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

hat

Manufacturer George Duncan & Sons

Manufacturer Unknown

CultureAmerican

Dateca. 1885-1892

MediumPressed glass

DimensionsOverall: 6 x 7 7/8 in. (15.2 x 20 cm)
Base: 5 3/4 in. (14.6 cm)

Credit LineGift of Walter P. Chrysler, Jr.

Object number0.3053

Not on view

DescriptionPressed colorless non-lead top hat in daisy and button pattern called "Hobnail" by Duncan. On Dec. 8, 1885, John E. Miller was issued design patent #16,409 for these hats. The largest illustrated in the Fogg catalog reprint was a celery, which measured only about 6" in length, but was similar in height.

Published ReferencesEARLY DUNCAN GLASSWARE: GEO. DUNCAN AND SONS PITTSBURGH: 1874-1892, p. 26, 144; Fogg reprint of Geo. Duncan & Sons Catalogue, p. 70.