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

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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.