History of American Decorative Arts

Hudson #4 3/14/16 Minor Decorative Arts Metals Silver/gold Iron brass Glass Ceramics Textiles

Metals:

PRECIOUS—silver and gold, , Formed by being cast in a mold or hand-wrought Decorated by being chased, engraved, turned, repoussed ______

Cast handles

Tankard 1690-1700 Boston MA John Coney

Tankard 1670-80 Boston MA Sanderson

Detail of cast handle return

Detail of lid engraving C 1700 Boston 1680-90 Boston MA Winslow MA John Coney

SUGAR BOXES

C1700 Boston MA John Coney One of a pair of spoons c 1680 Boston MA John Coney

Teaspoon c1785 Boston MA Paul Revere Serving Spoon c1750 Philadelphia PA Philip Syng Sauceboat c1790 Boston MA Benjamin Burt

Pair of salts c 1760 Philadelphia PA George Dowig Wedding service 1773 Boston MA Teapot 1760-70 Baltimore MD G.Lewyn Paul Revere II

Tea Kettle c1720 NYC Salver 1754-69 NY Daniel C Feuter

Salver 1761 Boston MA Paul Revere II Cake Basket 1754-69 NY Daniel Feuter

Ale Jug 1755-75 NY Myer Myers

Coffee Pot c1753 Philadelphia Philip Syng Pair of Candlesticks c 1710 Boston MA John Coney (cast)

Pair of Candlesticks c1790 Philadelphia PA Joseph + Nathaniel Richardson Tea Set 1793 Boston MA Paul Revere II Pair of sauceboats 1808-19 Philadelphia PA Anthony Rasch

Tureen 1809-45 NY William Thomson Tea Set c1888 NYC Tiffany + Co , enamel and silver

Ewer, tray, chalice 1850s NY gold Francis Cooper + Fisher

Arts & Crafts jar BASE METALS (any metals not precious) , tinsmith Formed by casting, being wrought, after 1850 by factory roller and then soldered together at seams not as likely to be chased or engraved (except brass is engraved) tin is often decorated with punching or painting can be turned to clean it up from mold edges if cast

BASE METALS (any metals not precious) blacksmith, tinsmith Formed by casting, being wrought, after 1850 by factory roller and then soldered together at seams not as likely to be chased or engraved (except brass is engraved) tin is often decorated with punching or painting can be turned to clean it up from mold edges if cast

Spoon Mold 1740-1800 pewter England or America

Ladle 1820-45 pewter Pewter Quart Tankard 1761- Pewter Porringer 1791-1806 80 NY or 1785-99 Hartford Ct Providence RI Wm Billings Frederick Bassett WROUGHT IRON

BLACKSMITH Wrought Iron fences CAST IRON Fireback c. 1768 Massachusetts Fireback c. 1774 Aetna Furnace, NJ

Sand cast Cast iron bench c. 1870

Door stop

Spider skillets BRASS

Ball-Top Andirons, brass 1820 Boston MA Hunneman Acorn Andirons, brass 1810 NY

“firedogs”

Federal Andirons, brass 1810 Boston Pair of Argand Lamps c. 1835 NY J+I Cox and glass Sinumbra Lamp c. 1850 bronze + glass Bronze Elevator Doors

Louis Sullivan Rolled Sheet Tin

Tin Box 1790-1820 Tole Ware New England

PA German painted tinware coffee pot GLASS formed by: free-blown method since ancient time Mold blown Pressed 1820’s and after Decorated by: Etched (acid eats surface) Diamond point (scratches surface) Cut glass Pittsburgh first in 1808 Engraved Enamel paint (has to be baked after painting) Cameo (more than one layer of color glass) Threading (melting threads of other colors while hot)

•Silica (sand/quartz/flints) and alkaline flux (soda ash or potash) in furnace •“crystal” means cut with lead brilliance, lead added for clarity •Late 17c to early 18c heavier, more resonant •Natural color is aquamarine; to make colorless, add arsenic or nickel Glass bottle collections

Blown glass Candlestick, Lily Pad blown+tooled glass glass c1790 New Bremen South MD JF Amelung Jersey

Covered Sugar Bowl Southern NJ (Caspar Wistar) Sapphire Blue Sugar Bowl C1840 South Jersey Goblet, blown glass 1788 New Bremen MD engraved

Sugar Bowl 1790 Frederick MD Amelung – blown, tooled, engraved Mold Blown Bottles

Decanter 19th c 3-part mold blown

Pocket Flask c1765- 74 Flint Glass Mfr. MA Blue glass pressed bottle

Decanter and 6 wine glasses 1830s Celery Vase c1830-40 Jersey City NJ Pressed lead glass Phineas Dummer Attr Boston+Sandwich Glass Co. Sugar + Creamer 1890

Cut glass decanters, vase, compotes 1858 Sandwich MA Sandwich Glass Co.

