Cup Plate

ManufacturerPossibly Union Flint Glass Works (American, 1826-1844)

Place of OriginPhiladelphia area, Pennsylvania, United States

Date1827-1830

Dimensions3 9/16 × 2 3/8 in. (9 × 6 cm)

Mediumglass

ClassificationGlass

Credit LineGift of Edward Drummond Libbey

Object number

1917.552

Not on View

DescriptionPressed upside down, probably by a bench press, over a plain male mold by a female plunger bearing the pattern, primarily a band of acorns surrounding a circle of six-pointed stars around a six-petaled floret. Thick uneven rim. No cap ring. Shear mark on patterned base. Slight fin at bottom edge of rim, caused by the edge of the female plunger. Colorless glass with a grayish tinge.

Published ReferencesWilson, Kenneth M., American Glass, 1760-1930: The Toledo Museum of Art, New York: Hudson Hills Press in association with the Toledo Museum of Art, [Lanham, Md.]: National Book Network [distributor], c1994; 2 v. (879 p.): ill. (some col.); 32 cm., 1994, p. 311, no. 360.