Cup plate

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Object Name: 
Cup plate
Maker(s): 
Place Made: 
United States
Accession Number: 
84.4.340
Dimensions: 
Overall H: 1.2 cm, Diam: 8.3 cm
Location: 
Not on Display
Date: 
1830-1845
Credit Line: 
Gift in memory of Charles H. and Alice Wendt Voorhees
Primary Description: 
Opalescent lead glass; pressed. Circular shape with rim of 66 even scallops; sunburst with 20 rays in center, two concentric circles around edge.

More Info

Department: 
Modern
Provenance: 
Voorhees Collection, Charles H. and Alice Wendt, Former Collection
Webster, Elizabeth Voorhees, Source
Color: 
opalescence
Technique: 
pressing