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 1/4 in. (5.7 cm)
Overall, Rim: 2 5/8 x 3 5/8 in. (6.7 x 9.2 cm)

Credit LineGift of Walter P. Chrysler, Jr.

Object number71.4121

Not on view

DescriptionSalt of clear, lacy glass. Empire sofa shaped with eagle sides. Neal pattern EE7, "rare."

Published ReferencesL.W. & D.B. Neal, _Pressed Glass Salt Dishes of the Lacy Period, 1825-1850_, (Philadelphia: Published by the authors, 1962), 83, No. EE7.