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Plate (Cup plate)
Boston and Sandwich Glass Company
1841-1850
Category
Glass
Creator/Artist/Maker
Boston and Sandwich Glass Company (Probable maker)
Place of Origin
Probably Sandwich; Probably Massachusetts; New England; United States; North America
Materials
- Glass (lead)
Museum Object Number
1978.0125.134
Credit Line/Donor
Gift of Ladies' Hermitage Association
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Object Number
1978.0125.134
Object Name
Plate (Cup plate)
Category
Glass
Creator (Role)
Boston and Sandwich Glass Company (Probable maker)
Place of Origin
Probably Sandwich; Probably Massachusetts; New England; United States; North America
Date
1841-1850
Mark/Signature/Inscription/Label
Type: Inscription
Location: Well
Inscription: "BUNKER HILL BATTLE FOUGHT\ JUNE 17 1775"
Type: Label
Location: Top of well
Inscription: Red-bordered label with "R 642 (crossed out)/ M- 620; White, circular label with "R 640"
Mark/Signature: No
Materials
- Glass (lead)
Techniques
- Pressed
Dimensions (inches)
0.394 (H) x 3.652 (Diam)
Dimensions (centimeters)
1 (H) x 9.275 (Diam)
Bibliography and Bibliographic Notes
Book: Lee, Ruth Webb & Rose, James H. 1948 American Glass Cup Plates. 445.
• Cup plate pattern listed: No. 640, pl. 100, p. 344; Probably SandwichBook: Spillman, Jane Shadel. 1981 American and European Pressed Glass in The Corning Museum of Glass.
• Colorless cup plate in same pattern: No. 438, p. 138; New England, probably Boston and Sandwich Glass Co., Sandwich, Massachusetts, ca. 1841- 50