Footed Salt

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Footed Salt

Place of OriginMidwest United States

Date1810-1835

Dimensions3 1/16 × 2 3/16 × 2 in. (7.8 × 5.6 × 5.1 cm)

Mediumlead glass

ClassificationGlass

Credit LineGift of Edward Drummond Libbey

Object number

1917.256

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DescriptionDeep blue lead glass. Double-ogee bowl blown in a dip mold patterned with sixteen vertical ribs. Removed and twisted slightly to the right in the upper section. Joined to the foot by solid ribbed knop drawn from the same gather. Slightly sloping circular foot tooled from an applied gather. Rough, solid 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. 191, no. 172.