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Plate with Presidential Seal

Plate with Presidential Seal

 
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Object Name: 
Plate with Presidential Seal
Department
American
Maker(s)
Corning Inc., Factory
Place Made: 
United States, NY, Corning
Date: 
1969-1974
Color
Opaque off-white, gold
Technique
machine-made, gilded
AAT
machine-made
Dimensions: 
Overall H: 1.8 cm, Diam: 26.4 cm
Accession Number: 
2006.4.181
Credit Line: 
Gift of Bonnie and Lisa Ackerman
Location: 
Not on Display
Description
Opaque off-white pyro-ceram; machine-made. Large circular plate with gilded edge, a border of stylized tulip heads and dots and another gilded line with the presidential seal in gilding at the top just below the border.
Inscription
SEAL OF THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES / E PLURIBUS UNUM
inscription
:
stamped gilded On front of plate
PYROCERAM / BRAND/ Tableware/ by CORNING
stamp
:
stamped enameled On underside of plate
Provenance
Ackerman, Bonnie, Source
2007-10-12
Ackerman, Lisa, Source
2007-10-12

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The Corning Museum of Glass Annual Report 2006 (2005) p. 18;

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