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Salt
ManufacturerProbably
Boston and Sandwich Glass Works
American, 1826-1888
Date1830-1845
DimensionsRim L: 3 5/32 in. (8.0 cm); Rim W: 2 1/16 in. (5.2 cm); Base L: 2 9/16 in. (6.5 cm); Base W: 1 13/16 in. (4.6 cm); H: 1 7/8 in. (4.75 cm)
MediumOpaque opalescent medium slate-blue lead glass.
ClassificationGlass
Credit LineGift of Mrs. Harold G. Duckworth
Object number
1968.19
Not on View
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Published ReferencesLee, Ruth Webb, Sandwich Glass: The History of the Boston and Sandwich Glass Company, 7th ed., Northboro, MA, author, 1947, p. 268, pl. 79, bottom center.
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McKearin, George S. and Helen McKearin, drawings by James L. McCreery, American Glass, New York, Crown, 1941; rev. ed., 1948, p. 370, pl. 168, no. 6.
Rose, James H., The Story of American Pressed Glass of the Lacy Period, 1825-1850, exh. cat., Corning Museum of Glass, Corning, NY, 1954, p. 157, no. 869 (opaque-opalescent).
Neal, L. W. and D. B. Neal, Pressed Glass Salt Dishes of the Lacy Period, 1825-1850, Philadelphia, authors, 1962, p. 129, LE 2.
Spillman, Jane S., American and European Pressed Glass in the Corning Museum of Glass, Corning Museum of Glass Catalog Series, Corning, NY, Corning Museum of Glass, 1981, p. 182, no. 688.
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. 350, no. 447.
1830-1840
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