Collection Highlights
Portrait of an Unidentified Woman
Date:
ca. 1700-1725
Object Number:
1952.80
Medium:
Oil on canvas
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Museum Collections
Luce Center
Parchotti or wooden jacks
Object Number:
2001.281
Date:
ca. 1900
Medium:
Wood, metal
Dimensions:
Overall: 1 1/2 x 5 3/4 x 19 in. ( 3.8 x 14.6 x 48.3 cm )
Description:
Pair of metal jacks with wooden handle, used to shape blown glass vessels.
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 N-YHS library, were consigned to auction by Kelly's grandson and were acquired by N-YHS. Included among the documents is a wage book recording Kelly's steady increase in pay from $19.25 to $35 per week.
Credit Line:
Purchase
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
