Salt Cellar

Date1752-1753

MediumSilver (Sterling); Gold (Silver-gilt)

DimensionsH: 1 5/8; Diam (rim): 2 3/8"

Credit LineGift of Katharine Brooke Fauntleroy Bundy in memory of Sally Conrad Fauntleroy Johnson

Object number1968-307,2

DescriptionSalt Cellar, one of a pair, silver with gilt lining.
Label TextThese salts have a tradition of Virginia ownership since the eighteenth century. They are believed to have belonged to Major Burr Powell (1768-1839) and his wife, Katharine Brooke (1770-1851), of Middleburg, Virginia. The tradition is uncertain as to whether they descended to the Powells from his parents, Levin Powell (1737-1801) and Sarah Harrison (1746-1790), or from her father, Colonel Humphrey Brooke (1739-1802). They apparently passed to the Powell's daughter, Elizabeth Whiting Powell (1809-1872), and her husband, Robert Young Conrad (1805-1875); to their daughter, Sally Harrison Conrad (1843-1908), and her husband, Dr. Archibald Magill Fauntleroy (1837-1886); to their daughter, Katharine Brooke Fauntleroy (b. 1882), and her husband, Henry Clay Miller; and to their daughter, the donor.

Other London tripod salts in the collection include four of 1734/35 by John Pero (accessions 1967-169, 1-4), a pair of 1739/40 by Edward Wood (1954-567, 1-2), a pair of 1749/50 by William Williams (1953-802, 1-2), and four of 1769/70, probably by Jacob Marsh (1967-613, 1-4).

InscribedNone
Markings"TB" in block letters within rectangle, leopard's head, passant and date letter.
ProvenanceGift of Katharine Brooke Fauntleroy Bundy in memory of Sally Conrad Fauntleroy Johnson
Acquired by CWF in 1968.