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

Salt

Manufacturer McKee & Brothers
CultureAmerican
Dateca. 1859-1880
MediumPressed glass | Flint glass
DimensionsOverall: 1 3/4 in. (4.4 cm)
Overall, Rim: 2 3/8 in. (6 cm)
Base: 2 3/8 in. (6 cm)
Credit LineGift of Walter P. Chrysler, Jr.
Object number71.7159
On View
Not on view
DescriptionSalt of pressed (with rim ground and polished) colorless flint glass. Called "tomato salt" in catalogues of 1859 through 1871. Roughage on rim and edges.

Published ReferencesInnes, MCKEE VICTORIAN, pp. 11, 22, 60, 77, 95, 117, 146, 158, 180. Stout, MCKEE, pg. 75.
New photography by Shannon Ruff captured with a digital camera-2006.
McKee & Brothers
ca. 1864
New photography by Shannon Ruff captured with a digital camera-2006.
McKee & Brothers
ca. 1870
New photography by Shannon Ruff captured with a digital camera-2006.
McKee & Brothers
ca. 1868-1871
New photography by Shannon Ruff captured with a digital camera-2006.
McKee & Brothers
No Date
New photography by Shannon Ruff captured with a digital camera-2006.
McKee & Brothers
ca. 1870
New photography by Shannon Ruff captured with a digital camera-2006.
McKee & Brothers
ca. 1880
New photography by Shannon Ruff captured with a digital camera-2006.
McKee & Brothers
ca. 1880
New photography by Shannon Ruff captured with a digital camera-2006.
McKee & Brothers
ca. 1860
New photography by Shannon Ruff captured with a digital camera-2006.
Unknown
1850-1870
New photography by Shannon Ruff captured with a digital camera-2006.
Unknown
ca. 1840-1860
New photography by Shannon Ruff captured with a digital camera-2006.
McKee & Brothers
ca. 1860
New photography by Shannon Ruff captured with a digital camera-2006.
McKee & Brothers
ca. 1875