SALTCELLAR
Creator(s): Unknown
On view in: Second Floor Hallway
About this object
The background on the outside and feet is in a reddish pink enamel with lattice and dots in raised white enamel and details in raised gilt. Three white cartouches with raised gilt frames are painted with clusters of flowers in colors. The inside is in white enamel, the inner edge with leaves in pink enamel.
- Object name:
- SALTCELLAR
- Made from:
- Enamel on copper -- gilt copper
- Made in:
- ENGLAND: South Staffordshire, Bilston or Wednesbury
- Date made:
- ca. 1780
- Size:
- 2.9 × 5.7 cm (1 1/8 × 2 1/4 in.)
Detailed information for this item
- Catalog number:
- 15.179
- Class:
- ENAMEL
- Signature marks:
- LABEL At the bottom a paper sticker with a zig-zag border and the number "31" in the center
- Credit line:
- Bequest of Marjorie Merriweather Post, 1973