Jacks
Classification:
Date:
ca. 1900
Medium:
Metal
Dimensions:
Overall: 1 1/2 x 5 1/8 x 17 1/2 in. ( 3.8 x 13 x 44.4 cm )
Description:
Metal jacks with rounded end, tapering handles and pointed tips; used for making blown glass vessels.
Credit Line:
Purchase
Object Number:
2001.291
Gallery Label:
This pair of jacks is among a group of sixteen tools used by Maurice Kelly (1879-1963), a glass blower who worked at Tiffany Studios from 1904 to 1918, as well as Quezal (1901-1903) and Durand Art Glass (1918-1920s). The tools, along with photographs and documents now housed in the NYHS library, were consigned to auction by Kelly's grandson and were acquired by NYHS. Included among the documents is a wage book recording Kelly's steady increase in pay from $19.25 to $35 per week.
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1900
eMuseum Object ID:
45440
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Jacks
Classification:
Date:
ca. 1900
Medium:
Metal
Dimensions:
Overall: 1 3/4 x 7 1/2 x 22 1/2 in. ( 4.4 x 19 x 57.2 cm )
Description:
Metal jacks with rounded end, tapering handlesand pointed tips; used for making blown glass vessels.
Credit Line:
Purchase
Object Number:
2001.296
Gallery Label:
This pair of jacks is among a group of sixteen tools used by Maurice Kelly (1879-1963), a glass blower who worked at Tiffany Studios from 1904 to 1918, as well as Quezal (1901-1903) and Durand Art Glass (1918-1920s). The tools, along with photographs and documents now housed in the NYHS library, were consigned to auction by Kelly's grandson and were acquired by NYHS. Included among the documents is a wage book recording Kelly's steady increase in pay from $19.25 to $35 per week.
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1900
eMuseum Object ID:
45439
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Jacks
Classification:
Date:
ca. 1900
Medium:
Metal
Dimensions:
Overall: 1 1/2 x 5 3/4 x 18 1/2 in. ( 3.8 x 14.6 x 47 cm )
Description:
Metal jacks with rounded end, tapering handles and pointed tips; used for making blown glass vessels.
Credit Line:
Purchase
Object Number:
2001.293
Gallery Label:
This pair of jacks is among a group of sixteen tools used by Maurice Kelly (1879-1963), a glass blower who worked at Tiffany Studios from 1904 to 1918, as well as Quezal (1901-1903) and Durand Art Glass (1918-1920s). The tools, along with photographs and documents now housed in the NYHS library, were consigned to auction by Kelly's grandson and were acquired by NYHS. Included among the documents is a wage book recording Kelly's steady increase in pay from $19.25 to $35 per week.
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1900
eMuseum Object ID:
45438
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Jacks
Classification:
Date:
ca. 1900
Medium:
Metal
Dimensions:
Overall: 1 1/2 x 5 1/8 x 19 3/4 in. ( 3.8 x 13 x 50.2 cm )
Description:
Metal jacks with rounded end, tapering handles and pointed tips; used for making blown glass vessels.
Credit Line:
Purchase
Object Number:
2001.290
Gallery Label:
This pair of jacks is among a group of sixteen tools used by Maurice Kelly (1879-1963), a glass blower who worked at Tiffany Studios from 1904 to 1918, as well as Quezal (1901-1903) and Durand Art Glass (1918-1920s). The tools, along with photographs and documents now housed in the NYHS library, were consigned to auction by Kelly's grandson and were acquired by NYHS. Included among the documents is a wage book recording Kelly's steady increase in pay from $19.25 to $35 per week.
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1900
eMuseum Object ID:
45436
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Taglio or sculpting paddle
Classification:
Date:
ca. 1900
Medium:
Metal, wood
Dimensions:
Overall: 12 3/4 x 4 in. ( 32.4 x 10.2 cm )
Description:
Sculpting paddle with turned wooden handle and square metal paddle, used for making blown glass vessels.
