Plate
Manufacturer
Unknown
CultureAmerican
Date1835-1840
MediumPressed glass
DimensionsOverall: 3/4 in. (1.9 cm)
Overall, Rim: 4 7/8 in. (12.4 cm)
Overall, Rim: 4 7/8 in. (12.4 cm)
Credit LineMuseum purchase with Funds provided by Kathryn K. Porter
Object number86.184
Not on view
DescriptionLacy plate of pressed colorless glass. Round with thirty-eight scallops. Bull's eye cap ring. Shoulder-lancet & leaf design. Base-center flower surrounded by a wreath consisting of six oak leaves and six acorns with stippled ground. Rim flakes, and a one inch crack extending from rim. Crack shows in illustration in Innes book. See 86.185 for related piece from same auction lot.Published ReferencesOliver Auction Catalog, 1986, Lot #122, Innes catalog #256. Innes, Pottsburgh Glass, 1797-1891, pp. 262-263, 275-276, ill. fig. 286. Spillman, Pressed Glass, pg. 82, #212, for parallel piece with an octagonal rim.
ca. 1830-1840