Match box with cover and matches
Classification:
Date:
1880-1910
Medium:
Wood
Dimensions:
Overall: 2 5/8 x 1 5/8 in. ( 6.7 x 4.1 cm )
Description:
Cylindrical wooden box with fitted circular cover; the box is not painted or stained; blue paper label affixed to side; box contains matches.
Object Number:
INV.2192ab
Date Begin:
1880
Date End:
1910
eMuseum Object ID:
40999
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Tobacco packet
Classification:
Date:
1880-1910
Medium:
Cotton, paper, tobacco
Dimensions:
Overall: 3 1/4 x 2 1/8 x 7/8 in. ( 8.3 x 5.4 x 2.2 cm )
Description:
Small cotton drawstring bag of tobacco wrapped in paper label and sealed with blue paper strip; color printed label is inscribed and depicts a railroad train on tracks driving a buffalo before it; the seal is printed in black with inscriptions and a portrait of John Quincy Adams.
Object Number:
INV.1106
Date Begin:
1880
Date End:
1910
eMuseum Object ID:
40997
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Tobaco Container w/lid
Collections:
Classification:
Date:
1880-1910
Medium:
Cedar, sheet metal
Dimensions:
Overall: 4 3/4 x 4 1/8 in. ( 12.1 x 10.5 cm )
Description:
Cylindrical wooden box with sheet metal bands holding bottom and cover in place; two paper labels with inscriptions affixed to back; one label is color printed with a scrolling sheet of paper amidst flowers, and the other is printed in black and white and only bears an inscription.
Credit Line:
Purchased from Elie Nadelman
Object Number:
1937.1550ab
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:
1880
Date End:
1910
eMuseum Object ID:
40961
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Tobaco Container w/lid
Collections:
Classification:
Date:
ca. 1886
Medium:
Cedar, sheet metal
Dimensions:
Overall: 3 1/2 x 3 1/4 in. ( 8.9 x 8.3 cm )
Description:
Cylindrical wooden box with bands of sheet metal holding bottom and cover in place; running dog painted on body, and printed decals of rooster and dog's head applied; cover painted with floral border with horse head decal applied at center.
Credit Line:
Purchased from Elie Nadelman
Object Number:
1937.1551ab
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:
1886
Date End:
1886
eMuseum Object ID:
40960
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Match box with cover and matches
Classification:
Date:
1880-1910
Medium:
Wood
Dimensions:
Overall: 2 1/2 x 1 5/8 in. ( 6.4 x 4.1 cm )
Description:
Unfinished cylindrical wooden box with fitted circular cover; fragments of white paper label affixed to side; box contains matches.
Object Number:
INV.2191ab
Date Begin:
1880
Date End:
1910
eMuseum Object ID:
40959
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Framed set of tobacco pipes (16)
Classification:
Date:
1850-1900
Medium:
Clay
Dimensions:
largest: 1 x 7 in. ( 2.5 x 17.8 cm )
Description:
Clay tobacco pipes.
Object Number:
INV.5772.1-16
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1900
eMuseum Object ID:
40496
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Framed set of tobacco pipes (12)
Classification:
Date:
1850-1900
Medium:
Clay
Dimensions:
largest: 2 x 6 in. ( 5.1 x 15.2 cm )
Description:
Clay tobacco pipes.
Object Number:
INV.6197.1-12
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1900
eMuseum Object ID:
40493
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Pipe
Classification:
Date:
1825-1900
Medium:
Meerschaum
Dimensions:
overall (lying flat): 2 1/2 x 2 1/4 x 24 in. ( 6.4 x 5.7 x 61 cm )
Description:
J-shaped, long-stemmed meerschaum pipe; bowl the form of male colonial or federal-period male wearing a tricorn.
Object Number:
Z.3185
Marks:
raised: left side, near bowl: "SAINT NICHOLAS SOCIETY"
raised: right side, near bowl: "NEW YORK"
Gallery Label:
This pipe is commemorative of New York's St. Nicholas Society.
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1900
eMuseum Object ID:
40374
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Matchbox
Classification:
Date:
1903-1904
Medium:
Metal, paper
Dimensions:
Overall: 2 3/4 x 1 1/2 x 1/2 in. ( 7 x 3.8 x 1.3 cm )
Description:
Sterling silver matchbox with side hinged lid with floral design on top, all corners are rounded, an admission ticket folded inside designed to resemble a stock certificate, brass medallion with inscription on one side, brass gridiron on the other side.
Credit Line:
Gift of Susan E. Lyman in memory of Robert H. Lyman
Object Number:
1941.1056
Marks:
stamped: center, on brass medallion: "THE GRIDIRON CLUB / JAN 30 1904"
printed: center, ticket inside box: "One Share / of the / Gridiron Alimentary / Canal Stock"
Gallery Label:
The Gridiron Club was established in 1885 in Washington, D.C. as a dining club. It's purpose was "save to entertain the friends of its members in a unique manner and to banish the boresome features of dining." It's members included prominent politicians, including Theodore Roosevelt and William H. Taft.
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1904
eMuseum Object ID:
40246
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Snuff bottle
Collections:
Classification:
Date:
1820-1870
Medium:
Glass, cork, paper
Dimensions:
Overall: 3 1/2 x 1 3/4 x 1 3/4 in. ( 8.9 x 4.4 x 4.4 cm )
Description:
Brown nonlead glass snuff bottle blown in a three-part mold with rudimentary neck, rounded shoulder, square body with rounded corners, rectangular indentation on base, and diagonal mold seam; pasted on front, remains of paper label printed in black with illustration of Indian holding smoking pipe and leaning on cask marked "LORILLARD'S", above inscription beginning "MACCOBOY SNUFF"; cork wedged in mouth of bottle.
Credit Line:
Gift of Elie Nadelman
Object Number:
1938.325c
Marks:
printed: on label affixed to bottle: "LORIL/LARD'S/MACCOBOY SNUFF/Manufactured by/GEO. W. HELME CO. SUCCESSOR TO/P. LORILLARD CO./NOTICE: THE MANUFACTURER OF THIS TOBACCO HAS COM-/PLIED WITH ALL REQUIREMENTS OF LAW EVERY PER-/SON IS CAUTIONED, UNDER THE P
Gallery Label:
Peter and George Lorillard founded a business for the manufacture of snuff in 1794, when they built mills in New York for that express purpose. Lorillard's operated at 30 Chatham Street until 1818. (See Publications) According to the label, Geo. W. Helme Co. succeeded to this business, at an unknown date.
Provenance:
The Folk Art Collection of Elie Nadelman
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1870
eMuseum Object ID:
40207
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
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