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

Salt

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

CultureAmerican

MediumGlass

DimensionsOverall: 1 1/2 in. (3.8 cm)
Overall, Rim: 2 x 3 5/8 in. (5.1 x 9.2 cm)

InscribedMarked "Sandwich", "Lafayet" and "B. & S. GLASS Co.".

Credit LineGift of Walter P. Chrysler, Jr.

Object number71.4108

Not on view

DescriptionBoat shaped lacy salt of opaque blue, faintly opalescent at the top and darker mottled blue toward the bottom. Neal pattern BT5, unlisted color.

Published ReferencesL.W. & D.B. Neal, _Pressed Glass Salt Dishes of the Lacy Period, 1825-1850_, (Philadelphia: Published by the authors, 1962), 29, No. BT5.