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1800-1850
GUSN-2500
Clear glass cup plate with Bunker Hill motif in the center surrounded by stars. This is encircled by swag and tassle border and a scalloped rim.
cup plates
glass (material)
stamping (forming)
battles
commemoratives
monuments
swags
tassel
Glass
Stamped
Monument
Swag
Tassel
Commemorative
Battle
PLATE, CUP
Stamped on the border is: Cornerstone laid by Lafayette June 17, 1825. Finished by the Ladies 1841. In the center of the plate is: Bunker Hill battle Fought June 17, 1775. From the Fair to the Brave.
Original to Cogswell's Grant (Essex, Mass.),
Bunker Hill
Unknown
0.5 x 3.5 (HxW) (inches)
Gift of Bertram K. and Nina Fletcher Little
1991.528
Massachusetts (United States)
Title Cup Plate Accession Number 1991.529
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