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

Covered Pomade

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

CultureAmerican

Dateca. 1850-1870

MediumPressed glass

DimensionsOverall: 5 3/8 in. (13.7 cm)

Credit LineGift of Walter P. Chrysler, Jr.

Object number71.4225

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DescriptionEgg cup/pomade and cover of opaline/clam broth (transluscent white) glass with a fine ribbed pressed pattern. Blank shield on one side of the cup. Cover matches. Acorn shaped finial. The shield seems to have been made to take a paper label for Phalon's.

Published ReferencesBarlow, _The Glass Industry in Sandwich_, VOL. 3, #3270, pg. 195.