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Plate

Collection Type

  • Decorative arts

Date

1860-1890

GUSN

GUSN-64005

Description

Colorless glass body. Circular form with wide rim canting up sharply from circular well. Multifaceted with lotus petal like scalloped edge. Bottom is cut with diamond pattern, each enclosing a small star with a large star at center. Diamonds and facets are outlined with mustard colored flashed decoration.

Details

Descriptive Terms

plates (dishes)
cutting (dividing)
flashing (glassworking)
glass (material)
Dish, Eating
Plate, Food
Glass
Cut
Flashed
Plate, Food

Associated Building

Original to Roseland Cottage (Woodstock, Conn.),

Maker

Unknown

Credit Line

Gift of Margaret Carson Holt

Accession Number

1970.765

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