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Object NamePart of a Mold for Pressing Glass

Manufacturer Bakewells & Anderson (1832-1835/1836)

Made FromCopper alloy (bronze)

Date1832-1836

TechniqueCast and tooled

SizeOverall H: 2.9 cm, W: 16.5 cm, D: 11.8 cm

Accession Number91.7.1

Credit LineGift of Leila L. McKnight

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Place Made

United States, PA, Pittsburgh

Physical DescriptionBrownish-yellow copper alloy, (bronze); cast and tooled. Rectangular plaque with design on one large surface and remaining surfaces plain. The undecorated back of the plaque has two threaded holes which served to attach it to the press; the patterned side has fans in the four corners, "BAKEWELLS & ANDERSON/PITTSBURGH" forming an oval with "MANUFACTURERS OF FLINT GLASS" on a banner inside the oval, above a view of two buildings with a cupola and weathervane on the largest and two tall chimneys on the smaller one.
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