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Object Name: 
Plate
Maker(s): 
Place Made: 
United States, probably PA, Pittsburgh
Accession Number: 
86.4.231
Dimensions: 
H: 3 cm, W: 25.2 x 25.1 cm
Location: 
Not on Display
Date: 
about 1888
Credit Line: 
Gift in memory of Louise Wood Tillman
Primary Description: 
Colorless non-lead glass; pressed. Square shape with cut corners, leaves and branches in rim; portrait of bearded man in center marked "KAISER WILHELM I" below.

More Info

Department: 
Modern
Provenance: 
Tillman, Louise Wood, Former Collection
Graham, John R. Jr., Source
Color: 
colorless
Technique: 
pressing

Exhibitions (1)

Let Us Now Praise Famous Men: American History in Glass
Venue(s)
Arthur A. Houghton Jr. Library 1996-01-19 through 1996-01-19