Cup Plate

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Object Name: 
Cup Plate
Place Made: 
United States, possibly PA
Accession Number: 
2004.4.34
Dimensions: 
Overall H: 1.7 cm, Diam (max): 9.4 cm
Location: 
On Display
Date: 
about 1831
Primary Description: 
Colorless glass; pressed. Circular cup plate with a steam coach in the center and a flower design around the edge. There is text above and below the steam coach saying "NEW PATENT / STEAM COACH".

More Info

Department: 
Modern
Provenance: 
Wood, Richard, Former Collection
1969-06
Green Valley Auction, Source
2004-05-06
Color: 
colorless
Technique: 
pressing
Material: 
lead glass
Inscription: 
NEW PATENT / STEAM COACH
Inscription
: 
Pressed On underside of plate, visible through glass.

Publications (6)

Glass: A Pocket Dictionary of Terms Commonly Used to Describe Glass and Glassmaking (2006) illustrated, p. 28; BIB# 96551
The Corning Museum of Glass Annual Report 2004 (2005) illustrated, p. 3; BIB# AI90240
Recent Important Acquisitions, 47 (2005) illustrated, p. 225, #21; BIB# AI66969
American Glass Cup Plates: the first classified check list and historical treatise on the subject (1985) illustrated, p. 370, pl. 109, #685; BIB# 76786
The Story of American Pressed Glass of the Lacy Period 1825-1850 (1954) p. 138, #652; BIB# 27822
American Glass Cup Plates (1948) illustrated, p. 370, pl. 109, #685; BIB# 25463