Salt Dish

Description:

Raised, bulbous oval salt with applied cast gadrooned rim on four cast legs with shell knees and three-toed feet. Gilt-washed bowl is engraved on exterior with an armorial device depicting a crest of a bird standing left on a perch rising from a heraldic wreath. Underside of rounded bottom is engraved in script "A. E. S. / 1854." above and below "J.E.CALDWELL& / PHILAD\A." struck in incuse serif letters; centerpoint visible. Torn red-bordered white paper label is inscribed with donor's name. One of two salts, DL*378849-378850.

Date Retailed: ca 1850

Location: Currently not on view

Place Made; Place Retailed: United States: Pennsylvania, Philadelphia

See more items in: Home and Community Life: Domestic Life, Domestic Furnishings

Exhibition:

Exhibition Location:

Credit Line: Bequest of Caroline H. Addison

Data Source: National Museum of American History

Id Number: DL.378850Catalog Number: 378850Accession Number: 136183

Object Name: dish, salt

Physical Description: silver (overall material)gold (gilt wash material)Measurements: overall: 1 7/8 in x 3 1/2 in x 3 in; 4.7625 cm x 8.89 cm x 7.62 cm

Guid: http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746b2-0065-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa

Record Id: nmah_301130

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