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Foot Socket
Foot Socket

Foot Socket

Date20th century
MediumPressed colorless glass
DimensionsPrimary Dimensions (height x diameter): 1 1/2 x 3 1/8in. (3.8 x 7.9cm)
ClassificationsGlassware
Credit LineConnecticut Museum of Culture and History collection
DescriptionPressed colorless glass foot socket consisting of a thick, disc-shaped piece of glass with a graduated well in the center. The center of the well is surrounded by a ring of raised half circles, with a rayed ring above that. The top of the well is flat. The exterior sides have a border of raised flutes that flare slightly at the widest point of the socket. The lower half of the socket is curved and smooth.
Object number2005.71.0
Subject Terms
    On View
    Not on view
    1979.68.163.1
    Unknown
    1845-1865
    Lamp
    Wannopee Pottery Company
    1892-1903
    Decanter with Stopper
    Unknown
    1830-1840
    Decanter with Stopper
    Lord family
    1815-1830
    1938.24.15a,b
    George Dodd
    1815-1830
    Decanter with Stopper
    Unknown
    1820-1840
    Stopper
    Unknown
    1840-1860
    Stopper
    Unknown
    1840-1860
    Pitcher
    New England Glass Company
    1860-1880
    1979.68.271.5
    Unknown
    1845-1870
    1974.56.957
    Unknown
    1850-1870
    Cream Pitcher
    Lord family
    1820-1840