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- Paperweight, 1860-1940 -
- 1860-1940
- Collections - Artifact
Paperweight, 1860-1940
- Covered Sugar Bowl, 1874-1895 - Middle-class Americans in the late 19th century arrayed their dining tables with affordable pressed-glass tableware. These items, usually sold in sets, came in a wide variety of patterns, colors and styles. These decorative pieces -- like this sugar bowl -- communicated a family's status and taste to visitors and guests.
- 1874-1895
- Collections - Artifact
Covered Sugar Bowl, 1874-1895
Middle-class Americans in the late 19th century arrayed their dining tables with affordable pressed-glass tableware. These items, usually sold in sets, came in a wide variety of patterns, colors and styles. These decorative pieces -- like this sugar bowl -- communicated a family's status and taste to visitors and guests.
- Bryce Brothers "Buzz Star" Toy Tableware Set, 1907-1930 -
- 1907-1930
- Collections - Artifact
Bryce Brothers "Buzz Star" Toy Tableware Set, 1907-1930
- United States Glass Company "Lacy Daisy" Toy Berry Bowl Set, 1900-1930 -
- 1900-1930
- Collections - Artifact
United States Glass Company "Lacy Daisy" Toy Berry Bowl Set, 1900-1930
- United States Glass Company "Pennsylvania" Toy Tableware Set, circa 1897 -
- circa 1897
- Collections - Artifact
United States Glass Company "Pennsylvania" Toy Tableware Set, circa 1897
- United States Glass Company "Michigan" Toy Pitcher, circa 1902 -
- circa 1902
- Collections - Artifact
United States Glass Company "Michigan" Toy Pitcher, circa 1902
- Sugar Bowl, 1880-1900 - Middle-class Americans in the late 19th century arrayed their dining tables with affordable pressed-glass tableware. These items, usually sold in sets, came in a wide variety of patterns, colors and styles. These decorative pieces -- like this sugar bowl -- communicated a family's status and taste to visitors and guests.
- 1880-1900
- Collections - Artifact
Sugar Bowl, 1880-1900
Middle-class Americans in the late 19th century arrayed their dining tables with affordable pressed-glass tableware. These items, usually sold in sets, came in a wide variety of patterns, colors and styles. These decorative pieces -- like this sugar bowl -- communicated a family's status and taste to visitors and guests.
- Syrup Jug, 1885-1893 - Nineteenth-century Americans who could not afford refined white sugar found a sweet alternative with molasses or maple syrup. Syrup jugs or pitchers with their dripless metal pouring spouts held the slow-pouring, sugary liquid. These pressed or mold-blown glass containers became a common fixture on many middle-class Victorian Americans' tables.
- 1885-1893
- Collections - Artifact
Syrup Jug, 1885-1893
Nineteenth-century Americans who could not afford refined white sugar found a sweet alternative with molasses or maple syrup. Syrup jugs or pitchers with their dripless metal pouring spouts held the slow-pouring, sugary liquid. These pressed or mold-blown glass containers became a common fixture on many middle-class Victorian Americans' tables.
- Set of Berry Bowls, 1880-1895 - Nineteenth-century American glassmakers experimented with new methods to create products for a growing consumer market. In the 1820s, pressing glass into metal molds by machine was perfected, and by the mid-1800s, manufacturers were creating a variety of inexpensive pressed glass housewares. America's middle-class consumers could now decorate their homes with attractive glass bowls, creamers, dishes, plates, vases, and other tableware.
- 1880-1895
- Collections - Artifact
Set of Berry Bowls, 1880-1895
Nineteenth-century American glassmakers experimented with new methods to create products for a growing consumer market. In the 1820s, pressing glass into metal molds by machine was perfected, and by the mid-1800s, manufacturers were creating a variety of inexpensive pressed glass housewares. America's middle-class consumers could now decorate their homes with attractive glass bowls, creamers, dishes, plates, vases, and other tableware.
- Cream Pitcher, 1874-1895 - Middle-class Americans in the late 19th century arrayed their dining tables with affordable pressed-glass tableware. These items, usually sold in sets, came in a wide variety of patterns, colors, and styles. These decorative pieces -- like this cream pitcher -- communicated a family's status and taste to visitors and guests.
- 1874-1895
- Collections - Artifact
Cream Pitcher, 1874-1895
Middle-class Americans in the late 19th century arrayed their dining tables with affordable pressed-glass tableware. These items, usually sold in sets, came in a wide variety of patterns, colors, and styles. These decorative pieces -- like this cream pitcher -- communicated a family's status and taste to visitors and guests.