Footed Salt
Footed Salt
Manufacturer
Boston and Sandwich Glass Works
American, 1826-1888
Date1825-1840
DimensionsRim Diam: 2 3/4 in. (7.0 cm); Base Diam: 2 5/32 in. (5.5 cm); H: 2 17/32 in. (6.4 cm)
MediumDeep purple-blue lead glass.
ClassificationGlass
Credit LineGift of Mrs. Harold G. Duckworth
Object number
1971.16
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, Mass., author, 1947, pl. 29.
- Glass
References to glass classifications established in McKearin, George S., and Helen McKearin, drawings by James L. McCreery, American Glass, New York, Crown, 1941; rev. ed., 1948.
McKearin, Helen and Kenneth M. Wilson, American Bottles and Flasks and Their Ancestry, New York, Crown, 1978; etc., G.III-25, p. 256, pl. 94; p. 261, pl. 100, no. 22; p. 324.
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. 240, no. 301.
Keene (Marlboro Street) Glass Works
1815-1817 (if Keene) or 1817-1825 (if elsewhere)
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