Object Number 2003.0041.007

Object Name

Plate (Cup plate)

Category

Glass

Credit Line/Donor

Gift in memory of Cecile and Phillip Ferland

Place of Origin

New England, United States, North America

Date

1840-1852

Mark or Signature or Inscription or Label

1. Inscription; Underside; Relief "HENRY CLAY"

Subjects

Henry Clay; Electioneering; Political advertisement; Political figure; Historical; Government

Materials

Glass (lead)

Techniques

Pressed

Dimensions (inches)

0.551 (H) , 3.583 (Diam)

Dimensions (centimeters)

1.4 (H) , 9.1 (Diam)

Object Description

Text available soon.

Bibliography and Bibliographic Notes

[Book] McKearin, George S. & McKearin, Helen. 1989 American Glass.
• Different model of Henry Clay portrait on cup plate (colorless): pl. 171, no. 12, possibly made for 1831 presidential campaign. Eastern, attributed to Sandwich.
[Book] McKearin, George S. & McKearin, Helen. 1989 American Glass.
• Similar model (different outer rim) associated with Sandwich: pl. 186, no.12
[Book] McKearin, George S. & McKearin, Helen. 1989 American Glass.
• Similar model (different outer rim) associated with Sandwich: pl. 181, no.28, associated with 1844 presidential campaign
[Book] Spillman, Jane Shadel. 1981 American and European Pressed Glass in The Corning Museum of Glass.
• Similar model: no. 420, New England, 1840-52
[Book] Lee, Ruth Webb & Rose, James H. 1948 American Glass Cup Plates. 445.
• Cup plate pattern listed: No. 565-B, pl. 89, p. 314; Probably Sandwich