Platter

Manufacturer Gillinder & Sons (American, founded 1861)

Datec. 1879

Mediumpressed glass

Dimensions8 7/8 × 13 × 1 3/8 inches (22.5 × 33 × 3.5 cm)

Credit LineBequest of H.J. Lutcher Stark, 1965

Object number41.18.22.A

ClassificationsFood Services

DescriptionWestward Ho or Pioneer pattern; oval shape; etched deer shaped handles; etched design of leaping stag, buffalo, log cabin in center panel.

Label TextGillinder & Sons introduced this glassware with the pattern name of Pioneer. A popular name for the set is Westward Ho! Both names refer to the optimism of settlers coming into the American West. The glassware features a pattern with a neat and sturdy log cabin in a wooded setting. A leaping deer and a bellicose buffalo indicate that nature still thrives where the settlers make a home. An Indian appears only as a finial, the decorative knob for covered pieces. The pose presents him as a kneeling figure. This characterizes him as bowing to the inevitable place of the pioneer. This viewpoint ignores many of the ramifications of relentless settlement. Connect with R.S. Buswell’s Bedroom.

ProvenanceRuby W. Schwab, Houston, Texas; purchased April 4, 1959 through (Mrs. Doris Connor, 4113 Leeland, Houston 3, Texas) by H.J. Lutcher Stark [1887-1965]; bequeathed September 2, 1965 to the Nelda C. and H.J. Lutcher Stark Foundation;accessioned to the Stark Museum of Art

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