Tray

Gorham Manufacturing Company

About 1900

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Souvenir plate with blue transfer-printed decoration. Border reading BIRMINGHAM / THE INDUSTRIAL CITY BEAUTIFUL (top and bottom), with industrial skyline frieze (left and right). At center of plate, full-length view of Vulcan on pedestal with banner caption at left: WHERE VULCAN, / THE MIGHTY MAN / OF IRON, STANDS
Porcelain vessel composed of two large cylindrical containers, one black and one white, joined at one side with no wall between them, the white piece has striated lines and tears in the clay, the black piece also has striated lines along with a bubbly surface.
Quilt, "Broken Wedding Ring" pattern, RSVP Club, textiles
Large, irregularly-shaped and pinched vessel composed of fused glass threads primarily in red, but with splotches of black, green and yellow, the threads are visible on the surface and give it a "stringy" appearance, the interior is bright orange.