Salt Dish In Gothic Revival Style
Manufacturer
Unknown
, New England area
CultureAmerican
Dateca. 1830-50
MediumPressed glass | Lead glass
DimensionsOverall: 1 7/8 in. (4.8 cm)
Overall, Rim: 2 3/4 in. (7 cm)
Base: 2 in. (5.1 cm)
Overall, Rim: 2 3/4 in. (7 cm)
Base: 2 in. (5.1 cm)
Credit LineMuseum purchase with funds donated by Mr. and Mrs. Edward O'Neal
Object number93.6
Not on view
DescriptionPressed colorless lead-formula glass, circular in form with flaring scalloped rim; bowl has a palmette (or wheat-sheaf-like) motif repeated six times between which gothic arches in two different patterns are repeated alternately in succession; foot has twelve scallops alternating with twelve points. Neal pattern RP10, "rare."Published ReferencesL.W. & D.B. Neal, _Pressed Glass Salt Dishes of the Lacy Period, 1825-1850_, (Philadelphia: Published by the authors, 1962), 358, No. RP10.
Worcester Porcelain Company
ca. 1770-72
Worcester Porcelain Company
ca. 1770
1875-1925
