SALTCELLAR
Creator(s): Unknown (Silversmith)
On view in: Icon Room
About this object
The salt cellar is shaped like a bowl resting on three legs. The top of the rim is engraved with flowers and leaves. The upper part of the bowl is plain. The lower part has three acanthus leaves and a projection underneath. The three legs are in the form of cornucopias, have clusters of fruit and leaves where they join the bowl, alternating with the acanthus leaves. The three legs are attached to a plain triangular base. The salt cellar is gilded inside and out.
- Object name:
- SALTCELLAR
- Made from:
- Silver gilt
- Made in:
- Saint Petersburg, Russia
- Date made:
- c. 1825
- Size:
- 8.9 cm (3 1/2 in.)
Detailed information for this item
- Catalog number:
- 12.103
- Class:
- SILVER
- Signature marks:
- MARK on bowl and base: three hallmarks, 1. anchor and scepter for St. Petersburg, 2. 84 for silver standard, 3. A. Ya in Cyrillic - probably for essayer Yashinkov Aleksandr (1795-1826); bears Imperial inventory number 3 inscription N = 3; N in Cyrillic with 1 underneath (monogram of Nicholas I) Number three seems to indicate that it is a third salt seller from a larger set; Imperial monogram indicates that it was probably used at the court
- Credit line:
- Bequest of Marjorie Merriweather Post, 1973