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Saltcellar

Object/Artifact

Pressed Basket of Fruit Salt A shallow basket piled high with fruit is on the two long sides of this rectangular piece. Each end has a moss rose sprig with a large five-petaled blossom, two buds and two serrated leaves. Leaves, beads and dots and banded below the scallop and point rim. Marked on the bottom: N.E. Glass Company Boston"

2022.41.013

Genesee Country Village and Museum

Boston and Sandwich Glass Company

1830 - 1850

Boston

Massachusetts

United States of America

North America

1-1/2 in

2 in

2-3/4 in

Glass

"A Guide to Sandwich Glass: Blown Tableware, Pressed Cup Plates, and Salts" by Raymond E. Barlow and Joan E. Kaiser, #1446

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