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Plate (Cup plate)
Fort Pitt Glass Works
1830-1845
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
1978.0125.142
Credit Line/Donor
Gift of Ladies' Hermitage Association
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Object Number
1978.0125.142
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
1830-1845
Mark/Signature/Inscription/Label
Type: Inscription
Location: Front
Inscription: "FORT PITT" on banner
Type: Label
Location: Top of well
Inscription: Red-bordered label with "R- 676 C/ M - 15/ scarce" in blue ink
Mark/Signature: No
Subject(s)
- American eagle
Materials
- Glass (lead)
Techniques
- Pressed
Dimensions (inches)
0.423 (H) x 3.681 (Diam)
Dimensions (centimeters)
1.075 (H) x 9.35 (Diam)
Bibliography and Bibliographic Notes
Book: Spillman, Jane Shadel. 1981 American and European Pressed Glass in The Corning Museum of Glass.
• Similar examples, one deep blue, one colorless: nos. 451, 452, p. 141Book: Lee, Ruth Webb & Rose, James H. 1948 American Glass Cup Plates. 445.
• Cup plate pattern listed: No. 676-C, pl. 106, p. 365; Curling's Ft. Pitt Glass Works