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Plate (Cup plate)
Fort Pitt Glass Works
1830-1845
Category
Glass
Creator/Artist/Maker
Fort Pitt Glass Works (Possible maker)
Place of Origin
Pittsburgh; Pennsylvania; Allegheny; Mid-Atlantic; United States; North America
Materials
- Glass (lead)
Museum Object Number
1978.0125.062
Credit Line/Donor
Gift of Ladies' Hermitage Association
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Object Number
1978.0125.062
Object Name
Plate (Cup plate)
Category
Glass
Creator (Role)
Fort Pitt Glass Works (Possible maker)
Place of Origin
Pittsburgh; Pennsylvania; Allegheny; Mid-Atlantic; United States; North America
Date
1830-1845
Mark/Signature/Inscription/Label
Type: Label
Location: Top of well
Inscription: Red-bordered label with "R.216/ M- 337"
Mark/Signature: No
Materials
- Glass (lead)
Techniques
- Pressed
Dimensions (inches)
0.502 (H) x 3.622 (Diam)
Dimensions (centimeters)
1.275 (H) x 9.2 (Diam)
Bibliography and Bibliographic Notes
Book: Lee, Ruth Webb & Rose, James H. 1948 American Glass Cup Plates. 445.
• Cup plate pattern listed: No. 216, pl. 43, p. 174Book: Spillman, Jane Shadel. 1981 American and European Pressed Glass in The Corning Museum of Glass.
• Colorless glass cup plate in matching pattern: no. 382, p. 123