Kerosene lamp
Collections:
Classification:
Date:
1875-1900
Medium:
Glass, metal
Dimensions:
Overall: 5 1/4 x 1 1/2 in. ( 13.3 x 3.8 cm )
Description:
Opaque blue glass lamp 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:
1937.1521b
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:
24241
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Set of jars with covers (3)
Collections:
Classification:
Date:
1875-1925
Medium:
Glass
Dimensions:
each: 3 x 2 in.
Description:
Set of three green pressed glass jars or cannisters with screw-on covers; paneled cylindrical body with faceted rim at base and shoulders, bottom impressed with circular indentation and ribbed ring; circular cover with flattened mushroom finial with faceted edge.
Credit Line:
Purchased from Elie Nadelman
Object Number:
1937.1651a-c
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:
1925
eMuseum Object ID:
24216
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Druggist's jar
Collections:
Classification:
Date:
1830-1880
Medium:
Glass
Dimensions:
Overall: 18 1/2 x 8 in. ( 47 x 20.3 cm )
Description:
Colorless blown glass apothecary jar with long cylindrical neck flared at bottom; applied ring collar; ovoid section pattern-molded with rows of diamonds; applied bulging stem and domed conical foot; pontil mark.
Credit Line:
Purchased from Elie Nadelman
Object Number:
1937.999
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:
1880
eMuseum Object ID:
24214
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Cruet/cologne bottle
Collections:
Classification:
Date:
1820-1840
Medium:
Glass
Dimensions:
overall, without stopper: 5 3/4 x 2 3/4 in. ( 14.6 x 7 cm )
Description:
Purple-blue lead glass cruet or cologne bottle blown in a mold of three vertical sections and a base plate (McKearin GI-7 Type 2) with a tapered cylindrical neck with flanged lip, barrel-shaped bottle with sloping shoulders molded with bulbous horizontal ring at shoulders and 36 vertical ribs, flat base with pontil mark, and solid pressed and tooled glass stopper.
Credit Line:
Purchased from Elie Nadelman
Object Number:
1937.1014ab
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:
24209
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Oil lamp
Collections:
Classification:
Date:
1815-1835
Medium:
Glass
Dimensions:
Overall: 11 3/4 x 3 3/4 x 3 3/4 in. ( 29.8 x 9.5 x 9.5 cm )
Description:
Colorless lead glass oil lamp with blown font and pressed base; spherical font with vertical rim and mercurial ring joined by large annular wafer to hollow cylindrical stem with two decorative bands of trailed and crimped glass joined by large annular wafer to square domed (lemon squeezer) base with pontil mark.
Credit Line:
Purchased from Elie Nadelman
Object Number:
1937.1092
Gallery Label:
Mercurial rings are often attributed to South Boston Glass Works or the Phoenix Glass Works, both of Boston, MA.
Provenance:
The Folk Art Collection of Elie Nadelman
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1835
eMuseum Object ID:
24187
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Bottle
Collections:
Classification:
Date:
1821-1850
Medium:
Glass
Dimensions:
Overall: 7 1/2 x 3 in. ( 19 x 7.6 cm )
Description:
Deep olive green glass bottle blown in three-part Ricketts-type mold with base molded separately; with two-part finish, tapered neck, rounded shoulder with inscription "PATENT," cylindrical body, and deep circular depression in base.
Credit Line:
Purchased from Elie Nadelman
Object Number:
1937.1657
Marks:
in relief: on shoulder: "PATENT"
Gallery Label:
A patent was granted to Henry Ricketts in 1821 for his three-part bottle mold which included a fourth mold part, i.e. a base-molding section (Great Britain Patent Office 1857). English and American glasshouses used molds of this type, although they were not necessarily Ricketts' patented molds. (See "The Parks Canada Glass Glossary," rev. ed. (Ottawa: Canadian Parks Service, 1989), pp. 29-30.)
Provenance:
The Folk Art Collection of Elie Nadelman
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1850
eMuseum Object ID:
24177
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Figured bottle/flask
Collections:
Classification:
Date:
1860-1890
Medium:
Glass
Dimensions:
Overall: 8 3/4 x 5 1/2 x 2 5/8 in. ( 22.2 x 14 x 6.7 cm )
Description:
Deep amber non-lead glass figured bottle blown in a three-part mold with patent lip, cylindrical neck, body representing head, torso, and arms of a man (possibly a coachman) holding a pipe in his hands, inscription "VAN DUNCK'S GENEVER TRADE MARK WARE & SCHMITZ" on reverse, and oval base with chamfered heel and shallow concave profile.
Credit Line:
Purchased from Elie Nadelman
Object Number:
1937.1043
Marks:
in relief: on reverse: "VAN DUNCK'S / GENEVER / TRADE MARK / WARE & SCHMITZ"
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:
1890
eMuseum Object ID:
24164
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Bottle: Anderson's Dermador
Collections:
Classification:
Date:
1830-1880
Medium:
Glass
Dimensions:
Overall: 4 1/8 x 1 7/8 in. ( 10.5 x 4.8 cm )
Description:
Colorless glass bottle blown in three part mold; cylindrical body with slightly sloping shoulders and short, narrow neck with lip; low relief inscription on side; pontil mark in base; brown powder residue inside.
Credit Line:
Purchased from Elie Nadelman
Object Number:
1937.1696
Marks:
molded: in low relief on side: "ANDERSON'S/ DERMADOR"
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:
1880
eMuseum Object ID:
24160
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Oil lamp with wick
Collections:
Classification:
Date:
1847-1870
Medium:
Glass, brass, marble
Dimensions:
Overall: 10 1/2 x 5 1/2 x 5 1/2 in. ( 26.7 x 14 x 14 cm )
Description:
Oil lamp with pressed glass font, cast brass standard, and square marble base; spherical font has four petal-shaped panels relief borders; standard has domed base and annular knop in center; brass collar.
Credit Line:
Purchased from Elie Nadelman
Object Number:
1937.1510
Gallery Label:
The domed top of this lamp's font was formed by using the Magoun Patent method. This method, invented by Joseph Magoun of the New England Glass Company in 1847, eliminated moldmarks by using a hinged, three-part mold to form the sides of the font and a one-piece cylindrical mold to form a cylinder that was then tooled to form the dome.
Provenance:
The Folk Art Collection of Elie Nadelman
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1870
eMuseum Object ID:
24156
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Oil lamp base: nutmeg
Collections:
Classification:
Date:
1875-1900
Medium:
Glass, metal
Dimensions:
Overall: 3 x 3 in. ( 7.6 x 7.6 cm )
Description:
Dark blue pressed glass oil lamp (possibly kerosene) with short cylindrical body with molded inscription "NUTMEG"; threaded brass collar.
Credit Line:
Purchased from Elie Nadelman
Object Number:
1937.1526
Marks:
in relief: on body; "NUTMEG"
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:
24154
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
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