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

Bread Tray

Manufacturer Atterbury & Co.

CultureAmerican

Dateca. 1875-1876

MediumPressed glass

DimensionsOverall: 2 x 12 3/4 x 9 in. (5.1 x 32.4 x 22.9 cm)

Credit LineGift of Walter P. Chrysler, Jr.

Object number71.5369

On View

Chrysler Museum of Art, Gallery 116-3, Case 20

DescriptionPressed oval colorless in "Centennial" commemorative design patented by J.S. Atterbury on July 6, 1875; handles formed by "fingers grasped around a baton", border slogan "GIVE US THIS DAY/OUR DAILY BREAD", center depicts Centennial Building in Philadelphia.

Published ReferencesA.G. Peterson, GLASS PATENTS AND PATTERNS, p. 11; A.C. Revi, AMERICAN PRESSED, p. 30.