Open Salt with Blue Glass Liner
Artist
Hester Bateman
(English, 1708 - 1794)
Date1785-1786
MediumSilver
DimensionsOverall: 2 1/8 inches (5.4 cm)
Credit LineGift in memory of Leonard Charles Kline by his wife Ruth Carr Patton Kline
Object number70-49/9 B
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DescriptionOblong holder with flat bottom set upon four legs with claw and ball feet; band of beading around top; open-work design around sides with monogram: JL with engraved animal design between letters. Marks on underside of both: HB, lion passant, leopard's head crowned, date k, George III (all marks slightly rubbed).
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