Oil lamp
Collections:
Classification:
Date:
1855-1870
Medium:
Glass, pewter
Dimensions:
Overall: 8 x 4 1/8 in. ( 20.3 x 10.5 cm )
Description:
Colorless pressed lead glass oil lamp; ovoid font with six oval panels in relief on hexagonal incurving stem on hexagonal pedestal base; entire lamp pressed in one multi-part mold; pewter and tin collar and double wick holder for whale oil.
Credit Line:
Purchased from Elie Nadelman
Object Number:
1937.1094
Gallery Label:
The domed top of this lamp's font was formed by using the Magoun Patent method. This method, invented by Joseph Magoun of the New England Glass Company in 1847, eliminated moldmarks by using a hinged, three-part mold to form the sides of the font and a one-piece cylindrical mold to form a cylinder that was then tooled to form the dome.
Provenance:
The Folk Art Collection of Elie Nadelman
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1870
eMuseum Object ID:
24571
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Oil lamp
Collections:
Classification:
Date:
1812-1827
Medium:
Glass
Dimensions:
Overall: 10 1/4 x 3 3/8 x 3 3/8 in. ( 26 x 8.6 x 8.6 cm )
Description:
Colorless glass oil lamp with blown font and standard and pressed base; spherical font has mercurial line and is separated from standard by circular collar; standard encircled by applied chain pattern formed with two thick threads of glass; pressed base consists of dome with interior ribs ("lemon squeezer") on square base.
Credit Line:
Purchased from Elie Nadelman
Object Number:
1937.1091b
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:
1827
eMuseum Object ID:
24561
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Bottle: Pig Shape
Collections:
Classification:
Date:
1875-1925
Medium:
Glass
Dimensions:
Overall: 1 7/8 x 1 1/2 x 4 in. ( 4.8 x 3.8 x 10.2 cm )
Description:
Colorless glass flask in shape of pig; blown in two part mold.
Credit Line:
Purchased from Elie Nadelman
Object Number:
1937.1652
Marks:
molded: in low relief beneath base: "C.F. KNAPP/ PHILADA"
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:
1925
eMuseum Object ID:
24560
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Oil lamp
Collections:
Classification:
Date:
1812-1827
Medium:
Glass
Dimensions:
Overall: 10 1/4 x 3 3/8 x 3 3/8 in. ( 26 x 8.6 x 8.6 cm )
Description:
Colorless glass oil lamp with blown font and standard and pressed base; spherical font has mercurial line and is separated from standard by circular collar; standard encircled by applied chain pattern formed with two thick threads of glass; pressed base consists of dome with interior ribs ("lemon squeezer") on square base.
Credit Line:
Purchased from Elie Nadelman
Object Number:
1937.1091a
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:
1827
eMuseum Object ID:
24559
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Bottle: Pine Tree Tar Cordial Phil A 1859
Collections:
Classification:
Highlight:
Not promoted
Date:
1860-1875
Medium:
Glass
Dimensions:
Overall: 9 7/8 x 2 7/8 x 2 3/4 in. ( 25.1 x 7.3 x 7 cm )
Description:
Emerald green glass medicine bottle blown in a three-part mold with down-tooled collar, cylindrical neck, curved short shoulder, square body with chamfered corners, embossed pine tree and inscription "PATENT 1859" on one side, inscriptions "L.Q.C.WISHART'S" and "PINE TREE TAR CORDIAL PHIL A" on two of the other sides, and base with circular depression.
Credit Line:
Purchased from Elie Nadelman
Object Number:
1937.1668
Marks:
in relief: on obverse: "L.Q.C.WISHART'S"
in relief: on side adjacent to obverse: "PINE TREE / TAR CORDIAL / PHIL A"
in relief: on reverse: "PATENT / 1859"
Gallery Label:
Lucius Q. C. Wishart started business as a paint dealer and grocer in Philadelphia, but after patenting his Pine Tree Tar Cordial in 1859, he entered the field of patent medicines; from 1860 through 1873 his listings in the city directories included "patent medicine," "druggist," and "physician" (see McKearin and Wilson, "American Bottles & Flasks and Their Ancestry," p. 304).
Provenance:
The Folk Art Collection of Elie Nadelman
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1875
eMuseum Object ID:
24552
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Bottle: Hall's Bitters E.E. Hall New Haven
Collections:
Classification:
Highlight:
Not promoted
Date:
1860-1890
Medium:
Glass
Dimensions:
Overall: 9 3/8 x 3 1/4 in. ( 23.8 x 8.3 cm )
Description:
Amber glass bitters bottle blown in a three-part mold with wide flange lip, short neck and shoulder, slender barrel shape with narrow bands of horizontal ribbing separated by three wide plain bands, inscription "HALL'S BITTERS" on obverse, "E. E. HALL NEW HAVEN ESTABLISHED 1842" on reverse, and flat base.
Credit Line:
Purchased from Elie Nadelman
Object Number:
1937.1665
Marks:
in relief: on obverse: "HALL'S / BITTERS"
in relief: on reverse: "E. E. HALL NEW HAVEN / ESTABLISHED1842"
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:
24504
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Demijohn
Collections:
Classification:
Date:
1850-1880
Medium:
Glass, wicker, wood
Dimensions:
Overall: 20 1/2 x 9 in. ( 52.1 x 22.9 cm )
Description:
Aquamarine molded glass demijohn encased in wicker; cylindrical body with tapering neck and sloping shoulders; wide, flat sloping collar with affixed torn paper label (illegible); entwined wicker handle on one side; wooden disk supporting base.
Credit Line:
Purchased from Elie Nadelman, 1937
Object Number:
Z.462
Marks:
inscribed in ink: on paper label attached to handle: "From C.L. McKenny/Alex. Va/to/Elie Nadelman/Riverdale/N[torn]"
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:
24459
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Oil lamp
Collections:
Classification:
Date:
1825-1835
Medium:
Glass, metal
Dimensions:
Overall: 9 x 3 x 3 in. ( 22.9 x 7.6 x 7.6 cm )
Description:
Colorless lead glass oil lamp with blown font and pressed base; conical font joined by three annular knops to base with three circular steps on flat plinth with canted corners; tin and cork double wick holder for whale oil.
Credit Line:
Purchased from Elie Nadelman
Object Number:
1937.1098
Gallery Label:
According to the accession records, this lamp was fueled with camphene, a fuel made of a distillation of camphor.
Provenance:
The Folk Art Collection of Elie Nadelman
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1835
eMuseum Object ID:
24361
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Oil lamp
Collections:
Classification:
Date:
1810-1840
Medium:
Glass
Dimensions:
Overall: 10 1/2 x 5 1/4 in. ( 26.7 x 13.3 cm )
Description:
Colorless, blown glass oil lamp with spherical font with hollow glass peg attached with hollow baluster stem with dumb-bell knop and bobeche to stepped trumpet-shaped base with folded rim; attached double scroll handle with thumb rest and crimped end.
Credit Line:
Purchased from Elie Nadelman
Object Number:
1937.1097
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:
1810
Date End:
1840
eMuseum Object ID:
24348
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Oil lamp
Collections:
Classification:
Date:
1830-1840
Medium:
Glass, metal
Dimensions:
Overall: 8 1/4 x 3 5/8 in. ( 21 x 9.2 cm )
Description:
Colorless lead glass oil lamp with blown font and pressed base; conical font with vertical rim joined with annulated knop to four-stepped base with concave sides and rounded corners; pontil mark.
Credit Line:
Purchased from Elie Nadelman
Object Number:
1937.1095
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:
24334
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
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