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Maker(s):Hennell I, Robert
Culture:English (1741-1811)
Title:salt
Date Made:1774-1775
Type:Food Service
Materials:silver
Place Made:United Kingdom; England; London
Measurements:overall: 1 1/2 in x 2 1/8 in x 2 5/8 in; 3.81 cm x 5.3975 cm x 6.6675 cm
Accession Number:  HD 74.012
Credit Line:Gift of Mrs. Edgar Bibas
Museum Collection:  Historic Deerfield

Description:
Oval silver salt with a fluted rim edge and supported on four pad feet attached to the body with shell, which is marked "RH" in an oval for Robert Hennell I (1741-1811) of London, and with the date letter "T" for 1774-1775, lion passant, and crowned leopard's head; and engraved with the letter "B" engraved on one side. Robert Hennell I was a second-generation member of a long-standing family of goldsmiths who are particularly noted for pierced domestic silver such as salts, cruets and bottle stands.

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