Platter (Eureka / Gold Rush)
Decorative Arts and Design
CULTURE
American
MAKER
M'Kee Brothers
MEDIUM
Glass
DATES
1849
DIMENSIONS
11 1/4 x 8 7/8 in. (28.6 x 22.5 cm) (show scale)
INSCRIPTIONS
On diagonal banner across center, molded: "EUREKA"
COLLECTIONS
Decorative Arts and Design
ACCESSION NUMBER
40.258
CREDIT LINE
Gift of Mrs. William Greig Walker by subscription
PROVENANCE
Prior to May 1940, provenance not yet documented; before May 1940, acquired by Mrs. William Greig Walker; May 1940, gift of Mrs. William Greig Walker to the Brooklyn Museum.
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CATALOGUE DESCRIPTION
Oval colorless pressed glass platter. In center, diagonal banner inscribed "EUREKA" against a mottled ground ringed by hatched pattern. Moving out from this ring into the rim are a plain ring, a ring with a pebbled ground interspersed with angled plain bands, and a ring that repeats the hatched pattern.
EXHIBITIONS
MUSEUM LOCATION
This item is not on view
CAPTION
American. Platter (Eureka / Gold Rush), 1849. Glass, 11 1/4 x 8 7/8 in. (28.6 x 22.5 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of Mrs. William Greig Walker by subscription, 40.258. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, 40.258_acetate_bw.jpg)
IMAGE
overall, 40.258_acetate_bw.jpg. Brooklyn Museum photograph
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