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

Sauce dish | Nappy

Manufacturer Union Glass Co.

CultureAmerican

Dateca. 1854-1865

MediumPressed glass | Flint glass

DimensionsOverall: 7/8 in. (2.2 cm)
Overall, Rim: 4 1/8 in. (10.5 cm)
Base: 2 1/4 in. (5.7 cm)

Credit LineGift of Walter P. Chrysler, Jr.

Object number71.7142

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DescriptionSauce dish/nappy of pressed colorless flint glass. In an incuse diamond pattern with a pinwheel in the center of the bottom. Boldly beaded edge. See GAU.64.48-50 for similar examples.

Published ReferencesSpillman, AMERICAN AND EUROPEAN PRESSED GLASS, pg. 271, #1075. Wilson, NEW ENGLAND, pg. 309-312, fig. 257.