Lot 497

RP-3 ROUND FLORAL PRESSED OPEN SALT

Estimate: $200 - $300
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$0 $10
$200 $25
$500 $50
$1,000 $100
$3,000 $250
$5,000 $500
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$30,000 $2,500
$50,000 $5,000
$100,000 $10,000
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.