Collection Highlights
Petition to Abraham Lincoln for recruitment of black troops
Date:
ca. 1862
Object Number:
MSS.BV.Petitions
Medium:
Paper
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Museum Collections
Luce Center
Footed salt
Object Number:
1938.269
Date:
1760-1790
Medium:
Glass
Dimensions:
Overall: 2 3/4 x 2 1/2 in. ( 7 x 6.4 cm )
Description:
Sapphire blue glass footed salt with double-ogee bowl blown in a multi-part mold; with sheared rim, diamond patterning on bowl, ribbed knop joining bowl to a slightly sloping circular base, and pontil mark.
Gallery Label:
This form fits the description of "chain salts" in a list of glasswares made in 1769 and the first three months of 1770, according to the account books of Henry William Stiegel. Similar salts were produced in England, or it may be a reproduction. (See "American Glass, 1760-1930: The Toledo Museum of Art," pp. 183 and 780.)
Credit Line:
Gift of Mrs. J. Insley Blair
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
