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

Lacy Period Salt

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

CultureAmerican

Date1830s

MediumPressed glass

DimensionsOverall: 1 3/4 in. (4.4 cm)
Overall, Rim: 2 x 3 3/16 in. (5.1 x 8.1 cm)

Credit LineGift of Walter P. Chrysler, Jr.

Object number71.4052

On View

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

DescriptionLacy salt of opaque light blue with light mottling pressed glass. Oval diamond star with a sawtooth rim. Neal pattern OL15, "very rare."

Published ReferencesL.W. & D.B. Neal, _Pressed Glass Salt Dishes of the Lacy Period, 1825-1850_, (Philadelphia: Published by the authors, 1962), 219, No. OL15.