Collection Highlights
Builder's Model of the U.S.S. "Monitor"
1862
1862.9
Wood, metal
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Museum Collections
Luce Center
Dish: sauce plate
Object name
Dish: sauce plate
Date
1840-1860
Medium
Glass
Dimensions
Overall: 5/8 x 5 1/8 in. ( 1.6 x 13 cm )
Description
Colorless pressed lead glass dish; circular form with scalloped edge; silhouette of Queen Victoria at center of well, surrounded by stippled sunburst pattern capped by curved scroll; scrolled pattern (with leaf-like forms) along interior rim, on stippled ground; crown at top of plate, with sunburst at each side, and "VICTORIA" written in script at bottom.
Credit Line
Gift of Dr. Arthur H. Merritt
Object Number
1961.402
Marks
pressed: on interior rim, bottom: "VICTORIA"
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
