Window Pane

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Object Name: 
Window Pane
Place Made: 
United States, probably PA, Pittsburgh
United States, possibly WV, Wheeling
Accession Number: 
68.4.541
Dimensions: 
Overall W: 12.6 cm, L: 17.6 cm, Th: 4.4 mm
Location: 
Not on Display
Date: 
about 1835-1850
Primary Description: 
Transparent, deep amethyst glass, mold-pressed. Rectangular pane, with flower in center and sunburst in each corner. Slightly irregular (not flat), with undulations. Chill marks/pressing marks on back and front. A few scattered air bubbles, some large.

More Info

Department: 
Modern
Provenance: 
Esterly, Louise S., Former Collection
1968
Color: 
Deep amethyst
Technique: 
pressing

Exhibitions (1)

Picture This: Windows on the American Home
Venue(s)
National Building Museum 2003-03-10 through 2003-08
Minnesota Historical Society 2003-10-13 through 2004-11

Publications (3)

Glass Bottles, Lamps & Other Objects (1983) pl. 258; BIB# 22375
American and European Pressed Glass in The Corning Museum of Glass (1981) illustrated, p. 59, #134; BIB# 30457
Pittsburgh Glass, 1797-1891 (1976) illustrated, p. 285 (fig. 305); BIB# 19272