Collection Highlights
Slave shackles
ca. 1866
1921.20
Steel
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Museum Collections
Luce Center
Cup plate
Object name
Cup plate
Date
ca. 1830
Medium
Glass
Dimensions
Overall: 5/8 x 3 3/8 in. ( 1.6 x 8.6 cm )
Description
Colorless pressed lead glass cup plate; circular form with scalloped edge; in well, segmented stars (interspersed with smaller, segmented circles) arranged in ring around star at center, divided from star by a ring of segmented circles; pattern of alternating segmented stars and circles along interior rim, with stippled border around top of scallops (Lee-Rose 65).
Credit Line
Gift of Mrs. J. Insley Blair
Object Number
1940.423
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
