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Platter (McCormack Reaper)

Culture: American
Medium: Glass
Place Manufactured: USA
Dates: 1831
Dimensions: 1 5/8 x 13 1/8 x 8 1/8 in. (4.1 x 33.3 x 20.6 cm)
Collections: Decorative Arts
Museum Location: This item is on view in Luce Visible Storage and Study Center, 5th Floor
Accession Number: 40.238
Credit Line: Gift of Mrs. William Greig Walker by subscription
Image: Overall, 40.238.jpg. Brooklyn Museum photograph, 2004

Catalogue Description: Colorless pressed glass platter, oblong shape with handles. Center decorated with farming scene of man driving a horse-drawn McCormick reaper across fields while another farmer holding a rake watches. Wide rim decorated with picket fence pattern. CONDITION: Good; chips around foot rim on underside and allover light scratches; manufacturing imperfections include "crease" in glass in center and irregularly molded edge.

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