Footed Salt
Manufacturer: Probably New Bremen Glass Manufactory of John Frederick Amelung (American, 1784-1795)
Date: 1785-1795
Dimensions:
2 11/16 × 2 1/8 × 2 1/2 in. (6.9 × 5.4 × 6.4 cm)
Medium: colorless non-lead glass
Place of Origin: Urbana, Maryland, United States
Classification: Glass
Credit Line: Gift of Edward Drummond Libbey
Object number: 1917.252
DescriptionColorless non-lead glass with a greenish tinge. Blown, probably in a two-piece part-size mold patterned with four rows of seven checkered diamonds and one row of half-checkered diamonds just below the rim, joined by a short, solid stem drawn from the same gather of glass to the applied tooled, slightly sloping foot. Rough, solid pontil mark.
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