Object Number 1992.0080.005

Object Name

Plate (Cup plate)

Category

Glass

Credit Line/Donor

Gift of Donald Ferland

Creator (Role)

Boston and Sandwich Glass Company (Possible maker)

Place of Origin

Possibly Sandwich, Possibly Massachusetts, New England, United States, North America

Date

1830-1845

Subjects

Archaeological evidence for similar (America)

Materials

Glass (lead)

Techniques

Pressed

Dimensions (inches)

0.512 (H) , 3.661 (Diam)

Dimensions (centimeters)

1.3 (H) , 9.3 (Diam)

Object Description

Text available soon.

Bibliography and Bibliographic Notes

[Book] Spillman, Jane Shadel. 1981 American and European Pressed Glass in The Corning Museum of Glass.
• Plate and oval bowl in very similar pattern, but with stars in hairpins: nos. 174, 176, the former probably New England, c. 1830-45
[Book] Lee, Ruth Webb & Rose, James H. 1948 American Glass Cup Plates. 445.
• Cup plate pattern identified: no. 285, pl. 55, p. 211; Probably Sandwich, "one of the most popular patterns ever made"
[Book] Barlow, Raymond E. & Kaiser, Joan E. 1993 A Guide To Sandwich Glass: Blown Tableware, Pressed Cup Plates and Salts from Volume 1.
• Cup plate in matching pattern: no. 1379
[Book] McKearin, George S. & McKearin, Helen. 1989 American Glass.
• Pressed Sandwich cup plate in "hair pin" design: No. 2, pl. 147
[Book] McNally, Paul. 1982 Table Glass in Canada, 1700- 1850.
• Cup plate in matching pattern: fig. 108, excavated at Fort Coteau-du-Lac in Canada