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Collection Type

  • Decorative arts

Date

1900-1991

GUSN

GUSN-6279

Description

Small rounded molded colorless glass body with stylized leaf and branch decoration in applied silver enamel overlay; large molded sunburst pattern on bottom of plate.

Details

Descriptive Terms

plates (dishes)
glass (material)
leaf (plant material)
foliation (pattern)
leaf (metal)
molding (forming)
silver (metal)
foliation (pattern)
leaf (plant material)
leaf (metal)
sunbursts
Glass
Silver
Molded
Sunburst
Leaf
Branch
PLATE

Associated Building

Original to Rundlet-May House (Portsmouth, N.H.),

Maker

Unknown

Dimensions

6.375 (diameter) (inches)

Credit Line

Gift of Ralph May

Accession Number

1971.1196.1

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