Photograph by Ed Pollard, Hasselblad H4D50 - 2016.

Salt

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

CultureAmerican

Dateca. 1827-35

MediumPressed glass

Dimensions1 5/8 × 1 7/8 × 3 3/8 in. (4.1 × 4.8 × 8.6 cm)

Inscribed“Lafayet.,” on each paddle-wheel box

Markings“B. & S. / GLASS / Co-,” on stern; “SANDWICH,” on inside and underside

Credit LineGift of Walter P. Chrysler, Jr.

Object number71.4113

Collections

Glass Art

On View

Chrysler Museum of Art, Gallery 116-3, Case 19

Published ReferencesL.W. & D.B. Neal, _Pressed Glass Salt Dishes of the Lacy Period, 1825-1850_, (Philadelphia: Published by the authors, 1962), 33, No. BT8. Diane C. Wright (editor), _Glass Masterworks from the Chrysler Museum of Art_ (Seattle: University of Washington Press, 2017), pg. 83-85.