Footed Salt

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Footed Salt

Place of OriginMidwest United States

Date1810-1830

Dimensions2 15/16 × 2 5/16 × 2 1/16 in. (7.4 × 5.8 × 5.2 cm)

Mediumcolorless glass

ClassificationGlass

Credit LineGift of Edward Drummond Libbey

Object number

1917.248

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DescriptionColorless glass with a greenish-gray tinge. Bowl blown in a one-piece dip mold patterned with twenty-four vertical ribs. Removed and twisted slightly to the right. Joined to the foot by a solid ribbed knop drawn from the same gather. Applied, tooled sloping circular foot. Rough, solid pontil mark.

Published ReferencesMcKearin, George S. and Helen McKearin, drawings by James L. McCreery, American Glass, New York, Crown, 1941; rev. ed., 1948, p. 54, pl. 23, no. 1.

Wilson, 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. 192, no. 175.