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Standing salt

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Collection Type

  • Decorative arts

Date

1820-1850

GUSN

GUSN-8376

Description

Squat round bowl with molded edge on a conforming pedestal base.

Details

Descriptive Terms

standing salts
pewter (tin alloy)
tin (metal)
Pewter
SALTCELLAR

Associated Building

Original to Cogswell's Grant (Essex, Mass.),

Maker

Unknown

Dimensions

1 3/4 (H), 2 1/2 (diameter) (inches)

Credit Line

Gift of Bertram K. and Nina Fletcher Little

Accession Number

1991.602.1

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