CARD RECEIVER (OMN) negc
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New England Glass Company (Cambridge-MA, Company Operated: 1818-1887), Introduced: 1876
• NOTE: Sid Lethbridge 2024: Here we have a patented calling card tray in form of a bird with an olive branch in its beak. Design Patent 8,946 was issued February 1, 1876 to George E Hatch of East Cambridge, MA. It is believed to have been made by the New England Glass Co. as he had assigned a patent to this firm the previous year.
Dimensions: 9-1/8" long (tip of beak to tip of tail), 5-1/4" wide, approximately 1-1/4" tall at the shoulder.
• MOTIFS: Plants/Foliage/Trees/Vines , Figural, Bird/Fowl