Brooklyn Museum photograph
Caption
Salt, late 17th or early 18th century. Pewter, 2 x 2 5/8 x 2 5/8 in. (5.1 x 6.7 x 6.7 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of Nestor Sanborn, 19.168. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, 19.168.jpg)
Title
Salt
Date
late 17th or early 18th century
Medium
Pewter
Classification
Dimensions
2 x 2 5/8 x 2 5/8 in. (5.1 x 6.7 x 6.7 cm)
Inscriptions
Incised around top of pedestal, below seam with bowl: "13215 - BROOKLYN MUSEUM"
Markings
Impressed on underside in center of base, partially impressed stamp of fancy crown atop a rose with initials in band of crown, "E [C?]"
Credit Line
Gift of Nestor Sanborn
Accession Number
19.168
Rights
Creative Commons-BY
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