Footed Salt

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Footed Salt

Place of OriginUnited States, probably the Midwest; possibly England

Date1810-1830

Dimensions3 1/8 × 2 7/16 × 2 3/8 in. (8 × 6.2 × 6 cm)

Mediumcolorless glass

ClassificationGlass

Credit LineGift of Edward Drummond Libbey

Object number

1917.357

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DescriptionDouble-ogee bowl blown in a part-size mold, probably of two pieces, bearing a pattern of seven rows of fifteen diamonds; the top row is incomplete. Joined by a ribbed cushion knop to an applied tooled circular foot. 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. 183, no. 152.