Two Pressed Glass Boat Pattern Open Salts

Description:

Two Pressed Glass Boat Pattern Open Salts, Boston & Sandwich Glass Company, Sandwich, Massachusetts, c. 1835-45, an opalescent violet blue, Neal BT 6, and an opaque light blue, Neal BT 7, (chips),ht. 1 3/4, wd. 3 7/8, dp. 2 1/8 in.

Literature: L.W. and D.B. Neal, Pressed Glass Salt Dishes of the Lacy Period, 1825-1850, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 1962.

Provenance: Purchased from K.B. Way, August 15, 1962.
Estimate $250-350

Neal BT 6 has a chip on the top edge, Neal BT 7 has a chip on the keel and a few chips on the foot ring.


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