Table fork
Classification:
Date:
ca. 1751-1783
Medium:
Porcelain, steel
Dimensions:
Overall: 8 3/4 x 1 1/4 x 3/4 in. ( 22.2 x 3.2 x 1.9 cm )
Description:
Blue and white soft paste porcelain and steel fork; curved handle with painted blue flowers all over; molded handle socket, baluster stem and three pointed tines.
Credit Line:
Gift of Dr. Edmund Astley Prentis
Object Number:
1957.307b
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1783
eMuseum Object ID:
39738
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Worcester table knife
Classification:
Date:
ca. 1751-1783
Medium:
Porcelain, steel
Dimensions:
Overall: 11 x 1 5/8 x 1 1/8 in. ( 27.9 x 4.1 x 2.9 cm )
Description:
Blue and white soft paste porcelain and steel knife; curved handle with painted blue flowers all over; molded handle socket, flat and curved blade.
Credit Line:
Gift of Dr. Edmund Astley Prentis
Object Number:
1957.307a
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1783
eMuseum Object ID:
39736
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Clothes pins
Classification:
Date:
ca. 1825-1875
Medium:
Wood
Dimensions:
Overall (a): 5 in. × 1 1/8 in. × 1/2 in. (12.7 × 2.9 × 1.3 cm)
Overall (b): 5 in. × 1 1/8 in. × 3/8 in. (12.7 ×
Description:
Hand carved clothes pins with square top and slightly curved, pointed legs.
Object Number:
INV.7576a-c
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1875
eMuseum Object ID:
39647
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Cake board
Collections:
Classification:
Date:
ca. 1780-1830
Medium:
Wood
Dimensions:
Overall: 1 x 9 1/2 in. ( 2.5 x 24.1 cm )
Description:
Circular treenware cake board elaborately carved with a mythological scene of a man being eaten by a bear beneath a God-like figure standing next to five smaller men; town with dome-top buildings and spires in the background and a horse-driven chariot in the sky.
Credit Line:
Purchased from Elie Nadelman, 1937
Object Number:
INV.1008
Marks:
hand written: paper collector's label affixed to reverse: "230 Swiss"
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:
39611
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Spice box
Classification:
Date:
ca. 1858
Medium:
Pine, iron, tin
Dimensions:
Overall: 9 3/8 × 3 1/2 in. (23.8 × 8.9 cm)
Description:
Cylindrical box made of two circular wooden panels and a thin, wood panel bent into a circle, held together with tinned sheet iron stays; inside are eight small cylindrical boxes, made in the same way each marked with the name of a spice (a larger central "PEPPER" container with seven smaller ones for "ALLSPICE", "CINNAMON", "CLOVES", "GINGER", "MACE", "MUSTARD", and "NUTMEGS".
Credit Line:
Gift of Thomas S. Constantine
Object Number:
1935.51a-k
Marks:
impressed: mark on bottom of box: circular inscription "PATENT PACKAGING CO. / NEWARK / NEW JERSEY / PATD AUG 31 1858."
printed: in black on top of box: "SPICES"
printed: in black on smaller boxes: "CLOVES";"GINGER"; "CINNAMON"; "ALLSPICE"; "PEPPER"; "M
Gallery Label:
According to the donor, the spice box was used in 1865 by his mother, Mrs. Thomas S. Constantine (neé Harriet Emily Beckley) while she was housekeeping in the farmhouse on McGowan's land on 104th Street and Lexington Avenue, New York City.
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1858
eMuseum Object ID:
39279
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Mangle board
Collections:
Classification:
Date:
1791
Medium:
Birch (by microanalysis)
Dimensions:
Overall: 26 5/8 × 5 1/4 × 4 in. (67.6 × 13.3 × 10.2 cm)
Description:
Rectangular curved wooden board covered with geometric chip carved decoration; carved wooden handle attached to lower end of board.
Credit Line:
Purchased from Elie Nadelman
Object Number:
1937.1746
Marks:
carved near handle: "ANO 1791/ END/ ANO 1791"
Gallery Label:
Used to smooth linen, mangle boards were a traditional courtship gift in northern Europe, particularly in Holland, northern Germany, and Scandinavia. Damp fabric was wrapped around a wooden roller and placed on a flat table. The mangle was then balanced on the roller and firmly passed backwards and forwards to smooth the linen.
This mangle board 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:
1791
eMuseum Object ID:
39276
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Whetstone holder
Collections:
Classification:
Date:
1830-1840
Medium:
Wood, paint
Dimensions:
Overall: 12 x 3 1/4 x 4 in. ( 30.5 x 8.3 x 10.2 cm )
Description:
Flat back wooden whetstone holder with red, green, yellow, and blue painted decoration composed of heart, two flowers and concentric circles; two holes for mounting on wall on either side.
Credit Line:
Purchased from Elie Nadelman, 1937
Object Number:
INV.755[dup]
Marks:
painted: on front below opening: "SM"
Inscriptions:
hand written: collector's label affixed to back: "2651 / Swiss"
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.
Reapers filled these carved wooden flasks with water, strapped them onto their belts and carried them into the fields in order to keep a whetstone moist in the event that they needed to sharpen their scythe. Though prevalent throughout northern Europe, the shape and ornamentation of this oblong cylindrical holder is characteristic of the Swiss type, which often featured carved running ornaments and rosettes or painted hearts, bull's eyes and flowers. The flask, which was alternatively called a Wetzsteinköcher ("whetstone quiver") and a Wetzsteintasche ("whetstone pocket"), featured a tapered point at the base that allowed peasants to stake the quiver upright into the ground when resting from their labors in the fields, thus preventing the water from pouring out of the opening at the top.
Provenance:
The Folk Art Collection of Elie Nadelman
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1840
eMuseum Object ID:
39274
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Sausage grinder
Classification:
Date:
1775-1800
Medium:
Wood, iron
Dimensions:
Overall (box): 7 1/4 in. × 14 in. × 7 3/4 in. (18.4 × 35.6 × 19.7 cm)
Part (crank): 14 × 5 1/4 in. (35.6 × 13.3 c
Description:
Sausage grinder composed of wooden box with open section in cover and cylindrical interior; long wooden cylinder with wooden studs places horizontally inside; fifteen iron blades on one side of box positioned so as to mesh with studs.
Credit Line:
Purchased from Charles A. Brown
Object Number:
1936.505a-c
Provenance:
Purchased for $1.50.
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1800
eMuseum Object ID:
39243
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Container: Spoon box
Classification:
Date:
ca. 1723
Medium:
Pine, iron
Dimensions:
Overall: 10 x 6 x 5 1/2 in. ( 25.4 x 15.2 x 14 cm )
Description:
Pine spoon box with open floor crossed by five rods; side walls pierced by two side-long hearts connected by barbed line; on the outside of one end is a pair of hearts, one inside the other, curving lines, initials, and a date; the other end is plain, but comes to a curving, rounded point at the top, and is pierced below the point with a half-oval.
Object Number:
INV.1053
Gallery Label:
In German, these spoon boxes are called "loffelkasten."
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1723
eMuseum Object ID:
39242
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Pastry sleeve
Classification:
Date:
1800-1880
Medium:
Linen, metal
Dimensions:
Overall: 15 1/8 × 3 1/2 × 1/8 in. (38.4 × 8.9 × 0.3 cm)
Description:
Coated linen (or cotton) tapering tube with single seam, hand stitched; wide edge folded twice and hemmed, narrow opening fitted with black lacquer metal ring.
Object Number:
INV.7559
Marks:
hand written: in pencil on attached cardboard tag: "28c / $30.00"
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1880
eMuseum Object ID:
39175
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
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