Pittsburgh Salt
Manufacturer
Stourbridge Flint Glass Works of J. Robinson & Son
CultureAmerican
Dateca. 1830-34
MediumLead glass | Pressed glass
DimensionsOverall: 1 1/2 x 1 7/8 x 3 1/2 in. (3.8 x 4.8 x 8.9 cm)
InscribedIt is inscribed on the stern in raised letters: "J. ROBINSON & SON / PITTSBURGH"
Credit LineMuseum purchase
Object number93.5
Not on view
DescriptionThis salt dish, of colorless lead-formula glass, is pressed in the shape of a sidewheel steamboat. This pressing has an underfill that affects about half of the rope foot. The thick flashing on the stern and elsewhere suggest that this object may have been made from a badly worn mold, but inadvertent fire polishing makes this difficult to determine with certainty. Neal pattern BT1, "very rare." Published ReferencesRichard W. Oliver, TWO IMPORTANT GLASS AUCTIONS, No. 163. L.W. & D.B. Neal, _Pressed Glass Salt Dishes of the Lacy Period, 1825-1850_, (Philadelphia: Published by the authors, 1962), 19, No. BT1.
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