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 7/8 x 2 1/8 x 2 7/8 in. (4.8 x 5.4 x 7.3 cm)

Credit LineGift of Walter P. Chrysler, Jr.

Object number71.4132

Not on view

DescriptionSalt of pale amethyst lacy glass. Rectangular strawberry diamond motif. Almost mint. Neal pattern SD7, "rare."

Published ReferencesBourne Auction Catalog, Item #185, pg. 19, ill. L.W. & D.B. Neal, _Pressed Glass Salt Dishes of the Lacy Period, 1825-1850_, (Philadelphia: Published by the authors, 1962), 449, No. SD7.