Collection Highlights
Plan of the City of New York
Date:
1776
Object Number:
LIB.NS3.M36.1.3ab
Medium:
Black ink, with pencil additions, on paper backed with paper backed with cloth
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Museum Collections
Luce Center
Pitcher: pocket bottle
Object Number:
1952.195
Date:
1769-1774
Medium:
Glass
Dimensions:
Overall: 5 1/2 x 3 3/4 x 3 in. ( 14 x 9.5 x 7.6 cm )
Description:
Amethyst, non-lead, blown glass pocket bottle with cylindrical, flared neck, compressed spherical body pattern-molded with two rows of five diamonds each containing a twelve-petal flower over thirty vertical ribs (the so-called diamond and daisy pattern), and a push-up with a pontil mark.
Gallery Label:
Henry William Stiegel's American Flint Glass Works in Manheim, PA was one of the first successfully opperated glass houses in Colonial America. This bottle is attributed to Stiegel on the basis of similar examples that were found in Pennsylvania and northern Maryland, and the absence of any known European or English counterparts.
Credit Line:
Bequest of Mrs. J. Insley Blair
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
