Collection Highlights
Study of Four Tree Trunks (Three Birches)
ca. 1855
1918.325
Graphite with scratching out on beige paper
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Museum Collections
Luce Center
Cup plate
Object name
Cup plate
Date
1830-1850
Medium
Glass
Dimensions
Overall: 1/2 x 3 5/8 in. ( 1.3 x 9.2 cm )
Description
Colorless pressed lead glass cup plate; eight-sided form with scalloped edge; in well, three-masted, square-rigged sailing ship, with stippled rigging and flag flying from mast, on wavy sea; on interior rim, pattern of scrolls flanking trapezoidal shape with small stars between, on stippled ground; near edge, scrolled decoration, with small stars (Lee-Rose 606).
Credit Line
Gift of Mrs. J. Insley Blair
Object Number
1941.323
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
