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

Salt

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

CultureAmerican

MediumPressed glass

DimensionsOverall: 2 x 1 7/8 x 2 5/8 in. (5.1 x 4.8 x 6.7 cm)

Credit LineGift of Walter P. Chrysler, Jr.

Object number71.4130

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DescriptionSalt of light amethyst slightly mottled lacy glass. Rectangular strawberry diamond motif. Neal pattern SD9, color grey violet blue, "rare."

Published ReferencesBourne Auction Catalogue, Item #186, pg. 19, ill. L.W. & D.B. Neal, _Pressed Glass Salt Dishes of the Lacy Period, 1825-1850_, (Philadelphia: Published by the authors, 1962), 452, No. SD9.