Collection Highlights
Baby walker
1700-1800
INV.14959
Pine
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Museum Collections
Luce Center
Cup plate
Object name
Cup plate
Date
ca. 1939
Medium
Glass
Dimensions
Overall: 1/2 x 3 1/2 in. ( 1.3 x 8.9 cm )
Description
Colorless pressed lead glass cup plate; circular form with scalloped edge; in well, portrait bust (three-quarter view) of George Washington in period dress; inscription at bottom of interior rim, with signature and date range; plain stars along interior rim, on stippled ground.
Credit Line
Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Robert Coates in loving memory of Howard Masten and Anne Louise Canoune
Object Number
1971.109jj
Marks
pressed: on interior rim, bottom: "G Washington [signature]/1732-1932"
Gallery Label
This souvenir plate may have been made for the World's Fair, honoring the two-hundredth anniversary of the birth of George Washington (See Publications).
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
