Salt Cellar
1692 (made)
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Restrained designs for silver grew increasingly popular throughout the second half of the 17th century, possibly in reaction to the theatrical grandeur of much Baroque silver. The combination of controlled forms with pierced hearts and scrolls, matted (punched) surfaces, bands of beading and cut-card work (pierced sheets of silver applied to the surface) was typical of goldsmiths' work around Amsterdam in the late 17th and early 18th centuries. A fine layer of gold has been applied to the bowl of this salt cellar to prevent the salt reacting with the silver.
Object details
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| Materials and techniques | Silver, parcel-gilt |
| Brief description | Dutch. Amsterdam mark for 1692.; Silver, Continental |
| Physical description | Square salt with hemispherical bowl supported by a square base with pierced scrolls and frosted decoration, the bowl parcel-gilt |
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| Marks and inscriptions | On the base: maker's mark, FM monogram, unidentified; town mark for Amsterdam for 1692 |
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| Credit line | Given by Col. F. R. Waldo-Sibthorp |
| Object history | Acquisition RF: 96867/1898 Colonel FR Waldo-Sibthorp Gift |
| Production | maker's mark FM unidentified |
| Summary | Restrained designs for silver grew increasingly popular throughout the second half of the 17th century, possibly in reaction to the theatrical grandeur of much Baroque silver. The combination of controlled forms with pierced hearts and scrolls, matted (punched) surfaces, bands of beading and cut-card work (pierced sheets of silver applied to the surface) was typical of goldsmiths' work around Amsterdam in the late 17th and early 18th centuries. A fine layer of gold has been applied to the bowl of this salt cellar to prevent the salt reacting with the silver. |
| Bibliographic reference | The Golden Age of Dutch Silver, Charles Oman, V&A 1953
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| Accession number | 1903-1898 |
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| Record created | February 9, 2004 |
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