Cup
Collections:
Classification:
Date:
1800-1900
Medium:
Earthenware
Dimensions:
Overall: 2 x 3 1/4 x 2 5/8 in. ( 5.1 x 8.3 x 6.7 cm )
Description:
Wheel-thrown redware cup with strap handle and clear lead glaze.
Credit Line:
Purchased from Elie Nadelman, 1937
Object Number:
INV.9654
Provenance:
The Folk Art Collection of Elie Nadelman
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1900
eMuseum Object ID:
13442
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Cup
Collections:
Classification:
Date:
1850-1900
Medium:
Earthenware
Dimensions:
Overall: 2 x 3 x 2 in. ( 5.1 x 7.6 x 5.1 cm )
Description:
Wheel turned redware cup with handle and clear lead glaze, strap handle, and incised line below lip; possibly a toy tea cup.
Credit Line:
Purchased from Elie Nadelman, 1937
Object Number:
INV.9658
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:
13438
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Miniature bowl
Collections:
Classification:
Date:
1825-1900
Medium:
Earthenware
Dimensions:
Overall: 1 1/2 x 4 3/8 x 2 1/2 in. ( 3.8 x 11.1 x 6.4 cm )
Description:
Double-handled miniature oval earthenware bowl with clear lead glaze throughout.
Credit Line:
Purchased from Elie Nadelman, 1937
Object Number:
INV.9652
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:
13398
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Chest
Collections:
Classification:
Date:
ca. 1741
Medium:
Pine, iron
Dimensions:
Overall: 30 1/2 x 59 x 20 1/2 in. ( 77.5 x 149.9 x 52.1 cm )
Description:
Pine chest; plain lid with applied molding; face of chest with two large square panels with three smaller rectangular panels in center and to each side; large panels have flat geometric carving in square reserves; inlaid "1741" across panels; shaped front and side skirts, large bracket feet; interior storage till on right side; wrought-iron lock and hinges.
Credit Line:
Purchased from Elie Nadelman
Object Number:
1937.1294
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:
1741
eMuseum Object ID:
13330
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Child's plate
Collections:
Classification:
Date:
1830-1880
Medium:
Earthenware
Dimensions:
Overall: 1 x 6 in. ( 2.5 x 15.2 cm )
Description:
Hexagonal pearlware plate with lobed rim edged with purple luster; molded brim highlighted with red, blue, and green enamel and purple luster; at center, blue transfer printed view of country house with four figures and horse and cart in foreground; inscription above and below image.
Credit Line:
Probably purchased from Elie Nadelman
Object Number:
INV.9978
Marks:
typed: affixed to reverse: paper label "711/Eng" ('Eng' inscribed over 'Amer')
printed: above and below central image: "I never saw an oft removed tree/ Nor yet an oft removed family,/That throve so well as those that settled be."
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:
13325
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Fraktur: "Hier ist mein herze hand und mund...(Here are my heart, hand, and mouth . . .)", Prayer
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Collections:
Classification:
Highlight:
Not promoted
Date:
1822
Medium:
Gouache, brown ink, and watercolor on paper
Dimensions:
Overall: 7 1/2 x 5 3/8 in. ( 19 x 13.7 cm )
Description:
Fraktur: Vertical rectangular sheet with handwritten German text enclosed between red and yellow pillars at lower center; arch shape above enclosing a pentagon within a triangle, with yellow, red, dark and light blue sections.
Credit Line:
Elie Nadelman, Museum of Folk Arts, Riverdale-on-Hudson, Bronx, New York
Object Number:
1937.1807
Inscriptions:
Signed and inscribed in German at lower center in brown ink: "Hier ist mein herze hand und / mund di's soll bis ich erkalte / das was ich jetzt gelernet hab' / in reiner treu behalten weg / fleisches lust weg Eitelkeit an / lernen hab ich meine freud, bis / soll mir sein ergeben bis ich / einmahl aus dieser welt hinfahre / in das himmels zert in jenes / bes're leben / Jacob Währ"
Inscribed in another hand at lower right in brown ink: "In the / year 1822"
Gallery Label:
The Pennsylvania Germans practiced a manuscript art called Frakturschrift or Zierschrift in German ("fraktur" in museum and collecting terminology). This art form, combining calligraphy with decorative motifs in ink and watercolor, was produced widely in Pennsylvania and in German settlements in other states from the mid-18th to the mid-19th century.
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1822
eMuseum Object ID:
13106
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Coffee roaster
Collections:
Classification:
Date:
1840-80
Medium:
Iron, wood
Dimensions:
Overall: 42 3/8 x 6 1/4 in. ( 107.6 x 15.9 cm )
Description:
Sheet iron coffee roaster, painted black, with cylindrical form, sliding door and riveted joints, wrought iron shaft, and turned wood baluster handle.
Credit Line:
Purchased from Elie Nadelman
Object Number:
1937.1171
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:
13094
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Candle and rushlight holder
Collections:
Classification:
Date:
ca. 1900-1930
Medium:
Iron
Dimensions:
Overall: 20 3/4 x 5 7/8 x 1 in. ( 52.7 x 14.9 x 2.5 cm )
Description:
Wrought iron candle and rushlight holder with circular loop end and two right angles to hinged rushlight clip, curved twisted branch to candleholder, with slit for facilitating wax removal.
Credit Line:
Purchased from Elie Nadelman
Object Number:
1937.1508
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:
1930
eMuseum Object ID:
13017
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Hanging fat lamp
Collections:
Classification:
Date:
1700-1750
Medium:
Iron, brass
Dimensions:
Overall: 22 x 6 x 5 in. ( 55.9 x 15.2 x 12.7 cm )
Description:
Wrought iron circular fat lamp with brass bird finial; wrought iron hook and u-shape handle.
Credit Line:
Purchased from Elie Nadelman
Object Number:
1937.1534
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:
1750
eMuseum Object ID:
13016
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Candlestick
Collections:
Classification:
Date:
1800-1830
Medium:
Tin, glass
Dimensions:
Overall: 11 x 3 1/2 x 4 in. ( 27.9 x 8.9 x 10.2 cm )
Description:
Hand-held bull's-eye lantern with narrow cylindrical handle that holds a cylindrical light chamber with bull's eye glass door with a chimney above and clip on back.
Credit Line:
Purchased from Elie Nadelman
Object Number:
1937.1504
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:
1830
eMuseum Object ID:
13012
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
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