Salt

Place of OriginProbably United States

Date1835-1850

DimensionsH: 1 17/32 in. (3.9 cm); Rim L: 2 29/32 in. (7.4 cm); Rim W: 2 in. (5.1 cm); Base L: 2 1/8 in. (5.3 cm); Base W: 1 1/4 in. (3.2 cm)

MediumDeep cobalt-blue lead glass.

ClassificationGlass

Credit LineGift of Mrs. Harold G. Duckworth

Object number

1965.13

Not on View

DescriptionPressed upright in a one-piece female mold bearing the pattern that formed the entire exterior, including the foot rim and the recessed base bearing a stylized floret made up of twelve pointed petals of various lengths around a small boss, with a cap ring that formed the side and upper surface of the rim, by a male plunger plain except for the plain fillet on the bottom of the sides and ends of the interior. 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. 473, no. 768.