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Museum Collections
Luce Center
Dish: footed salt
Object name
Dish: footed salt
Date
1864-1875
Medium
Glass
Dimensions
Overall: 2 3/4 x 2 3/4 in. ( 7 x 7 cm )
Description
Colorless pressed lead glass footed salt with round bowl with scalloped rim, vertical ribbing from top to bottom, and vine with stylized leaves and flowers circling bowl (Ribbed Leaf or Bellflower pattern).
Credit Line
Purchased from Elie Nadelman
Object Number
1937.1059
Gallery Label
This pattern is known to have been produced by M'Kee and Brothers from the mid-1860s to the early 1870s; however, this extremely popular pattern may have been produced during this period by other Midwest glass factories as well. (See "American Glass, 1760-1930: The Toledo Museum of Art," p. 492.)
Provenance
The Folk Art Collection of Elie Nadelman
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
