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Salt

Place of OriginProbably Europe

Date1845-1860

DimensionsH: 2 3/8 in. (6.0 cm); Max Rim Diam: 3 in. (7.6 cm); Base Diam: 2 19/32 in. (6.6 cm)

MediumLead glass.

ClassificationGlass

Credit LineGift of Mrs. Harold G. Duckworth

Object number

1982.173

Not on View

DescriptionHeavy, fiery, opalescent lead glass. Probably blown by the Robinet process in a combination of molds: a female mold that formed the six boldly curved exterior sides, a base plate that formed the sides of the six-lobed base and the six wedge-shaped indentations in the underside of the base, and a cap ring that formed the diamond-pattern rim. Top surface around inner edge of rim ground and polished.

Published ReferencesLee, Ruth Web, Sandwich Glass: The History of the Boston and Sandwich Glass Company, 7th ed., Northboro, Mass., author, 1947, p. 258, pl. 69, no. 5.

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. 240, no. 933.

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. 806, no. 1374.