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

Cup Plate

Manufacturer Boston & Sandwich Glass Co. (American, 1826-1888)
CultureAmerican
Dateca. 1835
MediumGlass
DimensionsOverall, Rim: 3 1/2 in. (8.9 cm)
Inscribed"Fort Meigs" above the cabin on the rim: "Tippecanoe/Wm. H. Harrison" on the border.
Credit LineGift of Walter P. Chrysler, Jr.
Object number71.4160
Not on view
DescriptionCup plate of clear non-lacy glass. Decorated with a log cabin on the bottom and a vine border. Rim of forty-eight even scallops.

Published ReferencesRose & Lee, _Cup Plates_, # 596 or #597, pl. 93, pg. 322, "uncertain origin-plentiful".
New photography by Shannon Ruff captured with a digital camera-2006.
Boston & Sandwich Glass Co.
New photography by Shannon Ruff captured with a digital camera-2006.
Boston & Sandwich Glass Co.
ca. 1840
New photography by Shannon Ruff captured with a digital camera-2006.
Boston & Sandwich Glass Co.
ca. 1840
New photography by Shannon Ruff captured with a digital camera-2006.
Boston & Sandwich Glass Co.
ca. 1840
New photography by Shannon Ruff captured with a digital camera-2006.
Boston & Sandwich Glass Co.
ca. 1841
New photography by Shannon Ruff captured with a digital camera-2006.
Boston & Sandwich Glass Co.
ca. 1841
New photography by Shannon Ruff captured with a digital camera-2006.
Boston & Sandwich Glass Co.
New photography by Shannon Ruff captured with a digital camera-2006.
Boston & Sandwich Glass Co.
New photography by Shannon Ruff captured with a digital camera-2006.
Boston & Sandwich Glass Co.
CA. 1835
New photography by Shannon Ruff captured with a digital camera-2006.
Boston & Sandwich Glass Co.
New photography by Shannon Ruff captured with a digital camera-2006.
Boston & Sandwich Glass Co.
New photography by Shannon Ruff captured with a digital camera-2006.
Boston & Sandwich Glass Co.