Sandwich Glass: A Technical Book for CollectorsWilliams, Lenore Wheeler
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Sandwich Glass: A Technical Book for Collectors
Williams, Lenore Wheeler
Boston and Sandwich Glass Company; Glassware -- Collectors and collecting
35. Log cabin, cider barrel; plain border; large tree in full foliage;
one window. Liberty cap on top of flag pole with waving flag.
Bench at base of tree.
Very rare.
36. Log cabin with a large chimney at end, cider barrel under one
window, clear background, the earliest plate issued in this
series. N. E. G.
Rare.
37. Log cabin with acorn border type of No. 33.
Not shown.
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[Illustration: PLATE VII]
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_MISCELLANEOUS_
38. Bee hive medallion border—Laurel wreath border hive and nine bees.
39. Bee hive medallion border small plate with 11 honey bees above
hive, fine stipple, one of the rarer plates.
A—Same with variation in border.
40. The Lyre—Large Lyre, four strings and two palms filling center of
plate, border groups of rays and pointed, stippling deeply
indented, bulls eye edge.
41. The Hound—Reclining gray hound with branches left and right, oak
leaf border, broken by six circles, clear ground.
42. Harp with laurel wreath and seven pointed star above—a very
beautiful plate. Shamrock border.
A—A four inch plate is found with small harp in center. This is
of course not a true cup plate.
43. The Anchor—Similar plate with large anchor stippled ground stars
and stippled triangles alternating in border.
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[Illustration: PLATE VIII]
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44. The Butterfly—A butterfly on stippled center ground, border of
eight forget-me-nots on clear ground.
45. The Unhappy Marriage or double face—Two heads with inscription
above “The Wedding Day”—invert the plate and the same heads are
seen with distorted visage and the words above “Three Weeks
After.” Border of very handsome flowers, clear ground.
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_THE FLORAL GROUP_
46. The rose and pansy on stippled ground, size of bee hive, border of
pointed leaves on clear grounds.
47. The daisy—Size of bee-hive, large daisy with ten petals filling
entire center of plate, 13 large five pointed stars in border on
fine stippling. A most delicate and beautiful design.
48. The open rose—Size of bee hive, wild rose in center with two rows
of petals.
49. The thistle—A large thistle in center of plate, fine lacy
stippling.
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