plate
Object NamePlate
Made FromLead Glass
Date1830-1839
Place MadeUnited States, probably PA, Pittsburgh
TechniquePressed
SizeOverall H: 2.2 cm, Diam (max): 19.2 cm
Accession Number50.4.201
Curatorial Area(s)
On ViewThe Jerome and Lucille Strauss Study Gallery
Physical DescriptionPlate. Lead glass, colorless; pressed; circular form with octagonal rim, sides flaring in concave curve from narrow table-ring to rim having plain wide-based triangles at corners and, on sides, dots on stippled background; smooth upper, patterned under surface: thirteen acanthus leaves and small fleur de lis alternating, tips of each in line with sawtooth edge of stippled background on sides, rope ring around sides at base of leaves; on base, rope ring at edge, circle of thirteen rings with eight-petal tiny flower in each, on stippled background and, at center, large, cusped medallion with large American eagle with arrow and olive branch in talons and head to right (view from upper side).Provenance
Source
George S. McKearin
(b. 1874) - 1950-07-31
