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

June 15, 2023: Americana - Glass

Thu, Jun 15, 2023 09:00AM EDT
Lot 483

PO-4 PEACOCK EYE OVAL PRESSED OPAL SALT

Estimate: $100 - $200
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PO-4 PEACOCK EYE OVAL PRESSED OPAL SALT, violet blue, scalloped rim, 28-ray base. Probably extremely rare. Boston & Sandwich Glass Co. 1830-1840. 1 3/8" H, 2 1/2" x 3 1/2".
Literature: Neal - Pressed Glass Salt Dishes of the Lacy Period, p. 282, unrecorded color. The Acorn, Vol. 15, 2008/2009, p. 56, Neal/Shugert, "Pressed Glass Salt Dishes of the Lacy Period 1825-1850: An Addendum.", recorded in violet blue, no rarity designation.

Condition

One scallop with a shallow chip to exterior and interior slightly affecting the profile, moderate chip to the interior of another scallop, three chips to interior of table ring, only minimally affecting the profile. 

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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.