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

Relish Dish

Manufacturer Fostoria Glass Co.

CultureAmerican

Dateca. 1890-1891

MediumPressed glass | Non-lead glass

DimensionsOverall: 2 1/8 in. (5.4 cm)
Overall, Rim: 6 1/4 in. (15.9 cm)
Base: 1 3/4 in. (4.4 cm)

InscribedMarked: "PAT'D" in center of bottom and on ground near foot ring.

Credit LineGift of Orva Walker Heissenbuttel, in memory of her mother Zelma Phillips Walker, the Orva Collection of Ohio Glass

Object number85.62

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DescriptionHandled relish dish of pressed and tooled glass. Colorless, non-lead glass. Triangular with an applied handle in the Victorian pattern. Patented by Lucien B. Martin on July 15, 1890. Ground and polished foot ring. Object fashioned from a five-inch nappy.

Published ReferencesRevi, AMERICAN PRESSED GLASS, pp. 156-157. Weatherman, FOSTORIA, pp. 2-3.