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

"Lafayet" Boat Salt

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

CultureAmerican

Dateca. 1830-1845

MediumPressed glass

DimensionsOverall: 1 1/2 x 3 5/8 in. (3.8 x 9.2 cm)

InscribedPressed inside: "Sandwich".

Credit LineGift of Walter P. Chrysler, Jr.

Object number71.4116

On View

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

DescriptionBoat shaped "Lafayet" salt of silvery opaque pale blue. Neal pattern BT8, "very rare."

Published ReferencesL.W. & D.B. Neal, _Pressed Glass Salt Dishes of the Lacy Period, 1825-1850_, (Philadelphia: Published by the authors, 1962), 33, No. BT8.