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

Salt

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

CultureAmerican

MediumPressed glass

DimensionsOverall: 1 3/4 x 2 13/16 x 2 1/8 in. (4.4 x 7.1 x 5.4 cm)

Credit LineGift of Walter P. Chrysler, Jr.

Object number71.4054

On View

Chrysler Museum of Art, Gallery 116-3, Case 19

DescriptionLacy salt of silvery opaque blue glass. Rectangular with a chariot motif. Neal patter CT1, "very rare."

Published ReferencesL.W. & D.B. Neal, _Pressed Glass Salt Dishes of the Lacy Period, 1825-1850_, (Philadelphia: Published by the authors, 1962), 35, No. CT1.