Plate

Place of OriginMidwest

Date1840-1855

DimensionsRim Diam: 5 15/16 in. (15.1 cm); Base Diam: 1 29/32 in. (4.8 cm)

MediumColorless glass.

ClassificationGlass

Credit LineGift of Mrs. Harold G. Duckworth

Object number

1966.45

Not on View

DescriptionPressed upside down over a plain male mold by a female plunger bearing the pattern. The piece rests on the sixteen bosses that form the peacock feather eyes.

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. 394, no. 560.Exhibition HistoryThe Toledo Museum of Art, Early American Pressed Glass, exhibition, January 28-March 6, 1966 (no catalog).