Collection Highlights
Decanter and stopper
1823-1845
1936.696ab
Glass
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Museum Collections
Luce Center
Salts (pair)
Object name
Salts (pair)
Date
1748/49
Medium
Silver
Dimensions
each overall: 1 1/2 x 3 in. ( 3.8 x 7.6 cm )
Description
Pair of wrought silver salts; shallow, bowl-shaped bodies curved to applied, flared gadrooned lips; three cabriole legs applied to each with molded pad junctures and molded pad feet; engraved on the base of each, "R/ I * A" in block letters; maker's marks stamped on the bases.
Credit Line
Bequest of Catherine Augusta De Peyster
Object Number
1911.55ab
Marks
en