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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On View
On view1940-1994
1921-2005
1939-1945
Samuel Rosenberg
2000-2007
Westinghouse Learning Corporation