Footed Salt

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Footed Salt

Place of OriginUnited States, southern New Jersey

Date1830-1850

Dimensions2 3/16 × 3 1/16 × 2 in. (5.5 × 7.8 × 5.1 cm)

Mediumnon-lead glass

ClassificationGlass

Credit LineGift of Edward Drummond Libbey

Object number

1917.244

Not on View

DescriptionLight purplish-blue. Body blown, apparently as a taller vessel. After being stuck up, decorated by tooling to form horizontal ribs; the upper part was then folded inward and tooled to create flattened ribs with ridges between the ribs. Applied heavy foot, crimped. Rough, open pontil mark.

Published ReferencesWilson, Kenneth M., American Glass, 1760-1930: The Toledo Museum of Art, New York: Hudson Hills Press in association with the Toledo Museum of Art, [Lanham, Md.]: National Book Network [distributor], c1994; 2 v. (879 p.): ill. (some col.); 32 cm., 1994, p. 139, no. 113.