Lion and Two Monkeys
Classification:
Date:
ca. 1883
Medium:
Iron, paint, glass
Dimensions:
Overall: 9 1/2 x 9 1/8 x 3 1/2 in. ( 24.1 x 23.2 x 8.9 cm )
Description:
Cast iron mechanical bank in the form of a lion, painted yellow, with mouth open and paws around tree trunk facing two monkeys, painted brown (one larger, one smaller, attached by smaller monkey's hinged arms), seated in fork at top of tree trunk, all mounted on textured base painted green with red and yellow highlights; when the lever at the base of the tree is pressed, the larger monkey drops the coin, and the lion opens his mouth to receive it.
Credit Line:
Gift of Henry M. Lucas
Object Number:
1940.464
Marks:
cast: beneath base: "PATJULY 17 1883"
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1883
eMuseum Object ID:
28012
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Paddy and the Pig
Collections:
Classification:
Date:
1882-1890
Medium:
Iron, paint
Dimensions:
Overall: 8 x 7 1/4 x 3 1/2 in. ( 20.3 x 18.4 x 8.9 cm )
Description:
Cast iron mechanical bank in the form of figure seated with feet pressed together, knees splayed out, holding pig (with nose facing up) between legs; caricature of Irishman with large head out of proportion to body, wearing hat with shamrock, knee breeches, stockings, and buckled shoes; when coin is placed on pig's nose, pressing the lever in back makes the pig kick the penny off of his nose; figure's eyes then roll back, his lower jaw moves, he sticks out his tongue, and the penny falls into Paddy's open mouth.
Credit Line:
Purchased from Elie Nadelman
Object Number:
1937.679
Marks:
cast: beneath base: "ENG PAT JULY 28/1882./US PAT AUG 8/1882."
cast: also beneath base: "1875 PAT FEB 2."
Gallery Label:
This bank was based on Patent No. 262,361, taken out by James H. Bowen on August 8, 1882 (See Publications).
Provenance:
The Folk Art Collection of Elie Nadelman
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1890
eMuseum Object ID:
28011
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Centennial
Classification:
Date:
1875-1885
Medium:
Iron, tin, paint
Dimensions:
Overall (a, locomotive): 4 1/2 × 6 1/2 × 2 3/4 in. (11.4 × 16.5 × 7 cm)
Description:
Tinned sheet iron floor train consisting of locomotive, two passenger carriages, and tender; locomotive (a) with blue engine, orange base and trim, and pale blue cab with decorative patterns stencilled in gilt; roof of cab curved and decorated with embossed flower and border, painted green; passenger carriages (c-d) with four plain windows on each side, corrugated roofs, and decorative patterns stencilled with gilt; second carriage (d) painted pale blue with orange roof, darker blue undercarriage; blue tender (b) with orange border around top and inside painted a cream color.
Object Number:
X.465a-d
Marks:
stencilled: on each side of locomotive: "CENTENNIAL"
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1885
eMuseum Object ID:
26951
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Pull toy (horse with foal)
Collections:
Classification:
Date:
1860-1890
Medium:
Iron, tin, paint
Dimensions:
Overall: 6 1/2 x 9 x 3 1/2 in. ( 16.5 x 22.9 x 8.9 cm )
Description:
Tinned sheet iron pull toy depicting horse trotting side by side with foal, mounted on platform with four cast iron wheels; white horse with red scalloped saddle blanket with triangular line decoration; white foal; green textured platform with pierced hole at front.
Credit Line:
Purchased from Elie Nadelman
Object Number:
1937.1556
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:
1890
eMuseum Object ID:
26623
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Pull toy (horse)
Classification:
Date:
1875-1900
Medium:
Wood, paint
Dimensions:
Overall: 11 1/2 x 10 5/8 x 6 in. ( 29.2 x 27 x 15.2 cm )
Description:
Carved wooden horse with round tail mounted on wooden platform with four wheels; horse painted with gray hindquarters and front legs on yellowish ground, black mane, tail, and bridle, and red eyebrows, nostrils, ears, and mouth; platform painted yellow with white curving lines.
Credit Line:
Gift of Katharine Prentis Murphy
Object Number:
1961.34
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1900
eMuseum Object ID:
26067
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Pull toy (elephant)
Collections:
Classification:
Date:
1860-1890
Medium:
Wood, paint, oilcloth
Dimensions:
Overall: 17 3/4 x 24 x 10 1/4 in. ( 45.1 x 61 x 26 cm )
Description:
Wooden elephant made from carved segments, painted brown, with black and dark red oilcloth tacked to upper body; mounted on oblong base with wooden wheels and view of house in circular frame painted at center; with long straight wooden handle.
