cake plate

Object NameCake Plate

Makerpossibly Central Glass Company

Makerpossibly Bellaire Goblet Co.

Made FromGlass

Date1892

Place MadeUnited States, possibly WV, Wheeling; United States, possibly OH, Findlay

TechniquePressed, frosted

SizeOverall H: 16.6 cm; Rim Diam: 25.4 cm

Accession Number52.4.76

Curatorial Area(s)

Modern

On ViewThe Jerome and Lucille Strauss Study Gallery

Physical DescriptionCake Plate. Clear glass; pressed; scalloped pedestal foot supporting hollow squat baluster stem with collar at top and flaring to flat plate with vertical scalloped rim; flute circlet on underside of plate around center; on the stem six and on the underside of plate nine "frosted" pressed images of U.S. coins in relief, dated 1892.
Provenance

Source Mrs. William R. Taber - 1952-07-10