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Silver Salt Cellar
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Silver Salt Cellar

Artist (American, 1754–1816)
Artist/Culture (Massachusetts)
Dateabout 1790
Mediumsilver
Dimensions10.2 x 5.2 x 7.6 cm (4 x 2 1/16 x 3 in.)
ClassificationsMetalwork
Credit LineMuseum Purchase
Object number1913.71
DescriptionOval body on splayed base with short stem flat scroll handles. Mark: C S in square twice on bottom. Inscribed J B C interlaced
ProvenanceCary Family, Nantucket, MA Ross H. Maynard, Boston, MA
On View
Not on view
left to right: 1913.70–1913.71
Caleb Swan
about 1790
Cann
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n.d.
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Paul Revere
1755–1818