PLATE
Creator(s): Boston & Sandwich Glass Company (Manufacturer)
On view in: Kitchen
About this object
The cup plate has the silhouette of the Bunker Hill monument is the center with an inscription around it. The monument is clear and has a ring of stars around it. The inscription is also in the circle around the monument. The outer border has a interlaced design that forms ovals. The outer edge is scalloped.
- Object name:
- PLATE
- Made from:
- Glass
- Made in:
- Sandwich, USA
- Date made:
- ca. 1840
- Size:
- 8.7 cm (3 7/16 in.)
Detailed information for this item
- Catalog number:
- 23.139
- Class:
- GLASS
- Signature marks:
- INSCRIPTION around inner edge: BUNKER HILL BATTLE FOUGHT JUNE 17 1775, FROM THE FAIR TO THE BRAVE
- Credit line:
- Bequest of Marjorie Merriweather Post, 1973