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

Bowl/Plate

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

CultureAmerican

Dateca. 1830

MediumPressed glass

DimensionsOverall: 1 3/4 in. (4.4 cm)
Overall, Rim: 12 in. (30.5 cm)

Credit LineMuseum purchase

Object number83.348

On View

Chrysler Museum of Art, Gallery 116-3, Case 19

DescriptionShallow bowl/platter of pressed colorless glass. Center has a large cross design of strawberry diamond. Each section has wedges of pairs of small diamonds. 1.75" wide, almost flat rim of 26 circles with diamond centers. Edge scalloped & sawtooth. Heavy lead glass.

Exhibition HistorySimilar one exhibited in Corning, 1954 & now in Corning. Published ReferencesSpillman, AMERICAN & EUROPEAN PRESSED GLASS IN CORNING, #72, ill. ANTIQUES MAGAZINE, March 1954, another example bought Feb. 1983 for Ford Museum. James H. Rose, UNRECORDED RARITIES IN LACY GLASS, pg. 226.