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

Salt Dish

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

CultureAmerican

MediumPressed glass

DimensionsOverall: 1 3/4 x 2 13/16 x 2 1/8 in. (4.4 x 7.1 x 5.4 cm)

Credit LineGift of Walter P. Chrysler, Jr.

Object number71.4086

Not on view

DescriptionSalt dish of clear lacy glass. Beaded scroll and scroll leaf design. Oval and diamond rim. Neal pattern MV2, "plentiful."

Published ReferencesL.W. & D.B. Neal, _Pressed Glass Salt Dishes of the Lacy Period, 1825-1850_, (Philadelphia: Published by the authors, 1962), 135, No. MV2.