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Salt

Place of OriginNew England

Date1830-1840

DimensionsH: 5.0 cm (2 in.); Rim L: 8.3 cm (3 1/4 in.); Rim W: 5.9 cm (2 3/8 in.)

MediumOpaque opalescent violet lead glass.

ClassificationGlass

Credit LineGift of Mrs. Harold G. Duckworth

Object number

1982.182

Not on View

DescriptionPressed, probably upright, in a female mold of four vertical sections, opening at the corners, bearing the pattern, that formed the complete side and feet from the underside of the feet and skirt to the rim, by a plain male plunger.

Published ReferencesNeal, L. W. and D. B. Neal, Pressed Glass Salt Dishes of the Lacy Period, 1825-1850, Philadelphia, authors, 1962, p. 253, OP 3.

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. 351, no. 449.