Hester Bateman
Salt Cellar
1780
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Hester Bateman
Salt Cellar
1780
Physical Qualities
Silver, glass, 2 × 3 1/8 × 2 3/4 in. (5.1 × 7.9 × 7 cm.)
Credit Line
Dorothy McIlvain Scott Collection
Object Number
2012.359.1-2
Open Salt Cellar with blue glass liner and salt spoon
The Baltimore Museum of Art by bequest, 2012; Dorothy McIlvain Scott, Baltimore, by purchase, 1978; S. J. Shrubsole, New York and London
Extended Loans IN
Markings: On underside rim: HB/lion passant/crowned lion's head (London town mark)/lower case 'f' (shape of shield around 'f' corresponds to year 1781)
