Lens
Object number94.52.39
Manufacturer
MacBeth-Evans Glass Company
(1899 - 1936)
Datec. 1915
MediumGlass
Credit LineGift of Laura Evans Ford and Emory Moran Ford
DescriptionColorless non-lead, machine-made glass Liberty Lens, with a ridges at edge pattern. Circular form with tiered rim, six ridged back, relief lettering at bottom.Dimensions0.75 x 9.75 in. (1.9 x 24.8 cm)Markson base, "LIBERTY LENS / MACBETH-EVANS / GLASS COMPANY / PAT. DEC.8.14TYPE-D NO.4773 9"
Historical Notes Label TextThese “Liberty Lens” were so named because they were made during World War I. MacBeth-Evans Glass Co., Pittsburgh.
Previous owner
Evelyn Fawell Evans
(born 1904)
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