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Plate (Cup plate)
1844-1845
Category
Glass
Place of Origin
New England; United States; North America
Materials
- Glass (lead)
Museum Object Number
2003.0041.002
Credit Line/Donor
Gift in memory of Cecile and Phillip Ferland
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Object Number
2003.0041.002
Object Name
Plate (Cup plate)
Category
Glass
Place of Origin
New England; United States; North America
Date
1844-1845
Mark/Signature/Inscription/Label
Type: Inscription
Location: Underside
Inscription: Relief "HENRY CLAY"
Mark/Signature: No
Subject(s)
- Henry Clay
- Electioneering
- Political advertisement
- Political figure
- Historical
- Government
Materials
- Glass (lead)
Techniques
- Pressed
Dimensions (inches)
0.472 (H) x 3.583 (Diam)
Dimensions (centimeters)
1.2 (H) x 9.1 (Diam)
Bibliography and Bibliographic Notes
Book: McKearin, George S. & McKearin, Helen. 1989 American Glass.
• Different model of Henry Clay portrait on cup plate (colorless): pl. 171, no. 12, possibly made for 1831 presidential campaign. Eastern, attributed to Sandwich.Book: Spillman, Jane Shadel. 1981 American and European Pressed Glass in The Corning Museum of Glass.
• Similar model: no. 421, colorless, New England, c. 1844Book: Lee, Ruth Webb & Rose, James H. 1948 American Glass Cup Plates. 445.
• Cup plate pattern listed: No. 566-A, pl. 89, p. 314; Probably Sandwich