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Plate

Collection Type

  • Decorative arts

Date

1860-1890

GUSN

GUSN-3228

Description

Plate is a circular form of colorless glass with scalloped edges and a broad, sloping rim; it has a vertically ribbed cavetto and a slightly convex face; the rim has a stippled diaper pattern, and the face has a stippled star.

Details

Descriptive Terms

plates (dishes)
glass (material)
pressing
Pressed
Glass
PLATE

Associated Building

Original to Cogswell's Grant (Essex, Mass.),

Maker

Unknown

Dimensions

1.25 (H), 7.25 (diameter) (inches)

Credit Line

Gift of Bertram K. and Nina Fletcher Little

Accession Number

1991.1011

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