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

Cup plate

Manufacturer Boston & Sandwich Glass Co. (American, 1826-1888)

CultureAmerican

Dateca. 1835

MediumPressed glass

DimensionsOverall: 3 1/2 in. (8.9 cm)

Credit LineGift of Anne Rowland

Object number81.180

Not on view

DescriptionCup plate of pressed colorless lacy glass. Valentine design center with entwined hearts and arrows surrounded by blossoms and leaves. Shoulder of four lyres. Totally stippled. Rim of 24 large scallops with 2 smaller in between.

Published ReferencesLee & Rose, AMERICAN GLASS CUP PLATES, #440B, pg. 268, pl.77, clear called "common".