Salt

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Object Name: 
Salt
Maker(s): 
Place Made: 
United States, New England
Accession Number: 
68.4.218
Dimensions: 
H: 5 cm, L: 8 cm, W: 4.8 cm
Location: 
On Display
Date: 
about 1830-1840
Primary Description: 
Opaque white glass; pressed. Trapezoidal shape; scalloped rim; two eagles adorned with heads turned toward each other on each side; shield in center of each side with coils of rope outlining top edge; quatrefoils filling a diamond on ends; twelve-pointed star on base.

More Info

Department: 
Modern
Provenance: 
Tilden, George L., Former Collection
Esterly, Louise S., Source
Color: 
opaque white
Technique: 
pressing

Exhibitions (1)

The Story of American Pressed Glass of the Lacy Period, 1825-1850
Venue(s)
Corning Museum of Glass 1954-06-21 through 1954-09-15

Publications (2)

American and European Pressed Glass in The Corning Museum of Glass (1981) illustrated, p. 178, #672, pl. 9; BIB# 30457
The Story of American Pressed Glass of the Lacy Period 1825-1850 (1954) p. 149, #775; BIB# 27822