Collection Highlights
Chatelaine
ca. 1761
1954.179a-d
Silver gilt, gold, enamel, ivory, chalcedony, glass, paint
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Museum Collections
Luce Center
Salt
Object name
Salt
Date
ca. 1835-1850
Medium
Glass
Dimensions
Overall: 1 3/4 x 3 x 2 in. ( 4.4 x 7.6 x 5.1 cm )
Description
Colorless pressed lead glass salt; trapezoidal form; shell flanked by leaves on stippled ground on four sides; diamond patterned base; rectangular shell and foliate decorated foot (Neal SL1).
Credit Line
Bequest of Mrs. F. MacDonald Sinclair (Jennie H. Sinclair)
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