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

Covered Dish

Manufacturer Unknown
CultureAmerican
Date1898
MediumPressed glass
DimensionsOverall: 4 3/8 x 6 5/8 x 3 1/16 in. (11.1 x 16.8 x 7.8 cm)
Credit LineGift of Mrs. Paul Brandwein
Object number79.166.82
Not on view
DescriptionUncle Sam covered dish of opal milk pressed glass. Battleship with Uncle Sam sitting on the lid between the turrets and smoke stacks. Battleship base bottom with an eagle at the prow.

Published ReferencesLindsey, AMERICAN HISTORICAL GLASS, #112, pg. 123-124. Marsh, THE AMERICAN STORY RECORDED IN GLASS, pg. 162.
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