SALTCELLAR AND SPOON
Creator(s): Unknown
Currently in storage
About this object
Plain panel, corners cut off, small dot in each corner for a monogram not filled in.
- Object name:
- SALTCELLAR AND SPOON
- Made from:
- Silver
- Made in:
- Russia
- Date made:
- ca. 1870-1890
- Size:
- Bowl: 1 5/8 in. (4.1 cm) Spoon: 2 1/4 in. (5.7 cm)
Detailed information for this item
- Catalog number:
- 12.371.5-6
- Class:
- SILVER
- Signature marks:
- MARK cellar: 84; crossed anchors; H.L. in [ILL.] letters; spoon: 84; crossed anchor; [transcription] in Cyrillic; plain panel inscribed: "Salt on the table, too much salt;" on the back "Better underdone than overdone."
- Credit line:
- Bequest of Marjorie Merriweather Post, 1973