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EXTREMELY RARE SANDWICH MELON COVERED DISH AND UND

EXTREMELY RARE SANDWICH MELON COVERED DISH AND UNDERPLATE, translucent starch blue, dish of oval form, the base with 11 ribs, the cover with nine ribs, bent-stem finial, and rough pontil mark to interior, both with factory polished rims, the plate of leaf form with an oval seat to accept the melon, factory rough ground under base. Boston & Sandwich Glass Co. 1850-1870. 5 3/4" h overall, 4" x 5 3/8" cover, 6 1/4" x 7 3/8" plate.
Reference: B & K III, figs. 3251, 3252.
Note: This is the first complete example of this dish that we have sold. Barlow & Kaiser state "one of the rarest pieces manufactured by the Boston & Sandwich Glass Company." They also note that the Sandwich Museum knows of only two complete examples.

Condition report

Excellent condition, base undamaged, cover with a minor flake to finial, and a shallow chip and two flakes to outer rim edge, plate with two small potstones and associated light bruises, a chip under one leaf point and a flake to several others