Architectural salt
Affable Partridge
(English, active 1554–1579)
1577–78
Object PlaceLondon, England
Medium/TechniqueSilver gilt, rock crystal
DimensionsH. 17.9 (7 1/16 in.); W. 7.6 cm (3 in.); Weight 345.9 gm (11 oz 2 dwt)
Credit LineTheodora Wilbour Fund in memory of Charlotte Beebe Wilbour
Accession number51.1618a-b
On View
On viewClassificationsSilver
Collections
ProvenanceDecember 11, 1902, sale, Christie, Manson and Woods, London, lot 62, to Crichton Brothers, London. By 1903, John Augustus Holmes, Renfrewshire, Scotland. John Crichton-Stuart, 4th Marquess of Bute (1881–1932); How, Edinburgh; 1951, sold by How to the MFA for $14,112.50. (Accession Date: September 13, 1951)
about 1410–20
about 1620
late 18th–early 19th century
About 17th century
about A.D. 50
19th century
19th century
18th century
second half of the 16th century
third quarter of 12th century