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

Swan Salt

Manufacturer Unknown

CultureVenetian

Dateca. 1880

MediumBlown glass

DimensionsOverall: 9 5/8 in. (24.4 cm)
Base: 3 5/8 in. (9.2 cm)

Credit LineGift of Walter P. Chrysler, Jr.

Object number71.6717

On View

Chrysler Museum of Art, Gallery 116-4, Case 30

Exhibition History"Glass Animals: 3500 Years of Artistry," Steuben Glass, New York, NY, September 13 - October 15, 1988.Published ReferencesStaatliche Museen zer Berlin catalogue 1977, _Glas Historismus Und Die Historismen 1900_, #53, almost identical. Merrill, Nancy O. _A Concise History of Glass Represented in the Chrysler Museum Glass Collection_ (Norfolk, VA: The Chrysler Museum, 1989) 40, 190.