Jug
Collections:
Classification:
Date:
1823-1828
Medium:
Stoneware, cobalt oxide
Dimensions:
Overall: 13 1/2 x 10 1/2 in. ( 34.3 x 26.7 cm )
Description:
Salt-glazed stoneware jug with impressed maker's mark and decorated with an incised and cobalt blue painted bird.
Credit Line:
Purchased from Elie Nadelman
Object Number:
1937.890
Marks:
impressed: on front: "I. SEYMOUR & CO. / TROY"
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:
1828
eMuseum Object ID:
29657
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Urn
Collections:
Classification:
Date:
1850-1890
Medium:
Plaster of Paris, paint
Dimensions:
Overall: 15 1/2 x 8 in. ( 39.4 x 20.3 cm )
Description:
Chalkware urn on square base with red, yellow, and green fruit and green paper leaves on top; at center of arrangement is oversized lemon painted greenish yellow.
Credit Line:
Purchased from Elie Nadelman
Object Number:
1937.1133
Marks:
hand written: in pencil on bottom edge of base: "2348/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:
1890
eMuseum Object ID:
29635
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Curtain
Collections:
Classification:
Date:
1850-1900
Medium:
Cotton, ivory
Dimensions:
Overall: 122 1/2 x 75 x 1/4 in. ( 311.2 x 190.5 x 0.6 cm )
Description:
One white lace curtain panel on cotton batiste ground, with chainstitch and drawnwork, gathered across the top with six ivory buttons anchoring loops from which to suspend the panel, scalloped edges on sides and bottom, airy floral pattern throughout with dense floral border around sides and bottom.
Credit Line:
Purchased from Elie Nadelman, 1937
Object Number:
Z.1092
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:
29611
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Flask
Collections:
Classification:
Date:
1800-1835
Medium:
Stoneware, cobalt oxide
Dimensions:
Overall: 7 3/4 x 4 3/4 x 2 1/4 in. ( 19.7 x 12.1 x 5.7 cm )
Description:
Salt-glazed stoneware flask decorated with incised cobalt six-petal flower on one side and incised cobalt branch on the other.
Credit Line:
Purchased from Elie Nadelman
Object Number:
1937.865
Gallery Label:
This style of incised decoration is associated with Crolius and other New York City manufactures.
Provenance:
The Folk Art Collection of Elie Nadelman
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1835
eMuseum Object ID:
29600
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Pot
Collections:
Classification:
Date:
1811
Medium:
Stoneware
Dimensions:
Overall: 11 x 9 1/2 in. ( 27.9 x 24.1 cm )
Description:
Salt-glazed stoneware two-handled pot with impressed maker's mark.
Credit Line:
Purchased from Elie Nadelman
Object Number:
1937.833
Marks:
impressed: on front: "II PAUL CUSHMAN'S STONEWARE FACTORY. 1811"
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:
1811
eMuseum Object ID:
29598
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Jug
Collections:
Classification:
Date:
1802-1819
Medium:
Stoneware, cobalt oxide
Dimensions:
Overall: 15 x 10 in. ( 38.1 x 25.4 cm )
Description:
Salt-glazed stoneware jug with impressed maker's mark and decorated with impressed crescents and leaves painted with cobalt blue.
Credit Line:
Purchased from Elie Nadelman
Object Number:
1937.821
Marks:
impressed: on front: "COMMERAW'S / STONEWARE / NEW YORK"
Gallery Label:
Scholars long assumed that stoneware potter Thomas W. Commeraw was of European descent. Recent research, however, shows that he was a free African American. His pottery was located at Corlear's Hook on the East River, near today's Chinatown. It produced utilitarian storage vessels like this jug from 1797 to 1819. Commeraw was involved in the antislavery movement, and in 1820 he traveled to Sierra Leone as an advocate for the American Colonization Society, which promoted the "return" of free African Americans to Africa.
Provenance:
The Folk Art Collection of Elie Nadelman
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1819
eMuseum Object ID:
29555
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Jug
Collections:
Classification:
Date:
1825-1875
Medium:
Stoneware, cobalt oxide, cork
Dimensions:
Overall: 11 1/2 x 6 3/4 in. ( 29.2 x 17.1 cm )
Description:
Salt-glazed stoneware jug with cork and impressed retailer's mark, colored with cobalt blue.
Credit Line:
Purchased from Elie Nadelman
Object Number:
1937.799
Marks:
impressed: on front: "JOHN. MATTHEWS / APPARATUS CO / 1ST AVE 26TH & 27TH STS / NEW YORK"
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:
1875
eMuseum Object ID:
29553
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Jar
Collections:
Classification:
Date:
1807
Medium:
Stoneware, cobalt oxide
Dimensions:
Overall: 12 x 8 in. ( 30.5 x 20.3 cm )
Description:
Salt-glazed stoneware jar with impressed maker's mark and two incised clouds decorated with cobalt blue, marked Liberty for Ev.
Credit Line:
Purchased from Elie Nadelman
Object Number:
1937.793
Marks:
impressed: on front: "WARNE & LETTS 1807 / LIBERTY FOR EV"
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:
1807
eMuseum Object ID:
29550
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Spittoon
Collections:
Classification:
Date:
1800-1830
Medium:
Stoneware, cobalt oxide
Dimensions:
Overall: 4 x 8 in. ( 10.2 x 20.3 cm )
Description:
Salt-glazed stoneware cuspidor decorated with cobalt blue flowers and leaves.
Credit Line:
Purchased from Elie Nadelman
Object Number:
1937.556
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:
29507
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Inkwell
Collections:
Classification:
Date:
1810-1840
Medium:
Stoneware
Dimensions:
Overall: 1 3/8 x 2 3/4 in. ( 3.5 x 7 cm )
Description:
Circular slat-glazed stoneware inkwell, top decorated with three concentric bands of beading; one central ink hole and one smaller stylus hole.
Credit Line:
Purchased from Elie Nadelman
Object Number:
1937.565
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:
29499
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
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