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Plate (James Garfield)

Medium: Glass
Place Manufactured: USA
Dates: ca. 1881
Dimensions: 1 1/4 x 10 x 10 in. (3.2 x 25.4 x 25.4 cm)
Inscriptions: Molded around top of rim: "MEMORIAL"
Collections: Decorative Arts
Museum Location: This item is on view in Luce Visible Storage and Study Center, 5th Floor
Accession Number: 40.172
Credit Line: Gift of Mrs. William Greig Walker by subscription
Image: Overall, 40.172_bw.jpg. Brooklyn Museum photograph

Catalogue Description: Round frosted pressed glass plate with three-quarters bust portrait of James A. Garfield in center. Wide rim is serrated at edge, and decorated with a border of leaf clusters, laurel branches, and stippling. The top part of the rim contains the word "MEMORIAL."

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