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Salt cellar

Dateca. 1820

OriginAmerica, Pennsylvania, Philadelphia (possibly)

MediumSilver; glass

DimensionsOH (with liner): 2 5/8”; H (frame) 1 5/16”; OW (with liner): 3 1/16”; W (frame): 2 7/8”; OD (with line): 2 1/16”; D (frame): 1 7/8”.

Credit LineMuseum Purchase

Object number2018-267,1A&B

DescriptionSilver salt cellar frame (A) with cut glass liner (B): four cast winged griffin feet support a rectangular silver salt cellar frame with rose and leaf milled banding; stepped rectangular glass insert with cut fan pattern.

Label TextThis silver and glass salt cellar is one of a set of four examples with a history of ownership by Chief Justice John Marshall.