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Picture Screw

Picture Screw

Artist: Henry Clay Luther (American)
Date: 1865-1880
Dimensions:
2 3/8 × 1 1/2 in. (6 × 3.8 cm)
Medium: colorless glass
Place of Origin: Providence, Rhode Island, United States
Classification: Glass
Credit Line: Gift of Edward Drummond Libbey
Object number: 1917.174
DescriptionInsert pressed, probably upside down, in a one-piece female mold bearing the pattern, by a plain male plunger. The six-pointed star is enameled red and white. Background of white plaster of paris, mounted in a brass surround, then attached to an iron screw.
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