Wheat pattern
Object NameBread Tray
Manufacturer
McKee Glass Co.
(American (Jeannette, PA), 1904 - 1961)
Date1873
OriginU.S.A.
MediumClear glass
Dimensions2 1/16 × 12 × 1 in. (5.2 × 30.5 × 2.5 cm)
ClassificationsDecorative Arts, Glass
Credit LineGift of Ann and Henry Brunnier. In the Ann and Henry Brunnier Collection, Brunnier Art Museum, University Museums, Iowa State University, Ames, Iowa.
Object number3.15.37
Status
Not on viewCollections
CultureAmerican
Label Text"For themselves, they decided to buy a present together, something they could both use and enjoy. After much studying of Montgomery Ward’s catalogue, they chose to get a set of glassware. They needed it for the table and there was such a pretty set advertised, a sugar bowl, spoon-holder, butter dish, six sauce dishes, and a large oval-shaped bread plate. On the bread plate raised in the glass were heads of wheat and some lettering which read “Give us this day our daily bread.”
When the box came from Chicago a few days before Christmas and was unpacked, they were both delighted with their present."
~Laura Ingalls Wilder, in The First Four Years
Locations
- (not entered) Iowa State University, Brunnier Art Museum
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