Form in shape of foot: Baby sock drier
Classification:
Date:
1800-1840
Medium:
Wood, linen
Dimensions:
Overall: 6 5/8 x 1 3/4 x 4 1/8 in. ( 16.8 x 4.4 x 10.5 cm )
Description:
Wooden form in the shape of a small foot, covered at the top with linen fabric.
Credit Line:
Gift of Alice Dillingham
Object Number:
1959.65
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1840
eMuseum Object ID:
30547
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Cake board (2) w/figurines
Collections:
Classification:
Date:
ca. 1800-1830
Medium:
Wood
Dimensions:
Overall: 1 x 11 3/4 in. ( 2.5 x 29.8 cm )
Description:
Circular treenware cake board carved on one side with a man and a boy holding a rifle and an arrow surrounded by a border of six niches containing a variety of game; the reverse is carved with a man on horseback blowing a horn.
Credit Line:
Purchased from Elie Nadelman, 1937
Object Number:
INV.6541
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:
30483
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Flower holder
Classification:
Date:
1850-1900
Medium:
Granite
Dimensions:
Overall: 2 1/2 x 2 3/8 x 2 3/8 in. ( 6.4 x 6 x 6 cm )
Description:
Square block of granite with five holes drilled in top to hold flower stems.
Object Number:
INV.13817
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1900
eMuseum Object ID:
30174
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Key
Classification:
Date:
1800-1900
Medium:
Ivory
Dimensions:
Overall: 3 1/4 x 1 1/8 x 3/8 in. ( 8.3 x 2.9 x 1 cm )
Description:
Carved ivory key, now broken in two pieces.
Object Number:
INV.8729ab
Marks:
handwritten in ink: on projecting piece at lower end: "Elise Eder" and "sansEdct" (?)
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1900
eMuseum Object ID:
29944
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Tray
Classification:
Date:
1850-1900
Medium:
Baleen, wood, metal
Dimensions:
Overall: 3 1/2 x 6 3/8 x 10 3/4 in. ( 8.9 x 16.2 x 27.3 cm )
Description:
Baleen cutlery or letter tray with divided compartment; exterior of sides and central divider with handle all decorated with foliate engraving; letters "M C" engraved on either side of cut-out heart in central divider; wood base and metal corner mounts.
Credit Line:
Gift of Dr. Frederic Griffith
Object Number:
Z.1441
Marks:
engraved: on either side of heart cut-out: "MC"
Gallery Label:
This tray, along with a knife and fish line reel, was made by sailors on a Norwegian whaling ship during a whaling voyage to the Ross Sea in the Antartic Ocean.
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1900
eMuseum Object ID:
29927
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Vase and frame
Classification:
Date:
1870-1900
Medium:
Bronze, wood (teakwood)
Dimensions:
Overall: 6 3/4 x 7 1/8 in. ( 17.1 x 18.1 cm )
Description:
Cylindrical bronze container with dense cast and engraved ornament with a rectangular band of Asian characters; green patina visible beneath base; pierced circular wood frame on stand.
Credit Line:
Gift of Miss Alice Temple Parkin
Object Number:
1944.137ab
Gallery Label:
This vase is believed to have been made in the Ming Dynasty.
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1900
eMuseum Object ID:
29356
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Foot warmer
Classification:
Date:
1790-1830
Medium:
Wood, iron, tin
Dimensions:
Overall: 6 x 9 1/8 x 7 3/4 in. ( 15.2 x 23.2 x 19.7 cm )
Description:
Tinned iron box with hinged door pierced on top and sides, large and small piercing on sides with floral motifs, wood frame with turned supports.
Credit Line:
Gift of John Ward Dunsmore
Object Number:
1941.1164
Gallery Label:
According to accession records, this footwarmer was used by the donor in his historical paintings.
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1830
eMuseum Object ID:
29353
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Foot warmer
Classification:
Date:
1800-1830
Medium:
Wood, iron, tin
Dimensions:
Overall: 5 7/8 x 9 x 7 3/4 in. ( 14.9 x 22.9 x 19.7 cm )
Description:
Metal box with hinged door, pierced top, and pierced hearts and flowers on sides, in wood frame with four turned supports; wire bail handle and removable square tray with flange handle.
Credit Line:
Gift of Mr. Thomas Mott Fraser & Mrs. C. G. Parker in memory of their mother, Martha Mott Fraser
Object Number:
1951.38
Marks:
carved: in frame: "M. MILLER"; "PEW NO. 94"
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1830
eMuseum Object ID:
29350
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Foot warmer
Classification:
Date:
1800-1850
Medium:
Wood, iron
Dimensions:
Overall: 6 7/8 x 9 3/8 x 7 1/2 in. ( 17.5 x 23.8 x 19 cm )
Description:
Rectangular wood box with pierced holes in top and sides forming lozenges, painted red, front panel slides up to reveal interior wire bail handle.
Object Number:
INV.14873
Gallery Label:
According to Don Fennimore, the sliding door was replaced.
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1850
eMuseum Object ID:
29347
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Grinder
Collections:
Classification:
Date:
1800-1850
Medium:
Wood, iron
Dimensions:
Overall: 12 1/4 x 4 1/4 in. ( 31.1 x 10.8 cm )
Description:
Turned wood grinder with iron perforated cover screwed in on one end and separate wood plunger.
Credit Line:
Purchased from Elie Nadelman
Object Number:
1937.1600ab
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:
1850
eMuseum Object ID:
29312
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
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