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CN-1A CROWN PRESSED SALTS, LOT OF TWO, strong fiery opalescent and deep brilliant cobalt blue, on four scroll feet. Rare. Boston & Sandwich Glass Co. 1830-1845. 2 1/8" H, 1 7/8" x 3 1/8".
Literature: Neal, Pressed Glass Salt Dishes of the Lacy Period, p. 47. Spillman, American and European Pressed Glass in The Corning Museum of Glass, p. 177, figs. 665, 666. Parallels Barlow/Kaiser, The Glass Industry in Sandwich, p. 284, fig. 1455.
Opalescent example with some light chipping and mold roughness to scrolls, shallow chip to one vertical corner and edge of base. Blue example with moderate to heavy chipping to scrolls and vertical corners.
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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.