Bust of Abraham Lincoln

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Object Name:

Department

American

Category

Early American

Maker(s)

Gillinder and Sons, Factory

Place Made:

United States, PA, Philadelphia

Date:

1876

Color

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opaque white glass

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Technique

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pressing

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casting

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Material

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glass

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Dimensions:

Overall H: 14.9 cm

Accession Number:

56.4.4

Location:

On Display

Description

Opaque white solid glass with "satin-like" surface; cast; portrait bust of President Abraham Lincoln; flat, at center concave, base; inscribed on back: "CENTENNIAL EXHIBITION GILLINDER & SONS".

Provenance

McKearin Antiques, Source

Exhibitions (2)
Publications (1)

Exhibitions

Heads of State

Venue(s)

Corning Museum of Glass 2003-03-20 through 2003-09-01

West Bridge Show

Let Us Now Praise Famous Men: American History in Glass

Venue(s)

Arthur A. Houghton Jr. Library 1996-01-19 through 1996-01-19

Publications

American and European Pressed Glass in The Corning Museum of Glass (1981) illustrated, p. 290, #1136; BIB# 30457

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