Collection Highlights
The Puritan
1899
1946.253
Dark brown/ black patinated bronze
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Museum Collections
The Folk Art Collection of Elie Nadelman
Flower pot
Object name
Flower pot
Date
ca. 1815
Medium
Earthenware
Dimensions
Overall: 7 1/4 x 5 3/4 in. ( 18.4 x 14.6 cm )
Description
Wheelthrown redware baluster-shaped flower pot with pierced base and flared, scalloped rim, above banded neck; sgraffito decoration of tree forms.
Credit Line
Purchased from Elie Nadelman
Object Number
1937.1440
Marks
incised: on side: "MARISSEA [?] EDWARDS 1815/MB"
incised: on rim: "AL/[illeg.] 22/1815"
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
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
