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    Collection Objects
    Ancient Art

    White ground black-figure lekythos fragment with Amazon

    Artist, attributed to: Inscription Painter, ca. 450–430 B.C.
    Date: 
    ca. 460–450 B.C.
    Medium: 

    terracotta, white ground, dilute glaze, added color (perhaps purple, oxidized); black-figure

    Accession Number: 
    2008.136.1.1
    Culture: 
    Greek, Attic
    Period: 
    Classical
    Classification: 
    Containers - Plastic
    Status: 
    Not on view
    Collection Objects
    American Decorative Arts

    Divided Vegetable Dish

    Manufacturer: Boonton Molding Company, American, founded 1920
    Manufacturer: American Cyanamid Company, American, founded 1907
    Date: 
    introduced 1949–50
    Medium: 

    Melmac

    Accession Number: 
    2000.101.2
    Culture: 
    American
    Period: 
    20th century
    Classification: 
    Containers - Plastic
    Status: 
    Not on view
    Collection Objects
    American Decorative Arts

    Cigarette Box

    Designer: Edward C. Sloan, American, 1894–1987
    Retailer: Brown-Williamson Tobacco Corporation
    Maker: General Electric Plastics Dept.
    Date: 
    patented 1935
    Medium: 

    "Textolite" plastic, chrome-plated steel

    Accession Number: 
    2001.126.10
    Culture: 
    American
    Period: 
    20th century
    Classification: 
    Containers - Plastic
    Status: 
    Not on view
    Collection Objects
    American Decorative Arts

    Creampot

    Maker: Jacob Hurd, American, 1702–1758
    Date: 
    ca. 1740–50
    Medium: 

    Silver

    Accession Number: 
    1934.348
    Culture: 
    American
    Period: 
    18th century
    Classification: 
    Containers - Plastic
    Status: 
    On view
    Collection Objects
    American Decorative Arts

    “Lifetime Ware” Pitcher

    Designer: Jon Hedu, American, 1914–1995
    Manufacturer: The Watertown Manufacturing Company, American, 1915–ca. 1965
    Date: 
    1946–60
    Medium: 

    Melamine

    Accession Number: 
    1999.135.1
    Culture: 
    American
    Period: 
    20th century
    Classification: 
    Containers - Plastic
    Status: 
    On view
    Collection Objects
    Prints and Drawings

    Con razon ó sin ella (Rightly or Wrongly), pl. 2 from the series Los desastres de la guerra (The Disasters of War)

    Artist: Francisco Goya, Spanish, 1746–1828
    Date: 
    1810–1820, published 1863
    Medium: 

    Etching, lavis, drypoint, burin and burnisher

    Accession Number: 
    2012.159.37.3
    Culture: 
    Spanish
    Period: 
    18th century
    Classification: 
    Containers - Plastic
    Status: 
    By appointment
    Collection Objects
    American Decorative Arts

    “Nocturne” pattern tray

    Designer: George Switzer, American, 1900–1940
    Manufacturer: Westinghouse Electric and Manufacturing Company, American, founded 1886
    Date: 
    1932
    Medium: 

    Micarta, aluminum

    Accession Number: 
    2008.77.1
    Culture: 
    American
    Period: 
    20th century
    Classification: 
    Containers - Plastic
    Status: 
    On view
    Collection Objects
    American Decorative Arts

    “First Empire” pattern tray

    Designer: George Switzer, American, 1900–1940
    Manufacturer: Westinghouse Electric and Manufacturing Company, American, founded 1886
    Date: 
    1932
    Medium: 

    Micarta, aluminum, silverplated copper

    Accession Number: 
    2008.77.2
    Culture: 
    American
    Period: 
    20th century
    Classification: 
    Containers - Plastic
    Status: 
    On view
    Collection Objects
    American Decorative Arts

    Divided vegetable bowl, “Residential” pattern

    Designer: Russel Wright, American, 1904–1976
    Manufacturer: Northern Industrial Chemical Company, American
    Retailer Distributor: Richards Morgenthau Company
    Date: 
    Designed 1953
    Medium: 

    Sea mist melmac

    Accession Number: 
    2000.102.1
    Culture: 
    American
    Period: 
    20th century
    Classification: 
    Containers - Plastic
    Status: 
    Not on view
    Collection Objects
    American Decorative Arts

    Platter, “Residential pattern”

    Designer: Russel Wright, American, 1904–1976
    Manufacturer: Northern Industrial Chemical Company, American
    Retailer: Richards Morgenthau Company
    Date: 
    Designed 1953
    Medium: 

    Sea mist melmac

    Accession Number: 
    2000.102.2
    Culture: 
    American
    Period: 
    20th century
    Classification: 
    Containers - Plastic
    Status: 
    Not on view

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