Salt
Dateca. 1740
Silversmith
Samuel Edwards
Boston, 1705 - 1762
Label TextSalts were first produced in the colonies as shallow bowls for individual use at the table. Gilded interiors and glass liners protected silver from salt’s corrosive properties. Always a precious commodity, it was not until the nineteenth century that salt extraction became a domestic industry in America.
Object number2014.24.17
ProvenanceJonathan Trace, July 31, 1979
Credit LineGift of Ruth J. Nutt
DimensionsApprox. 5 in. (12.7 cm)
MediumSilver
Samuel Yellin
20th century
Object number: 76.307
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