Collection Highlights
Portrait of a Heroic Fireman
ca. 1857
1937.328
Polychrome painted and carved wood
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Museum Collections
Luce Center
Cigar box w/tags
Title
Cigar box w/tags
Object name
Tobacco box
Date
ca. 1758
Medium
Brass, copper
Dimensions
Overall: 1 1/4 x 6 3/8 x 2 in. ( 3.2 x 16.2 x 5.1 cm )
Description
Oblong box with sheet copper sides and sheet brass hinged top and bottom with scene before battle within a scrolling, assymetrical cartouche flanked by two female allegorical figures with weapons of war; on reverse is an oblong cartouche with Frederick the Great on horseback amidst battle, flanked by two round cartouches with male portraits in profile.
Credit Line
Purchased from Elie Nadelman
Object Number
1937.1345
Marks
die-stamped: in Dutch on top: "PASSIRVNG DEES RHEINE/DER ALLIERTE ARMEE DURCH DEN PR. FERDINAND V. BRAUNS/BEY LORITH(...) UNTERHALB EMMERICK/1758 (...) DEN 2 TEN (..)" ; on reverse: "FRIDERICUS BORUSSORUM REX, COMPLEETE VICTOIRE DER PRUSSEN OVER DE RYKSEN/FRANSK ARMEEN (B) EVOCHTEN BY ROSSBACH EN MESERBERG/1757" ; "FRID HENRICUS PRINCEPS BORRUSLAE"; on front and reverse: "GIESE"; "ISER LOHN"
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.
