Schalen und Teller - Bowls and Plates
| Nummer / Number: | 09619 |
| Zuschreibung /Attribution: | USA Boston & Sandwich Glass Co. |
| Serienname: | 1844 Henry Clay Presidential Campaign Glass Plate |
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Henry Clay Presidential Campaign, Pressed Glass Plate, Manufactured by the
Boston & Sandwich Glass Co., Choice Near Mint. This heavy Flint Lacy Sandwich
Glass Plate, measures 3.5” in diameter and features a profile portrait of
the Whig Candidate in the center, which is labeled: “Henry Clay.” This plate
is one of the Campaign items produced in 1844, and is identified as 3021-N
in Volume III of Ted Hake’s reference work, “Political Buttons.” This original
1844 Plate has a deep, Flint Glass “ring” tone to it. It is in excellent
condition for this type of Early American Pressed Glass with just 2 tiny
nicks on the rim. A rare and beautiful, 1844 Henry Clay Presidential Campaign
item. Additional Information: During the campaign of 1840, many pieces were
produced to promote the cause of the Whig candidates, General William Henry
Harrison and Governor John Tyler, who, without a party platform defeated
Martin VanBuren for re-election. With the slogan "Tippecanoe and Tyler Too,"
the Whigs made campaign capital of the charge that their standard bearer
was a backwoods pioneer who lived in a log cabin, wore a coonskin cap, and
drank hard cider. American glass factories turned out bottles, flasks, drinking
glasses, bowls, plates, and other articles decorated with the Whig campaign
emblems. They must have been produced in quantity but, like present-day
campaign buttons, few have survived. Far fewer pieces were produced for
the 1844 Whig Presidential Candidate Henry Clay. photo & description: Courtesy & © www.EarlyAmerican.com |