Collection Highlights
Wedding dress: yellow brocade with lace
1730-50 with several alterations into the 20th century
1949.115a
Silk brocade, needlepoint lace; silk chiffon
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Museum Collections
Luce Center
Bottle: Hall's Bitters E.E. Hall New Haven
Object name
Bottle: Hall's Bitters E.E. Hall New Haven
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
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
