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Platter (Niagara Falls)

Culture: American
Medium: Glass
Place Manufactured: USA
Dates: ca. 1898
Dimensions: 1 1/4 x 16 x 11 1/2 in. (3.2 x 40.6 x 29.2 cm)
Collections: Decorative Arts
Museum Location: This item is on view in Luce Visible Storage and Study Center, 5th Floor
Accession Number: 40.207
Credit Line: Gift of Mrs. William Greig Walker by subscription
Image: Overall, 40.207_acetate_bw.jpg. Brooklyn Museum photograph

Catalogue 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.

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