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Dish, Serving

Object number98.35.1 a-g

Designer Al Avetta

Attributed to McKee Glass Company

Attributed to Thatcher Glass Manufacturing Company (1946 - 1966)

Date1930-1939

MediumCardboard; Glass; Paint

Credit LineGift of Don and Ellen Roberts

DescriptionSet of six colorless pressed non-lead glass dishes with orange-red paint on exterior. In original white, black and red-orange box.Dimensions1.5 x 2.5 x 5.75 in. (3.8 x 6.4 x 14.6 cm)
Marks"PAT / 174242" on bottom. "USA / GLASBAKE / J-116" on base interior. Box: "DEVILED CRAB / "
Label TextIn the exhibit, this object is in a re-creation of one glass display from that period based on trade journal accounts, surviving photographs, and interviews with glass company representatives. The Monongahela House first hosted the Pittsburgh Glass Show. Close to the Monongahela Wharf and convenient to numerous glass factories across the river on Pittsburgh’s South Side, the hotel became known as the “glassmen’s hotel.” By 1910, the location of the Show shifted to the Fort Pitt Hotel. Sited at the corner of Penn Avenue and Tenth Street, this hotel was close to both the train station and the showrooms of large glass companies. In its final years, the Show was held at the William Penn Hotel in the heart of downtown Pittsburgh.

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