Jeffrey S. Evans & Assoc., Inc.
Live Auction

June 15, 2023: Americana - Glass

Thu, Jun 15, 2023 09:00AM EDT
Lot 403

BS-3 BEADED SCROLL AND BASKET OF FLOWERS PRESSED OPEN SALT

Estimate: $100 - $200
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BS-3 BEADED SCROLL AND BASKET OF FLOWERS PRESSED OPEN SALT, deep violet blue, rayed star base, raised on four scrolled feet. Very Rare. Boston & Sandwich Glass Co. 1835-1845. 1 7/8" H, 2" x 3 1/8".
Literature: Neal, Pressed Glass Salt Dishes of the Lacy Period, p. 10. Like Bourne, The William J. Elsholz Collection, Vol. I, pp. 30, 31, lot 138. Spillman, American and European Pressed Glass in The Corning Museum of Glass, p. 173, fig. 643.

Condition

Excellent condition, rim interior with several flakes and minor mold roughness, chip to edge of one medial scroll. 

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Glass deaccessioned by the Bennington Museum, Bennington, VT. All proceeds will go toward the museum's Collections Acquisition Fund.
Ex-collection of James A. Warren, West Coxsackie, NY.