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

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
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.
New photography by Shannon Ruff captured with a digital camera-2006.
Stourbridge Flint Glass Works of J. Robinson & Son
ca. 1830-1834
New photography by Shannon Ruff captured with a digital camera-2006.
Stourbridge Flint Glass Works
1830-1836
New photography by Shannon Ruff captured with a digital camera-2006.
Providence Flint Glass Co.
New photography by Shannon Ruff captured with a digital camera-2006.
Providence Flint Glass Co.
New photography by Shannon Ruff captured with a digital camera-2008.
Providence Flint Glass Co.
19th century
Scanned from a slide. Color corrected by Pat Cagney.
Unknown
14th-15th century
New photography by Shannon Ruff captured with a digital camera-2006.
Providence Flint Glass Co.
New photography by Shannon Ruff captured with a digital camera-2008.
Boston & Sandwich Glass Co.
19th century
Photograph by Ed Pollard, Canon EOS-1Ds Mark II digital slr-2009.
Thomas Harris Robinson
19th century
New photography by Shannon Ruff captured with a digital camera-2007.
Henry Peach Robinson
1885
New photography by Shannon Ruff captured with a digital camera-2007.
Henry Peach Robinson
January 1890
New photography by Shannon Ruff captured with a digital camera-2007.
Henry Peach Robinson
January 1890