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Salt

Manufacturer New England Glass Company (American, 1818-1888)

Place of OriginBoston, Massachusetts, United States

Date1829-1835

Dimensions1 9/16 × 2 15/16 × 2 1/8 in. (4 × 7.5 × 5.4 cm)
2 9/16 × 1 13/16 in. (6.6 × 4.6 cm)

Mediumglass

ClassificationGlass

Credit LineGift of Edward Drummond Libbey

Object number

1917.573

Not on View

DescriptionPressed upright, probably by a bench press, in a female mold of two vertical sections, one side and one end in each section, with a base plate that formed and patterned the legs and underside of the base, by a male plunger (plain except for the pattern that formed the top of the rim). Opalescent white lead glass (called enameled glass or pearlware at the time).

Published ReferencesLee, Ruth Web, Sandwich Glass: The History of the Boston and Sandwich Glass Company, 7th ed., Northboro, Mass., author, 1947, p. 262, pls. 70, bottom left, 72, bottom right.

McKearin, George S. and Helen McKearin, drawings by James L. McCreery, American Glass, New York, Crown, 1941; rev. ed., 1948, pp. 366, 368, pl. 166, no. 2.

Helen McKearin, "New England Glass Company Invoices," Antiques, pt. 1, vol. 52, September 1947, p. 176, fig. 4; pt. 2, vol. 52, October 1947, pp. 276-77; pt. 3, vol. 52, December 1947, p. 448.

Dorothy Daniel, "New England Glass in Toledo," Antiques, vol. 61, April 1952, repr. p. 331, top right.

Neal, L. W. and D. B. Neal, Pressed Glass Salt Dishes of the Lacy Period, 1825-1850, Philadelphia, authors, 1962, p. 137, NE 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. 297, no. 334.