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Maker(s):Coburn, John
Culture:American (1724-1803)
Title:salt
Date Made:ca. 1770
Type:Food Service
Materials:silver, gilding
Place Made:United States; Massachusetts; Boston
Measurements:overall: 1 9/16 in x 2 1/8 in; 3.96875 cm x 5.3975 cm
Accession Number:  HD 58.214.2
Museum Collection:  Historic Deerfield

Description:
One of a pair of silver salts marked "J. COBURN in rectangle for John Coburn (1724-1803) once on the base of the rounded body with a molded rim and supported on three cast legs terminating in pad feet, which has the unidentified crest of a bird rising from a ducal coronet engraved on the side. The interiors are gilded to protect the silver from direct contact with the salt.

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