Object Number 1978.0125.115

Object Name

Plate (Cup plate)

Category

Glass

Credit Line/Donor

Gift of Ladies' Hermitage Association

Creator (Role)

Boston and Sandwich Glass Company (Probable maker)

Place of Origin

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

Date

1835-1850

Mark or Signature or Inscription or Label

1. Label; Top of well; Circular label with "R/465-O"; circular label with "48/SC"
2. Label; Top of well; Red-bordered label with "R 467?/M 208"

Materials

Glass (lead)

Techniques

Pressed

Dimensions (inches)

0.413 (H) , 3.573 (Diam)

Dimensions (centimeters)

1.05 (H) , 9.075 (Diam)

Object Description

Text available soon.

Bibliography and Bibliographic Notes

[Book] McKearin, George S. & McKearin, Helen. 1989 American Glass.
• Variation cup plate attributed to Sandwich: pl. 187, no. 8 (nos. 10-12 show other variations)
[Book] Spillman, Jane Shadel. 1981 American and European Pressed Glass in The Corning Museum of Glass.
• Several versions of similar cup plate model: nos. 411-416, variously New England or Boston & Sandwich Glass Company, 1835-60
[Book] Lee, Ruth Webb & Rose, James H. 1948 American Glass Cup Plates. 445.
• Cup plate pattern listed: No. 465-O, pl. 80, p. 280; probably Boston and Sandwich Glass Co.