Spillholder

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Object Name: 
Spillholder
Place Made: 
Accession Number: 
68.4.504
Dimensions: 
H: 12.2 cm, D(rim): 8 cm
Location: 
On Display
Date: 
about 1840-1860
Primary Description: 
Opaque jade green glass; pressed. Cylindrical shape; six panels around body, three with a star and a circle and three with an oval containing a star; short stem; round flat base.
Department: 
Provenance: 
Esterly, Louise S., Source
Wood, Richard, Former Collection
Technique: 
Glass Tableware, Bowls and Vases (1982) pl. 323; BIB# 22048
American and European Pressed Glass in The Corning Museum of Glass (1981) illustrated, p. 247, #970; BIB# 30457