Salt

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Object Name: 
Salt
Maker(s): 
Place Made: 
United States
Accession Number: 
68.4.630
Dimensions: 
H: 3.8 cm, L: 9.1 cm, W: 4.7 cm
Location: 
On Display
Date: 
about 1830-1835
Primary Description: 
Opaque blue glass; pressed. Boat shape; pointed bow; square stern; inscription: "LAFAYET" on paddle wheels; "B &S./GLASS./Co" on stern; "SANDWICH" on inside base and "SANDWICH" superimposed on scroll design on underside.

More Info

Department: 
Modern
Provenance: 
Esterly, Louise S., Source
Sittig, Edgar, Former Collection
Color: 
blue
Technique: 
pressing
Material: 
glass

Publications (3)

Collector's Guide to American Pressed Glass, 1825-1915 (1992) p. 15, fig. 4-3; BIB# 34337
Glass Tableware, Bowls and Vases (1982) pl. 165; BIB# 22048
American and European Pressed Glass in The Corning Museum of Glass (1981) illustrated, p. 175, #656; BIB# 30457