Object Number 1986.0055

Object Name

Curtain pin (Curtain tieback)

Category

Glass

Credit Line/Donor

Gift of Russell Ward Nadeau in memory of D. J. and Alice Shumway Nadeau

Place of Origin

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

Date

1850-1900

Materials

Glass; Brass; Iron; Pewter

Techniques

Pressed

Dimensions (inches)

3.701 (L) , 2.283 (Diam)

Dimensions (centimeters)

9.4 (L) , 5.8 (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.
• Very similar curtain tiebacks with silver & gilt details: p. 267, nos. 1061-1062, ca. 1850, probably New England
[Book] Spillman, Jane Shadel. 1981 American and European Pressed Glass in The Corning Museum of Glass.
• Late similarly modeled blue glass examples: p. 353, nos. 1384-1385, c. 1910-30, US or Europe