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

June 15, 2023: Americana - Glass

Thu, Jun 15, 2023 09:00AM EDT
Lot 444

MV-1 MOUNT VERNON PRESSED OPEN SALT

Estimate: $300 - $500
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MV-1 MOUNT VERNON PRESSED OPEN SALT, transparent olive green with no opaque areas, scallop-and-point rim. Unique. Probably Mount Vernon or Saratoga Glass Co. 1835-1850. 1 3/4" H, 2 1/8" x 2 7/8".
Literature: Neal, Pressed Glass Salt Dishes of the Lacy Period, p. 132. Spillman, American and European Pressed Glass in The Corning Museum of Glass, p. 183, fig. 691. Parallels Barlow/Kaiser, The Glass Industry in Sandwich, Vol. 1, p. 286, fig. 1462.

Condition

Proof except for a very light flake to top of rim.

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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.