Museum Collections
The Folk Art Collection of Elie Nadelman
Flask
Object name
Flask
Date
ca. 1862
Medium
Stoneware
Dimensions
Overall: 9 1/2 x 4 1/2 x 3 in. ( 24.1 x 11.4 x 7.6 cm )
Description
Salt-glazed stoneware flask with hand-inscribed words.
Credit Line
Purchased from Elie Nadelman
Object Number
1937.573
Marks
inscribed: by hand on both sides of flask: "Yale & Oberlin/Eddie & Frankie./Cosa & Susie -/Yale & Norwalk.." and "Catskill Mountain Ex/Augt. 15th 1862/'We Far..'/Athens/NY."
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.





