One of the first examples of optical glass manufactured in the USA
date: label: date made
content: est. 1899
label: date made
content: 1914
notes: label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United States: Pennsylvania, Charleroi
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content: Home and Community Life: Ceramics and Glass
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content: Industry & Manufacturing
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content: Art
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content: Domestic Furnishings
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Macbeth-Evans Glass Company
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: CE.239
label: catalog number
content: 239
label: accession number
content: 57114
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Panel, Optical Glass
label: Object Name
content: glass, optical
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: "colorless" (overall color)
label: Physical Description
content: glass, transparent (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: frosted? (joint piece production method/technique)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 5 in x 2 1/2 in x 3/4 in; 12.7 cm x 6.35 cm x 1.905 cm
label: Measurements
content: overall: 3/4 in x 5 in; 1.905 cm x 12.7 cm