Collection Highlights
Builder's Model of the U.S.S. "Monitor"
1862
1862.9
Wood, metal
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Museum Collections
Decorative Arts
Cup
Object name
Cup
Date
1845-1865
Medium
Glass
Dimensions
Overall: 3 3/8 x 2 7/8 in. ( 8.6 x 7.3 cm )
Description
Cobalt blue pressed lead glass footed cup; hexagonal bowl with a horizontal lozenge above an arch on each side; hexagonal foot with circular depression on underside.
Object Number
INV.12466b
Gallery Label
A cup similar to this one illustrated in "American and European Glass in The Corning Museum of Glass" (p. 248) is identified as an egg cup or salt sellar.
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
