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

June 15, 2023: Americana - Glass

Thu, Jun 15, 2023 09:00AM EDT
Lot 516

SD STRAWBERRY DIAMOND PRESSED OPEN SALTS, LOT OF FIVE

Estimate: $50 - $80
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SD STRAWBERRY DIAMOND PRESSED OPEN SALTS, LOT OF FIVE, colorless, comprising a SD-9, SD-11, SD-12, SD-13, and SD-15 with opalescent tint. Very rare, scarce, and plentiful. Boston & Sandwich Glass Co. and others. 1835-1850. Various sizes.
Literature: Neal, Pressed Glass Salt Dishes of the Lacy Period, pp. 452, 454-456, and 458.

Condition

SD-11 with annealing crack to body at one end and several rim chips, SD-15 with light chipping/mold roughness to rim, remainder near proof. 

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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.