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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