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

Salt

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

CultureAmerican

MediumPressed glass

DimensionsOverall: 1 3/4 x 3 1/8 x 1 7/8 in. (4.4 x 7.9 x 4.8 cm)

Credit LineGift of Walter P. Chrysler, Jr.

Object number71.4062

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DescriptionLacy salt of cobalt blue glass. Sleigh-shaped. Sides have a spray of leaves against a stippled background. Collared base with fine ribbing. Base is rayed. Neal pattern SN1, "scarce."

Published ReferencesL.W. & D.B. Neal, _Pressed Glass Salt Dishes of the Lacy Period, 1825-1850_, (Philadelphia: Published by the authors, 1962), 427, No. SN1.