Collection Highlights
The Game of Playing Department Store
1898
2000.715
Cardboard, wood, paper
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Museum Collections
Luce Center
Cup plate
Object name
Cup plate
Date
1830-1845
Medium
Glass
Dimensions
overall: 1/2 x 3 7/16 in.
Description
Colorless pressed lead glass cup plate; twelve-sided form with scalloped edge; tiny flower at center enclosed by rope ring, surrounded by two pairs (each facing the other) of shell-like motifs, with curlicues, on stippled ground; pattern of shell motifs alternating with very stylized wheat-sheaf motifs along interior rim; stippled table ring (Lee-Rose 245).
Credit Line
Gift of Mrs. J. Insley Blair
Object Number
1938.26
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
