Collection Highlights
The Game of Playing Department Store
1898
2000.715
Cardboard, wood, paper
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Museum Collections
Luce Center
Box with cover
Object name
Box with cover
Date
1800-1900
Medium
Earthenware
Dimensions
Overall: 2 1/4 x 3 1/2 x 2 1/4 in. ( 5.7 x 8.9 x 5.7 cm )
Description
Molded rectangular box with canted corners and coral-like border with shell corners in low relief and corresponding cover with coral shaped handle, of marbleized white and brown clay under a lead glaze with trace amounts of red and gold pigment on raised areas.
Credit Line
Gift of Elie Nadelman
Object Number
1938.379ab
Marks
impressed: on base: "A/87"
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.
