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

August 24, 2023: Summer Americana: Day One

Thu, Aug 24, 2023 09:00AM EDT
Lot 272

EE-3B EAGLE AND SHIELD PRESSED OPEN SALT

Estimate: $50 - $100
Sold for
$110.70
Sold Price includes BP

Bid Increments

Price Bid Increment
$0 $10
$200 $25
$500 $50
$1,000 $100
$3,000 $250
$5,000 $500
$10,000 $1,000
$30,000 $2,500
$50,000 $5,000
$100,000 $10,000

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

Profile in excellent condition with two checks extending from the rim, having some sliver chipping to the interior of the rim, sliver chipping to the backside of the feet, glass seemingly hazy. Having expected instances of mold roughness, as made.

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From the William D. Annable estate, Oberlin, OH.