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 in. (5.1 cm)
Overall, Rim: 2 13/16 x 3 in. (7.1 x 7.6 cm)

Credit LineGift of Walter P. Chrysler, Jr.

Object number71.4100

Not on view

DescriptionSalt of opalescent lacy glass. Basket of flowers motif with rosette. Scroll fan feet and top. Neal pattern BF1b, "rare."

Published ReferencesL.W. & D.B. Neal, _Pressed Glass Salt Dishes of the Lacy Period, 1825-1850_, (Philadelphia: Published by the authors, 1962), 3, No. BF1b.