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Salt

Edward Farrell (English, registered in 1813)

1824–25

Object PlaceLondon, England

Medium/TechniqueSilver gilt

DimensionsH. 22.2 cm x 16.5 cm x 9.3 cm. (8 3/4 x 6 1/2 x 9.3 in.)
Weight: 1,11.3 gm (35 oz 15 dwt)

Credit LineTheodora Wilbour Fund in memory of Charlotte Beebe Wilbour

Accession number1989.314

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ClassificationsSilver

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Europe

InscriptionsARMORIALS: engraved on the lip of both salts to the right of the handle, the Royal crest with the Garter motto and surmounted by a Royal coronet, presumably for the Duke of York.ProvenanceMade for, Frederick Augustus, Duke of York (1763-1827); March 19, 1827, sold from the Estate of the Duke of York at Christie's, London, lots 85-86, and bought by Thomas B. L. By 1953, with the Rt. Hon. Earl Howe; July 1, 1953, sold by Earl Howe at Christie's, London, lot 109. By 1985, Villiers David, Esq.; November 27, 1985, sold from the collection of the late Villiers David, at Christie's, London, lot 122 and bought by Robert Eaton, for Museumpiece, Zurich. By 1989, with James Robinson, Inc., New York; 1989, sold by James Robinson to the MFA. (Accession Date: October 25, 1989)