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Covered Salt with matching Plate
Manufacturer: Possibly Val Saint Lambert (Belgian)
Date: 1835-1845
Dimensions:
H (together): 6.4 cm (2 17/32 in.); H (bowl): 3.8 cm (1 1/2 in.); Plate Diam: 8.1 cm (3 3/16 in.); Rim Diam (bowl): 7.8 cm (3 1/16 in.)
Medium: Purplish blue lead glass, pressed.
Place of Origin: Probably Europe
Classification: Glass
Credit Line: Gift of Mrs. Harold G. Duckworth
Object number: 1968.23A-C
DescriptionBowl: pressed upright in a female mold of three vertical sections bearing the pattern, with a base plate that formed the underside of the foot, which is recessed and patterned with concentric rope and plain bands and a band of dashes around a small boss in the center, by a plain male plunger that formed the interior of the bowl. Dish: pressed upside down over a plain male mold by a female plunger bearing the pattern of peacock-feather eyes whose points join at the center. Cover: pressed upside down in a female mold of three vertical sections, in conjunction with a one-piece female mold to form the finial and its surround, by a male plunger bearing a finely stippled pattern except at the center and edge.
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