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Salt

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

Date1825-1827

DimensionsL rim 7.8 cm (3 1/16 in.); W rim 5.3 cm (2 3/32 in.); L base 5.5 cm (2 5/32 in.); W base 3.2 cm (1 1/4 in.); H 3.7 cm (1 15/32 in.)

MediumThick colorless glass.

ClassificationGlass

Credit LineGift of Mrs. Harold G. Duckworth

Object number

1965.90

Not on View

DescriptionPressed by a bench press in a female mold, probably of one piece, by a plain male plunger that formed both rim and body, which is plain with a slightly curved horizontal shoulder on the two sides and ends. The underside of the base bears a twelve-petaled floret with an oval center. Dullish surface interior and exterior. Shear mark on the interior.

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. 293, no. 327.