dish

Object NameDish or Soup Plate

Maker Boston & Sandwich Glass Company (active 1825-1888)

Made FromLead Glass

Dateprobably 1830-1839

Place MadeUnited States, MA, Sandwich

TechniquePressed

SizeOverall H: 3.3 cm; Rim Diam: 23 cm; Base Diam: 12.5 cm

Accession Number50.4.190

Curatorial Area(s)

Modern

Not On View

Physical DescriptionDish or Soup Plate. Lead glass, colorless; pressed; shallow circular bowl with wide rim flaring slightly upward to round-serrated edge; smooth inner surface; on outer, elaborate pattern on stippled background: border edging of alternate tiny plain dots and leaf or tongue motif extending down into stippled background with alternate double palmette, joined by small diamond, and scrolled leaf with beaded (stipple) vein and four-petal flower within bead chain forming alternate long cusped point with forked trefoil at tip and shallow pointed lobe at base of large oak leaf.
Provenance

Source George S. McKearin (b. 1874) - 1950-07-31