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)
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
Not on view
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.
