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Object NameCup and Saucer
Made FromLead Glass
Dateabout 1840-1850
Place MadeUnited States, Midwestern
Techniquepressed
Size(a-Cup) H(with saucer): 3 cm, (without): 2.6 cm, D(rim): 3.4 cm; (b-Saucer) H: .5 cm, D: 5.7 cm
Accession Number68.4.607
Curatorial Area(s)
Exhibitions
The Story of American Pressed Glass of the Lacy Period, 1825-1850
On ViewThe Jerome and Lucille Strauss Study Gallery
Physical DescriptionColorless, lead glass; pressed. Circular shape cup; stippled; three shell design around sides; circular base; circular saucer; rope rim; stippled; three shell ornaments around sides.
Provenance
Former Collection Maude B. Feld (1901-1995)
saucer from Maude Feld, NYC, October 25, 1943)
Former Collection Weiss
Acquired cup from Weiss, May16, 1940
Source Louise S. Esterly
plate
Gordon "Don" D. Wier
designed in 1948