Unknown
Salt
1777 or 1783
Physical Qualities
Silver, gilt lining, 4 x 5 3/4 x 2 1/2 in.
Credit Line
Purchased as the gift of Dr. and Mrs. Arthur Ward, Jr.
Object Number
1988.74.1
Using the English salts (case nos. 7 10) as models, Kirk and Son, Baltimore’s leading silversmith by the mid-19th century, made two duplicates (case nos. 8, 11) for the family whose unidentified crest emblazons all four vessels.
Inscribed: Engraved crest [unidentified]
Markings: four indecipherable maker's stamps on side 1: tops of letters 2: passant lion facing left 3: ? 4: ?
Maker
Unknown
On View: American Wing Second Floor, Willow Brook/Case 2
