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Plate (Cup plate)
Boston and Sandwich Glass Company
1840-1852
Category
Glass
Creator/Artist/Maker
Boston and Sandwich Glass Company (Possible maker)
Place of Origin
Probably Sandwich; Probably Massachusetts; New England; United States; North America
Materials
- Glass (lead)
Museum Object Number
2003.0041.001
Credit Line/Donor
Gift in memory of Cecile and Phillip Ferland
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Object Number
2003.0041.001
Object Name
Plate (Cup plate)
Category
Glass
Creator (Role)
Boston and Sandwich Glass Company (Possible maker)
Place of Origin
Probably Sandwich; Probably Massachusetts; New England; United States; North America
Date
1840-1852
Mark/Signature/Inscription/Label
Type: Inscription
Location: Central reserve, underside
Inscription: "HENRY CLAY"
Mark/Signature: No
Subject(s)
- Henry Clay
- Electioneering
- Political advertisement
- Political figure
- Historical
- Government
Materials
- Glass (lead)
Techniques
- Pressed
Dimensions (inches)
0.433 (H) x 3.425 (Diam)
Dimensions (centimeters)
1.1 (H) x 8.7 (Diam)
Bibliography and Bibliographic Notes
Book: Spillman, Jane Shadel. 1981 American and European Pressed Glass in The Corning Museum of Glass.
• Other Henry Clay cup plates (different models) nos. 418- 421, pp. 132- 33: New England c. 1840- 1852Book: Lee, Ruth Webb & Rose, James H. 1948 American Glass Cup Plates. 445.
• Cup plate in same pattern: no. 562, pl. 88Book: McKearin, George S. & McKearin, Helen. 1989 American Glass.
• Cup plate in same pattern: No. 12, pl. 171; possibly of the 1831 campaign; Eastern, attributed to Sandwich