Bust of Abraham Lincoln

Object Name: 
Bust of Abraham Lincoln

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Object Name: 
Bust of Abraham Lincoln
Maker(s): 
Place Made: 
United States, PA, Philadelphia
Accession Number: 
56.4.4
Dimensions: 
Overall H: 14.9 cm
Location: 
On Display
Date: 
1876
Primary Description: 
Bust of Abraham Lincoln. Opaque white solid glass with "satin-like" surface; cast; portrait bust of President Abraham Lincoln; flat, at center concave, base; inscribed on back: "CENTENNIAL EXHIBITION GILLINDER & SONS".

More Info

Department: 
Modern
Provenance: 
McKearin Antiques, Source
1955-10-21
Category: 
Early American
World's Fairs/Expositions
Color: 
opaque white glass
Technique: 
casting
pressing
Material: 
glass
Inscription: 
CENTENNIAL EXHIBITION GILLINDER & SONS
inscription
: 
back

Exhibitions (2)

Heads of State
Venue(s)
Corning Museum of Glass 2003-03-20 through 2003-09-01
West Bridge Show
Let Us Now Praise Famous Men: American History in Glass
Venue(s)
Arthur A. Houghton Jr. Library 1996-01-19 through 1996-01-19
 

Publications (1)

American and European Pressed Glass in The Corning Museum of Glass (1981) illustrated, p. 290, #1136; BIB# 30457