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Object NamePlate

Maker Compagnie des Cristalleries de Saint Louis

Maker Compagnie des Verreries et Cristalleries de Baccarat

Made FromLead Glass

Dateabout 1830-1860

Place MadeFrance, Baccarat

TechniquePressed

SizeOverall H: .8 cm; Rim Diam (max): 10.5 cm; Base Diam (max): 5.5 cm

Accession Number51.3.338

Curatorial Area(s)

Modern

Not On View

Physical DescriptionPlate. Lead glass, colorless; pressed; circular shape, short sides curving from flat table-ring to elaborate scalloped and serrated rim (three series of five pointed small serrations, wide round scallop, point-and-ogee, three small pointed serrations, point-and-ogee scallop, wide round); on sides, arabesque on stippled background -- twelve petal daisy-like motif alternating with double foliated scrolls having small, six-petal motif at ends and joined by diamond-bound three-blade sheaf; on base, alternate fan-end diamond petals and wide single diamond-tipped ray.
Provenance

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