Salt

  • Category:

    Glass

  • Creator (Role):

    New England Glass Company (Maker)

  • Place of Origin:

    Cambridge, Middlesex, Massachusetts, New England, United States, North America

  • Date:

    1826-1830

  • Materials:

    Glass (lead)

  • Techniques:

    Pressed

  • Museum Object Number:

    1973.0116


  • Complete Details



Object Number

1973.0116

Object Name

Salt

Category

Glass

Credit Line/Donor

Museum purchase with funds provided by Mrs. E. du Pont Irving

Creator (Role)

New England Glass Company (Maker)

Place of Origin

Cambridge, Middlesex, Massachusetts, New England, United States, North America

Date

1826-1830

Mark or Signature or Inscription or Label

1. Mark; Underside; Relief "NE/ GLASS/ COMPANY/ BOSTON";

Materials

Glass (lead)

Techniques

Pressed

Dimensions (inches)

2.008 (H) , 2.953 (L) , 2.165 (W)

Dimensions (centimeters)

5.1 (H) , 7.5 (L) , 5.5 (W)

Object Description

Text available soon.

Bibliography and Bibliographic Notes

[Book] Palmer, Arlene. 1993 Glass in Early America: Selections from the Henry Francis du Pont Winterthur Museum. 425 pp.
Published: p. 265, no. 236
[Book] Spillman, Jane Shadel. 1981 American and European Pressed Glass in The Corning Museum of Glass.
Similarly modeled salt: no. 696, p. 183; see also the marked Jersey salt, no. 685