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Salt
Salt, one of a pair, silver with blue glass liner, oval, standing on a spreading domed foot with applied beaded foot rim, concave stem (formed from a separate piece) supporting the bowl, this comprising an ogee-curved base below vertical sides, a plain moulded band at the bottom of the vertical sides, an applied beaded band round the rim; the sides decorated with pierced arcading and applied die-stamped oval medallions and husk festoons, the base of the bowl and the foot pierced vertically, similar chased(?) festoons on the foot.
Collection Area
Art
Item Number
NMW A 51390
Creation/Production
Hennell, Robert, I
Date: 1775-1776
Acquisition
Purchase - with support, 3/5/2001
Purchased with assistance from the National Heritage Memorial Fund, the National Art Collections Fund and the Goldsmiths' Company.
Measurements
Height
(cm): 6.9
Height
(cm): 7
Length
(cm): 8.2
Width
(cm): 6.4
Height
(in): 2
Height
(in): 2
Length
(in): 3
Width
(in): 2
Weight
(gr): 89.79
Techniques
raised
forming
Applied Art
chased
decoration
Applied Art
pierced
decoration
Applied Art
stamped
decoration
Applied Art
applied
decoration
Applied Art
soldered
forming
Applied Art
mould-blown
forming
Applied Art
Material
silver, sterling standard
glass
Location
In store
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