salt cellar & spoon
Summary
Two-part moulded oval salt cellar with undulating everted rim and rounded bowl, on three applied mask and claw feet. Bowl exterior decorated in low relief with basketwork and trelliswork grounds separated by feathery scrolls. Accompanying ladle, comprising deep circular bowl with everted rim and slight pinched lip, with long slender handle, ribbed near junction with bowl, terminating in backward scroll.
Object Name
salt cellar & spoon
Date Created
c 1730=1750
Dimensions
salt cellar: 4.4cm x 6.4cm
spoon:
accession number
1923.451
Collection Group
Place of creation
Staffordshire
Medium
Credit
Bequeathed by Thomas Tylston Greg
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