Salt dishes (pair)

1825-1900

Measurements

2-1/2 in x 2-1/2 in (dia)

Materials

Colorless lead glass

Credit Line

Historic Odessa Foundation, gift of Hugh R. Sharp Jr. and Bayard Sharp

Accession Number

1968.835

Provenance

Ex coll. H. Rodney Sharp

Comments

The thick-walled, small glass bowls stand on thick disk feet with polished pontil marks on the underside.  Six cut facets are on the top edges of the feet.  Six diamond panels decorated the hexagonal side walls of the salt cups.