Footed Salt

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Footed Salt

Place of OriginProbably eastern United States

Date1855-1865

DimensionsH (with marble base): 3 11/16 in. (9.4 cm); H (without marble base): 3 3/16 in. (8.1 cm); Rim Diam: 3 1/16 in. (7.8 cm); W (marble base): 2 9/16 in. (6.6 cm)

MediumCanary-yellow lead glass.

ClassificationGlass

Credit LineGift of Mrs. Harold G. Duckworth

Object number

1964.84

Not on View

DescriptionEntire piece pressed upright in a female mold of three vertical sections, with a base plate that formed the underside of the foot and the peg to which the marble base is affixed by plaster of paris, with a cap ring that formed the top of the scalloped rim, by a plain male plunger.

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. 460, no. 734.Exhibition HistoryThe Toledo Museum of Art, Early American Pressed Glass, exhibition, January 28-March 6, 1966 (no catalog).