Dinner Plate, 1930-1934
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Artifact Overview
During the 1930s, some American glass manufacturers produced inexpensive, pressed glass serving ware. The glassware, which came in a variety of colors and scores of distinct patterns, could be bought at many lower-end retailers as well as through catalogue merchants. Movie theaters and other businesses also gave it away -- intending to lure the cash-strapped Depression-era public inside.
Artifact Details
Artifact
Dinner plate
Date Made
1930-1934
Creators
Place of Creation
Location
at Greenfield Village in Davidson-Gerson Gallery of Glass
Object ID
2011.355.12
Credit
From the Collections of The Henry Ford. Gift in Memory of Myrta Calvert Borders by Claudia Borders Hagy, DVM.
Material
Glass (Material)
Pressed glass
Color
Light pink
Dimensions
Height: 0.75 in
Diameter: 9.25 in
Weight: 12.3 oz
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