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

Plate

Manufacturer United States Glass Co. (American, 1891-1963)

CultureAmerican

Dateca. 1898

MediumPressed glass

DimensionsOverall, Rim: 7 3/4 in. (19.7 cm)

Credit LineGift of Mrs. Paul Brandwein

Object number79.166.6

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DescriptionPlate of clear pressed glass. With a dainty beaded border and protrusion as the handle. Center has an intaglio portrait of John Coalter Bates, officer in Cuba during Spanish-American War and military governor of Santa Clara Province, Cuba.

Published ReferencesMarsh, THE AMERICAN STORY RECORDED IN GLASS, pg. 372-373.