LEE/ROSE NO. 127 CUP PLATE, deep amethyst with some small spots of cloudiness, plain rope rim, top only. Midwestern, probably Pittsburgh. 1830-1845. 3" D.
Literature: The McKearins AM. Glass, pl. 176, fig. 58, "100 Best" colored. Like Elsholz, lot 218.
Provenance: From a West Coast private collection._x000D_
Purchased from JSE&A, 9/28/2009, lot 760._x000D_
Discovered in Ohio in 2009.
Catalog note: This is only the second example of this important plate that we have sold. Rose noted "Judging by the extreme rarity of colored examples, all of them may have been pressed from a single pot of amethyst glass." An example from the Marble collection was included in the 1954 Corning exhibit (case 36, #550) and included by Rose in his new "100 Best" colored list.
Proof except for normal under-rim mold roughness.

Proof except for normal under-rim mold roughness.