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Plate, Cup

Object/Artifact

Press glass cup plate. "Bunker Hill" design. The monument is in the center of the plate. Lettering following the top curve of the plate reads, "Bunker Hill Battle Fought" and along the bottom curve "June 17, 1775." Ten links of chain make up the border. The rim is scalloped.

2022.41.136

Genesee Country Village and Museum

Boston and Sandwich Glass Company

1840 - 1845

Boston

Massachusetts

United States of America

North America

3-9/16 in

Glass

"A Guide to Sandwich Glass: Blown Tableware, Pressed Cup Plates, and Salts" by Raymond E. Barlow and Joan E. Kaiser, #1424 "The Knopf Collectors' Guides to American Antiques: Glass Tableware, Bowls, and Vases" by Jane Shadel Spillman. #201

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