American "Clear Diagonal Band" pressed glass bread plate (Gold Rush commemorative), c.1880s

An early American pressed glass oval bread plate, manufacturer unknown, in the "Clear Diagonal Band" (a.k.a. "California") design, measuring approximately 29 x 22.7 x 3.3cm (11.4 x 8.95 x 1.3in); although the design incorporates the motto "Eureka" - the cry of the Gold Rush of 1849 - the plate is a later commemorative piece, probably dating from the 1880s.  There is considerable age wear including numerous scratches (mainly to the upper surface), some roughness together with a number of nibbles and fleabites to various edges, and wear to the foot commensurate with the age of the piece; there are various manufacturing imperfections including a few tiny air bubbles and a long linear "straw mark" (shear line) to the upper surface to the top right of the centre.

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