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

June 15, 2023: Americana - Glass

Thu, Jun 15, 2023 09:00AM EDT
Lot 466

OO-1A OCTAGON OBLONG PRESSED OPEN SALT

Estimate: $80 - $120
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OO-1A OCTAGON OBLONG PRESSED OPEN SALT, red amber, shaped rim, sunburst base. Very rare. Boston & Sandwich Glass Co. 1830-1850. 1 5/8" H, 2 3/8" x 3 3/8".
Literature: Neal, Pressed Glass Salt Dishes of the Lacy Period, p. 166. Barlow/Kaiser, The Glass Industry in Sandwich, Vol. 1, p. 289, fig. 1471. Parallels Spillman, American and European Pressed Glass in The Corning Museum of Glass, p. 188, fig. 723. 

Condition

Rim profile proof with just a hint of interior mold roughness, foot with moderate chip to one corner and several minor flakes.

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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.