Salver Pressed in Sharp Diamond Pattern

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Object Name:

Salver Pressed in "Sharp Diamond" Pattern

Title:

Salver Pressed in Sharp Diamond Pattern

Department

American

Category

Early American

Maker(s)

New England Glass Company ((Cambridge, MA)), Manufacturer

Place Made:

United States, Cambridge, MA

Date:

1850-1870

Color

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colorless

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  - color (ref)
    - colorless (ref)

Technique

AAT

pressing

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  - forming (ref)
    - pressing (ref)

Material

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lead glass

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      - glass (ref)
        lead glass (ref)

Dimensions:

Overall H: 18.75 cm; Tray Diam: 37.25 cm; Foot Diam: 14.75 cm

Accession Number:

50.4.372

Location:

On Display

Description

Salver Pressed in Sharp Diamond Pattern. Lead glass, colorless; pressed in two parts; low galleried large tray with wide band of sharp diamond diapering around one of twelve "beehive" panels, plain center; attached by merese to hollow standard having double ring knop, hexagonal knopped stem, very shallow step beveled in scallops and dome foot.

Provenance

McKearin, George S., Source to 1950-07-31

Publications (2)

Publications

Glass Tableware, Bowls and Vases (1982) illustrated, pl. 293; BIB# 22048

American and European Pressed Glass in The Corning Museum of Glass (1981) illustrated, p. 253, #1002; BIB# 30457

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