Footed Salt

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Footed Salt

Place of OriginUnited States; possibly England

Date1865-1900

DimensionsH: 2 7/16 in. (6.2 cm); Rim Diam: 3 1/16 in. (7.8 cm); Base W: 2 13/32 in. (6.1 cm)

MediumPale amethyst non-lead glass.

ClassificationGlass

Credit LineGift of Mrs. Harold G. Duckworth

Object number

1965.105

Not on View

DescriptionPressed upright in a female mold of three vertical sections bearing a pattern of diamonds with oval indentations, with a base plate that formed the underside of the outer part of the base and the recess within it bearing a twelve-pointed star, with a cap ring that formed the upper surface of the rim, by a plain male plunger. The moldmarks rise from the bottom edge of the base vertically to the lower ends of the diamonds in the center row, then follow the left sides of the diamonds in that row, and then rise vertically to the rim. No fire-polishing. No 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. 474, no. 772.