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

Salt

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

CultureAmerican

MediumGlass

DimensionsOverall: 1 1/2 x 3 5/8 in. (3.8 x 9.2 cm)

InscribedImpressed on the inside "Sandwich" and on the end "B & S Glass Co.".

Credit LineGift of Walter P. Chrysler, Jr.

Object number71.4114

On View

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

Description"Lafayet" boat shaped lacy salt of opaque white glass. Neal pattern BT4, "unique."

Published ReferencesL.W. & D.B. Neal, _Pressed Glass Salt Dishes of the Lacy Period, 1825-1850_, (Philadelphia: Published by the authors, 1962), 24, No. BT4.