RP-3 ROUND FLORAL PRESSED OPEN SALT, mottled silvery opaque powder to violet blue, intricate foliate chain-top rim with inner rope rings, 12-scallop foot. Extremely rare. Boston & Sandwich Glass Co. 1835-1850. 2" H, 3 1/8" D rim, 2" D foot.
Literature: Neal -
Pressed Glass Salt Dishes of the Lacy Period, p. 350. Spillman -
Corning, fig. 755 and color pl. 9. Parallels Barlow/Kaiser -
The Glass Industry in Sandwich, Vol. 1, p. 285, fig. 1460a.
Condition
Very good to excellent condition overall with some minor losses to the edge of the rim, a chip to the upper medial band, some additional scattered light flaking. Two burst bubbles to the interior, as made.