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Footed Salt

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

Manufacturer South Boston Flint Glass Works (American, 1813-1827)

Date1813-1825

DimensionsL rim 7.3 cm (2 7/8 in.); W rim 5.1 cm (2 in.); D base 5.1 cm (2 in.); H 7.3 cm (2 7/8 in.)

MediumThick colorless glass.

ClassificationGlass

Credit LineGift of Mrs. Harold G. Duckworth

Object number

1965.45

Not on View

DescriptionBowl blown, by the blow-over and crack-off process, in a mold of two vertical sections and a plain base plate. Joined by a wafer to the base. Base pressed by a hand press with a rose or lemon-squeezer design of twelve tapered flutes on the underside. Rim ground and polished. Edges and underside of foot ground and polished. No pontil mark.

Published ReferencesWatkins, Lura Woodside, Cambridge Glass, 1818-1888: The Story of the New England Glass Company, Boston, Marshall Jones, 1930; reprint, New York, Bramball House, 1953, pp. 108-111, pl. 46B.

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. 289, no. 320.