Object Number 1978.0125.087

Object Name

Plate (Cup plate)

Category

Glass

Credit Line/Donor

Gift of Ladies' Hermitage Association

Creator (Role)

E. A. & S. R. Filley (Commissioning merchant)

Place of Origin

Pittsburgh, Allegheny, Pennsylvania, Mid-Atlantic, United States, North America

Date

1845-1855

Mark or Signature or Inscription or Label

1. Inscription; Underside of rim and well; "E.A. & S.R. FILLEY\ SAINT.LOUIS" "IMPORTERS.OF/ CHINA.GLASS/&.QUEENS.WARE"

Subjects

Advertisement; Merchant

Materials

Glass (lead)

Techniques

Pressed

Dimensions (inches)

0.472 (H) , 3.437 (Diam)

Dimensions (centimeters)

1.2 (H) , 8.73 (Diam)

Object Description

Text available soon.

Bibliography and Bibliographic Notes

[Book] Lee, Ruth Webb & Rose, James H. 1948 American Glass Cup Plates. 445.
• Cup plate pattern listed: No. 315, pl. 60, p. 223; Midwest, possibly Pittsburgh
[Book] Spillman, Jane Shadel. 1981 American and European Pressed Glass in The Corning Museum of Glass.
• Related cup plate: no. 395. p. 127; Midwest, probably Pittsburgh ca. 1845- 1855