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Plate (Cup plate)
Boston and Sandwich Glass Company
1830-1845
Category
Glass
Creator/Artist/Maker
Boston and Sandwich Glass Company (Possible maker)
Place of Origin
Possibly Sandwich; Possibly Massachusetts; New England; United States; North America
Materials
- Glass (lead)
Museum Object Number
1978.0125.084
Credit Line/Donor
Gift of Ladies' Hermitage Association
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Object Number
1978.0125.084
Object Name
Plate (Cup plate)
Category
Glass
Creator (Role)
Boston and Sandwich Glass Company (Possible maker)
Place of Origin
Possibly Sandwich; Possibly Massachusetts; New England; United States; North America
Date
1830-1845
Mark/Signature/Inscription/Label
Type: Label
Location: Top of rim
Inscription: Red-bordered label with "R285/ M126"
Mark/Signature: No
Subject(s)
- Archaeological evidence for similar (America)
Materials
- Glass (lead)
Techniques
- Pressed
Dimensions (inches)
0.561 (H) x 3.661 (Diam)
Dimensions (centimeters)
1.425 (H) x 9.3 (Diam)
Bibliography and Bibliographic Notes
Book: Spillman, Jane Shadel. 1981 American and European Pressed Glass in The Corning Museum of Glass.
• Plate and oval bowl in very similar pattern, but with stars in hairpins: nos. 174, 176, the former probably New England, c. 1830-45Book: Lee, Ruth Webb & Rose, James H. 1948 American Glass Cup Plates. 445.
• Cup plate pattern identified: No. 285, pl. 55, p. 211; Probably Sandwich, "one of the most popular patterns ever made"Book: Barlow, Raymond E. & Kaiser, Joan E. 1993 A Guide To Sandwich Glass: Blown Tableware, Pressed Cup Plates and Salts from Volume 1.
• Cup plate in matching pattern: No. 1379Book: McKearin, George S. & McKearin, Helen. 1989 American Glass.
• Pressed Sandwich cup plate in "hair pin" design: No. 2, pl. 147Book: McNally, Paul. 1982 Table Glass in Canada, 1700- 1850.
• Cup plate in matching pattern: fig. 108, excavated at Fort Coteau-du-Lac in Canada