Salt

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Salt

Place of OriginPossibly New England

Date1840-1860

DimensionsH: 1 5/8 in. (4.0 cm); Rim L: 3 3/16 in. (8.1 cm); Rim W: 2 1/8 in. (5.5 cm); Base L: 3 in. (7.6 cm); Base W: 1 15/16 in. (5.0 cm)

MediumViolet-blue non-lead glass.

ClassificationGlass

Credit LineGift of Mrs. Harold G. Duckworth

Object number

1965.91

Not on View

DescriptionPressed upright in a female mold, probably of four vertical sections, with a base plate bearing the same block pattern as that on the sides, with a cap ring that formed the rim, by a plain male plunger. 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. 474, no. 771.