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

June 15, 2023: Americana - Glass

Thu, Jun 15, 2023 09:00AM EDT
Lot 420

CN-1B-A VARIANT CROWN PRESSED OPEN SALT

Estimate: $100 - $150
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CN-1B-A VARIANT CROWN PRESSED OPEN SALT, fiery opalescent, raised on four scrolled feet. Base variation with nine rays inside cross bars. Very rare. Boston & Sandwich Glass Co. 1830-1845. 2 1/8" H, 2" x 3 1/8".
Literature: Parallels Neal, Pressed Glass Salt Dishes of the Lacy Period, p. 47. The Acorn, Volume 15, 2008/2009, p. 27, 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. 284, fig. 1455.

Condition

Profile is proof, inner rim and scrolls with some mold roughness, one vertical corner with shallow chipping, feet with some interior mold roughness.

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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.