Cup Plate (Rose-637)
Manufacturer
Unknown
CultureAmerican
Dateca. 1849-1855
MediumPressed glass | Lead glass
DimensionsOverall: 3 7/16 in. (8.7 cm)
Credit LineMuseum purchase with Funds Donated by Cynthia and Stuart Katz in Honor of the 30th Wedding Anniversary (November 22) of Mr. and Mrs. Charles G. Nusbaum
Object number93.42
Not on view
DescriptionThis is a pressed colorless lead-formula glass cup plate depicting a suspension bridge, probably the one built at Wheeling, (West) Virginia, in 1849. This plate has two arcs of stars in the sky around the sun, heavily rusticated stonework in the bridge, and water extending completely across the foreground.
ca. 1840
late 19th century
W. L. Libbey & Son, New England Glass Works
Lemonade Glass (Etched With "The Departure Of Briseis From The Tent Of Achilles" After John Flaxman)
1884
