SH-1 SLEIGH-SHAPED PRESSED OPEN SALT, colorless, scrolled rim, hairpin front end, rising sun back, rayed base, resting on two runners. Extremely rare. Possibly Boston & Sandwich Glass Co. 1835-1850. 2 1/4" H, 1 7/8" x 3 3/8".
Literature: Neal, Pressed Glass Salt Dishes of the Lacy Period, p. 425. Wilson, American Glass, Vol. 1, p. 352, fig. 452. Spillman, American and European Pressed Glass in The Corning Museum of Glass, p. 196, fig. 770. Lee, Sandwich Glass, pl. 74, fig. 9. Like Bourne, The William J. Elsholz Collection, Vol. III, pp. 414, 415, lot 1561.

One side nearly proof with only some mold roughness to rear scroll, other side with moderate loss to rear of front scroll, small V-shape chip to rear scroll, and shallow chip to underside of runner.