Hand Pressed Glass Cup Plate "Henry Rogers Boyhood Home" Product/Supplies Sandwich establishing a permanent communication link

establishing a permanent communication link between Europe and North America

Teacups at the time had no handle

including stem

Handmade in Sandwich by Glass Studio on Cape Cod

Mary Surratt was hanged in 1865 for being a co-conspirator in the Abraham Lincoln assassination

Hand Pressed Glass Cup Plate "Henry Rogers Boyhood Home" Product/Supplies Sandwich establishing a permanent communication linkThis Historical Reproduction Cup Plate features the inscription "Henry H. Rogers Boyhood Home" inscribed across the top, "F. S. B. 4 1984" across the bottom, and a depiction of Henry Rogers' boyhood home in Fairfield MA in the center. The home still stands and is in private hands; a late 19th century mansion was demolished in the early 20th century. Rogers was a wealthy industrialist and financier with ties to Standard Oil. Measuring 3. 5" in