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C2001-247, cropped. Salt
Salt Cellar
C2001-247, cropped. Salt

Salt Cellar

Date1680-1700
OriginEngland
MediumPewter
DimensionsOH: 1 11/16"; Diam (base): 2 3/4"
Credit LineMuseum Purchase
Object number1963-143
DescriptionSalt Cellar: Circular; saw-tooth border on upper face of rather narrow rim enclosing hemispherical receptacle for salt; short inward-curving sides flaring to rather broad convex base with a band of gadrooning above a plain moulded edge.
Label TextThis salt is an unusual abbreviation of the capstan type. Peal appears to record this touch mark from a bobbin salt of about 1705, but he does not indicate the presence of a device below the initials.
InscribedNone
MarkingsTouch mark "IB" with device below within a heart within well for salt.
ProvenanceVendor: A.H. Isher & Son, Cheltenham, Gloucestershire.
Exhibition(s)
KC1963-293, Salt
1670-1685
KC1963-296
1690-1710
C1967-132, Salt
1680-1700
C67-133, Salt
1674-1695
KC1972-297
1686-1687
C2001-234
1750-1780
KC1963-294. Salver
1680-1700
No number on slide
1816-1817
D2013-CMD. Teapot 2013-87
ca. 1820
KC1977-460
1685-1710
2022-203, Salt
ca.1780-1798