Platter

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Object Name: 
Platter
Maker(s): 
Place Made: 
United States
Accession Number: 
89.4.97
Dimensions: 
Overall H: 2.6 cm, W: 22.7 cm, L: 33 cm
Location: 
Not on Display
Date: 
1875-1880
Credit Line: 
Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Norman H. Smeltzer
Primary Description: 
Colorless non-lead glass; pressed, acid-frosted. Oval shape, with handles at each end formed of crouching deer, acid-frosted; plain edge and rim; frosted center with vignette of running deer, buffalo and log cabin in a landscape.

More Info

Department: 
Modern
Pattern Name: 
Pioneer or Westward Ho
Provenance: 
Smeltzer, Mrs. Norman H., Source
Smeltzer, Norman H., Source
Color: 
colorless
Technique: 
pressed, acid-frosted
pressing