# Seashell Salt with Shell and Crab Spoon (Spoon)

- By: Gorham Manufacturing Company (America, est. 1831)
- Date: 1884
- Medium: handwrought sterling silver, partially gilt
- Classification: Silver
- Dimensions: Overall: 2.5 cm (1 in.)
- Culture: America, Rhode Island, Providence, 19th century
- Credit line: Gift of the Trideca Society
- Museum: [Cleveland Museum of Art](https://clevelandart.org/art/2000.14.b)
- Rights: [Public domain (CC0)](https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/)
- Picture: https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/2000.14.b/2000.14.b_web.jpg
- Who can see it: Little Ones profiles and older (museums give no ratings; placed by Invisible Network from the museum's own words)

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.