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 1/2 in. (3.8 cm)
Overall, Rim: 3 1/4 in. (8.3 cm)
Base: 2 in. (5.1 cm)

Credit LineGift of Walter P. Chrysler, Jr.

Object number0.1375

Not on view

DescriptionLacy salt of pressed, clear glass with a starred, octagonal base. On the front and back of the body is a circle filled with strawberry-diamonds. Neal patter OO1, "plentiful."

Published ReferencesL.W. & D.B. Neal, _Pressed Glass Salt Dishes of the Lacy Period, 1825-1850_, (Philadelphia: Published by the authors, 1962), 165, No. OO1.