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Pair of salts with convex sides, applied borders with incised lines to simulate gadrooning, almost flat bottoms, three molded pad joinings and feet on each; no center points. Engraved on sides with short bands with pendent flowers flankingm respectively, a seated hare and, twice, a girl's face....
Marks
Marked S [pellet] M in a rectangle on bottom of each.
Provenance
Original owner unknown.
Credit Line
Bequest of Charles Hitchcock Tyler
about 1760
- Silas Merriman, 1734–1805
Object Place
New Haven, Connecticut, United States
Catalogue Raisonné
Buhler, 1972, No. 484
Dimensions
3.8 cm (1 1/2 in.)
Accession Number
32.390a
Medium or Technique
Silver