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

Salt

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

CultureAmerican

MediumPressed glass

DimensionsOverall: 2 x 2 15/16 x 2 3/16 in. (5.1 x 7.5 x 5.6 cm)

Credit LineGift of Walter P. Chrysler, Jr.

Object number71.4120

Not on view

DescriptionLacy salt of clear, thick and heavy glass. Rectangular with an eagle motif. Neal pattern EE1a, "plentiful."

Published ReferencesL.W. & D.B. Neal, _Pressed Glass Salt Dishes of the Lacy Period, 1825-1850_, (Philadelphia: Published by the authors, 1962), 75, No. EE1a.