Collection Highlights
Artistic Houses: being a series of interior views of a number of the most beautiful and celebrated homes in the United States
Date:
1883 - 1884
Object Number:
PR.087.1.1.35.HURPAR
Medium:
Photogravure
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Museum Collections
Luce Center
Saltcellar stands (2)
Object Number:
INV.14073-14074
Date:
ca. 1810
Medium:
Sheffield plate, gilt
Dimensions:
each overall: 1 5/8 x 4 x 3 3/8 in. ( 4.1 x 10.2 x 8.6 cm )
Description:
Pair of cast and wrought Sheffield plate saltcellar stands; rectangular, reeded stands with four double legs applied to gilt trays; rectangular trays with rectangular depressions in the centers to hold the bases of saltcellars, raised to applied, cast gadrooned and foliate scroll rims; four hollow cast ball feet on the base of each; no maker's marks.
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
