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C2001-264, Salt
Salt Cellar
C2001-264, Salt

Salt Cellar

Date1770-1810
OriginEngland
MediumPewter
DimensionsOH: 3 1/16"; Diam (rim): 3 13.16"; Diam (base): 3 3/8"
Credit LineMuseum Purchase
Object number1960-317
DescriptionSalt Cellar: Circular plain cup with slightly molded lip. Short waisted stem with molding at center. Molded circular foot.
Label TextSalts of this form, with a broad hemispherical bowl supported on a pedestal foot, are referred to as cup salts. Made in considerable numbers in pewter, they usually are unmarked and date from the second half of the eighteenth century and into the first decades of the nineteenth century.

InscribedNone
MarkingsNone
ProvenanceVendor: A. H. Isher & Son, Cheltenham, England.