Dressing Glass

Date1784-1804

Artist/Maker John Elliott

OriginAmerica, Pennsylvania, Philadelphia

MediumMahogany veneer; secondary woods include white pine, Arbor Vitae (cedar), mahogany, ash, glass, quicksilver.

DimensionsOH: 16 1/8" OW: 13 1/8" at feet; OD 6 1/2" at feet

Credit LineMuseum Purchase

Object number1960-945

DescriptionDressing glass: Rectangular ogee moulding with indented upper corners enclosing original rectangular glass. Frame attatched to canted stiles slightly above mid-point by means of screws with butterfly nuts for manual tightening. Stiles flat-topped, beaded in front, shaped in back at base; tennoned through top of drawer case. Drawer case rectangular; front, sides, and top veneered with crotch and straight-grained mahogany. Long drawer with beaded edge and two cast drop pulls. Four ogee bracket feet.

Woods: baseboard of drawer - an ash, backboard - Arbor Vitae (by microanalysis 5/11/1964).
MarkingsLabel on back "JOHN ELLIOTT, JUNR./ No 60 South Front-Street, between Chestnut and Walnut-Streets,/ PHILADELPHIA/ HATH FOR SALE, A GENERAL ASSORTMENT OF/ DRUGS AND MEDICINES/ Sago, Pearl Barley, Oatmeal, Spices,/ &/ LOOKING GLASSES, with and/ without Frames;/ WINDOW GLASS of most Sizes,/ and large Glass for Clocks, Samplers,/ &c. also, COACH GLASSES;/ SPECTACLES;/ BRUSHES of most Sorts;/ PAINTERS' COLOURS/ dry and mixes for use;/ Boiled Oil, Spirits of Turpentine, Var/ nish of divers Sorts, Putty, Painters/ Tools, and Camels' Hair Penoils,/ Leaf-Gold and Silver, Blacklead and/ Sand Crucibles, Pearl Ash, &C/ N.B. LOOKING GLASSES new Quick-Silvered and Framed"