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Cup Plate

Cup Plate

 
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Object Name: 
Cup Plate
Department
American
Place Made: 
United States, possibly PA
Date: 
about 1831
Color
AAT
colorless
Technique
AAT
pressing
Material
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lead glass
Dimensions: 
Overall H: 1.7 cm, Diam (max): 9.4 cm
Accession Number: 
2004.4.34
Location: 
On Display
Description
Colorless glass; pressed. Circular cup plate with a steam coach in the center and a flower design around the edge. There is text above and below the steam coach saying "NEW PATENT / STEAM COACH".
Inscription
NEW PATENT / STEAM COACH Pressed On underside of plate, visible through glass.
Provenance
Wood, Richard, Former Collection to 1969-06
Green Valley Auction, Source to 2004-05-06

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Publications

Glass: A Pocket Dictionary of Terms Commonly Used to Describe Glass and Glassmaking (2006) illustrated, p. 28; BIB# 96551
Recent Important Acquisitions, 47 (2005) illustrated, p. 225, #21;
The Corning Museum of Glass Annual Report 2004 (2005) illustrated, p. 3;
American Glass Cup Plates: the first classified check list and historical treatise on the subject (1985) illustrated, p. 370, pl. 109, #685; BIB# 76786
The Story of American Pressed Glass of the Lacy Period 1825-1850 (1954) #652; BIB# 27822
American Glass Cup Plates (1948) illustrated, p. 370, pl. 109, #685; BIB# 25463

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