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New photography by Shannon Ruff captured with a digital camera-2006.
Relish dish
New photography by Shannon Ruff captured with a digital camera-2006.
New photography by Shannon Ruff captured with a digital camera-2006.

Relish dish

Manufacturer Hobbs, Brockunier & Co.
CultureAmerican
Dateca. 1870-1880
MediumPressed glass
DimensionsOverall: 1 1/4 x 9 1/2 in. (3.2 x 24.1 cm)
Base: 5 1/2 in. (14 cm)
Credit LineBequest of Margaret Roper Moss
Object number66.75.33
Not on view
DescriptionRelish dish of pressed glass. Elongated quatrefoil shape. Blackberry motif on inside as well as outside, rayed base. Design was to be applied to "glassware or hot-cast porcelain". See GAW.64.7 for matching sugar.

Published ReferencesRevi, AMERICAN PRESSED GLASS, pg. 185-186, ill. pl. 185. Spillman, AMERICAN & EUROPEAN PRESSED GLASS, p. 285.
New photography by Shannon Ruff captured with a digital camera-2006.
Hobbs, Brockunier & Co.
ca. 1886
New photography by Shannon Ruff captured with a digital camera-2006.
Hobbs, Brockunier & Co.
ca. 1870-1880
New photography by Shannon Ruff captured with a digital camera-2006.
Hobbs, Brockunier & Co.
ca. 1886
New photography by Shannon Ruff captured with a digital camera-2006.
Hobbs, Brockunier & Co.
Image scanned from a transparency and color-corrected by Pat Cagney.
Hobbs, Brockunier & Co.
ca. 1886
New photography by Shannon Ruff captured with a digital camera-2006.
Hobbs, Brockunier & Co.
New photography by Shannon Ruff captured with a digital camera-2006.
Hobbs, Brockunier & Co.
New photography by Shannon Ruff captured with a digital camera-2006.
Hobbs, Brockunier & Co.
ca. 1880-1885
New photography by Shannon Ruff captured with a digital camera-2006.
Hobbs, Brockunier & Co.
ca. 1880-1885
New photography by Shannon Ruff captured with a digital camera-2006.
Hobbs, Brockunier & Co.
ca. 1870-1880
New photography by Shannon Ruff captured with a digital camera-2006.
Hobbs, Brockunier & Co.
CA. 1870-1880
New photography by Shannon Ruff captured with a digital camera-2006.
Hobbs, Brockunier & Co.
ca. 1885