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Plate (Cup plate)
Fort Pitt Glass Works
1835-1845
Category
Glass
Creator/Artist/Maker
Fort Pitt Glass Works (Maker)
Place of Origin
Pittsburgh; Pennsylvania; Allegheny; Mid-Atlantic; United States; North America
Materials
- Glass (lead)
Museum Object Number
1978.0125.059
Credit Line/Donor
Gift of Ladies' Hermitage Association
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Object Number
1978.0125.059
Object Name
Plate (Cup plate)
Category
Glass
Creator (Role)
Fort Pitt Glass Works (Maker)
Place of Origin
Pittsburgh; Pennsylvania; Allegheny; Mid-Atlantic; United States; North America
Date
1835-1845
Materials
- Glass (lead)
Techniques
- Pressed
Dimensions (inches)
0.591 (H) x 3.685 (Diam)
Dimensions (centimeters)
1.5 (H) x 9.36 (Diam)
Bibliography and Bibliographic Notes
Book: Lee, Ruth Webb & Rose, James H. 1948 American Glass Cup Plates. 445.
• Cup plate pattern listed: No. 211, pl. 42, p. 167; Fort Pitt Glass Works, extremely rareBook: Spillman, Jane Shadel. 1981 American and European Pressed Glass in The Corning Museum of Glass.
• Related cup plate, same pattern: no. 381, p. 123; R.B. Curling & Sons, Fort Pitt Glass Works, Pittsburgh, ca. 1835- 1845, extremely rare