Salt Dish

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Object Name: 
Salt Dish
Place Made: 
England
Accession Number: 
73.2.13
Dimensions: 
Overall H: 7.5 cm; Rim Diam: 6.9 cm
Location: 
Not on Display
Date: 
about 1760-1780
Primary Description: 
Colorless, lead glass; blown, mold-blown, pattern-molded. Double ogee bowl, molded with diamonds (15 in horizontal row) probably over flutes; drawn ribbed knop; petal-form applied disk foot; rough pontil mark on underside of foot.

More Info

Department: 
Early Modern
Provenance: 
Burne, W. G. T., Source
1973-10-09
Color: 
colorless
Technique: 
Blown, Mold Blown, Pattern Molded, Applied