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Object NameSalt Shaker and Cruet Bottle

Made FromGlass, silver

Dateabout 1801-1900

Place Madeprobably France

Techniqueblown in a three-part mold

SizeSee Individual Records

Accession Number60.3.28

Curatorial Area(s)

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Physical DescriptionClear heavy glass; blown in a three-part mold. Rounded pedestal foot with rough pontil mark, ovoid body with stepped lower neck ending in a bulge and cylindrical upper neck with flaring rim for cruet bottle; intricate sharp pattern covers the surface; ribbed pedestal foot, body divided into three identical motifs, including a heart-shaped motif with enclosed palm leaf, flanked by uprights ending in volutes, around bottom of body a row of pearls, the neck is vertically and horizontally ribbed, the bulge is vertically ribbed; the salt shaker has a silver screw top; the cruet bottle has a stopper with mushroom-like ribbed finial.
Provenance

Source McKearin Antiques