Bottle: Brant's Indian Balsam
Collections:
Classification:
Date:
1850-1880
Medium:
Glass
Dimensions:
Overall: 7 x 2 1/2 in. ( 17.8 x 6.4 cm )
Description:
Aquamarine blown three-mold glass medicine bottle with down-tooled collar, scoop neck, octagonal body with "BRANDTS INDIAN BALSAM" inscribed lengthwise, push-up, and rough pontil mark.
Credit Line:
Purchased from Elie Nadelman
Object Number:
1937.1681
Marks:
relief: on three contiguous vertical panels: "BRANDTS/ INDIAN/ BALSAM"
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:
1880
eMuseum Object ID:
3365
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Funnel
Classification:
Date:
1800-1900
Medium:
Glass
Dimensions:
Overall: 6 1/2 x 4 1/2 in. ( 16.5 x 11.4 cm )
Description:
Colorless blown lead glass funnel with ground bore (possibly blown in a mold).
Credit Line:
Gift of Clarence G. Michalis
Object Number:
1953.705
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1900
eMuseum Object ID:
3031
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Medicine bottle with stopper
Classification:
Date:
1850-1925
Medium:
Glass
Dimensions:
with stopper: 8 1/4 x 3 in. ( 21 x 7.6 cm )
Description:
Sapphire blue blown nonlead glass medicine bottle with narrow mouth, flanged neck, cylindrical neck, rounded shoulder, and circular body with pontil mark on base; with pressed glass stopper.
Credit Line:
Bequest of Weber Hill Arkenburgh
Object Number:
1948.281ab
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1925
eMuseum Object ID:
3029
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Bowl and mortar
Classification:
Date:
1810-1850
Medium:
Glass, wood
Dimensions:
Part (mortar): 4 3/4 x 3 5/8 in. (12.1 x 9.2 cm)
Description:
Olive green blown lead glass footed mortar;cup-shaped form with folded lip and solid applied foot; pontil mark; turned wooden pestle.
Credit Line:
Bequest of Mrs. J. Insley Blair
Object Number:
1952.185ab
Gallery Label:
The pestle is probably not original.
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1850
eMuseum Object ID:
2870
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Martha Washington Hair Restorer
Classification:
Date:
ca. 1866
Medium:
Glass, paper
Dimensions:
Overall: 7 x 3 x 1 3/8 in. ( 17.8 x 7.6 x 3.5 cm )
Description:
Colorless mold-blown glass bottle still sealed with original label and contents; cylindrical neck with prescription lip, rounded shoulders, and straight-sided body with oval base; wrapped in blue paper with labels on front and back; front label: "Martha Washington Hair Restorer" with depiction of classically dressed woman with an American flag; back label: directions for use.
Object Number:
Z.608
Marks:
printed: label on front; "Martha Washington Hair Restorer"
printed: label on back; "Martha Washington HAIR RESTORER DIRECTIONS... PREPARED BY SIMONDS & CO., FITZWILLIAM N.H."
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1866
eMuseum Object ID:
2783
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Martha Washington Hair Restorer
Classification:
Date:
ca. 1866
Medium:
Glass, paper
Dimensions:
Overall: 7 x 3 x 1 3/8 in. ( 17.8 x 7.6 x 3.5 cm )
Description:
Colorless mold-blown glass bottle still sealed with original label and contents; cylindrical neck with prescription lip, rounded shoulders, and straight-sided body with oval base; wrapped in blue paper with labels on front and back; front label: "Martha Washington Hair Restorer" with depiction of classically dressed woman with an American flag; back label: directions for use.
Object Number:
Z.622
Marks:
printed: label on front; "Martha Washington Hair Restorer" and TR Hall... Boston"
printed: label on back; "Martha Washington HAIR RESTORER DIRECTIONS... PREPARED BY SIMONDS & CO., FITZWILLIAM N.H."
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1866
eMuseum Object ID:
2780
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Medicine bottle
Classification:
Date:
1906-1920
Medium:
Glass, paper, rubber
Dimensions:
Overall: 6 3/8 x 7/8 in. ( 16.2 x 2.2 cm )
Description:
Colorless glass medicine bottle blown in a mold with cylindrical neck, rounded shoulder, and long circular body; rubber stopper in narrow mouth; pasted on body, paper label printed in black with inscription beginning "Eau des Carmes déchaussés de la Rue de Vaugirard"; pasted on neck, paper label printed in black, reading "MADE IN FRANCE"; impressed on body, "EAU DES CARMES BOYER 14R TARANNE."
Object Number:
Z.523
Marks:
printed: on label affixed to neck: "MADE IN FRANCE"
printed: on label affixed to body: "Eau des Carmes déchaussés de la/Rue de Vaugirard de/Rue Taranne, 14, à Paris/Boyer/Par suite de l'expropriation de la rue Taranne en/l'anneé 1877, l'ancien labora
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1920
eMuseum Object ID:
2779
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Bottle: Lyon's Powder
Collections:
Classification:
Date:
1850-1900
Medium:
Glass
Dimensions:
Overall: 4 3/8 x 1 1/2 in. ( 11.1 x 3.8 cm )
Description:
Amethyst lead glass bottle made in three part mold with steeply sloping shoulders and narrow neck with lip; low relief inscription on shoulder; pontil mark in base.
Credit Line:
Purchased from Elie Nadelman
Object Number:
1937.1700
Marks:
molded: in low relief on shoulder: "B & P/ N.Y."; "LYONS/ POWDER"
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:
1900
eMuseum Object ID:
2637
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Druggist's jar fragments (2)
Classification:
Date:
1840-1880
Medium:
Glass, paper, plaster
Dimensions:
Overall (c): 3 3/4 in. × 3 in. (9.5 × 7.6 cm)
Overall (d): 3 1/2 × 2 1/2 × 1 3/8 in. (8.9 × 6.4 × 3.5 cm)
Description:
Two fragments associated with druggist's jar INV.6558ab; one piece (c) with hollow shank (now broken) surmounted by large, inverted bell-shaped finial; second fragment (d) with length of glass tubing set an angle into center top of a plaster-covered paper stopper.
Object Number:
INV.6558c-d
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1880
eMuseum Object ID:
2350
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Bottle
Classification:
Date:
1840-1880
Medium:
Glass
Dimensions:
Overall: 8 1/4 x 2 1/2 in. ( 21 x 6.4 cm )
Description:
Cobalt blue hexagonal glass bottle blown in a three-part mold with a hand-tooled finish embossed on two sides with "TAYLOR'S" and "BEST;" hexagonal base has a slight push-up and a pontil mark.
Credit Line:
Gift of Clarence G. Michalis
Object Number:
1953.407
Marks:
embossed: on two sides; "TAYLOR'S" and "BEST"
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1880
eMuseum Object ID:
1727
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
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