Cruet with stopper
Collections:
Classification:
Date:
1820-1840
Medium:
Glass
Dimensions:
overall, without stopper: 5 1/2 x 2 1/2 in. ( 14 x 6.4 cm )
Description:
Blue lead glass cruet blown in a three-part mold (McKearin GI-3 Type 1) with a tapered cylindrical neck and flanged lip, barrel-shaped body with sloping shoulders molded with two bulbous rings at shoulder and overall pattern of aproximately 21 swirled ribs, base with molded concentric circles (McKearin Ringed Type III) and pontil mark, and solid stopper with ball finial on wafer with tapered plug.
Credit Line:
Purchased from Elie Nadelman
Object Number:
1937.1016ab
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:
1840
eMuseum Object ID:
24332
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Bowl
Collections:
Classification:
Date:
1830-1845
Medium:
Glass
Dimensions:
Overall: 1 1/4 x 6 in. ( 3.2 x 15.2 cm )
Description:
Colorless pressed lead glass bowl; octagonal form with scalloped edge; sides decorated with alternating panels of shields and acanthus leaves; center decorated with thirteen stars surrounding an American eagle; all decoration on stippled ground.
Credit Line:
Purchased from Elie Nadelman
Object Number:
1937.1067
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:
1845
eMuseum Object ID:
24297
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Cruet with stopper
Collections:
Classification:
Date:
1820-1840
Medium:
Glass
Dimensions:
Overall: 6 1/4 x 2 1/2 in. ( 15.9 x 6.4 cm )
Description:
Blue non-lead glass toilet bottle blown in a three-part mold (McKearin GI-3 Type 2) with a tapered cylindrical neck and flanged lip, barrel-shaped body with sloping shoulders molded with overall pattern of 28 swirled ribs, base with molded concentric circles (McKearin Ringed Type III) and pontil mark, and solid stopper with ball finial on wafer with tapered plug.
Credit Line:
Purchased from Elie Nadelman
Object Number:
1937.1015ab
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:
1840
eMuseum Object ID:
24295
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Cruet
Collections:
Classification:
Date:
1820-1840
Medium:
Glass
Dimensions:
Overall: 6 1/8 x 2 3/4 in. ( 15.6 x 7 cm )
Description:
Blue lead glass cruet or cologne bottle blown in a mold of three vertical sections and a base plate (McKearin GI-7 Type 3 and Rayed Type VI-A) with a tapered cylindrical neck with a flared lip, barrel-shaped body with sloping shoulders molded with bulbous rings at midpoint of neck and at shoulders and 39 vertical ribs, molded radiating ribs on flat base with pontil mark, solid stopper.
Credit Line:
Purchased from Elie Nadelman
Object Number:
1937.1017ab
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:
1840
eMuseum Object ID:
24293
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Cruet
Collections:
Classification:
Date:
1820-1840
Medium:
Glass
Dimensions:
Overall: 6 x 2 1/2 in. ( 15.2 x 6.4 cm )
Description:
Blue lead glass cruet or cologne bottle blown in a mold of three vertical sections and a base plate (McKearin GI-7 Type 3 and Rayed Type VI-A) with a tapered cylindrical neck with a flared lip, barrel-shaped body with sloping shoulders molded with bulbous rings at midpoint of neck and at shoulders and 39 vertical ribs, molded radiating ribs on flat base with pontil mark.
Credit Line:
Purchased from Elie Nadelman
Object Number:
1937.1018c
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:
1840
eMuseum Object ID:
24288
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Gemel flask
Collections:
Classification:
Date:
1830-1860
Medium:
Glass
Dimensions:
Overall: 8 1/2 x 3 1/2 x 2 in. ( 21.6 x 8.9 x 5.1 cm )
Description:
Colorless light green glass gemel flask formed from two flasks stuck together and necks pulled in opposite directions; flasks have short cylindrical necks, ovoid tapered bodies decorated with applied opaque white threads pulled up into a loop pattern and marvered, and a shared applied circular base with pontil mark.
Credit Line:
Purchased from Elie Nadelman
Object Number:
1937.1329
Gallery Label:
Gemel bottles were made in England, Ireland, and America in the late-eighteenth and early-nineteenth centuries.
Provenance:
The Folk Art Collection of Elie Nadelman
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1860
eMuseum Object ID:
24254
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Cruet with stopper
Collections:
Classification:
Date:
1825-1835
Medium:
Glass
Dimensions:
Overall: 2 1/2 x 6 3/4 in. (6.4 x 17.1 cm)
Description:
Blue non-lead glass toilet bottle blown in a mold of three vertical sections and a base plate (McKearin GI-7 Type 3 and Rayed Type VI-A) with a tapered cylindrical neck with a flared lip, barrel-shaped body with sloping shoulders molded with bulbous rings at midpoint of neck and at shoulders and 39 vertical ribs, molded radiating ribs on flat base with pontil mark, and hollow blown stopper.
Credit Line:
Purchased from Elie Nadelman
Object Number:
1937.1018ab
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:
1835
eMuseum Object ID:
24252
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Bottle: Prove all things Ben Franklin Bitters...
Collections:
Classification:
Highlight:
Not promoted
Date:
1840-1865
Medium:
Glass, paper
Dimensions:
Overall: 10 x 3 5/8 in. ( 25.4 x 9.2 cm )
Description:
Light green glass bitters bottle blown in a three-part mold with patent lip and rounded string rim, ball neck, conical body with horizontal ribbing and paper labels, and base with concave profile.
Credit Line:
Purchased from Elie Nadelman
Object Number:
1937.1653
Marks:
paper label: on obverse: "Prove all things."
paper label: on reverse: "BEN FRANKLIN BITTERS/ POOR RICHARD'S TONIC/ . . . PURELY/ Vegetable/ MATERIALS/ And as a Tonic cannot be/ surpassed/ G. Mansfield Rowland/ PROPRIETOR/ A Single Trial/ Will convince th
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:
1865
eMuseum Object ID:
24250
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Bottle: Plantation Bitters, cabin shaped
Collections:
Classification:
Highlight:
Not promoted
Date:
1865-1890
Medium:
Glass
Dimensions:
Overall: 10 1/4 x 3 x 3 in. ( 26 x 7.6 x 7.6 cm )
Description:
Amber glass bitters bottle (log cabin type) blown in a three-part mold with deep down-tooled collar, three-tiered hipped roof with vertical ribbing and inscriptions "DRAKES PLANTATION BITTERS" and "PATENTED 1862," square body with broad horizontal ribs, and base with circular depression.
Credit Line:
Purchased from Elie Nadelman
Object Number:
1937.1047
Marks:
in relief: on obverse (roof): "DRAKES / PLANTATION / BITTERS"
in relief: on reverse (roof): "PATENTED / 1862"
Gallery Label:
In his researches into patented cabin bottle designs, Arthur G. Peterson found that the first such design was patented February 18, 1862, by P. H. Drake of Binghamton, New York (McKearin and Wilson, "American Bottles & Flasks and Their Ancestry," p. 302).
Provenance:
The Folk Art Collection of Elie Nadelman
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1890
eMuseum Object ID:
24246
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Kerosene lamps (pair)
Collections:
Classification:
Date:
1875-1900
Medium:
Glass, metal
Dimensions:
each: 5 1/4 x 1 1/2 in.
Description:
Pair of opaque blue glass lamps blown in a three-part mold with molded scrolled hearts with tin kerosene wick holder and opaque white glass shade molded with foliate motifs, a cross and a star.
Credit Line:
Purchased from Elie Nadelman
Object Number:
1937.1521ab
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:
24242
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
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