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 1 7/8 x 2 5/8 in. (5.1 x 4.8 x 6.7 cm)

Credit LineGift of Walter P. Chrysler, Jr.

Object number71.4130

Not on view

DescriptionSalt of light amethyst slightly mottled lacy glass. Rectangular strawberry diamond motif. Neal pattern SD9, color grey violet blue, "rare."

Published ReferencesBourne Auction Catalogue, Item #186, pg. 19, ill. L.W. & D.B. Neal, _Pressed Glass Salt Dishes of the Lacy Period, 1825-1850_, (Philadelphia: Published by the authors, 1962), 452, No. SD9.