Salt cellar
Dateca. 1820
MediumSilver; glass
DimensionsOH (with liner): 2 5/8”; H (frame) 1 5/16”; OW (with liner): 3 1/16”; W (frame): 2 7/8”; OD (with line): 2 1/16”; D (frame): 1 7/8”.
Credit LineMuseum Purchase
Object number2018-267,1A&B
DescriptionSilver salt cellar frame (A) with cut glass liner (B): four cast winged griffin feet support a rectangular silver salt cellar frame with rose and leaf milled banding; stepped rectangular glass insert with cut fan pattern. Label TextThis silver and glass salt cellar is one of a set of four examples with a history of ownership by Chief Justice John Marshall.
