Name/Title
Plate, CupEntry/Object ID
2022.41.160Description
Pressed glass cup plate. Eagle in the center of the plate, the eagle's head is facing left and there is a semblance of a shielf on his breast. he is perched on a branch. A rope ring seperates the eagle from five stars, two olive branches, and the date 1831. A circle of beads is inside a plain table rest. The border is made up of three scrolled medallions flanked by sprigs of leaves, among which are two leaf-like fluer-de-lys. Small sprigs extend out from the table rest and fill the area below the date. The rim is scalloped.Collection
Genesee Country Village and MuseumMade/Created
Manufacturer
Boston and Sandwich Glass Company.Date made
1831Place
City
BostonState/Province
MassachusettsCountry
United States of AmericaContinent
North AmericaRelationships
Related Publications
Notes
"A Guide to Sandwich Glass: Blown Tableware, Pressed Cup Plates, and Salts" by Raymond E. Barlow and Joan E. Kaiser, #1426
"American and European Pressed Glass in the Corning Museum of Glass" by Jane Shadel Spillman. (pg.139)
"American Glass, From the Pages of Antiques, Two Volumes in One" (pg.124)
