Salt Cellar
Salt Cellar
Place of OriginUnited States, probably the Midwest
Date1855-1865
DimensionsRim L: 3 5/32 in. (8.05 cm); Rim W: 2 5/16 in. (5.9 cm); Base L: 1 3/4 in. (4.5 cm); Base W: 1 3/8 in. (3.5 cm); H: 1 15/32 in. (3.7 cm)
MediumCobalt-blue lead glass.
ClassificationGlass
Credit LineGift of Mrs. Harold G. Duckworth
Object number
1965.26A
Not on View
DescriptionPressed upright in a one-piece oval female mold bearing the Bigler pattern, with a cap ring that formed the side and top of the rim, by a plain male plunger. Six V-shaped grooves between the panels extend onto the underside of the base. No fire-polishing. No pontil mark.
Published ReferencesWilson, Kenneth M., American Glass, 1760-1930: The Toledo Museum of Art, New York, Hudson Hills Press, 1994, p. 476, no. 778.1855-1865
1835-1850
1855-1865
1850-1860
1855-1870; possibly 1920s
1855-1865
1875-1885
1850-1860
Probably 1920s
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