Collection Highlights

Negro Life at the South

Date:

1859

Object Number:

S-225

Medium:

Oil on linen

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Object name

Salts shaker

Date

1901

Medium

Silver

Dimensions

Overall: 4 5/8 x 2 in. ( 11.7 x 5.1 cm )

Description

Wrought silver salt shaker with lid; pear-shaped body with a long narrow neck; body covered with foliate and fern repouss

Credit Line

Gift of Louise Stafford Gilder, 12/14/73

Object Number

INV.14519cd

Marks

engraved: on base: "E E G/ JUNE 8, 1901" monogram in script, date in block letters stamped: on cover bezel: "KIRK & SON Co.

Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.