Candlestick
Classification:
Date:
1800-1840
Medium:
Pewter
Dimensions:
Overall: 5 5/8 x 3 7/8 in. ( 14.3 x 9.8 cm )
Description:
Pewter baluster-shaped candlestick with overhanging bobeche, molded circular base with engraved rings, also rings under bobeche.
Credit Line:
Gift of Samuel V. Hoffman
Object Number:
1922.96
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1840
eMuseum Object ID:
17562
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
teapot
Classification:
Date:
1787-1811
Medium:
Pewter, wood
Dimensions:
Overall: 6 1/4 x 11 x 5 1/8 in. ( 15.9 x 27.9 x 13 cm )
Description:
Globular-shaped teapot with wooden bracket handle, wooden square finial, hinged lid, and ball feet; molded shell and feather decoration on each side.
Credit Line:
Purchase
Object Number:
1968.7
Marks:
stamped: in serrated rectangle on bottom: "COLDWELL"; also "5" and "4"
Gallery Label:
Once thought to have been made by New York City pewterer George Coldwell, this teapot is now believed to be the work of an English pewterer with the same surname.
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1811
eMuseum Object ID:
17560
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
teapot
Collections:
Classification:
Date:
1830-1840
Medium:
Pewter (Britannia metal), wood
Dimensions:
Overall: 6 1/4 x 11 5/8 x 4 1/2 in. ( 15.9 x 29.5 x 11.4 cm )
Description:
Globular shaped teapot with bracketed, painted wood handle and square finial, hinged lid, curved spout, molded shell, and feather feet, bright cut decoration sides of flowers and leaves.
Credit Line:
Purchased from Elie Nadelman
Object Number:
1937.398
Marks:
stamped: on bottom: "DIXON & SON/ 5"
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:
17559
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Flagon
Classification:
Date:
1813-1856
Medium:
Pewter
Dimensions:
Overall: 11 3/4 x 8 1/2 x 6 in. ( 29.8 x 21.6 x 15.2 cm )
Description:
Pewter flagon with hinged lid, brass pin, domed and banded with knop finial; covered spout; applied hollow scroll handle with erect curlicue thumb pad; tapering columnar vessel; four bands near top and near base flared base.
Credit Line:
Gift of Katharine Prentis Murphy
Object Number:
1964.49
Marks:
stamped: on base: "I TRASK"
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1856
eMuseum Object ID:
17558
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Teapot
Classification:
Date:
1825-1860
Medium:
Pewter (Britannia metal)
Dimensions:
Overall: 9 1/2 x 10 3/8 x 5 1/8 in. ( 24.1 x 26.4 x 13 cm )
Description:
Britannia metal teapot with plain-molded baluster body and molded, circular foot, scrolled handle painted black, and hinged lid with baluster finial.
Credit Line:
Gift of Samuel V. Hoffman
Object Number:
1922.64
Gallery Label:
The handle has been replaced.
Provenance:
The George W. Nash Collection of Ulster County, New York Household Artifacts
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1860
eMuseum Object ID:
17557
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Deep dish
Classification:
Date:
1770-1800
Medium:
Pewter
Dimensions:
Overall: 1 1/4 x 16 1/4 in. ( 3.2 x 41.3 cm )
Description:
Circular pewter deep dish with plain brim and sunken well, and folded rim, and seam on underside.
Credit Line:
Gift of John V. Irwin
Object Number:
1957.250
Marks:
inscribed: on underside: "X"
Gallery Label:
According to accession records, this dish was from the home of the donor's great-grandfather, Willem Vosburgh (1772-1839), who worked as a contractor and lived at 739 Broadway, Albany, New York. Willem Vosburgh was a lineal descendant of Abram Pieterse Vosburgh, who came from Holland and settled at Beverwyck (now Albany) in 1653. The Vosburghs were one of the oldest Holland Dutch families of Albany.
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1800
eMuseum Object ID:
17385
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Dish
Classification:
Date:
ca. 1800
Medium:
Pewter
Dimensions:
Overall: 7/8 x 16 1/2 in. ( 2.2 x 41.9 cm )
Description:
Single reed rim shallow dish.
Credit Line:
Gift of Samuel V. Hoffman
Object Number:
1922.77
Marks:
engraved: on back: "This platter/inherited by/Catherine Clark/Born Jany 23, 1768 Died Septem 10 1841/married/Major JNO Hyatt/July 3 1786/Peekskill/NEW YORK"
engraved: on back of rim: "1901/Gwen GWN"
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1800
eMuseum Object ID:
16805
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Charger
Classification:
Date:
ca. 1845
Medium:
Pewter
Dimensions:
Overall: 1 1/8 x 13 1/2 in. ( 2.9 x 34.3 cm )
Description:
Pewter dish with plain brim.
Credit Line:
Gift of Mrs. Edward Rutledge and daughters
Object Number:
1954.188
Marks:
inscribed: under brim: "Henry Remson/ 1762-1845"
marked: illegible
Gallery Label:
Henry Remsen, Jr. (1762-1843) was a financier, bank executive, and real-estate investor in New York City. He was a clerk in the United States Office of Foreign Affairs by 1784 and served as chief clerk in the Department of State during the first part of Thomas Jefferson’s tenure as secretary of state. He left that post in 1792 to become first teller of the New York branch of the Bank of the United States. Remsen became a cashier at the Manhattan Bank about 1801 and served as its president from 1808 until about 1825.
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1845
eMuseum Object ID:
16801
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
plate: inscription in German...1740. Animal/bird design
Classification:
Highlight:
Not promoted
Date:
late 18th century
Medium:
Pewter
Dimensions:
Overall: 8 3/8 in. ( 21.3 cm )
Description:
Shallow plate with inscription on rim and wriggled work decoration with animals and a bird.
Object Number:
INV.13806
Marks:
inscribed: on front of plate on brim: "I.C R. M. 1740 DER KÖNIIG REIN KAM HAI R.E. GIRI 46 IAR 1786 FRIDRICH SIIRBI WILLHELM ERBI" and touchmarks in two circles "66, W", bird facing left.
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
0
eMuseum Object ID:
16800
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Plate
Classification:
Date:
1780-1820
Medium:
Pewter
Dimensions:
Overall: 1 1/8 x 9 1/8 in. ( 2.9 x 23.2 cm )
Description:
Pewter plate with plain brim.
Object Number:
INV.13804
Marks:
marked: on bottom: "Z FEIN" [mostly illegible]
inscribed: under brim: "L"
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1820
eMuseum Object ID:
16799
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
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