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Salt
1740-1770
Category
Glass
Place of Origin
Probably England, possibly Norway; Probably United Kingdom; Europe
Materials
- Glass (lead)
Museum Object Number
1973.0295
Credit Line/Donor
Museum purchase
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Object Number
1973.0295
Object Name
Salt
Category
Glass
Place of Origin
Probably England, possibly Norway; Probably United Kingdom; Europe
Date
1740-1770
Subject(s)
- Archaeological evidence for similar (America)
Materials
- Glass (lead)
Techniques
- Blown
- Molded
Dimensions (inches)
2.008 (H) x 2.441 (Diam)
Dimensions (centimeters)
5.1 (H) x 6.2 (Diam)
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. 260, no. 224Article: Palmer, Arlene. 1974 From Beer to Birdcages: Glass in Colonial America. Delaware Antiques Show Catalogue. 81-89.
• Published: p. 85, fig.2Article: Hummel, Charles F. & Smith, James Morton. 1978 The Henry Francis du Pont Winterthur Museum. Antiques. 93 (6): 1282.
• Published: p. 1282Article: Palmer, Arlene. 1989 "To the Good of the Province and Country," Henry William Stiegel and American Flint Glass. The American Craftsman and the European Tradition, 1620-1820. 202- 239.
• Published: fig. 11Book: McNally, Paul. 1982 Table Glass in Canada, 1700- 1850.
• Raspberry prunt-topped foot (and underside) from tripedal salt excavated at Fort Beausejour and Fortress of Louisbourg, Canada : p. 86, fig. 60. See fig. 59 for human-mask salt foot.Book: Lanmon, Dwight P. The Golden Age of English Glass 1650-1775.
• Different form glass salt with three raspberry prunt feet: pp. 206-7, no. 71, with lipped bowl and scrolled feet, c. 1740-60, noting example excavated at Portsmouth, NH.Article: Polak, Ada Buch. 1969 "The 'IP Olufsen Weyse' Illustrated Price-List of 18th-Century Norwegian Glass". Journal of Glass Studies. 11
• Similar form of "Saltcellars" in Ip Olufsen Weyse 1763 Norwegian glass catalogue: pp. 96-97, fig. 25, nos. 901-902 (pp. 181-2 in orig.),Book: Bickerton, L. M. 1986 Eighteenth Century English Drinking Glasses: An Illustrated Guide. 431.
• "Lynn" bowled wineglasses: p. 146, no. 374, c. 1760 (plain stem). For c. 1765 opaque white-twist stemmed wineglasses, see p. 196, nos. 565, 567-8; pp. 210-11, nos. 620-23; pp. 693-4, nos. 692, 696. Other vessels, see pp. 262-3, nos. 821-25, c. 1775-1800Book: McConnell, Andy. 2004 The Decanter: An Illustrated History of Glass from 1650. 575.
• Discussion of Lynn term origins: pp. 100-103Web Site: Historic Deefield, Inc. Collections Database Five Colleges and Historic Deerfield Museum Consortium. Historic Deefield, Inc. 2014 http://museums.fivecolleges.edu/detail.php?museum=all&t=objects&type=ext&f=&s=&record=11&id_number=1999.3&op-earliest_year=%3E%3D&op-latest_year=%3C%3D
• Pair of 3-footed glass salts with information on American market parallels: In database under accession no. HD 1999.3, Enalland, 1740-70