Credit Line:
Purchase
Object Number:
2001.288
Gallery Label:
This paddle is among a group of sixteen tools used by Maurice Kelly (1879-1963), a glass blower who worked at Tiffany Studios from 1904 to 1918, as well as Quezal (1901-1903) and Durand Art Glass (1918-1920s). The tools, along with photographs and documents now housed in the NYHS library, were consigned to auction by Kelly's grandson and were acquired by NYHS. Included among the documents is a wage book recording Kelly's steady increase in pay from $19.25 to $35 per week.
Bibliography:
Gray, Nina. "The work of Tiffany Studios." The Magazine Antiques 167 (2005): 194-201.
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1900
eMuseum Object ID:
45435
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Pincers
Classification:
Date:
ca. 1900
Medium:
Metal
Dimensions:
Overall: 10 x 1/2 in. ( 25.4 x 1.3 cm )
Description:
Metal pincers used for making blown glass vessels.
Credit Line:
Purchase
Object Number:
2001.287
Marks:
incised: at end of pincers: "MK"
Gallery Label:
This pair of pincers is among a group of sixteen tools used by Maurice Kelly (1879-1963), a glass blower who worked at Tiffany Studios from 1904 to 1918, as well as Quezal (1901-1903) and Durand Art Glass (1918-1920s). The tools, along with photographs and documents now housed in the NYHS library, were consigned to auction by Kelly's grandson and were acquired by NYHS. Included among the documents is a wage book recording Kelly's steady increase in pay from $19.25 to $35 per week.
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1900
eMuseum Object ID:
45431
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Bench shears
Classification:
Date:
ca. 1900
Medium:
Metal
Dimensions:
Overall: 27 1/4 x 9 in. ( 69.2 x 22.9 cm )
Description:
Metal bench shears with long straight handles with bend at ends, for insertion into the work bench. Used for making blown glass vessels.
Credit Line:
Purchase
Object Number:
2001.286
Gallery Label:
This pair of shears is among a group of sixteen tools used by Maurice Kelly (1879-1963), a glass blower who worked at Tiffany Studios from 1904 to 1918, as well as Quezal (1901-1903) and Durand Art Glass (1918-1920s). The tools, along with photographs and documents now housed in the NYHS library, were consigned to auction by Kelly's grandson and were acquired by NYHS. Included among the documents is a wage book recording Kelly's steady increase in pay from $19.25 to $35 per week.
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1900
eMuseum Object ID:
45430
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Shell casing
Classification:
Date:
ca. 1990
Medium:
Metal
Dimensions:
Overall: 1 1/8 x 1/4 in. ( 2.9 x 0.6 cm )
Description:
Cylindrical metal spent shell casing, stamped "R - P / 38 SPL" on end.
Credit Line:
Gift of Barbara Geanne Mensch
Object Number:
2002.21.2c
Gallery Label:
This shell casing was given to the donor, a photographer documenting the city's waterfront, by a Fulton Fish Market laborer named "Chief."
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1990
eMuseum Object ID:
45383
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Shell casing
Classification:
Date:
ca. 1990
Medium:
Metal
Dimensions:
Overall: 1 1/8 x 1/4 in. ( 2.9 x 0.6 cm )
Description:
Cylindrical metal spent shell casing, stamped "FEDERAL / 38 SPECIAL" on end.
Credit Line:
Gift of Barbara Geanne Mensch
Object Number:
2002.21.2b
Gallery Label:
This shell casing was given to the donor, a photographer documenting the city's waterfront, by a Fulton Fish Market laborer named "Chief."
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1990
eMuseum Object ID:
45382
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Longshoreman's unloader's hook
Classification:
Date:
ca. 1965
Medium:
Iron, wood
Dimensions:
Overall: 4 1/2 x 5 3/4 x 18 1/2 in. ( 11.4 x 14.6 x 47 cm )
Description:
Iron unloader's hook with U-shaped end terminating in a point; wooden handle; owner's name scratched into handle.
Credit Line:
Gift of Barbara Geanne Mensch
Object Number:
2002.21.1
Marks:
incised: in wooden handle: "DOM"
Gallery Label:
This unloader's hook was used by a Dominick, a laborer at Fulton Fish Market. The donor, a photographer, documented New York City's waterfront and came to know many of the workers. Many of her photographs of the workers show them with similar hooks worn over their shoulder, as a kind of professional trademark.
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1965
eMuseum Object ID:
45381
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
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