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Salt Shaker

Manufacturer Boston and Sandwich Glass Works (American, 1826-1888)

Date1877-1888

DimensionsH: 1 7/8 in. (4.8 cm); Base Diam: 1 11/32 in. (3.4 cm)

MediumGlass; mold-blown.

ClassificationGlass

Credit LineGift of Mrs. Harold G. Duckworth

Object number

1965.97

Not on View

DescriptionGold ruby glass; overlaid with colorless glass. Blown in a mold of two vertical sections and a base plate bearing a sixteen-petaled star or rosette and cracked off. Rim rough-ground. No pontil mark. Britannia-ware cover with agitator to break up salt.

Published ReferencesChipman, Frank W., The Romance of Old Sandwich Glass, Sandwich, MA, Sandwich Publishing, 1932, p. 85, center, second from right.

Spillman, Jane Shadel, Glass Tableware, Bowls, and Vases, New York, Knopf, 1982, no. 183.

Barlow, Raymond E. and Joan E. Kaiser, The Glass Industry in Sandwich, ed. Lloyd C. Nickerson, 3 vols., Windham, NH, authors, vol. 4, 1983, p. 290, no. 4305.

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. 539, no. 885.