Collection Highlights
Stained glass window
Date:
ca. 1656
Object Number:
1951.414c
Medium:
Glass
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Museum Collections
Luce Center
Plate: A Good Mother...
Object Number:
1971.110m
Date:
1880-1900
Medium:
Glass
Dimensions:
Overall: 1 1/2 x 11 in. ( 3.8 x 27.9 cm )
Marks:
impressed: on rim: "A GOOD MOTHER MAKES A HAPPY HOME"
Description:
Colorless pressed lead glass plate; formed to resemble an eight-petal flower; all-over pattern of stars forming concentric rings; lettering around inner rim reads "A GOOD MOTHER MAKES A HAPPY HOME"; sunburst at center of base.
Credit Line:
Gift of Mr. & Mrs. Robert P. Coates
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
