Tin
Classification:
Date:
1880-1910
Medium:
Metal
Dimensions:
1/4 x 1 in. diameter
Description:
This tiny tin has is cream and maroon and is marked on the top "Ola Nail White" and on the bottom "For Whitening and Cleansing Apply with orange stick/ Ola Specialty Company, New York".
Credit Line:
Gift of Bella C. Landauer
Object Number:
2002.1.437
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1910
eMuseum Object ID:
47535
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Cosmetic Jar
Classification:
Date:
1880-1910
Medium:
Ceramic
Dimensions:
3 x 3 1/2 in. diameter
Description:
This blue and white ceramic cosmetic jar has a small ceramic lid that is marked "Countie/ of/ Boston" and on the base "Magda Toilet Cream/ C. J. Countie & Co./ Chemists/ Boston U.S.A.". on the front and on the sides "An Exquisite Communion/ of Rare Blossoms", and "A Dainty Luxury/ for the Skin".
Credit Line:
Gift of Bella C. Landauer
Object Number:
2002.1.436
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1910
eMuseum Object ID:
47534
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Cosmetic Jar
Classification:
Date:
1880-1910
Medium:
Ceramic
Dimensions:
2 1/2 x 3 in. diameter
Description:
This ceramic cosmetic jar has a black design on the lid and the words "Pure Ox Marrow/ Prepared by/ Phalon/ Perfumer and Distiller/ 517 Broadway/ St. Nicholas Hotel/ New York". The body of the jar has a scence of cows by a mill steam with a waterwheel.
Credit Line:
Gift of Bella C. Landauer
Object Number:
2002.1.435
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1910
eMuseum Object ID:
47533
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Cosmetic Jar
Classification:
Date:
1880-1910
Medium:
Ceramic
Dimensions:
2 x 3 3/4 in. diameter
Description:
This ceramic cosmetic jar has a purple central drawing of a man looking into a mirror stroking his chin on the lid surrounded by the words "Taylor's Saponaceous Compound/ This Celebrated Shaving Soap has been in use more than Thirty Years, and meets with increasing Favour/ Manufactured by H.P. & C.R. Taylor, Philadelphia/ Business Established in 1820".
Credit Line:
Gift of Bella C. Landauer
Object Number:
2002.1.434
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1910
eMuseum Object ID:
47532
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Jar
Classification:
Date:
1884-1920
Medium:
Glass
Dimensions:
1 1/2 x 3 in. diameter
Description:
Milk glass cosmetic jar, embossed on the lid "Mrs. Cobb/ Manicure/ New York".
Credit Line:
Gift of Bella C. Landauer
Object Number:
2002.1.433
Gallery Label:
Cosmetics entrepreneur Mary E. Cobb (1852-1902) is credited with introducing the modern manicure to the United States. She learned the skill sometime after marrying Dr. Joseph Parker Pray, a podiatrist and cosmetics manufacturer, and opened her first parlor in 1878 adjoining his practice at 69 West 23rd Street in New York City.
After years of highly publicized proceedings, Cobb and Pray divorced in 1884 and she reverted to her maiden name, under which she operated her fashionable Manhattan parlors (also on West 23rd Street) and outposts in Chicago and London. Cobb developed and sold her own line of cosmetics, which included Bran-u Nail Powder polish, Pan-za hand cream, Manicure Eko soap, and Cherri-lip, a blush tint for nails, lips, and cheeks. In her pamphlet "How to be your own manicure" (1884), she described herself as the "originator of the manicure art in America"--a title her ex-husband competitively claimed in his own advertisements.
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1920
eMuseum Object ID:
47531
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Jar
Classification:
Date:
ca. 1870
Medium:
Ceramic
Dimensions:
1 5/8 x 2 3/4 in.
Description:
Cream-colored square ceramic tooth polish container; elaborate frame design printed in black on cover, "Formodenta/ An Elegant/ Preparation for Preserving/ & Whitening/ The Teeth/ Purifying & Perfuming The/ Breath/ Prepared by/ Caswell, Mack & Co./ New York & New Port R.I.".
Credit Line:
Gift of Bella C. Landauer
Object Number:
2002.1.432
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1875
eMuseum Object ID:
47530
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Tin
Classification:
Date:
1880-1910
Medium:
Metal
Dimensions:
3 3/8 x 2 in. diameter
Description:
This spice tin has a multicolored label with a picture of a women in a bonnet carrying flowers and the words "Stickney/ & Poor's/ Pure/ Cassia", another name for a species of cinnamon.
Credit Line:
Gift of Bella C. Landauer
Object Number:
2002.1.431
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1910
eMuseum Object ID:
47529
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Box
Classification:
Date:
1880-1910
Medium:
Paper
Dimensions:
6 1/4 x 4 1/8 x 1 5/8 in.
Description:
This cardboard box has a golden colored cardboard lid that has a fancy floral pattern cut through it and lined with green paper for a dramatic effect. Embossed into the top are the words "Wechsler and/ Abraham."
Credit Line:
Gift of Bella C. Landauer
Object Number:
2002.1.430
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1910
eMuseum Object ID:
47528
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Box
Classification:
Date:
1880-1910
Medium:
Paper
Dimensions:
3 1/4 x 2 3/4 x 1 5/8 in.
Description:
This cardboard box is covered in paper with green and red designs. The lid is dark blue with a drawing in black of a sheaf of grain and two barrels with the words "B. T. Babbit's/ Saleratus." Saleratus was a leavening agent that included baking soda.
Credit Line:
Gift of Bella C. Landauer
Object Number:
2002.1.429
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1910
eMuseum Object ID:
47527
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Box
Classification:
Date:
1880-1910
Medium:
Paper
Dimensions:
3 1/8 x 2 1/8 x 1 1/8 in.
Description:
This small cardboard gift box is light green with a dark green trim and a colored still life of fruit and vines on the lid. On the bottom, a rubber-stamp print reads " W.F. (name ???) Manuf'rs of/ Sea Bean & Alligator Tooth/ Jewelry/ Jacksonville, Fla."
Credit Line:
Gift of Bella C. Landauer
Object Number:
2002.1.428
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1910
eMuseum Object ID:
47526
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
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