EE-8A EAGLE AND SHIP PRESSED OPEN SALT, colorless, the sides divided into six stippled panels with alternating reserves of a shield-breast American Eagle and a sailing ship believed to represent the USS Constitution, even-scallop rim, raised on a circular foot with eagle encircled by a chevron band to underside. Very rare. Boston & Sandwich Glass Co. 1830-1845. 1 7/8" H, 2 7/8" D rim, 2 1/8" D foot.
Literature: Neal, Pressed Glass Salt Dishes of the Lacy Period, p. 87. Like Bourne, The William J. Elsholz Collection, Vol. I, pp. 74 and 77, lot 306. Spillman, American and European Pressed Glass in The Corning Museum of Glass, p. 180, fig. 678. Barlow/Kaiser, The Glass Industry in Sandwich, Vol. 1, p. 283, fig. 1454.

Near proof, rim with a shallow chip to interior of one scallop only minutely affecting the profile, foot with a minor edge flake.