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

Salt Dish

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

CultureAmerican

MediumGlass

DimensionsOverall: 1 3/4 x 3 x 2 in. (4.4 x 7.6 x 5.1 cm)

Credit LineGift of Walter P. Chrysler, Jr.

Object number71.4063

Not on view

DescriptionSalt dish of amber lacy glass. Sleigh-shaped. Sides have a spray of leaves against a stippled background. Collared base with fine ribbing. Base is rayed. Neal pattern SN1c, "scarce."

Published ReferencesL.W. & D.B. Neal, _Pressed Glass Salt Dishes of the Lacy Period, 1825-1850_, (Philadelphia: Published by the authors, 1962), 430, No. SN1c. R.W. Lee, SANDWICH GLASS, pg. 269, pl. 77.