This fragile glass dish is free-blown with a pontil mark (where a metal rod held the glass while it was being formed) at the bottom. Not an everyday item, but perhaps a family heirloom, it was brought to Shelburne, Massachusetts, after 1838, by Lucy Carter. It was made at the Franklin Glass Factory in Warwick, Massachusetts, between 1812 and 1816. When the War of 1812 halted the importation of glass from England, small-scale factories sprung up across New England to meet the demand. Founded by Dr. Ebenezer Hall and a collection of Warwick’s wealthiest residents, the Franklin Glass Factory manufactured both window glass and hollowware (bottles, jars, vases, vials, and bowls). It survived only until 1816.