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

Salt

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

CultureAmerican

Date1830s

MediumPressed glass

DimensionsOverall: 2 1/8 x 2 x 3 in. (5.4 x 5.1 x 7.6 cm)

Credit LineGift of Walter P. Chrysler, Jr.

Object number71.4128

On View

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

DescriptionSalt of clear lacy glass. Shape of a wagon on four round wheels. Neal pattern WN1, "very rare."

Published ReferencesL.W. & D.B. Neal, _Pressed Glass Salt Dishes of the Lacy Period, 1825-1850_, (Philadelphia: Published by the authors, 1962), 463, No. WN1.