three pieces of old window glass
Datemid 19th-mid 20th Century
Inventory Number1998-1-1154
ClassificationGlass
Subject
Maker
American
?
Cultural Region
Dimensions8.4 × 6.2 × 0.2 cm (3 5/16 × 2 7/16 × 1/16 in.)
11.9 × 11.3 × 0.2 cm (4 11/16 × 4 7/16 × 1/16 in.)
12.4 × 11.6 × 0.2 cm (4 7/8 × 4 9/16 × 1/16 in.)
15.8 × 9.4 × 0.1 cm (6 1/4 × 3 11/16 × 1/16 in.)
11.9 × 11.3 × 0.2 cm (4 11/16 × 4 7/16 × 1/16 in.)
12.4 × 11.6 × 0.2 cm (4 7/8 × 4 9/16 × 1/16 in.)
15.8 × 9.4 × 0.1 cm (6 1/4 × 3 11/16 × 1/16 in.)
Material
DescriptionThree pieces of window glass, two generally square and one rectangular; each has one broken or irregularly cut edge. All are discolored and covered with dirt and debris.
Their purpose is unknown.
Their purpose is unknown.
Signedunsigned
Inscribedtagged: 3 pieces Old Window Glass with bubbles etc
Curatorial Remarksdouble wrapped in tissue paper, placed in cardboard box with ethafoam.
FunctionUnknown.
Sylvania
Date: late 19th-early 20th Century
Object number: RS0368
Walter Balcke
Date: 1955
Accessories: mahogany box with plexiglass lid; pencil; eraser; box of lead; putty ball; cleaning cloth; cardboard instruction card
Object number: 1997-1-1619
American
Date: late 19th-early 20th Century
Accessories: stored in a milk carton with the top cut off
Object number: 3838
Central Scientific Company
Date: early 20th Century
Accessories: 4 glass discs with holes, 3 broken pieces of an electrostatic plate; 2 halves of an older electrostatic plate; 4 large broken glass pieces
Object number: 1997-1-0695
Sylvania
Date: late 19th-early 20th Century
Accessories: brown cardboard box, with handwritten note, "345 on 35"
Object number: RS0369
Edison Manufacturing Company
Date: late 19th-early 20th Century
Object number: RS0370
American
Date: 20th Century
Accessories: Stored in "ALCAZAR" cigar box
Object number: 1998-1-1475