Automatic Waltzer
Collections:
Classification:
Date:
ca. 1890-1910
Medium:
Iron, tin, paint
Dimensions:
Overall: 8 x 7 in. ( 20.3 x 17.8 cm )
Description:
Tinned sheet iron windup toy depicting three dancing couples mounted on circular base with central pole with banner; men dressed in brown suits, women in white dresses with blue stripes at bottom and around waist; yellow base; each couple mounted on smaller disk at edge of base, connected to wheel; as wheels spin, disks revolve, and couples turn in circle, traveling around pole with blue and white banner.
Credit Line:
Purchased from Elie Nadelman
Object Number:
1937.1557
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:
1910
eMuseum Object ID:
14159
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Miniature whisk
Classification:
Date:
1900-1930
Medium:
Iron
Dimensions:
Overall: 3 3/4 x 1/2 in. ( 9.5 x 1.3 cm )
Description:
Miniature whisk composed of iron wire.
Object Number:
INV.10080
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1930
eMuseum Object ID:
14157
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Wind toy: wood choppers
Classification:
Date:
1860-1890
Medium:
Wood, sheet metal
Dimensions:
Overall: 9 7/8 x 9 1/4 x 7 1/4 in. ( 25.1 x 23.5 x 18.4 cm )
Description:
Hot air toy with two sheet metal figures in silhouette, one chopping, and one sawing wood; hinged bodies are put into motion when sheet metal horizontal vane rotates wire axle.
Credit Line:
Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Henry Learmouth
Object Number:
1966.1
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1890
eMuseum Object ID:
14156
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Miniature teapot with lid
Classification:
Date:
1875-1925
Medium:
Porcelain, paint
Dimensions:
Overall: 2 1/4 x 4 1/2 x 2 1/4 in. ( 5.7 x 11.4 x 5.7 cm )
Description:
Porcelain toy teapot and lid; gilt spout, foot, lip, and handle; enamelled blue, pink, and red floral sprigs.
Credit Line:
Gift of Miss Lena Cadwalader Evans
Object Number:
1937.37ab
Gallery Label:
According to accession records, this teapot was once owned by Mrs. Alice Foote MacDougal.
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1925
eMuseum Object ID:
14155
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Miniature container
Classification:
Date:
1875-1900
Medium:
Copper, tin
Dimensions:
Overall: 4 x 3 in. ( 10.2 x 7.6 cm )
Description:
Miniature tinned copper container with missing lid.
Object Number:
INV.9575
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1900
eMuseum Object ID:
14152
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Mechanical toy (drummer in uniform)
Classification:
Date:
1825-1875
Medium:
Wood, paint, metal, string
Dimensions:
Overall: 6 1/2 x 2 3/8 x 3 in. ( 16.5 x 6 x 7.6 cm )
Description:
Carved wooden figure of a drummer in uniform with arms jointed at shoulders, mounted on rectangular wooden box; drummer wears black beefeater's hat, red jacket, and white trousers and has small cylindrical drum attached to thigh; mechanism inside box causes drummer to raise his arms and beat against drum when small wire crank is turned.
Object Number:
INV.8830
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1875
eMuseum Object ID:
14149
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Sand toy
Classification:
Date:
ca. 1850
Medium:
Cardboard, glass, paper, sand
Dimensions:
Overall: 7 1/8 x 9 1/8 x 2 1/4 in. ( 18.1 x 23.2 x 5.7 cm )
Description:
Sand toy composed of viewing box made of cardboard with glass window containing colored lithograph of interior with fireplace in which a black man dances between two seated black musicians; sand-operated mechanism inside box makes head and arm of musicians and dancing figure move.
Object Number:
INV.8093
Marks:
printed: on label affixed to back of box: "MECHANICAL BOX,/WITH AUTOMATON./DIRECTIONS FOR ITS USE./... [in English and French]/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:
14148
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Marionette
Collections:
Classification:
Date:
1800-1820
Medium:
Wood, paint, string
Dimensions:
Overall: 12 1/2 x 7 1/2 x 2 in. ( 31.8 x 19 x 5.1 cm )
Description:
Wooden jumping jack with carved head, torso, and limbs; painted and incised on both sides to represent clown in costume with black and yellow stripes on arms and legs and black conical hat.
Credit Line:
Purchased from Elie Nadelman
Object Number:
1937.1258
Marks:
Nadelman collection sticker: "501/Eng"
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:
1820
eMuseum Object ID:
14145
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Marble game
Classification:
Date:
1825-1875
Medium:
Wood, paint
Dimensions:
Overall: 10 1/8 x 2 1/2 in. ( 25.7 x 6.4 cm )
Description:
Wooden spiral marble run in shape of king's carved head and upper body mounted on turned cone; king has black painted hair, eyes, and eyebrows, and brown coat; marble run begins with hole at center of crown.
Object Number:
INV.4513
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1875
eMuseum Object ID:
14144
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Marble game board
Classification:
Date:
1800-1875
Medium:
Wood, paint
Dimensions:
Overall: 5/8 x 8 1/4 in. ( 1.6 x 21 cm )
Description:
Circular wooden board game with molded edges and square grid of 49 circular indentations; indentations painted alternately in blue and yellow; gilded scrolls on sides.
Object Number:
INV.8068
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1875
eMuseum Object ID:
14143
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.









