Signers' Platter
Manufacturer
Gillinder & Sons
(American, 1867 - 1930)
CultureAmerican
Dateca. 1876
MediumPressed glass
DimensionsOverall, Rim: 9 1/2 x 13 1/8 in. (24.1 x 33.3 cm)
Credit LineGift of Mrs. Paul Brandwein
Object number79.166.4
Not on view
DescriptionPlatter of clear pressed glass. Oval "bread tray" known as "Signers' Platter". Around border "100 Years Ago" and names of signers of Declaration of Independence by state and bottom an intaglio design of the Liberty Bell. Roughage and flake on bottom rim.Published ReferencesInnes, PITTSBURGH GLASS, ill. 493, patented by Jas. C. Gillinder, Sept. 28, 1875, & evidently assigned to Gillinder & Sons, Philadelphia. Marsh, THE AMERICAN STORY RECORDED IN GLASS, pg. 64-65.
