Salt Cellar
1800-1801 (made)
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| Place of origin |
The inconvenience of a central standing salt encouraged the development in the early 17th century of a much smaller receptacle which was placed near the individual plate. In the late 18th century, pierced oval shaped cellars on four ball and claw feet or boat shaped cellars either pierced or plain on a spreading foot, and with coloured glass liners in the style of the neo-classical revival were common.
Object details
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| Parts | This object consists of 3 parts.
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| Materials and techniques | Silver and glass, raised and engraved. |
| Brief description | Salt cellar, silver with a glass liner and spoon, York hallmarks for 1800-01, mark of Hampston, Prince and Cattles. |
| Physical description | Salt cellar, silver with a glass liner, oval with raised ends and four shaped feet. The sides decorated with two bands of floral scrollwork and an engraved escutcheon with the initial R. ladle shaped spoon engraved R. |
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| Production type | small batch |
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| Credit line | Bequeathed by Arthur Hurst |
| Object history | Acquisition RF: 40 / 434 Bequest - Arthur Hurst |
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| Summary | The inconvenience of a central standing salt encouraged the development in the early 17th century of a much smaller receptacle which was placed near the individual plate. In the late 18th century, pierced oval shaped cellars on four ball and claw feet or boat shaped cellars either pierced or plain on a spreading foot, and with coloured glass liners in the style of the neo-classical revival were common. |
| Collection | |
| Accession number | M.90C/1 to 3-1940 |
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| Record created | March 5, 2004 |
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