Brilliant Cut Dish 1880 Glass compote detail c. 1880

Brilliant Cut Glass Center Lamp c. 1860 Haverston CT Chandelier, gas. Bohemian glass c1850 prob MA Favrile Glass

New York 1890’s

Louis Comfort Tiffany Social Club window c. 1880 Hiram College

Butterflies & Foliage 1889 NY John LaFarge Poppy Lamp Daffodil Lamp

Tiffany

Box with cover 1933 Long Island NY Tiffany Studios Arts & Crafts Gallery Boston MFA CERAMICS Types: earthenware (red ), stoneware (light gray), porcelain (white) Formation: thrown, molded, coil, slab •After drying evenly, needs to be fired in a fire pit or modern ceramic oven (kiln) •Biscuit firing means without a glaze over original clay •Glaze firing is when you add a clay-like paint and refire; the glaze compound has a chemical make-up similar to glass and in the kiln forms a glass-like surface •Salt-glazed stone ware is unglazed; its pitted surface is a chemical reaction of the clay body and salt thrown in during firing •Fired biscuit ware may also be burnished with a hard rock or metal to make a shiny surface. REDWARE Sugar Bowl, earthenware-slip decor 1789-1821 Moravian PA Rudolph Christ

Sgraffito Plates Pennsylvania German Redware 18th c Salt Glazed Stoneware

Orange peel surface Light gray clay body Cobalt blue painted décor Salt glaze is clear 1770-72 Philadelphia PA Bonnin & Morris Pickle Stand

Cake Basket Transfer Printed Ware

Flow Blue pattern Pitcher, earthenware C1835-45 American Pottery Mfr. Co Jersey City NJ

Centennial Vase 1877 Karl Muller porcelain ART POTTERY

Vase 1915 NewOrleans LA Rookwood Pottery earthenware Newcomb Cincinnati OH 1890s College Pottery Monumental Vase, glazed earthenware c1905-10 Gates Pottery 1940s bowl Earthenware, Maria Martinez

Storage Containers c1880 Acoma Pueblo Burnished terra cotta Roseville Pottery items, Roseville OH

Pitcher, earthenware 1914 Boston MA Still-Life Plaque 1932 Cleveland OH Cowan Paul Revere Pottery of the Saturday Evening Potters Viktor Schreckengost Girls TEXTILES Quilt is 3 layers Main fabrics are linen (flax), wool (sheep), and cotton Many imported fabrics until around 1800

Early American textile mills: Patterson NJ, Lowell MA English Stump work 17th century

Embroidered Mourning Picture 1804 Hartford CT C. Butler Needlework Picture 1754 Philadelphia PA Mary King

Boston slip seat cover Needlework, Boston c. 1750 Four Bed Curtains , crewel embroidery 1725-50 Boston area Bradstreet family

Crewel Embroidery Bed Curtain 18th c linen + cotton Mary Thurston Fifield Textiles for a fully hung bed 55 yards Candlewick Bed Cover 1825-50 Quilted bed cover for crib Embroidered cotton c1774 Boston MA silk

Stenciled bed cover 1825-50 cotton Printed counterpane 1780-1810 Philadelphia PA William Morris fabric 1880s Appliqué Quilts (3 layers: top, batting, back)

Quilted Bed cover mid-19c cotton pieced and appliquéd

Quilted bedcover mid 19c Danville KY Mary Cunningham Pieced Quilts Coverlets, woven

Coverlet 1800-50 Summer-winter weaving Coverlet, double cloth weaving 1800-50 wool+cotton Jacquard Loom

Signature panel on coverlet 1835 B. French Waterville NY

1835-40 New Lisbon double cloth weaving C1850 wool wool+cotton Jacquard loom woven coverlets Crazy Quilt pillow top 19c

Pieced quilt late 19c, probably MA