New photography by Shannon Ruff captured with a digital camera-2006.

Salt

Manufacturer Boston & Sandwich Glass Co. (American, 1826-1888)

CultureAmerican

MediumPressed glass

DimensionsOverall: 2 x 2 1/4 x 2 7/8 in. (5.1 x 5.7 x 7.3 cm)

Credit LineGift of Walter P. Chrysler, Jr.

Object number71.4131

Not on view

DescriptionSalt of pale blue tinted lacy glass. Rectangular strawberry diamond motif. Neal pattern SD15a, "scarce."

Published ReferencesL.W. & D.B. Neal, _Pressed Glass Salt Dishes of the Lacy Period, 1825-1850_, (Philadelphia: Published by the authors, 1962), 459, No. SD15a.