Cup and Saucer

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Object Name: 
Cup and Saucer
Place Made: 
United States, New England
Accession Number: 
68.4.608
Dimensions: 
(a-Cup) H(with saucer): 3 cm, (without): 2.5 cm, D(rim): 3.1 cm; (b-Saucer) H: .5 cm, D: 4.5 cm
Location: 
On Display
Date: 
about 1840-1850
Primary Description: 
Colorless, lead glass; pressed. Cylindrical shape cup; stippled; scrolls and tulips around sides; solid handle made up of five contiguous circles; circular saucer; stippled; roses around rim; quatrefoil in center.

More Info

Department: 
Modern
Provenance: 
Esterly, Louise S., Source
Tilden, George L., Former Collection
Green, Charles W., Former Collection
Category: 
Early American
Color: 
colorless
Technique: 
pressing
Material: 
lead glass

Exhibitions (1)

The Story of American Pressed Glass of the Lacy Period, 1825-1850
Venue(s)
Corning Museum of Glass 1954-06-21 through 1954-09-15

Publications (2)

American and European Pressed Glass in The Corning Museum of Glass (1981) illustrated, p. 155, #544; BIB# 30457
The Story of American Pressed Glass of the Lacy Period 1825-1850 (1954) p. 124, #516; BIB# 27822