Name/Title
Pressed glass ice cream set of the Thorpe family, early 1900sEntry/Object ID
2016.44.1Description
ACC. NO. 16.44.1 A THROUGH F
SUBJECT CATEGORY: HOUSEHOLD, DECORATIVE
DATE OR PERIOD: EARLY 1900's
OBJECTS: ICE CREAM SET
DESCRIPTION: AN AMERICAN PRESSED CLEAR GLASS PLATE WITH FIVE SMALLER MATCHING PLATES. GLASS IMITATES CUT GLASS AND IS DEEPLY PRESSED RESEMBLING IN DESIGN, CHARACTER, AND BRILLIANCE, CUT GLASS.
SIZE: SERVING PLATE: D: 10" ; ICE CREAM DISHES: D: 8"
HISTORY OF OBJECTS: ICE CREAM SET THAT BELONGED TO THE WILLIAM AND INEZ THORPE FAMILY AND PROBABLY ONCE BELONGED TO WILLIAM'S PARENTS WHO PURCHASED THEIR HOME IN 1918 AT 1177 REGENT STREET, ALAMEDA.
DONOR: ALAMEDA MUSEUM ACQUISITION FUND
CATALOGED: JULY 2, 2016
