One of the First Pieces of Optical Glass Manufactured in the USA

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Date Made: est. 18991914

Location: Currently not on view

Place Made: United States: Pennsylvania, Charleroi

See more items in: Home and Community Life: Ceramics and Glass, Industry & Manufacturing, Art, Domestic Furnishings

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Credit Line: Macbeth-Evans Glass Company

Data Source: National Museum of American History

Id Number: CE.238Catalog Number: 238Accession Number: 57114

Object Name: Panel, Optical Glassglass, optical glass panelglass, optical

Physical Description: yellow (overall color)glass, transparent (overall material)frosted? (joint piece production method/technique)Measurements: overall: 3 in x 2 3/4 in x 3/4 in; 7.62 cm x 6.985 cm x 1.905 cmoverall: 3/4 in x 3 in; 1.905 cm x 7.62 cm

Metadata Usage: CC0

Guid: http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746b4-1b56-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa

Record Id: nmah_591080

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