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Tray

Place of OriginMidwest

DateProbably 1860-1880

DimensionsRim L: 8 in. (20.3 cm); Rim W: 5 3/8 in. (13.55 cm); Base L: 4 7/32 in. (10.7 cm); Base W: 2 27/32 in. (7.2 cm); H: 1 3/16 in. (3.0 cm)

MediumColorless non-lead glass of poor quality with an exceptionally smooth finish

ClassificationGlass

Credit LineGift of Mrs. Harold G. Duckworth

Object number

1969.217

Not on View

DescriptionPressed upside down over a male mold, plain except for the fringe-like motifs on the ends that also form the rim's upper edge, by a female plunger bearing the rest of the pattern. Narrow flat foot ring.

Published ReferencesRose, James H., The Story of American Pressed Glass of the Lacy Period, 1825-1850, exh. cat., Corning Museum of Glass, Corning, NY, 1954, p. 118, no. 453.

Spillman, Jane S., American and European Pressed Glass in the Corning Museum of Glass, Corning Museum of Glass Catalog Series, Corning, NY, Corning Museum of Glass, 1981, p. 77, no. 192.

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. 398, no. 572.