Sphere (witch ball)
Collections:
Classification:
Date:
1830-1840
Medium:
Glass
Dimensions:
Overall: 4 1/2 x 2 1/2 in. ( 11.4 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
Object Number:
1937.950c
Marks:
scratched: on surface; "1836/11"
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:
25427
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Cream jug
Collections:
Classification:
Date:
1815-1845 or 1910-1930
Medium:
Glass
Dimensions:
Overall: 4 x 3 7/8 x 2 3/4 in. ( 10.2 x 9.8 x 7 cm )
Description:
Colorless glass cream jug, blown in a 3-part mold; cylindrical body with tall neck and flared rim; applied handle; horizontal rings around neck, vertical ribbing below; on body, 6 vertical lozenges, each decorated with 3 raised dots on background of vertical lines or filled in with lines tracing shape of lozenge, separated by columns of raised dots; vertical ribs below; plain base, with pontil mark.
Credit Line:
Purchased from Elie Nadelman
Object Number:
1937.995
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:
25416
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Decanter
Collections:
Classification:
Date:
1825-1840
Medium:
Glass
Dimensions:
Overall: 5 1/8 x 2 3/4 in. ( 13 x 7 cm )
Description:
Sapphire blue half-pint decanter blown in three-part mold (McKearin GI-29); barrel-shaped body with curved, sloping shoulders and tapered cylindrical neck; single band at base of neck, twelve scallops around shoulders with double horizontal bands below; twenty-four vertical ribs above three horizontal bands on body; concentric circles on base (McKearin ringed type 23); pontil mark on base.
Credit Line:
Purchased from Elie Nadelman
Object Number:
1937.1013
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:
25414
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Pitcher
Collections:
Classification:
Date:
1815-1840
Medium:
Glass
Dimensions:
Overall: 5 x 6 x 5 in. ( 12.7 x 15.2 x 12.7 cm )
Description:
Colorless, lead glass. Pitcher blown in a three-part mold of geometric design (McKearin GII-18); barrel-shaped body with neck with flared rim pulled out to form spout, applied handle with crimped and curled end, and base molded with ring of diamonds (Diamond type) with pontil mark; body molded with bands of vertical ribs at neck, flutes at base, and a wide band of diamond diapering around waist.
Credit Line:
Purchased from Elie Nadelman
Object Number:
1937.1085
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:
25411
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 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 lower left and upper right; vase with three stylized flowers in circular frame with chinoiserie lattice corner motifs.
Credit Line:
Purchased from Elie Nadelman, 1937
Object Number:
Z.722
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:
25392
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Tile
Collections:
Classification:
Date:
1650-1750
Medium:
Earthenware
Dimensions:
Overall: 4 3/4 x 5 x 3/8 in. ( 12.1 x 12.7 x 1 cm )
Description:
Tin-glazed earthenware tile with blue and white decoration; buff-colored body with pinkish-white glaze with pin-prick at upper left; image of winged fish on water, with spider-head corner motifs; vertical crack down center.
Credit Line:
Purchased from Elie Nadelman, 1937
Object Number:
Z.725
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:
25389
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Tile
Collections:
Classification:
Date:
1650-1700
Medium:
Earthenware
Dimensions:
Overall: 5 x 5 1/8 x 3/8 in. ( 12.7 x 13 x 1 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; image of a cupid riding a dophin holding a flaming bowl, with an ox-head corner motif; the glaze is bubbled from too much heat in the kiln.
Credit Line:
Purchased from Elie Nadelman, 1937
Object Number:
Z.724
Gallery Label:
Cupid, the son of Venus and the messanger of love, rides a dolphin, an attribute of Venus, and holds a flaming bowl, a symbol of sacred love (see publications).
Provenance:
The Folk Art Collection of Elie Nadelman
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1700
eMuseum Object ID:
25388
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Finger bowl
Collections:
Classification:
Date:
1870-1900
Medium:
Glass
Dimensions:
Overall: 3 1/8 x 4 7/8 in. ( 7.9 x 12.4 cm )
Description:
Colorless pressed glass finger bowl with serpentine rim, allover hobnail pattern on sides, and pedestal foot with thumbprints on outer edge and hobnails on underside.
Credit Line:
Purchased from Elie Nadelman
Object Number:
1937.1080c
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:
25377
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Pitcher
Collections:
Classification:
Date:
1830-1875
Medium:
Glass
Dimensions:
Overall: 7 x 7 x 5 in. ( 17.8 x 17.8 x 12.7 cm )
Description:
Aquamarine non-lead blown glass pitcher; conical form (widest at base) with rolled-over rim pulled out to form spout; applied handle crimped and curled at end; push-up and pontil mark on base. Condition: Cracked
Credit Line:
Purchased from Elie Nadelman
Object Number:
1937.987
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:
25375
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Tile
Collections:
Classification:
Date:
1700-1900
Medium:
Earthenware
Dimensions:
Overall: 8 x 8 x 5/8 in. ( 20.3 x 20.3 x 1.6 cm )
Description:
Talavera majolica tile with polychrome decoration; buff-colored body with pinkish-white glaze; image of bellows.
Credit Line:
Purchased from Elie Nadelman, 1937
Object Number:
Z.760
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:
Francis Wilson Mark sale, Anderson Galleries, February 1927; The Folk Art Collection of Elie Nadelman; The Folk Art Collection of Elie Nadelman
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1900
eMuseum Object ID:
25356
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
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