Lincoln Drape Small Compote Bowl
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Creator Role
manufacturer manufacturer
Description
The object is a small compote bowl featuring the Lincoln Drape, a pressed glass design. It features a base and stem and originally would have been used to serve compotes, fruits, nuts, or various sweets. Along the rim of the bowl and the base of the stem, an alternating semicircle and medallion pattern is present. Vertical grooves appear below this pattern on the bowl and above the pattern on the stem. Supposedly the design featured on the glass is representative of the black crepe that adorned Abraham Lincoln's casket and hearse, although this theory cannot be corroborated.
Description Source
Remembering Lincoln. https://rememberinglincoln.fords.org/node/890 (accessed January 30, 2020).
Contributor
Justice Frank J. and Virginia Williams
Earliest
1865
Latest
1900
Approximate Creation Date
1865-1900
Measurement
6 inches (diameter)
Materials and Techniques Display
pressed glass
Subjects
Glassware, Victorian; Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865
Work Type
compote
Class
glassware & ceramics
Preferred Citation
[Physical ID#]: [Title], Frank and Virginia Williams Collection of Lincolniana, Mississippi State University Libraries.
Rights
Copyright protected by Mississippi State University Libraries. Use of materials from this collection beyond the exceptions provided for in the Fair Use and Educational Use clauses of the U.S. Copyright Law may violate federal law. Permission to publish or reproduce is required.
ID
2281.9
Current Location
Frank and Virginia Williams Collection of Lincolniana (Mississippi State, Mississippi, United States)
Repository
Mississippi State University Libraries
Digital Publisher
Mississippi State University Libraries (electronic version).
Contact Information
For more information about the contents of this collection, email sp_coll@library.msstate.edu.