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Plate, Cup

Object/Artifact

Pressed glass cup plate. The butterfly in the center is surrounded by stippling. The table rest is plain. Eight stemmed blossoms make up the border pattern, each stem having a bud and a leaf. Note that each blossom has six petals except the blossom below to the right of the butterfly which has seven petals. The edge is scalloped.

2022.41.141

Genesee Country Village and Museum

Boston and Sandwich Glass Company

1835 - 1850

Boston

Massachusetts

United States of America

North America

3-1/4 in

Glass

"A Guide to Sandwich Glass: Blown Tableware, Pressed Cup Plates, and Salts" by Raymond E. Barlow and Joan E. Kaiser, #1387

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