Pitcher
Collections:
Classification:
Date:
1800-1900
Medium:
Earthenware
Dimensions:
Overall: 4 x 3 1/2 x 3 in. ( 10.2 x 8.9 x 7.6 cm )
Description:
Wheelthrown redware pitcher, bulbous with strap handle and tiny spout off bottle neck; marbled green, white, and dark brown slip decoration under lead glaze.
Credit Line:
Purchased from Elie Nadelman
Object Number:
1937.528
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:
30706
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Pitcher
Collections:
Classification:
Date:
1800-1900
Medium:
Earthenware
Dimensions:
Overall: 7 x 7 x 6 in. ( 17.8 x 17.8 x 15.2 cm )
Description:
Wheelthrown baluster-shaped pitcher with applied, grooved strap handle; slip-decorated with iron brown rings and green under a lead glaze.
Credit Line:
Purchased from Elie Nadelman
Object Number:
1937.530
Marks:
written: on adhesive collector's label attached to bottom of pitcher: "242/Amer"
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:
30705
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Cow creamer
Collections:
Classification:
Date:
1800-1820
Medium:
Earthenware
Dimensions:
Overall: 5 5/8 x 7 1/4 x 3 1/2 in. ( 14.3 x 18.4 x 8.9 cm )
Description:
Molded earthenware creamer in the form of a cow, with opening in mouth and on top of back with looped tail and curling horns standing with a seated calf on a rectangular base with canted corners; sponged brown decoration and geometric motifs in yellow and blue under high gloss glaze.
Credit Line:
Purchased from Elie Nadelman, 1937
Object Number:
INV.581ab
Marks:
collector's label: on underside of base: "1415/Eng"
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:
Philip Suval, Inc., New York City, November 1930; The Folk Art Collection of Elie Nadelman
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1820
eMuseum Object ID:
30696
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Mold
Collections:
Classification:
Date:
1800-1840
Medium:
Earthenware
Dimensions:
Overall: 2 1/4 x 4 5/8 in. ( 5.7 x 11.7 cm )
Description:
Wheelthrown redware footed mold; round molded interior with fluted sides radiating from a raised smiling face in center.
Credit Line:
Purchased from Elie Nadelman
Object Number:
1937.519
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:
30653
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Jar and lid
Collections:
Classification:
Date:
1820-1860
Medium:
Stoneware
Dimensions:
Overall: 8 x 5 1/2 in. ( 20.3 x 14 cm )
Description:
Salt-glazed stoneware jar marked with retailer's name on front, "William Partridge & Son."
Credit Line:
Purchased from Elie Nadelman
Object Number:
1937.872ab
Marks:
impressed: on front: "WILLIAM PARTRIDGE & SON, / NO 27 CLIFF ST NY"
Gallery Label:
During the second half of the nineteenth century and into the early twentieth century, stoneware manufacturers commonly supplied local businesses with vessels designed for their products and marked with the retailer's name. Druggists, grocers, brewers, and ink suppliers ordered containers simply marked with their name, location, and sometimes a word describing the contents. Messrs. William Partridge & Son were importers of dye-stuffs, including "samples of woad, teazles, Bengal indigo, German weld, a small broomy plant, making a very valuable yellow die [sic]. Terra japonica, a powerful tannin, formed by boiling child of the heart of the tree Acacia Cateehu, until the juice is inspissated and then coagulated." In 1824, some few tons of it were imported here from New South Wales, for tanners' use.
Provenance:
The Folk Art Collection of Elie Nadelman
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1860
eMuseum Object ID:
30634
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Still bank
Collections:
Classification:
Date:
1800-1900
Medium:
Earthenware
Dimensions:
Overall: 4 x 2 3/4 in. ( 10.2 x 7 cm )
Description:
Wheel-thrown beehive-shaped redware still bank with button finial and vertical slot (for coins) covered in brown glaze.
Credit Line:
Purchased from Elie Nadelman
Object Number:
1937.1120
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:
30615
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Mold
Collections:
Classification:
Date:
1850-1890
Medium:
Earthenware
Dimensions:
Overall: 3 3/8 x 7 1/2 x 8 3/4 in. ( 8.6 x 19 x 22.2 cm )
Description:
Oblong bowl-shaped mold on three feet, fluted interior and impressed floral motif in center; dark brown, glossy glaze (Rockingham), mottled in spots.
Credit Line:
Purchased from Elie Nadelman
Object Number:
1937.518
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:
30599
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Bank: male figure
Collections:
Classification:
Date:
1800-1900
Medium:
Earthenware
Dimensions:
Overall: 6 x 2 1/4 in. ( 15.2 x 5.7 cm )
Description:
Molded yellowware still bank in the shape of a standing male figure with hands behind his back, dressed in a jacket, vest, and necktie, covered in dark brown glaze; slot (for coins) in top of head.
Credit Line:
Purchased from Elie Nadelman
Object Number:
1937.925
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:
30581
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Rug
Collections:
Classification:
Date:
1850-1900
Medium:
Cotton, wool, burlap
Dimensions:
Overall: 25 3/4 x 48 x 1/2 in. ( 65.4 x 121.9 x 1.3 cm )
Description:
Rectangular mixed fiber hooked rug with uncut pile and burlap foundation; floral spray with red and orange blossoms at center of beige ground with reddish streaks, with six red S-scrolls around perimeter.
Credit Line:
Purchased from Elie Nadelman
Object Number:
1937.972
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:
30574
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Batter pitcher
Classification:
Is owned by NYHS:
Yes
Date:
1798
Medium:
Stoneware, cobalt oxide
Dimensions:
Overall: 11 x 8 1/2 in. ( 27.9 x 21.6 cm )
Description:
Salt-glazed stoneware batter pitcher with stamped flowers, incised leaves decorated with cobalt blue, and maker's name and date hand inscribed across belly.
Credit Line:
Purchased from Elie Nadelman
Object Number:
1937.587
Marks:
inscribed: by hand around belly: "New York Feby 17th. 1798 / Flowered by Clarkson Crolius / Blue"
Gallery Label:
Batter pitchers were generally used by women for keeping and pouring pancake batter. This elaborate piece may have been a store sample, displaying a variety of decorative techniques that customers could choose from; or, more likely, it was a lovingly designed gift made by Clarkson Crolius for his wife.
Provenance:
The Folk Art Collection of Elie Nadelman
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1798
eMuseum Object ID:
30550
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
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