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Plate (Kaiser Wilhelm I)
Accession # 40.194
Title Plate (Kaiser Wilhelm I)
Date ca. 1888
Medium Glass
Dimensions 1 1/4 x 9 7/8 x 9 7/8 in. (3.2 x 25.1 x 25.1 cm)
Inscriptions Molded under bust: "KAISER WILHELM I."
Credit Line Gift of Mrs. William Greig Walker by subscription
Location Visible Storage: Case 21, Shelf C (Pressed Glass)
Description Square, colorless pressed glass plate with notched corners and a profile bust portrait of Kaiser Wilhelm I in the circular center register. The rim is decorated with molded springs of oak leaves and acorns and laurel leaves and berries along each side; a row of side-by-side molded bars with rounded tops (or ribbing) intersects the rim along a diagonal between each notched corner and the center register.