Pressed Plate

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Object Name: 
Pressed Plate
Maker(s): 
Place Made: 
United States, PA, Pittsburgh
Accession Number: 
2008.4.62
Dimensions: 
Overall H: 1.8 cm, Diam: 15.5 cm
Location: 
Not on Display
Date: 
1830-1840
Primary Description: 
Pressed Plate. outside. The rim is decorated with a row of circles creating a scalloped edge. The face of the plate contains two stone inclusions one black and one brown.

More Info

Department: 
Modern
Provenance: 
Simmonds, Ian, Source
2008-07-09

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)

Pittsburgh Glass, 1797-1891 (1976) p. 263 (fig. 266, right); BIB# 19272
The Story of American Pressed Glass of the Lacy Period 1825-1850 (1954) p. 115, #431; BIB# 27822