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

Ice Cream Tray

Manufacturer Hobbs, Brockunier & Co.

CultureAmerican

Dateca. 1886

MediumPressed glass

DimensionsOverall: 1 3/4 x 9 1/4 x 14 1/4 in. (4.4 x 23.5 x 36.2 cm)

Credit LineGift of Walter P. Chrysler, Jr.

Object number71.4914

On View

Chrysler Museum of Art, Gallery 116-4, Case 28

DescriptionIce cream tray of pressed dark amberina glass. Pattern 101- "Hobnail Diamond" (now known as "Daisy and Button"). Rectangular with corners curved inward.

Published ReferencesMerrill, Nancy O. _A Concise History of Glass Represented in the Chrysler Museum Glass Collection_ (Norfolk, VA: The Chrysler Museum, 1989) 141, 213.