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BT-5 "LAFAYET." STEAMBOAT PRESSED OPEN SALT, medium blue, marked "B. &. S. / GLASS. / Co" on stern and "SANDWICH" on interior and under base. Rare. Boston & Sandwich Glass Co. 1830-1845. 1 1/2" H, 2" x 3 5/8".
Literature: Neal, Pressed Glass Salt Dishes of the Lacy Period, p. 29. Barlow/Kaiser, The Glass Industry in Sandwich, Vol. 1, p. 286, fig. 1463.
Near proof, rim interior with several very minor flakes and mold roughness to interior of stern, rudder with very minor flake/mold roughness to tip, table ring intact with shallow chip to outer edge.
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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.