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Plate, Cup
Object/Artifact
Pressed glass cup plate. An example of 19th century humor. A lady on the left and a gentleman on the right are smiling under the words "The Wedding Day" when the plate is turned 180 degrees the newlyweds are scowling under the inscription "Three Weeks After." Border is flowing floral pattern. Scalloped rim.
2022.41.138
Genesee Country Village and Museum
Boston and Sandwich Glass Company
1835 - 1855
Boston
Massachusetts
United States of America
North America
3-3/8 in
Glass
"A Guide to Sandwich Glass: Blown Tableware, Pressed Cup Plates, and Salts" by Raymond E. Barlow and Joan E. Kaiser, #1428 "The Knopf Collectors' Guides to American Antiques: Glass Tableware, Bowls, and Vases" by Jane Shadel Spillman. #201. "American and European Pressed Glass in the Corning Museum of Glass" by Jane Shadel Spillman. (pg. 142)