Salt Shovel (one of a pair)

CultureAmerican
Titles
  • Salt Shovel (one of a pair)
Datec. 1820–1870
Made inUnited States
MediumSilver
Dimensions3 5/8 × 3/4 in. (9.2 × 1.9 cm)
Credit LineThe Bayou Bend Collection, gift of David B. Smith
Object numberB.88.3.2
Non exposé

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Department
Bayou Bend
Object Type
Description

Possible retailers for this pair of salt shovels include Thomas W. Bell, of Philadelphia and Petersburg, Virginia; S. W. Bell, Philadelphia; J. J. Bell, Auburn, New York; J. & G. R. Bell, Ogdensburg, New York; and William H. Bell, Concord, New Hampshire.

Book excerpt: David B. Warren, Michael K. Brown, Elizabeth Ann Coleman, and Emily Ballew Neff. American Decorative Arts and Paintings in the Bayou Bend Collection. Houston: Princeton Univ. Press, 1998.


ProvenanceDavid B. Smith, Pasadena, Texas; given to MFAH, 1988.
Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks
Engraved: EJO
Incuse: BELL
Marks to right of incuse: pseudohallmarks of D, eagle, and a profile facing left

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