Saltcellar
1821-1822 (hallmarked)
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Sir Arthur Gilbert and his wife Rosalinde formed one of the world's great decorative art collections, including silver, mosaics, enamelled portrait miniatures and gold boxes. Arthur Gilbert donated his extraordinary collection to Britain in 1996.
Object details
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| Parts | This object consists of 2 parts.
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| Materials and techniques | Silver-gilt, raised, cast, embossed |
| Brief description | Saltcellar, silver-gilt, Paul Storr, 1821. |
| Physical description | Silver-gilt saltcellar resting on three scrolling foliage feet with spread eagles above. The circular body is of shallow convex form with a sunken centre; it is embossed with a band of flowers and shells on a matted ground incorporating a lion mask, dolphin head and vacant scroll cartouche. Above the plain, waisted neck is a border decorated with floral embossing. The liner is detachable. |
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| Credit line | The Rosalinde and Arthur Gilbert Collection on loan to the Victoria and Albert Museum, London |
| Object history | Provenance: Probably Sotheby's, lot 158, March 12, 1980. Purchased from David Orgell, Inc., Beverley Hills, 1980. |
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| Summary | Sir Arthur Gilbert and his wife Rosalinde formed one of the world's great decorative art collections, including silver, mosaics, enamelled portrait miniatures and gold boxes. Arthur Gilbert donated his extraordinary collection to Britain in 1996. |
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| Bibliographic reference | Schroder, Timothy. The Gilbert collection of gold and silver. Los Angeles (Los Angeles County Museum of Art) 1988, cat. no. 120, pp. 444-45. ISBN.0875871445 |
| Other number | SG 105B - Arthur Gilbert Number |
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| Accession number | LOAN:GILBERT.845:1-2008 |
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| Record created | June 27, 2008 |
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