Glass Coin

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Object Name:

Glass Coin

Department

American

Maker(s)

Blue Ridge Glass, Manufacturer

Place Made:

United States, Kingsport, TN

Date:

about 1943

Color

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colorless

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aqua

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      - aqua (ref)

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blue

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      - blue (ref)

Technique

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pressing

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  - forming (ref)
    - pressing (ref)

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grinding

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  - grinding (ref)

Material

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glass

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Dimensions:

Overall H: 0.3 cm, Diam: 2.1 cm

Accession Number:

2011.4.60

Credit Line:

Gift of the Harris Family in honor of Charles N. Harris (1926-2008)

Location:

On Display

Description

Colorless glass with slight aqua-blue tint; pressed, ground. Circular glass coin showing factory with smokestack above the following text: "BLUE RIDGE / GLASS CORP". Edge of coin has been ground.

Inscription

BLUE RIDGE / GLASS CORP Stamped face of coin

Provenance

Harris, Charles Norris, Former Collection 1978 to 2008

Harris, Kenneth S., Source to 2011-06-14

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