BF-1D AND BF-1G VARIANT BASKET OF FLOWERS PRESSED OPEN SALTS, LOT OF TWO, unlisted opal opaque blue with light mottling, and unlisted violet blue with a hint of opalescence to ends, each raised on four feet. Variant with one top end stippled. Very rare and probably extremely rare. Boston & Sandwich Glass Co. 1830-1840. 2 1/8" H, 1 7/8" x 3".
Literature: Neal, Pressed Glass Salt Dishes of the Lacy Period, pp. 5 and 7. The Acorn, Vol. 15, 2008/2009, p. 23, Neal/Shugert, "Pressed Glass Salt Dishes of the Lacy Period 1825-1850: An Addendum." Parallels Barlow/Kaiser, The Glass Industry in Sandwich, Vol. 1, p. 281, fig. 1447.

Fair conidition, BF-1D with loss of three base scrolls and a moderate chip to one upper scroll, BF-1G with moderate to heavy chipping/mold roughness to rim, upper scrolls, and two vertical corners.