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

Salt dish

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

CultureEuropean

Dateca. 1850-1870

MediumGlass

DimensionsOverall: 1 3/4 in. (4.4 cm)
Overall, Rim: 1 9/16 x 3 3/16 in. (4 x 8.1 cm)

Credit LineGift of Walter P. Chrysler, Jr.

Object number71.5218

Not on view

DescriptionSalt dish of pink tinted lacy glass. Rather sofa shaped with a scroll and leaf design. Neal pattern SC5, unlisted color.

Published ReferencesL.W. & D.B. Neal, _Pressed Glass Salt Dishes of the Lacy Period, 1825-1850_, (Philadelphia: Published by the authors, 1962), 390, No. SC5. Bourne Auction CATALOG, 1970, Item #182, ill. pg. 19.