Plate, Cup

Object/Artifact

Genesee Country Village & Museum

Name/Title

Plate, Cup

Entry/Object ID

2022.41.181

Description

Pressed glass cup plate. Image of an eagle in the middle, holding on to a ribbon with the text "Fort Pitt" in it's beak. The background has a total of 24 stars. A shield covers the body of the eagle, in its talons are arrows and an olive branch. The edge is scalooped and the border is a peacock feather design

Collection

Genesee Country Village and Museum

Made/Created

Date made

1821 - 1836

Place

City

Pittsburgh

State/Province

Pennsylvania

Country

United States of America

Continent

North America

Dimensions

Diameter

3-9/16 in

Material

Glass

Relationships

Related Publications

Notes

"American Glass, From the Pages of Antiques, Two Volumes in One" (pg. 125) "American and European Pressed Glass in the Corning Museum of Glass" by Jane Shadel Spillman. (pg.141) "American Glass: The Fine Art of Glassmaking in America" by Geo and Helen McKearin (plate 180).