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

Salt Dish

ManufacturerProbably Mt. Vernon Glass Works

CultureAmerican

MediumPressed glass

DimensionsOverall: 1 13/16 x 2 7/8 x 2 3/16 in. (4.6 x 7.3 x 5.6 cm)

Credit LineGift of Walter P. Chrysler, Jr.

Object number71.4087

Not on view

DescriptionSalt dish of aqua lacy glass. Rectangular. Scroll design. Oval and diamond chain rim. Neal pattern MV1, "scarce."

Published ReferencesL.W. & D.B. Neal, _Pressed Glass Salt Dishes of the Lacy Period, 1825-1850_, (Philadelphia: Published by the authors, 1962), 132, No. MV1. R.W. Lee, SANDWICH GLASS, pl. 77.