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Plate or Tray

Manufacturer: Possibly Boston and Sandwich Glass Works (American, 1826-1888)
Date: 1835-1840
Dimensions:
H: 4.7 cm (1 27/32 in.); Rim L: 29.8 cm (11 3/4 in.); Rim W: 21.1 cm (8 5/16 in.)
Medium: Colorless glass; pressed.
Place of Origin: Massachusetts
Classification: Glass
Credit Line: Museum Purchase
Object number: 1962.12
DescriptionPressed upside down over a plain male mold that formed the interior of the tray, the edge of the rim, and the holes in the chain links and handles, by a female plunger bearing all of the pattern, which appears on the exterior of the piece, with a cap ring that formed the stippled underside of the chain and handled rim and the plain vertical edge between the rim and the bottom of the tray. Broad ribbed foot ring.
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