salt cellar & spoon



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

Place of creation

Staffordshire

Medium

Credit

Bequeathed by Thomas Tylston Greg

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