Collection Highlights
Punch bowl: Landing of Lafayette
Date:
1840-1850
Object Number:
1910.24
Medium:
Earthenware
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Cup
Object Number:
INV.12466b
Date:
1845-1865
Medium:
Glass
Dimensions:
Overall: 3 3/8 x 2 7/8 in. ( 8.6 x 7.3 cm )
Description:
Cobalt blue pressed lead glass footed cup; hexagonal bowl with a horizontal lozenge above an arch on each side; hexagonal foot with circular depression on underside.
Gallery Label:
A cup similar to this one illustrated in "American and European Glass in The Corning Museum of Glass" (p. 248) is identified as an egg cup or salt sellar.
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
