The Stoke Prior Salt
Salt
1596-1597 (made)
1596-1597 (made)
| Artist/Maker | |
| Place of origin |
Gilded silver with engraved ornament, English (London), maker's mark: a bird's claw
Object details
| Object type | |
| Title | The Stoke Prior Salt (popular title) |
| Materials and techniques | gilded silver |
| Brief description | Gilded silver with engraved ornament, English (London), maker's mark: a bird's claw |
| Dimensions |
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| Marks and inscriptions |
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| Object history | This salt was one of seven pieces of domestic silver discovered by a boy rabbiting at Stoke Prior near Leominster in 1891. The Museum purchased the group for £175 two years later. |
| Bibliographic reference | Glanville, Philippa. Silver in Tudor and Early Stuart England. A social history and catalogue of the National Collection 1480-1660. London: Victoria and Albert Museum, 1990. ISBN 1851770305 |
| Collection | |
| Accession number | 284-1893 |
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| Record created | September 10, 2004 |
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