Flower pot
Collections:
Classification:
Date:
1835-1859
Medium:
Stoneware
Dimensions:
Overall: 8 3/4 x 10 in. ( 22.2 x 25.4 cm )
Description:
Wheelthrown cylindrical flower pot with attached underdish, ruffled rim on both, applied scrolling flange handles with sprigged decoration of foliate wreath, enclosing inscription on one side and harp on either side, each pierced with tiny holes.
Credit Line:
Purchased from Elie Nadelman
Object Number:
1937.673
Marks:
impressed: om side: "WM. E. WARNER. S / MANUFACTORY / WEST TROY / C. MORGANS CLAY"
Gallery Label:
William Warner worked in West Troy between 1836 and 1839, between 1841 and 1856, and again between 1861 and 1870 at his new factory just east of the West Troy Pottery. Warner advertised wares such as this flower pot as "extra glazed fancy ware." This flower pot is not true Rockingham ware, but rather stoneware with a lustrous streaked brown glaze meant to imitate the highly popular. In addition to making pottery, Warner dealt in clay and sand. The reference to "C. MORGANS CLAY" in Warner's mark advertises his stock of desirable stoneware clay from South Amboy, New Jersey.
Provenance:
The Folk Art Collection of Elie Nadelman
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1859
eMuseum Object ID:
30403
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Flagon
Collections:
Classification:
Date:
1700-1720
Medium:
Pewter
Dimensions:
Overall: 14 7/8 x 8 x 5 1/2 in. ( 37.8 x 20.3 x 14 cm )
Description:
Flagon with hinged flat-topped lid with inscription and offset orb finial, strap handle, crooked three-sided spout with small engraved eye on either side; on tapering columnar body; inscription with wriggled work, wreath under spout, spreading skirt base.
Credit Line:
Purchased from Elie Nadelman
Object Number:
1937.402
Marks:
engraved: on front: "[wreath] DIS IST/DER GERTNER/BELIEBUNG/HIRSCHENK KANNE/IN ROSTOCK/ANNO/1715"
engraved: on lid: "[wreath] NICODEMIS/CHRISTIAN/DABEL/1715."
marked: touch marks on handle
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:
1720
eMuseum Object ID:
30401
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Plate
Collections:
Classification:
Date:
1800-1830
Medium:
Earthenware
Dimensions:
Overall: 1 3/4 x 12 1/4 in. ( 4.4 x 31.1 cm )
Description:
Drape molded plate with cabled rim and center impressed with a circular medallion with a raised image of a man's head surrounded by a border studded with dots (or possibly, rosettes); interior coated with slip under lead glaze.
Credit Line:
Purchased from Elie Nadelman
Object Number:
1937.1472
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:
30376
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Plate
Collections:
Classification:
Date:
1870-1890
Medium:
Earthenware
Dimensions:
Overall: 1 3/4 x 9 3/4 in. ( 4.4 x 24.8 cm )
Description:
Drape-molded redware plate with serrated edge; obverse decorated with large slip-trailed inscription under lead glaze.
Credit Line:
Purchased from Elie Nadelman
Object Number:
1937.1474
Marks:
written: in slip on plate: "S. Singer/Potter"
Gallery Label:
Simon Singer (d. 1894), an immigrant from Baden, Germany, worked in New York as a brickmaker before buying a pottery in Bucks County, Pennsylvania. Redware potters seldom marked their wares and very rarely inscribed their name and trade prominently on the front.
Provenance:
The Folk Art Collection of Elie Nadelman
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1890
eMuseum Object ID:
30375
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Plate mold
Collections:
Classification:
Date:
1824
Medium:
Earthenware
Dimensions:
Overall: 2 1/2 x 12 7/8 in. ( 6.4 x 32.7 cm )
Description:
Redware plate mold with reinforced rim; surface partially blackened; unglazed.
Credit Line:
Purchased from Elie Nadelman
Object Number:
1937.1468
Marks:
incised: in script on obverse: "Thos Wickersham / March 2nd 1824"
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:
1824
eMuseum Object ID:
30374
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Bowl
Collections:
Classification:
Date:
1800-1830
Medium:
Earthenware
Dimensions:
Overall: 3 x 16 3/8 in. ( 7.6 x 41.6 cm )
Description:
Wide-base redware bowl with slipped interior (now greenish-yellow) and showing significant wear with black patches in center; glazed obverse stops at rim; slightly misshapen.
Credit Line:
Purchased from Elie Nadelman
Object Number:
1937.1467
Gallery Label:
This dish, which was probably used for skimming milk, 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:
30372
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Platter
Collections:
Classification:
Date:
1800-1840
Medium:
Earthenware
Dimensions:
Overall: 2 1/4 x 16 3/4 x 12 3/8 in. ( 5.7 x 42.5 x 31.4 cm )
Description:
Drape-molded rectangular platter or loaf dish, obverse with slip-trailed decoration and inscription under lead glaze.
Credit Line:
Purchased from Elie Nadelman
Object Number:
1937.1464
Marks:
written: in script in slip on obverse: "Cheap./and Good"
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:
30370
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Foot bath
Collections:
Classification:
Date:
1849-1858
Medium:
Earthenware
Dimensions:
overall: 7 5/8 x 16 1/4 x 12 1/2 in.
Description:
Molded yellowware foot bath, ovoid basin with fourteen fluted sides, footed with two angular handles with gadrooned termini; mottled brown glaze (Rockingham) with additional streaks of blue/green.
Credit Line:
Purchased from Elie Nadelman
Object Number:
1937.667
Marks:
impressed: on base in oval: "Lyman Fenton & Co./Fentons/ENAMEL/PATENTED./1849/BENNINGTON Vt."; "U"
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:
1858
eMuseum Object ID:
30363
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Washbowl and pitcher
Collections:
Classification:
Date:
1849-1858
Medium:
Earthenware
Dimensions:
Bowl: 4 1/8 x 13 1/2 in. ( 10.5 x 34.3 cm )
Pitcher: 12 3/8 x 8 x 6 1/2 in. ( 31.4 x 20.3 x 16.5 cm )
Description:
Molded yellowware twelve-sided footed bowl and octagonal panelled pitcher, footed, with high spout and angular handle; both with orange streaks on mottled brown glaze (Rockingham); pitcher with blue as well.
Credit Line:
Purchased from Elie Nadelman
Object Number:
1937.646ab
Marks:
impressed: on base of each: "Lyman Fenton & Co. / Fenton's / ENAMEL / PATENTED. / 1849 / BENNINGTON Vt"
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:
1858
eMuseum Object ID:
30360
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Box
Collections:
Classification:
Date:
1851
Medium:
Earthenware
Dimensions:
Overall: 4 x 4 x 4 in. ( 10.2 x 10.2 x 10.2 cm )
Description:
Unglazed slab-built redware box with four-sided lid with geometric finial; each side with pricked borders; five-pointed star on two sides alternating with heart on the other sides; lid fits entirely in box.
Credit Line:
Purchased from Elie Nadelman
Object Number:
1937.1451ab
Marks:
incised: script under lid: "Nov 12 / 1851"
written: on adhesive collector's label attached to bottom of box: "236 / 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:
Claude W. Unger, PA, 1926; The Folk Art Collection of Elie Nadelman
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1851
eMuseum Object ID:
30335
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
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