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

Salt Dish

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

CultureAmerican

MediumPressed glass

DimensionsOverall: 2 in. (5.1 cm)
Overall, Rim: 2 7/16 x 3 1/4 in. (6.2 x 8.3 cm)

Credit LineGift of Walter P. Chrysler, Jr.

Object number71.4050

Not on view

DescriptionSalt dish of lacy clear glass. Oval on pattern with claw feet. Cornucopia and scroll heart design sawtooth scalloped rim. Neal pattern OP1, "rare."

Published ReferencesL.W. & D.B. Neal, _Pressed Glass Salt Dishes of the Lacy Period, 1825-1850_, (Philadelphia: Published by the authors, 1962), 246, No. OP1.