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Pressed Salt
 
Print
 
Object Name: 
Opalescent Sugar Bowl with Cover in California Pattern
Title: 
Department
American
Place Made: 
United States, Cambridge, MA
Date: 
1850-1870
Color
AAT
opalescence
Technique
AAT
pressing
Material
AAT
glass
Dimensions: 
Overall H: 14.6 cm, Diam (max): 12.5 cm
Accession Number: 
2011.4.169
Credit Line: 
Gift of Dorothy-Lee Jones
Location: 
Not on Display
Description
Opalescent glass; pressed. 8-sided inverted bell-shaped bowl with circular foot. Pressed design of shell, stars and scrolls. Matching cover with mushroom shaped finial.
Provenance
Jones, Dorothy Lee, Source to 2011-12-07

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