Collection Highlights
William Walton (1706-1768)
ca. 1750
1902.3
Oil on canvas
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Museum Collections
Luce Center
Cup plate
Object name
Cup plate
Date
1830-1840
Medium
Glass
Dimensions
Overall: 1/2 x 3 3/4 in. ( 1.3 x 9.5 cm )
Description
Pressed lead glass cup plate with opalescent tint; circular form with rope edge; pin-wheel motif punctuated by small stars at center of well, surrounded by series of concentric circles; series of 8 baskets with fruit and flowers at regular intervals along interior rim; rope table ring (Lee-Rose 90).
Credit Line
Gift of Colonel Henry O. Havemeyer
Object Number
1981.28e
Gallery Label
Jane Spilman suggests that this cup plate was probably manufactured at either the Boston & Sandwich Glass Company, Sandwich, Massachusetts, or the New England Glass Company, Cambridge, Massachusetts (See Publications).
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
