Oblong Tray in "Lacy" Pattern

Object Name: 
Oblong Tray in "Lacy" Pattern

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Object Name: 
Oblong Tray in "Lacy" Pattern
Maker(s): 
Place Made: 
United States, probably MA, Sandwich
Accession Number: 
2005.4.12
Dimensions: 
Overall H: 2.6 cm, W: 21.2 cm, D: 11.9 cm
Location: 
On Display
Date: 
about 1835-1845
Credit Line: 
Purchased with funds from the Gladys M. and Harry A. Snyder Memorial Trust
Primary Description: 
Lacy Oblong Tray. Transparent blue glass; pressed. Rectangular shape tray decorated with comet-like "lacy" pattern overall.

More Info

Department: 
Modern
Pattern Name: 
Lacy
Provenance: 
Lawson, Mrs. Robert H., Former Collection
Lawson, John B., Former Collection
2002
Hirschl & Adler Galleries, Inc., Source
2005-02-01
Category: 
Early American
Color: 
blue
Technique: 
pressing
Material: 
lead glass

Exhibitions (2)

Twenty Fifth Anniversary 1933-1958 Glass Exhibition of The National Early American Glass Club
Venue(s)
Boston Public Library
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 (3)

The Corning Museum of Glass Annual Report 2005 (2006) illustrated, p. 12, bottom; BIB# AI90241
Twenty Fifth Anniversary 1933-1958 : Glass Exhibition [at the] Boston Public Library, Boston, Massachusetts (1958) illustrated, p. 16, upper left; BIB# 28047
The Story of American Pressed Glass of the Lacy Period 1825-1850 (1954) p. 88, #231; BIB# 27822