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Dressing glass

Date1740-1760

OriginEngland

MediumPrimary: walnut and walnut veneer; Secondary: deal; glass

DimensionsOH: 16 1/2"; OW: 9 3/4"; OD: 5 7/8"

Credit LineMuseum Purchase

Object number1947-322

DescriptionDressing glass; rectangular frame, cresting consist of scrolls at either side with center part raised. Queen Anne frame, molding with rounded upper corners enclosing original glass. Swiveled on two brass ring screws to two slightly tapered square uprights, with incised line decoration, terminating in a point at the top and supported by a trestle type base with rectangular cross stretcher on slightly arched feet.
Inscribed"10/1" written in ink on backboard; "VII" inscribed on cross bar of trestle base