BT-5 "LAFAYET" STEAMBOAT PRESSED OPEN SALT, opalescent to opaque medium blue with mottling (not listed in Neal), marked "B. &. S. / GLASS. / Co" on stern and "SANDWICH" on interior and under base. Very rare. Boston & Sandwich Glass Co. 1830-1845. 1 1/2" H, 2" x 3 5/8".
Virtually proof with two minor flakes to inner rim and another to table ring. Light annealing check off rim, as made.
Literature: Neal - Pressed Glass Salt Dishes of the Lacy Period, p. 29. Color listed in The Acorn, Volume 15, 2008/2009, p. 25, "Pressed Glass Salt Dishes of the Lacy Period 1825-1850: An Addendum." Spillman - Corning, p. 175, fig. 656, and color Plate Ten. Parallels Barlow/Kaiser - The Glass Industry in Sandwich, Vol. 1, p. 286, fig. 1463.
Provenance: Collection of the late Alvina Breckel of Oley, PA and Winnetka, IL._x000D_
Garth's Auctions, 11/15/86, lot 250._x000D_
Ex-collection of the Henry Ford Museum.

Virtually proof with two minor flakes to inner rim and another to table ring. Light annealing check off rim, as made.