Salt Cellar

Place of OriginProbably 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

1965.26B

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 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. 476, no. 778.