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

Salt

Manufacturer Unknown

CultureFinnish

Dateca. 1940

MediumPressed glass

DimensionsOverall: 1 1/2 in. (3.8 cm)
Overall, Rim: 1 5/8 x 2 5/8 in. (4.1 x 6.7 cm)

Credit LineGift of Walter P. Chrysler, Jr.

Object number71.7137

Not on view

DescriptionSalt of pressed green vaseline glass. Lacy style shell and scroll design. Rectangular. Neal pattern SL6, color unlisted.

Published ReferencesL.W. & D.B. Neal, _Pressed Glass Salt Dishes of the Lacy Period, 1825-1850_, (Philadelphia: Published by the authors, 1962), 410, No. SL6. Catalogue, FINLANDS NATIONALMUSEUM, 1983, pg. 102, similar example, non-flint.