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DEACESSIONED December 19, 2013

Small sauce dish (one of six)

about 1850–60
Object Place: Sandwich, Massachusetts, United States

Medium/Technique Pressed glass
Dimensions 2.54 cm (1 in.)
Credit Line Bequest of Miss Kate A. Gould
Accession Number33.701
CollectionsAmericas
ClassificationsGlass

DescriptionOne of a set of six small sauce dishes, pressed in "horn of plenty" pattern. Scalloped rim, curved sides, rayed base.
Provenance19th century, by tradition, "belonged to an old Brewster family"; 1933, bequeathed by Kate Augustina Gould (b.1871 - d.1930) for use in the Chatham Historical Society (accession date: July 20, 1933); December 19, 2013, deaccessioned by the MFA, ownership transferred to the Chatham Historical Society, Chatham, Mass.