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

June 15, 2023: Americana - Glass

Thu, Jun 15, 2023 09:00AM EDT
Lot 426

EE-3B EAGLE AND SHIELD PRESSED OPEN SALT

Estimate: $100 - $150
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EE-3B EAGLE AND SHIELD PRESSED OPEN SALT, strong fiery opalescent, raised on four feet. Rare. Boston & Sandwich Glass Co. 1830-1845. 2 1/8" H, 2" x 3 1/4".
Literature: Neal, Pressed Glass Salt Dishes of the Lacy Period, p. 79. Barlow/Kaiser, The Glass Industry in Sandwich, Vol. 1, p. 283, fig. 1453. Spillman, American and European Pressed Glass in The Corning Museum of Glass, p. 179, fig. 673, and color Plate Nine. Like Bourne, The William J. Elsholz Collection, Vol. I, pp. 78, 79, lot 320, which was exhibited at the Detroit Institute of Arts in 1953.

Condition

Near proof having only a shallow chip to one rim scallop and small spots of light mold roughness to interior of rim and inside of feet.

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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.