Credit Line:
Purchased from Elie Nadelman
Object Number:
1937.486
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:
1890
eMuseum Object ID:
24072
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Goat pulling cart
Collections:
Classification:
Date:
1870-1890
Medium:
Iron, tin, paint
Dimensions:
Overall: 2 1/2 x 6 x 2 1/2 in. ( 6.4 x 15.2 x 6.4 cm )
Description:
Tinned sheet iron cart painted orange drawn by black goat; cart with sides graduated towards front, mounted on set of two wheels.
Credit Line:
Purchased from Elie Nadelman
Object Number:
1937.1555
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:
1890
eMuseum Object ID:
23944
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Jack-in-the box
Collections:
Classification:
Date:
1870-1900
Medium:
Wood, composition, textile, metal, paint
Dimensions:
Overall (open): 4 x 2 3/4 x 5 in. (10.2 x 7 x 12.7 cm)
Description:
Wooden jack-in-the-box with clown figure in wooden box decorated with dots cut out of paper and stuck on to box; composition clown head with molded and painted facial features including blue eyes, wide red mouth, and slashes of orange on cheeks, with blue cap; head is mounted on wooden disk covered with orange cloth; metal coil is covered with paper sleeve.
Credit Line:
Purchased from Elie Nadelman
Object Number:
1937.1260
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:
23698
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Mechanical box: organ grinder
Classification:
Date:
ca. 1850
Medium:
Cardboard, glass, paper, sand
Dimensions:
Overall: 10 1/4 x 8 1/4 x 2 1/2 in. ( 26 x 21 x 6.4 cm )
Description:
Sand toy composed of viewing box made of cardboard with glass window containing colored lithograph of City Hall Park with organ grinder and his monkey entertaining a group of children in the foreground; sand-operated mechanism inside box makes head and arm of organ grinder, monkey, and one child move.
Credit Line:
Purchase, Foster-Jarvis Fund
Object Number:
1952.40
Marks:
printed: on label affixed to back of box: "MECHANICAL BOX,/WITH OUTOMATON,/DIRECTIONS FOR ITS USE./... [in English and German]/GERARD CAMAGNI"
Gallery Label:
The term "sand toy" is used in Toys in America by Inez and Marshall McClintock (See Publications).
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1850
eMuseum Object ID:
23641
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Paper doll
Collections:
Classification:
Date:
1830-1860
Medium:
Paper, paint
Dimensions:
Overall: 9 3/4 x 6 1/2 in. ( 24.8 x 16.5 cm )
Description:
Painted cut-out paper figure: woman standing and holding tray, with open pantry in the background and small brown dog and foot stool with sewing basket on top in the foreground.
Credit Line:
Purchased from Elie Nadelman
Object Number:
1937.1794o
Marks:
written: in ink on reverse: "Charlotte. / Brush."
Gallery Label:
Portraying mostly women and children as they perform domestic tasks (sewing, cooking, harvesting, or teaching/learning) and leisure activities (reading, writing letters, painting, or playing music), these richly decorated, hand-painted paper dolls present a broad view of mid-nineteenth-century daily life. The mass commercial appeal of paper dolls arose around 1850 when these dolls began to appear in popular periodicals; however, homemade, hand-painted dolls had been circulating long beforehand. These dolls belong to a larger set of 85 figures, which were crafted around 1855 for a young girl in the Canadian town of Drummondville outside Quebec City, as indicated by an inscription on the reverse of one doll in the set and by a November 1924 article in Harper's Magazine featuring a descendent of the original owner, Ms. Lenox E. Chase. While it is unclear who painted these dolls, and while they may have been produced over an extended period of time given variations in the stock and coloration of the paper, all of the dolls seem to have been crafted by the same artist and each one includes its own unique name, written on the verso by the same hand each time. Genealogical records suggest that the dolls originally belonged to the Sutherland family, a Canadian family of British descent who had arrived in the English-Canadian town of Drummondville by the 1840's, and the dolls eventually would have been passed down to Ms. Chase, from whom Elie Nadelman likely acquired the set for his Museum of Folk and Peasant Arts.
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:
1860
eMuseum Object ID:
23166
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
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