Salt Cellar
Date1775-1785
MediumEnamel; copper alloy
DimensionsOH: 1 5/16"; Diam rim: 2 5/8"; Greatest diam: 2 15/16"
Credit LineMuseum Purchase
Object number1968-162,2
DescriptionSalt Cellar: Enamel on copper open salt dish of circular bellied form supported on three trifed feet with mask junctures; exterior of body and feet with turquoise ground and interior of body with white ground. Sides of salt decorated with three pastoral scenes of shepherd, sheep, and cows in shades of green, grey blue, brown, orange, and yellow on white reserves bordered by gilt scroll work; with gilt edging of feet; junctures of feet with gilt decorations of shell and scroll enclosing pattern of dotted diapering and stars. Gilt metal rim added at edge of body.ProvenanceAttached tag "From the Tufnell Collection"
Vendor: J. A. Lloyd Hyde, New York
1755-1785
1745-1770
ca. 1760
1745-1746
1761-1762
1755-1770
1737-1738
1747-1748
1747-1748
1815-1816