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

Salt

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

CultureAmerican

MediumGlass

DimensionsOverall: 2 in. (5.1 cm)
Overall, Rim: 2 1/8 x 3 in. (5.4 x 7.6 cm)

Credit LineGift of Walter P. Chrysler, Jr.

Object number71.3777

Not on view

DescriptionLacy salt of clear heavy crude glass. Rectangular shape. Pressed horizontally ribbed with a central heart in a diamond pattern. Ends are half diagonally ribbed in opposite directions. Inside is vertically ribbed, giving a checkered appearance. Plain scalloped rim. Four round knob feet. Neal OG2 pattern, "rare."

Published ReferencesL.W. & D.B. Neal, _Pressed Glass Salt Dishes of the Lacy Period, 1825-1850_, (Philadelphia: Published by the authors, 1962), 147, No. OG2.