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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