dish
Object NameDish
Made FromLead glasss
Date1830-1850
Place MadeUnited States, probably PA, Pittsburgh
TechniquePressed
SizeOverall H: 5.25 cm; Rim W: 14 cm, D: 18.75 cm
Accession Number50.4.196
Curatorial Area(s)
On ViewThe Jerome and Lucille Strauss Study Gallery
Physical DescriptionDish. Lead glass, very dark green appearing black in reflected light; pressed; oval form, sides spreading from beaded table-ring to gaffered rim (broad round scallops); "wrinkled" unpatterened inner surface; outer, patterned on background of course stippling in concentric rings; at top, band of short vertical ribs above row of beads; on sides, large diamond filled with sixteen strawberry diamonds and rising between circles of small strawberry diamonds, small star at lower right and left of circles; on ends, large diamond filled with sixteen strawberry diamonds and rising between crossed peacock feathers (plain ringed-eye and diamonds); on base, diamond-waffles, strawberry diamond in each.Provenance
Source
George S. McKearin
(b. 1874) - 1950-07-31
Former Collection
W. Griffith Gribbel
