Plate (Cup plate)

  • Category:

    Glass

  • Creator (Role):

    Fort Pitt Glass Works (Maker)

  • Place of Origin:

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

  • Date:

    1830-1845

  • Materials:

    Glass (lead)

  • Techniques:

    Pressed

  • Museum Object Number:

    1978.0125.142


  • Complete Details



Object Number

1978.0125.142

Object Name

Plate (Cup plate)

Category

Glass

Credit Line/Donor

Gift of Ladies' Hermitage Association

Creator (Role)

Fort Pitt Glass Works (Maker)
1827-1900

Place of Origin

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

Date

1830-1845

Mark or Signature or Inscription or Label

1. Inscription; Front; "FORT PITT" on banner
2. Label; Top of well; Red-bordered label with "R- 676 C/ M - 15/ scarce" in blue ink

Subjects

American eagle

Materials

Glass (lead)

Techniques

Pressed

Dimensions (inches)

0.423 (H) , 3.681 (Diam)

Dimensions (centimeters)

1.075 (H) , 9.35 (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.
Similar examples, one deep blue, one colorless: nos. 451, 452, p. 141
[Book] Lee, Ruth Webb & Rose, James H. 1948 American Glass Cup Plates. 445.
Cup plate pattern listed: No. 676-C, pl. 106, p. 365; Curling's Ft. Pitt Glass Works