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Salt Cellar

Dateca.1795-1819

Attributed to Parks Boyd

OriginAmerica, Pennsylvania, Philadelphia

MediumPewter

DimensionsHeight: 2 3/8”; Diameter of rim: 2 1/2”; Diameter of foot: 2 7/16”

Credit LineGift of Scott and Debra Duncan

Object number2022-202

DescriptionPewter salt cellar with a two-tier flaring body with a beaded rim, standing on a moulded, round foot with a beaded rim.
Label TextThis unmarked salt cellar is attributed to Parks Boyd through its intriguing relationship to other pewter forms. The mold used to cast its body is the same used to cast the cream pots also attributed to Boyd. Cinching the deal is a rare flagon marked by Boyd, which cleverly uses a section cast from this mold as a pouring spout. Further linking all three forms are their mechanically beaded edges, created with a special tool known to have been employed by the best Philadelphia pewterers of the era.