Collection Highlights
A Song for the times, or John Brown
Date:
1860-1870
Object Number:
LIB.SY.B1860.104
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Museum Collections
Luce Center
Salts (pair)
Object Number:
1911.55a
Date:
1748/49
Medium:
Silver
Dimensions:
Overall: 1 1/2 in. × 3 in. (3.8 × 7.6 cm)
Marks:
engraved: on the base of each: "R/ I * A" in block letters
stamped: on the base of each: a lion passant, a crowned leopard's head, "n" in a cartouche, "D. H" below a fleur-di-lis
Description:
One of a 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.
Gallery Label:
This saltcellar probably came from the Rutgers family. Catherine De Peyster married Hendrick Rutgers in the 1740's.
Credit Line:
Bequest of Catherine Augusta De Peyster
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
