Plate

ManufacturerPossibly Boston and Sandwich Glass Works (American, 1826-1888)

Date1830-1850

DimensionsRim W: 6 3/16 in. (15.7 cm); Base Diam: 3 7/32 in. (8.2 cm)

Mediumglass

ClassificationGlass

Credit LineGift of Mrs. Harold G. Duckworth

Object number

1966.66

Not on View

DescriptionColorless glass. Pressed upside down over a plain male mold by a female plunger bearing the pattern. Plain foot ring of triangular cross section.

Published ReferencesAyer, Rose L., "Six-Inch Glass Tea Plates," Antiques, vol. 20, July 1931, pp. 34-35, fig. 3, no. 4.

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. 102, nos. 301, 302.

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. 390, no. 548.