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Seashell Salt with Shell and Crab Spoon
made by Gorham Manufacturing Company (America, est. 1831)
1884
- Medium
- handwrought sterling silver, partially gilt
- Classification
- Silver
- Dimensions
- Overall: 2.8 x 12.3 x 6.1 cm (1 1/8 x 4 13/16 x 2 3/8 in.)
- Culture
- America, Rhode Island, Providence, 19th century
- Museum
- Cleveland Museum of Art, Decorative Art and Design
- Credit line
- Gift of the Trideca Society
- Rights
- Public domain (CC0), as the museum states it.
- Who can see it
- Little Ones profiles and older: it shows gentle subjects for the very young. How works are placed
View at the Cleveland Museum of Art
About this work
This small salt dish and spoon reflect the late 19th-century interest in incorporating naturalistic details into the design of useful pieces-in this instance probably inspired by Japanese examples.
