Open salt

Object/Artifact

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Historic Hudson Valley

Name/Title

Open salt

Entry/Object ID

VC.58.659

Description

Open salt; cup type with rim; domed base; unmarked.

Collection

Van Cortlandt Manor Object Collection

Made/Created

Artist Information

Artist

Unknown

Attribution

Maker

Notes

Dates: 1768 - 1799 Date made: r. 1768 - 1799

Dimensions

Dimension Description

Top diam 2 1/2"

Height

2-1/8 in

Diameter

2-15/16 in

Dimension Notes

Display Dimensions: 2 1/8 x 2 15/16 in. (5.4 x 7.5 cm)

Material

Pewter

General Notes

Note Type

Curatorial Remarks

Note

Cotterell mentions the possibility that the base of such an open salt "may well have been cast from the same mold as the lids of contemporary tankards." (P. 131)

Note Type

StorageNote

Note

Home Location: Historic Hudson Valley, Union Church, Storage, Shelf 18A