Curtain Tieback

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Object Name: 
Curtain Tieback
Maker(s): 
Place Made: 
United States, MA, Cambridge
Accession Number: 
75.4.18
Dimensions: 
L: 12.4 cm, D: 9.2 cm
Location: 
On Display
Date: 
1855-1865
Primary Description: 
Curtain Tieback. Colorless glass, silver lined with white metal; mold-blown. Mushroom shape; flower pattern on crown; metal collar attached to shank marked: "N.E. GLASS CO. PATENTED JAN. 16, 1855"; screw protruding from collar.

More Info

Department: 
Modern
Provenance: 
Hodges, Allan J., Source
1975-05-27
Category: 
Early American
Color: 
colorless
silver
Technique: 
mold-blowing
Material: 
glass
metal

Publications (1)

A Connoisseur's Guide to Antique Glass (1999) illustrated, p. 77; BIB# 67965