Dish
Object number93.42.18
Date1830-1835
MediumGlass
Credit LineMuseum Purchase with funds from the Brendel Fund
DescriptionPressed colorless nonlead glass dish. Pattern consists of central band of 11 rondels, shell and stippling, arches divided by a single flower, with fleurs-de-lis and thistles in the spandrels.Dimensions1.5 x 6.75 x 9.875 in. (3.8 x 17.1 x 25.1 cm)Label TextThis rare and beautiful dish illustrates how glass manufacturers used all-over designs on early pressed glass to hide imperfections that occurred in the molding process. Midwest
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c. 1840
c. 1975
1977
c. 1930
c. 1984
1956