Seashell Salt with Shell and Crab Spoon (Spoon)

Description

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.

Provenance

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Seashell Salt with Shell and Crab Spoon (Spoon)

Gorham Manufacturing Company

1884

Accession Number

2000.14.b

Medium

handwrought sterling silver, partially gilt

Dimensions

Overall: 2.5 cm (1 in.)

Classification

Silver

Museum

The Cleveland Museum of Art

Cleveland, United States

Credit Line

Gift of the Trideca Society