Salt Cellar

Date1710-1740

MediumPewter

DimensionsOH: 1 1/4"; OL: 3 1/8"; OW: 2 3/8"

Credit LineMuseum Purchase

Object number1958-605

DescriptionSalt Cellar: elongated octagonal plan with simple oval well, the top edge of the well is slightly molded in elongated form with downward out curving sides.
Label TextOblong trencher salts with paneled bodies derive from a standard pattern in silver that is particularly associated with the specialist salt maker Edward Wood of London.
InscribedNone
MarkingsNone
ProvenancePurchased from A.H. Isher & Son, Cheltenham, Gloucestershire.