Plate, Cup

Object/Artifact

Genesee Country Village & Museum

Name/Title

Plate, Cup

Entry/Object ID

2022.41.142

Description

Pressed glass cup plate. Portrait of Henry Clay facing left. lettering and star combine to make up the central pattern, enclosed by a rope ring and plain table rest resembles a chain of Princess Feather (Prince Feather). On the border, four fine diamond shields are flanked by fruit-filled cornucopia. Seven cornucopia have an oval fruit on the side away from the shield. The rim is scalloped.

Collection

Genesee Country Village and Museum

Made/Created

Manufacturer

Boston and Sandwich Glass Company

Date made

1832 - 1852

Place

City

Boston

State/Province

Massachusetts

Country

United States of America

Continent

North America

Dimensions

Diameter

3-3/8 in

Material

Glass

Relationships

Related Publications

Notes

"A Guide to Sandwich Glass: Blown Tableware, Pressed Cup Plates, and Salts" by Raymond E. Barlow and Joan E. Kaiser, #1413 "American Glass, From the Pages of Antiques, Two Volumes in One" (pg.122-123) "American and European Pressed Glass in the Corning Museum of Glass" by Jane Shadel Spillman. (pg.132)