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Salt Cellar

Salt Cellar

 
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Object Name: 
Salt Cellar
Department
American
Place Made: 
United States
Date: 
1775-1799
Color
Transparent sapphire-blue
Technique
pattern molded and expanded
Dimensions: 
H: 7.6 cm, D(rim): 5.8 cm, (foot): 5.7 cm
Accession Number: 
55.4.78
Location: 
On Display
Description
Transparent sapphire-blue glass; pattern molded and expanded; conical foot with pontil mark, applied to double-ogee bowl with very short stem drawn from same gather; bowl patterned in nine-rib (flutes) mold and expanded, ribs or flutes slightly swirling to left.
Provenance
McKearin Antiques, Source

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Publications

Two Hundred Years of American Blown Glass (Doubleday edition) (1950) pl. 58, #1, pp. 236-237; BIB# 25299
Two Hundred Years of American Blown Glass (Bonanza Books edition) (1950) pl. 58, #1, pp. 236-237; BIB# 96725
Two Hundred Years of American Blown Glass (Crown Publishers edition) (1950) pl. 58, #1, pp. 236-237; BIB# 76944

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