Collection Highlights
Swing Low: A Harriet Tubman memorial
2007
2009.34
Cast bronze
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Museum Collections
Luce Center
Cup plate
Object name
Cup plate
Date
1841-1850
Medium
Glass
Dimensions
Overall: 1/2 x 3 3/4 in. ( 1.3 x 9.5 cm )
Description
Colorless pressed lead glass cup plate; circular form with scalloped edge; in well, representation of Bunker Hill monument (outline of obelisk, with stippled stones), intersected by circle of stars; two lines of inscription around edge of well, enclosed by two concentric rings (stippled); inscription within two concentric rings (stippled) around interior rim, with drape pattern and tassels (Lee-Rose 645-A)
Credit Line
Gift of Mrs. J. Insley Blair