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

Salt

Manufacturer New England Glass Company (American, 1818 - 1888)

CultureAmerican

MediumPressed glass

DimensionsOverall: 2 x 2 1/8 x 2 15/16 in. (5.1 x 5.4 x 7.5 cm)

InscribedMarked on bottom with Ex-coll #'s? 6.55.

Credit LineGift of Walter P. Chrysler, Jr.

Object number71.3788

Not on view

DescriptionLacy salt of green glass. Rectangular. On four round feet. Floral baskets on long sides and a rose at each end and a star base. No stippling. Heavy, thick, some imperfections and rim nicks. Neal pattern NE5, "scarce."

Published ReferencesL.W. & D.B. Neal, _Pressed Glass Salt Dishes of the Lacy Period, 1825-1850_, (Philadelphia: Published by the authors, 1962), 142, No. NE5.