PLATE, ONE OF 8
Creator(s): Unknown
About this object
The plate is made in the Dewdrop with Sheaf of Wheat pattern. The shape is that of a large shallow soup plate. In the center bottom is a sheaf of wheat with 12 rows of small pointed hobnails, known as dewdrops, across the top of the sheaf and 16 curved stalks descending from it, gathered by a tie. There is a band of vertical ribbing around the sloping inner rim. The outer rim has a background of dewdrops and inscription. The edge is scalloped with each scallop containing two dewdrops.
- Object name:
- PLATE, ONE OF 8
- Made from:
- Glass
- Made in:
- USA
- Date made:
- ca. 1860-ca. 1880
- Size:
- 28.3 cm (11 1/8 in.)
Detailed information for this item
- Catalog number:
- 23.201.3
- Class:
- GLASS
- Signature marks:
- INSCRIPTION
- Credit line:
- Bequest of Marjorie Merriweather Post, 1973