Pipe bowl w/tag
Collections:
Classification:
Date:
1800-1900
Medium:
Meerschaum
Dimensions:
Overall: 5 1/2 x 4 x 1 3/4 in. ( 14 x 10.2 x 4.4 cm )
Description:
J-shaped meerschaum pipe bowl with deep bowl covered by domed, hinged silver lid with ball finial and scroll latch; scalloping decoration around base; stem end ringed with silver.
Credit Line:
Purchased from Elie Nadelman, 1937
Object Number:
INV.7697
Marks:
carved: on stem end: "ARIER"
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:
7752
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Pipe bowl w/tag
Classification:
Date:
1800-1900
Medium:
Wood, silver
Dimensions:
Overall: 5 1/2 x 5 x 3 in. ( 14 x 12.7 x 7.6 cm )
Description:
J-shaped wooden pipe bowl with hinged silver lid and silver covered stem end.
Object Number:
INV.7698
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1900
eMuseum Object ID:
7568
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Pipe bowl
Collections:
Classification:
Date:
1850-1925
Medium:
Earthenware
Dimensions:
Overall: 2 3/4 x 3 1/2 x 1 1/8 in. ( 7 x 8.9 x 2.9 cm )
Description:
White earthenware L-shaped pipe bowl with deep bowl and curved neck; impressed with gilded crown over shield.
Credit Line:
Purchased from Elie Nadelman, 1937
Object Number:
INV.8588
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:
1925
eMuseum Object ID:
7554
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Pipe: St. Nicholas Society of NY, head fig. w/tricorner hat
Classification:
Highlight:
Not promoted
Date:
ca. 1880-1920
Medium:
Earthenware
Dimensions:
Overall: 2 x 23 3/8 x 3 in. ( 5.1 x 59.4 x 7.6 cm )
Description:
Earthenware pipe with yellow glaze made for the Saint Nicholas Society in New York; bowl is molded into shape of a man's head in tricorn hat and eighteenth
century costume; tapering shaft terminates in white mouthpiece.
Object Number:
INV.7888
Marks:
stamped: on shaft: "L. Fiolet/St. Omar/FRANCE"
molded: on side of shaft: "SAINT NICHOLAS SOCIETY/NEW YORK"
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1920
eMuseum Object ID:
7477
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Pipe bowl
Classification:
Date:
ca. 1810
Medium:
Meerschaum, metal
Dimensions:
Overall: 5 x 1 1/2 x 2 1/4 in. ( 12.7 x 3.8 x 5.7 cm )
Description:
Ovoid meerschaum pipe bowl with incised image of Napoleon with sword and trumpet and inscription beneath, "Vive L'empereur Napoleon, Bruxelles, 1810"; stem extends downward at a slight angle; hinged metal lid with incised, cross-hatched band.
Credit Line:
Purchased from Elie Nadelman, 1937
Object Number:
INV.8453
Marks:
incised: below figure: "VIVE L'EMPEREUR/NAPOLEON/Bruxelles 1810"
printed: paper label affixed to bowl: "80"
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1810
eMuseum Object ID:
7363
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Tobacco curer
Collections:
Classification:
Date:
1860-1900
Medium:
Jute, wood, cotton
Dimensions:
Overall: 13 5/8 x 2 1/2 in. ( 34.6 x 6.4 cm )
Description:
Jute, wood, and cotton tobacco curer; bottle-shaped wooden cylinder tapered at one end, and wrapped with rope over canvas lining.
Credit Line:
Gift of Elie Nadelman
Object Number:
1938.346
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:
7317
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Snuff box
Classification:
Date:
1825-1875
Medium:
Ivory
Dimensions:
Overall: 1 1/4 x 3 x 2 1/8 in. ( 3.2 x 7.6 x 5.4 cm )
Description:
Oval carved ivory snuffbox with hinged lid at the center top; lid has altar scene surrounded with acanthus leaves, rinceau border around the sides, bottom image of a kneeling monk outside a religious structure, with crucified Christ in the air.
Object Number:
INV.7982
Marks:
incised: front side: "Sang on mit Bott mit Bott bor nu / dirl itt der lebenffe lebens Louf (?)"
incised: bottom: SFRAN - H - L CISCUS / Hoferius"
Gallery Label:
The image on the bottom possibly depicts St. Francis of Assisi.
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1875
eMuseum Object ID:
7280
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Snuffbox with lid
Classification:
Date:
ca. 1812-1820
Medium:
Papier-mâché
Dimensions:
Overall: 7/8 x 4 in. ( 2.2 x 10.2 cm )
Description:
Circular papier-mâché snuffbox with painted depiction of City Hall, New York on lid.
Credit Line:
Gift of Mrs. Thomas Hunt
Object Number:
1931.30ab
Marks:
painted: inscription on inside of lid: "City Hall"; on inside of box: "12.X"
Gallery Label:
The New York City Hall building at Broadway and Park Row was designed by John McComb Jr. and Joseph François Mangin, and was completed in 1812.
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1820
eMuseum Object ID:
6003
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Pipe bowl: harbor scene; Nina, 1847
Classification:
Date:
ca. 1847
Medium:
Porcelain, sheet metal
Dimensions:
Overall: 5 3/8 x 1 1/2 x 1 3/8 in. ( 13.7 x 3.8 x 3.5 cm )
Description:
Ovoid porcelain pipe bowl painted in polychrome enamels with harbor scene with domed buildings and mountains in the background, goats, and sheet metal cover has inscription.
Object Number:
INV.8481
Marks:
incised: on cover: "Nina/1847"
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1847
eMuseum Object ID:
5603
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Pipe bowl
Collections:
Classification:
Date:
1880-1900
Medium:
Ceramic
Dimensions:
Overall: 4 1/8 x 3 5/8 x 4 1/8 in. ( 10.5 x 9.2 x 10.5 cm )
Description:
Pipe bowl with circular flaring rim with impressed geometric pattern and saw-toothed edge around hole for tobacco and abstract flower with impressed decoration around hole for stem; tobacco and stem openings connected by L-shaped joint.
Credit Line:
Purchased from Elie Nadelman, 1937
Object Number:
INV.8476
Marks:
incised: on back of rim around opening for tobacco: "[Hork]iss Gabor/ [illegible]"
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:
5415
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
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