Plate, Cup

Name/Title

Plate, Cup

Entry/Object ID

2022.41.156

Description

Pressed glass cup plate. A three-masted frigate is in the center of the plate. The vessel is surrounded by beads, outside of which are scrolls and leaves enclosing two shields and two stars. The table rest is plain. On the border, two stylized shields enclose a five-pointed star. Four more stars and scroled leaves complete the pattern to a scalloped rim.

Collection

Genesee Country Village and Museum

Made/Created

Date made

1830 - 1845

Place

City

Boston

State/Province

Massachusetts

Country

United States of America

Continent

North America

Dimensions

Diameter

3-3/4 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, #1418 "American Glass, From the Pages of Antiques, Two Volumes in One" (pg.121-122) "American and European Pressed Glass in the Corning Museum of Glass" by Jane Shadel Spillman. (pg.135)