Plate

Place of OriginProbably Midwest

Date1835-1850

DimensionsD rim 13.15 cm (5 3/16 in.); D base 8.5 cm (3 3/8 in.)

MediumColorless glass with a grayish tinge.

ClassificationGlass

Credit LineGift of Mrs. Harold G. Duckworth

Object number

1966.53

Not on View

DescriptionPressed, probably upside down, over a male mold, plain except for a rope pattern at its outer edge that formed the upper edge of the rim of the plate, by a female plunger bearing the balance of the pattern. Narrow rounded foot ring.

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. 393, no. 557.Exhibition HistoryThe Toledo Museum of Art, Early American Pressed Glass, exhibition, January 28-March 6, 1966 (no catalog).