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

Salt

Manufacturer New England Glass Company (American, 1818 - 1888)

CultureAmerican

MediumGlass

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

Credit LineGift of Walter P. Chrysler, Jr.

Object number71.3775

Not on view

DescriptionLacy salt of clear heavy glass. Rectangular shape. Lafayette on one side and Washington on other side. Vertically ribbed inside. Horizontally ribbed outside. An acorn on one end and a rose on the other. Neal pattern HL1, "extremely rare."

Published ReferencesL.W. & D.B. Neal, _Pressed Glass Salt Dishes of the Lacy Period, 1825-1850_, (Philadelphia: Published by the authors, 1962), 116, No. HL1.