Sauce plate
Classification:
Date:
ca. 1832
Medium:
Glass
Dimensions:
Overall: 5/8 x 6 in. ( 1.6 x 15.2 cm )
Description:
Colorless pressed lead glass plate with scroll design on rim and wreath of acorns and leaves surrounding a medallion with star above it at center; medallion contains generic male profile with inscription "WASHINGTON GEORGE."
Credit Line:
Gift of Mrs. J. Insley Blair
Object Number:
1940.393
Marks:
in inverted relief: within medallion at center: "WASHINGTON GEORGE"
Gallery Label:
This plate was probably made to commemorate the one hundredth anniversary of Washington's birth in 1832. A large number of them were produced. (See Ruth Webb Lee, "Sandwich Glass," p. 290.)
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1832
eMuseum Object ID:
24360
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Oil lamp
Classification:
Date:
1830-1835
Medium:
Glass, metal
Dimensions:
Overall: 9 x 3 1/2 x 3 1/2 in. ( 22.9 x 8.9 x 8.9 cm )
Description:
Colorless lead glass oil lamp with blown font and pressed base; bulb-shaped font decorated with unpolished stone-wheel engraving of vine and grapes joined with an annulated knop to base consisting of a circular trumpet-shaped stem with interior vertical ribbing to quatrefoil flat base; pewter collar and pontil mark.
Object Number:
INV.4013
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1835
eMuseum Object ID:
24359
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Covered dish
Classification:
Date:
1886-1900
Medium:
Glass
Dimensions:
Overall: 4 1/2 x 9 1/4 x 4 in. ( 11.4 x 23.5 x 10.2 cm )
Description:
Opaque white pressed glass covered dish in the form of a crouching rabbit; inset red glass eyes; cover of dish is top part of rabbit; bowl of dish is lower half of body. Patent date on underside.
Credit Line:
Gift of Clarence G. Michalis
Object Number:
1953.740ab
Marks:
in relief: on underside of base: "PAT D MARCH. 9-1886. "
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1900
eMuseum Object ID:
24358
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Covered dish
Classification:
Date:
1889-1900
Medium:
Glass
Dimensions:
Overall: 7 x 8 x 6 1/2 in. ( 17.8 x 20.3 x 16.5 cm )
Description:
Opaque white pressed glass covered dish with a recumbent fox with inset red glass eyes; domed cover with gadrooned border; footed dish with pierced gallery.
Credit Line:
Gift of Clarence G. Michalis
Object Number:
1953.742ab
Marks:
in relief: inside cover: "PAT D AUG-6. 1889"
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1900
eMuseum Object ID:
24357
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Oil lamps (pair)
Classification:
Date:
1830-1860
Medium:
Glass, brass
Dimensions:
overall: 9 7/8 x 4 in.
Description:
Pair of colorless pressed lead glass oil lamps; font has domed top above tapering cylinder with pressed diamond pattern; font is joined with wafer to hexagonal baluster standard mounted on hexagonal base with incurving sides.
Object Number:
INV.3984ab
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1860
eMuseum Object ID:
24355
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Oil lamp
Classification:
Date:
1810-1840
Medium:
Glass
Dimensions:
Overall: 8 5/8 x 3 5/8 in. ( 21.9 x 9.2 cm )
Description:
Colorless blown lead glass oil lamp with spherical font with hollow glass peg and bobeche; hollow baluster stem opens to form circular base with folded rim; loop handle with thumb rest and inwardly looped end.
Object Number:
INV.561
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1840
eMuseum Object ID:
24354
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Cup plate
Classification:
Date:
1835-1850
Medium:
Glass
Dimensions:
overall: 1/2 x 3 1/2 in.
Description:
Colorless pressed lead glass cup plate; circular form with scalloped edge; in center of well, four-petaled motif with large stippled diamonds fitting between petals, on stippled ground; thirteen stippled hearts with points facing center along interior rim (Lee-Rose 465-G).
Credit Line:
Gift of Mrs. J. Insley Blair
Object Number:
1938.43
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1850
eMuseum Object ID:
24353
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Cup plate
Classification:
Date:
1835-1850
Medium:
Glass
Dimensions:
Overall: 1/2 x 3 3/8 in. ( 1.3 x 8.6 cm )
Description:
Faint opalescent pressed lead glass cup plate; circular form with scalloped edge; in center of well, four-petaled motif with large stippled diamonds fitting between petals, on stippled ground; thirteen stippled hearts with points facing center along interior rim (Lee-Rose 465-F)
Credit Line:
Gift of Miss Clare Adams
Object Number:
1972.21d
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1850
eMuseum Object ID:
24352
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Plate: Hexagonal
Classification:
Date:
1830-1845
Medium:
Glass
Dimensions:
Overall: 1 x 6 1/4 in. ( 2.5 x 15.9 cm )
Description:
Colorless pressed lead glass plate with rosette pattern at center and flower, leaf, and scroll motif on rim.
Object Number:
INV.12934
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1845
eMuseum Object ID:
24351
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Cup plate
Classification:
Date:
1835-1850
Medium:
Glass
Dimensions:
Overall: 1 1/2 x 3 7/16 in. ( 3.8 x 8.7 cm )
Description:
Colorless pressed lead glass cup plate; circular form with scalloped edge (stippled); in center of well, four-petaled motif with large stippled diamonds fitting between petals, on stippled ground; thirteen stippled hearts with points facing center along interior rim (Lee-Rose 457-A).
Credit Line:
Gift of Mrs. J. Insley Blair
Object Number:
1938.30
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1850
eMuseum Object ID:
24350
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
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