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Salt

Place of OriginProbably United States; possibly England
Date1850-1860
DimensionsRim L: 3 1/16 in. (7.8 cm); Rim W: 2 1/16 in. (5.25 cm); H: 1 31/32 in. (5.0 cm)
MediumOpalescent white lead glass.
ClassificationGlass
Credit LineGift of Mrs. Harold G. Duckworth
Object number
1965.83
Not on View
DescriptionPressed, probably upright, in a female mold of four vertical sections that formed the exterior, with a base plate that formed the corrugated base, by a plain male plunger that formed the interior and the corrugated rim.
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. 353, no. 455.
Compote
Bakewell, Pears and Company
1860-1875
Salt
Jersey Glass Works
Probably 1845-1855
Salt
1830-1840
Spoon Holder
American Flint Glass Works
1855-1865
Boston and Sandwich Glass Works
1830-1845
Goblet
Fort Pitt Glass Works
1855-1870; possibly 1920s
Footed Bowl and Cover
1865-1875, or perhaps later
Boston and Sandwich Glass Works
1830-1850
Footed Tumbler
M'Kee and Brothers
1855-1870
Lamp
1850-1865

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