Lot 499

SL-1 SHELL PRESSED OPEN SALT

Estimate: $200 - $300
Sold for
$505.75
Sold Price includes BP

Bid Increments

Price Bid Increment
$0 $10
$200 $25
$500 $50
$1,000 $100
$3,000 $250
$5,000 $500
$10,000 $1,000
$30,000 $2,500
$50,000 $5,000
$100,000 $10,000
SL-1 SHELL PRESSED OPEN SALT, brilliant emerald green, shaped rim with a slight fin. Extremely rare. Possibly Boston & Sandwich Glass Co. 1835-1850. 1 3/4" H, 2" x 3".
Literature: Neal - Pressed Glass Salt Dishes of the Lacy Period, p. 403. Spillman - The Corning Museum of Glass Catalog Series, p. 196, fig. 771, and color Plate Eight. Parallels Barlow/Kaiser - The Glass Industry in Sandwich, Vol. 1, p. 284, fig. 1457.

Condition

Nearly proof with a single sliver flake to the interior of the rim; some light roughness to the base edge.