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

Salt

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

CultureAmerican

Dateca. 1835

MediumPressed glass

DimensionsOverall: 1 3/4 in. (4.4 cm)
Overall, Rim: 2 3/4 in. (7 cm)
Base: 2 3/8 in. (6 cm)

Credit LineGift of Walter P. Chrysler, Jr.

Object number0.1374

Not on view

DescriptionLacy rectangular salt of pressed opalescent white glass with four feet and two scalloped rims. On the front and back is a woman driving a cornucopia shaped chariot pulled by two horses. Neal pattern CT1, "very rare."

Published ReferencesL.W. & D.B. Neal, _Pressed Glass Salt Dishes of the Lacy Period, 1825-1850_, (Philadelphia: Published by the authors, 1962), 35, No. CT1.