Salt Cellar
Manufacturer: Possibly Brooklyn Flint Glass Works (American, 1823-1868)
Manufacturer: Possibly Jersey Glass Works (American, 1824-about 1860)
Manufacturer: Possibly New England Glass Company (American, 1818-1888)
Date: 1829-1835
Dimensions:
1 7/8 × 2 15/16 × 2 1/8 in. (4.8 × 7.4 × 5.4 cm)
2 1/2 × 1 13/16 in. (6.3 × 4.6 cm)
Medium: glass
Place of Origin: Sandwich, Massachusetts, United States
Classification: Glass
Credit Line: Gift of Edward Drummond Libbey
Object number: 1917.575
DescriptionPressed by a bench press, probably upright, in a female mold of four vertical sections, bearing the pattern of thirteen stars and a spread eagle with shield on breast on the sides and a tree in full leaf on the ends, with a base plate bearing an indented sixteen-pointed star, by a plain male plunger. Colorless glass.
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