Accession # | 40.207 |
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Culture | American |
Title | Platter (Niagara Falls) |
Date | ca. 1898 |
Medium | Glass |
Dimensions | 1 1/4 x 16 x 11 1/2 in. (3.2 x 40.6 x 29.2 cm) |
Credit Line | Gift of Mrs. William Greig Walker by subscription |
Location | Visible Storage: Case 21, Shelf E (Pressed Glass) |
Description | Octagonal colorless pressed glass platter with handles and fluted, decorative border. Platter filled with a panoramic scene of Niagara Falls, including a stylized rendition of the Falls, the surrounding landscape, two tourists on a walkway, and a rowboat containing two boaters in the foreground at the base of the Falls. |