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Cup Plate

Place of OriginEastern United States

Date1835-1850

DimensionsD rim 8.7 cm (3 7/16 in.)

MediumColorless glass.

ClassificationGlass

Credit LineGift of Mrs. Guy E. Shawk

Object number

1931.79

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DescriptionPressed upside down over a plain male mold by a female plunger bearing the pattern, with a cap ring that formed the rim of 12 large scallops with points between. Triangular base ring.

Published ReferencesCarrick, Alice Van Leer, "Historical Glass Cup-Plates," Antiques, vol. 1, February 1922, pp. 61-66 (Reprint 2, pp. 121-126), p. 65, fig. 27.

McKearin, George S. and Helen McKearin, drawings by James L. McCreery, American Glass, New York, Crown, 1941; rev. ed., 1948, pl. 180, no. 13.

Lee, Ruth Webb and James H. Rose, American Glass Cup Plates: The First Classified Check List and Historical Treatise on the Subject, 3d ed., Northboro, Mass., authors, 1948, p. 360, no. 665A.

The Elsholz Collection of Early American Glass, 3 vols., Hyannis, Mass., Richard A. Bourne, 1987, vol. 3, no. 1708.

Wilson, 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. 354, no. 458.