object ID:
25156
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Shaker
Classification:
Date:
1877-1890
Medium:
Glass, metal
Dimensions:
Overall: 2 1/2 x 1 1/4 in. ( 6.4 x 3.2 cm )
Description:
Blue glass salt shaker blown in a two-part mold with a separate base plate; spherical body with a threaded neck and a pad foot molded with a starburst pattern; pewter domed top with finial, round holes, and a threaded collar and iron fixture inside.
Object Number:
INV.13275
Marks:
impressed: on cover; "DANA K ALDEN, BOSTON/ PAT DEC 25, 1877"
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1890
eMuseum Object ID:
25155
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Salt shaker
Collections:
Classification:
Date:
1877-1890
Medium:
Glass, metal
Dimensions:
Overall: 2 1/2 x 1 1/4 in. ( 6.4 x 3.2 cm )
Description:
Blue glass salt shaker blown in a two-part mold with a separate base plate; spherical body with a threaded neck and a pad foot molded with a starburst pattern; pewter domed top with finial, round holes, and a threaded collar and iron fixture inside.
Credit Line:
Purchased from Elie Nadelman
Object Number:
1937.1650
Marks:
impressed: on cover; "DANA K ALDEN, BOSTON/ PAT DEC 25, 1877"
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:
1890
eMuseum Object ID:
25154
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Dish: footed compote with cover
Collections:
Classification:
Is owned by NYHS:
Yes
Highlight:
Display this item in the highlights
Date:
1825-1845
Medium:
Glass
Dimensions:
Overall: 10 x 8 in. ( 25.4 x 20.3 cm )
Description:
Colorless cut lead glass compote with cover; hemispherical bowl cut with strawberry diamonds, with wide horizontal scalloped rim cut with strawberry diamonds and fans, on faceted pedestal stem with central knop cut with diagonal ribs, on flat scalloped base cut underneath with rays radiating from center; domed cover cut with strawberry diamonds, with large mushroom-shaped finial cut with strawberry diamonds on short stem with central knop cut with diagonal ribs.
Credit Line:
Gift of Lena Cadwalader Evans
Object Number:
1936.693ab
Gallery Label:
According to the accession records, this object belonged to either Abigail Cornell (1766-1854), who married Israel Corse in 1810, or to Angeline Burr, wife of Morris Ketchum (1796-1880).
Bibliography:
Denker, Ellen Paul. "Collector' legacies." The Magazine Antiques 167 (2005): 176-180.
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1845
eMuseum Object ID:
25153
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
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