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

Salt Boat

Manufacturer Unknown , New England Area

ManufacturerPossibly Cape Cod Glass Co.

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

CultureAmerican

Dateca. 1835

MediumPressed glass

DimensionsOverall: 1 1/2 in. (3.8 cm)
Overall, Rim: 3 3/8 in. (8.6 cm)
Base: 1 5/8 in. (4.1 cm)

Credit LineGift of Walter P. Chrysler, Jr.

Object number0.2548

On View

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

DescriptionBoat-shaped salt of lacy pressed opalescent purple/blue with a scrolled stem and a starred bow. Neal pattern BT9, "very rare."

Published ReferencesL.W. & D.B. Neal, _Pressed Glass Salt Dishes of the Lacy Period, 1825-1850_, (Philadelphia: Published by the authors, 1962), 34, No. BT9.