Cheese Plate and Cover

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Cheese Plate and Cover

ManufacturerProbably Hobbs, Brockunier and Company (American, 1863-1890)

DateCover, 1885-1890; plate, probably 1930s

DimensionsH (together): 4 3/4 in. (12.1 cm); H (cover): 4 3/16 in. (10.6 cm); Rim Diam (cover): 5 11/16 in. (14.5 cm); Rim Diam (plate): 8 5/8 in. (21.9 cm)

MediumRubina Verde glass. Cover: blown and ball-optic-molded. Applied yellowish green finial made by the blow-over and crack-off process. Rim finished by grinding and polishing. No pontil mark. Plate: pressed. Shoulder possibly finished by tooling.

ClassificationGlass

Credit LineGift of Mr. and Mrs. Donald A. Kress

Object number

1981.92A-B

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Published ReferencesCatalogue pages, microfiche, Hobbs, Brockunier and Company, Wheeling, WV, n.d. (1885-88), p. 20, second row, left (101 Polka Dot Cheese and Cov. Rubina); p. 21 (various colors).

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. 612, no. 989.