Collection Highlights
Punch bowl: Landing of Lafayette
1840-1850
1910.24
Earthenware
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Museum Collections
Luce Center
Dish
Object name
Dish
Date
ca. 1870
Medium
Glass
Dimensions
Overall: 1 3/8 x 9 x 5 1/4 in. ( 3.5 x 22.9 x 13.3 cm )
Description
Colorless pressed glass dish; oval shape with beading and egg and dart pattern around rim, a narrow band of vertical ribs above base, and a horseshoe in the center; handles in the form of hexagonal bars with pointed caps at either end.
Credit Line
Bequest of Weber Hill Arkenburgh
Object Number
1948.340
Gallery Label
According to accession records, this dish is illustrated in "Early American Glass" by Ruth Webb Lee (p. 559).
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.