Press Molded Glass Cup Plate

Three colorless glass fragments from a pressed glass cup plate. The rim of the cup plate is scalloped and the body has a press-molded floral pattern.  

The two fragments from context 121 (SC 6A) mend and match, but do not mend with the fragment from context 91 (SC 4A).

• Object number

  GV-512: 91, 121

• Date made

  circa 1825 - present

• Dimensions

  Diameter 3.5 inches

• Decoration

  Embossed

• Color

  Colorless

• Animals/objects

  Plate, Cup

• Patterns

  Lettering

  Floral

• Category

  Household

• Class

  Glass

• Functions

  Tableware

• Material

  Glass, Non-Lead

• Context

  Transect 3, SC 6A: Possible Buried A Horizon (9531.121)

• Forms

  Body/Rim

• Techniques

  Press Molded