Tile
Collections:
Classification:
Date:
1700-1800
Medium:
Earthenware
Dimensions:
Overall: 5 1/4 x 5 1/8 x 1/4 in. ( 13.3 x 13 x 0.6 cm )
Description:
Tin-glazed earthenware tile with blue and white decoration; buff-colored body with pinkish-white glaze and pin-prick at upper right; scene of building with tower at right with two boats on the water at left; spider-head corner motifs; tile is broken and has been repaired and infilled.
Credit Line:
Purchased from Elie Nadelman, 1937
Object Number:
Z.749
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:
1800
eMuseum Object ID:
25516
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Tile
Collections:
Classification:
Date:
1700-1800
Medium:
Earthenware
Dimensions:
Overall: 5 1/8 x 5 1/8 x 1/4 in. ( 13 x 13 x 0.6 cm )
Description:
Tin-glazed earthenware tile with blue and white decoration; buff-colored body with pinkish-white glaze; scene of sailboat on water with sailboats and church steeples in background; spider-head corner motifs.
Credit Line:
Purchased from Elie Nadelman, 1937
Object Number:
Z.755
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:
1800
eMuseum Object ID:
25473
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Tile
Collections:
Classification:
Date:
1700-1800
Medium:
Earthenware
Dimensions:
Overall: 5 x 5 x 1/4 in. ( 12.7 x 12.7 x 0.6 cm )
Description:
Tin-glazed earthenware tile with blue and white decoration; buff-colored body with pinkish-white glaze; scene of sailboat on water with sailboats in background; spider-head corner motifs; glaze is bubbled.
Credit Line:
Purchased from Elie Nadelman, 1937
Object Number:
Z.754
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:
1800
eMuseum Object ID:
25470
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Tile
Collections:
Classification:
Date:
1700-1800
Medium:
Earthenware
Dimensions:
Overall: 5 1/8 x 5 1/8 x 1/4 in. ( 13 x 13 x 0.6 cm )
Description:
Tin-glazed earthenware tile with blue and white decoration; buff-colored body with grayish white glaze with pin-pricks at upper left and lower right; scene of sailboat on water with boats and house in background; spider-head corner motifs.
Credit Line:
Purchased from Elie Nadelman, 1937
Object Number:
Z.753
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:
1800
eMuseum Object ID:
25468
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Sphere (witch ball)
Collections:
Classification:
Date:
1830-1840
Medium:
Glass
Dimensions:
Overall: 5 x 2 1/2 in. ( 12.7 x 6.4 cm )
Description:
Cobalt blue blown glass sphere with long cylindrical neck; possibly associated with the apothecary jars 1937.950ab.
Credit Line:
Purchased from Elie Nadelman, 1937
Object Number:
Z.699
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:
25457
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Cream jug
Collections:
Classification:
Date:
1815-1845
Medium:
Glass
Dimensions:
Overall: 2 7/8 x 3 1/8 x 2 5/8 in. ( 7.3 x 7.9 x 6.7 cm )
Description:
Deep blue lead glass cream jug blown in a 3-part mold (McKearin G III-23); squat cylindrical body with shoulders angled to short neck; flared rim pulled out to form spout; applied handle with lower terminal crimped and curled at end; diagonal ribbing around neck within horizontal rings; wide band of diamond diapering; between horizontal rings are 9 large diamonds each containing sunburst with diagonal ribs in between; vertical ribbing around base; rayed bottom (type IV); pontil mark.
Credit Line:
Purchased from Elie Nadelman
Object Number:
1937.735
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:
1845
eMuseum Object ID:
25451
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Goblet
Collections:
Classification:
Date:
1850-1870
Medium:
Glass
Dimensions:
Overall: 6 1/2 x 3 3/8 in. ( 16.5 x 8.6 cm )
Description:
Colorless pressed (probably lead) glass goblet with peacock feathers or horns of plenty in alternating pattern surrounding bowl, faceted inverted baluster stem, and plain circular foot (Horn of Plenty, Comet, or Peacock Tail pattern).
Credit Line:
Purchased from Elie Nadelman
Object Number:
1937.1024
Gallery Label:
This pattern is known to have been produced in the mid-nineteenth century by both M'Kee & Brothers of Pittsburgh and the Boston & Sandwich Glass Company of Sandwich, Massachusetts. Reproductions of the Horn of Plenty goblet were made in the 1930s by Fostoria and L. G. Wright.
Provenance:
The Folk Art Collection of Elie Nadelman
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1870
eMuseum Object ID:
25440
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Goblet
Collections:
Classification:
Date:
1870-1880
Medium:
Glass
Dimensions:
Overall: 6 1/8 x 3 1/4 in. ( 15.6 x 8.3 cm )
Description:
Colorless pressed (probably lead) glass goblet with six vertical oval panels around sides of bowl, each containing a large "0" with waffle patterning (Banded Buckle pattern); faceted stem, hexagonal step, and plain circular foot.
Credit Line:
Purchased from Elie Nadelman
Object Number:
1937.1027
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:
25439
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Goblet
Collections:
Classification:
Date:
1870-1890
Medium:
Glass
Dimensions:
Overall: 6 x 3 1/8 in. ( 15.2 x 7.9 cm )
Description:
Colorless pressed glass goblet with three linked festoons of stippled leaves with three vertical grape clusters on lower half of bowl, nonagonal stem, and plain circular foot (variant of Grape and Festoon Stippled Leaf pattern).
Credit Line:
Purchased from Elie Nadelman
Object Number:
1937.1029
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:
25438
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Tile
Collections:
Classification:
Date:
1800-1900
Medium:
Earthenware
Dimensions:
Overall: 5 1/8 x 5 x 1/4 in. ( 13 x 12.7 x 0.6 cm )
Description:
Tin-glazed earthenware tile with blue and white decoration; buff-colored body with grayish-white glaze with pin-pricks at lower left and upper right; vase with three stylized flowers in circular frame with chinoiserie lattice corner motifs; chip on lower right corner.
Credit Line:
Purchased from Elie Nadelman, 1937
Object Number:
Z.723
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:
25429
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
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