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Salt Dish

Collection Type

  • Decorative arts

GUSN

GUSN-5896

Description

Anglo-Irish blown and cut crystal body; deep circular bowl shape rounded at bottom with applied circular foot; saw-tooth cut circular mouth; medial band of cut repeating leafy lozenge motif between engraved saw-tooth and line borders; lower third of body with thumbnail facet cuts.

Details

Descriptive Terms

salts (condiment vessels)
glassblowing
cutting (dividing)
lead glass
glass (material)
Blown
Cut
Glass
DISH, SALT

Associated Building

Original to Rundlet-May House (Portsmouth, N.H.),

Maker

Unknown

Location of Origin

Ireland; England

Credit Line

Gift of Ralph May

Accession Number

1971.987.1-6

Places

Possibly
Possibly

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