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

Salt

Manufacturer New England Glass Company (American, 1818 - 1888)

CultureAmerican

MediumGlass

DimensionsOverall: 1 7/8 x 2 1/8 x 3 in. (4.8 x 5.4 x 7.6 cm)

Credit LineGift of Walter P. Chrysler, Jr.

Object number71.3781

Not on view

DescriptionLacy salt of clear glass. Rectangular beehive and fruit basket motif. Neal pattern BH1, "very rare."

Published ReferencesL.W. & D.B. Neal, _Pressed Glass Salt Dishes of the Lacy Period, 1825-1850_, (Philadelphia: Published by the authors, 1962), 16, No. BH1.