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 5/8 in. (4.1 cm)
Overall, Rim: 2 3/4 in. (7 cm)
Base: 2 1/4 in. (5.7 cm)

Credit LineGift of Walter P. Chrysler, Jr.

Object number0.1376

Not on view

DescriptionPressed, dull, lacy, amber glass with a rectangular base and scrolled ends and corners on the body. The design is in the "Stag's Horn" pattern. Neal pattern SN1d, "rare."

Published ReferencesMcKearin, _American Glass_, pl. 169, (#6) L.W. & D.B. Neal, _Pressed Glass Salt Dishes of the Lacy Period, 1825-1850_, (Philadelphia: Published by the authors, 1962), 431, No. SN1d.