Card Tray

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Object Name: 
Card Tray
Maker(s): 
Place Made: 
Scotland, Edinburgh
Accession Number: 
81.2.4
Dimensions: 
Overall W: 11.7 cm, L: 7 cm
Location: 
Not on Display
Date: 
1876-1880
Credit Line: 
Gift of Ms. Nancy Merrill
Primary Description: 
Colorless glass; pressed and frosted. Shape of two hands together, palms up with grapes and grape leaves at wrists; surface frosted; circular base underneath hands; marked "PATENTED AUG 31 1875 / 298609" with Registry mark for "25 February, 1876".

More Info

Department: 
Modern
Provenance: 
Merrill, Nancy, Source
1982-12
Color: 
colorless
Technique: 
Pressed, Frosted
pressing
Inscription: 
PATNETED AUG 31 1875 / 298609
Mark
25 February, 1876
Registry Mark

Exhibitions (1)

Pressed Glass, 1825-1925
Venue(s)
Corning Museum of Glass 1983-04 through 1983-10
St. Louis Art Museum 1983-12-01 through 1984-03-01
Suntory Museum of Art 1984-07-17 through 1984-09-02
Portland Museum of Art 1984-11-01 through 1985-12-31
Cincinnati Art Museum 1985-04-13 through 1985-05-26

Publications (1)

American Pressed Glass and Figure Bottles (1964) p. 256; BIB# 25300