bread tray

Object NameBread Plate

Maker D. C. Ripley & Co.

Made Fromnon-lead glass

Date1876-1885

Place MadeUnited States, PA, Pittsburgh

Techniquepressed

SizeH: 4 cm, L: 33.8 cm, W: 22.7 cm

Accession Number86.4.213

Credit LineGift of Mr. and Mrs. John R. Graham Jr. in memory of Louise Wood Tillman

Curatorial Area(s)

Modern

Exhibitions

Let Us Now Praise Famous Men: American History in Glass

On ViewAmerican Gallery

Physical DescriptionBread Plate. Colorless non-lead glass; pressed. Oval shape, with a shield-shaped handle at each end; shields with pattern of stars and stripes; center depicts Bunker Hill Monument with inscription: "BIRTHPLACE / OF LIBERTY" to left and right above; rim inscribed: "PRES COTT 1776 STARK / WARREN 1876 PUTNAM" sides inscribed: "THE HEROES OF BUNKER HILL / THE SPIRIT OF SEVENTY SIX" all on lower surface.
Provenance

Former Collection Louise Wood Tillman

Source Mrs. John R. Graham Jr.

Source John R. Graham Jr.

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