2003.0041.001-.006, .009-.010 Cup plates
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Plate (Cup plate)

  • Category:

    Glass

  • Place of Origin:

    New England, United States, North America

  • Date:

    1844-1845

  • Materials:

    Glass (lead)

  • Techniques:

    Pressed

  • Museum Object Number:

    2003.0041.002


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Object Number

2003.0041.002

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

1844-1845

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)

0.472 (H) , 3.583 (Diam)

Dimensions (centimeters)

1.2 (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] Spillman, Jane Shadel. 1981 American and European Pressed Glass in The Corning Museum of Glass.
Similar model: no. 421, colorless, New England, c. 1844
[Book] Lee, Ruth Webb & Rose, James H. 1948 American Glass Cup Plates. 445.
Cup plate pattern listed: No. 566-A, pl. 89, p. 314; Probably Sandwich