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 9/16 in. (4 cm)
Overall, Rim: 2 5/16 x 3 1/4 in. (5.9 x 8.3 cm)

Credit LineGift of Walter P. Chrysler, Jr.

Object number71.4061

Not on view

DescriptionLacy salt of clear glass. Pressed octagonal base. Cut glass style round sides with diamond centers. Hairpin ends with diamond centers. Neal pattern OO1a, "plentiful."

Published ReferencesL.W. & D.B. Neal, _Pressed Glass Salt Dishes of the Lacy Period, 1825-1850_, (Philadelphia: Published by the authors, 1962), 166, No. OO1a.