Set of Three Salt Cellars | Harvard Art Museums

Identification and Creation

Object Number: 1999.306.45.1-3
People: Maker's mark T.T in serrated punch, British, English
Title: Set of Three Salt Cellars
Classification: Vessels
Work Type: vessel
Date: 1771-1772
Places: Creation Place: Europe, United Kingdom, England, London
Period: George III (1760-1820)
Culture: British
Persistent Link: https://hvrd.art/o/142295

Physical Descriptions

Medium

Silver

Dimensions

6 x 9 x 7.3 cm (2 3/8 x 3 9/16 x 2 7/8 in.)
unspecified: 307 g

Inscriptions and Marks

hallmark: bases, struck: Lion passant, leopard's head, date letter and maker's mark

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History: David Berg, New York; his bequest to the Fogg Museum, 1999.

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line: Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Bequest of David Berg
Accession Year: 1999
Object Number: 1999.306.45.1-3
Division: European and American Art
Contact: am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
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Descriptions

Description: Oval with wavy rims, each raised on four openwork stylised paw feet, pierced with stylised foliage, with blue glass liners
Scratch weight 3=8 on one

Publication History

Christopher Hartop, British and Irish Silver in the Fogg Art Museum, Harvard University Art Museums/Yale University Press (Cambridge, Mass. and New Haven, 2007), p. 159, cat. no. 143, repr. p. 159, details repr. p. 159.

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1999.306.45.1-3: Set of Three Salt Cellars