Footed Salt

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Footed Salt

Place of OriginUnited States, Pennsylvania, Pittsburgh

DateProbably 1830-1835

DimensionsH: 6.2 cm (2 7/16 in.); Rim L: 8.5 cm (3 11/32 in.); Rim W: 6.2 cm (2 7/16 in.); Base L: 5.5 cm (2 5/32 in.); Base W: 4.9 cm (1 15/16 in.)

MediumThick, heavy colorless glass.

ClassificationGlass

Credit LineGift of Mrs. Harold G. Duckworth

Object number

1982.178

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DescriptionPressed upright, probably by a bench press, in a female mold bearing the pattern, made up of four vertical sections, each of which includes the exterior of one foot, with a base plate that formed the bottom of the piece, including the undersides of the feet, by a male plunger that formed the plain interior and the upper half of each rope end. The feet are hairy paws, each with four toes resting on a hemisphere with a small boss below it. No shear mark is evident, but it seems likely that the piece was pressed upright.

Published ReferencesNeal, L. W. and D. B. Neal, Pressed Glass Salt Dishes of the Lacy Period, 1825-1850, Philadelphia, authors, 1962, p. 436, SD 1 (or a very minor variation).

The Elsholz Collection of Early American Glass, 3 vols., Hyannis, Mass., Richard A. Bourne, 1987, vol. 3, no. 1564.

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. 296, no. 333.