Saltcellar
- Object Name:
- Saltcellar
- Object ID:
- 1941.007.16
- Date:
- 1750 -1780
- Description:
- Saltcellar. Silver. Open salt bowl with a scalloped border on rim, on three feet. Body is shallow and rounded, feet are flat, and each one bears an initial "W", "M" (or W), and "R", in block letters. Feet are cast, and soldered into side of body. Decorative rim also appears to have been attached with solder. Initials "MHJ" in elaborate feathered script are engraved onto a circular medallion, which has been applied to exterior bottom of bowl with solder; several marks on interior of bowl may be results of the attachment process. Scratched numbers, "10/6", on body (purpose not determined).
- Material:
- Metal
Silver - Dimensions:
- H-1.5 Dia-3.1 inches
- Provenance:
- From donor's journal of silver purchases: "salt-cellar 3 legs / no marks W.W.R. one letter on each foot / M.H.J. in cipher on bottom / Bought in Sherbrooke January 1894 / price 3.00 / Given to NH. Hist 1941."
- Credit Line:
- Gift of Margaret H. Jewell
- People:
- Jewell, Margaret H. (1866-1970)
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