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

Dish

Manufacturer Boston & Sandwich Glass Co. (American, 1826-1888)
CultureAmerican
Dateca. 1835
MediumPressed glass
DimensionsOverall: 1 1/8 in. (2.9 cm)
Overall, Rim: 5 1/4 x 7 in. (13.3 x 17.8 cm)
Credit LineMuseum purchase, Helen Foundation Fund
Object number83.608
Not on view
DescriptionRectangular dish of pressed colorless glass. Lacy, rectangular with chamfered corners. Rim scalloped with points between. Sides have two gothic designs on long side and one on end. Leaf design on corners. Diamond & arches on bottom. Background heavily stippled. Roughage & a few nicks around rim.

Published ReferencesR.W. Lee, SANDWICH GLASS, pp. 315-316, pl. 10. McKearin, AMERICAN GLASS, pl. 150, #7.
New photography by Shannon Ruff captured with a digital camera-2006.
Unknown
ca. 1840
New photography by Shannon Ruff captured with a digital camera-2006.
Unknown
1835-1840
New photography by Shannon Ruff captured with a digital camera-2006.
Bryce, Higbee & Co.
ca. 1887
4x5 transparency scanned on Hasselblad Flextight X1 by Ed Pollard-2017.
Robert Indiana
1964-65
Boston & Sandwich Glass Co.
before 1830
New photography by Shannon Ruff captured with a digital camera-2006.
Boston & Sandwich Glass Co.
ca. 1850-1860
New photography by Shannon Ruff captured with a digital camera-2006.
Boston & Sandwich Glass Co.
ca. 1850
New photography by Shannon Ruff captured with a digital camera-2006.
Unknown
ca. 1825
New photography by Shannon Ruff captured with a digital camera-2006.
Unknown
ca. 1835-1845
New photography by Shannon Ruff captured with a digital camera-2006.
Unknown
1835-1840
Image scanned from a transparency and color-corrected by Pat Cagney.
Boston & Sandwich Glass Co.
ca. 1855-1860
New photography by Shannon Ruff captured with a digital camera-2006.
Boston & Sandwich Glass Co.
ca. 1850