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  • Saltcellar
Datec. 1750–1770
Made inEngland
MediumLead glass
Dimensions1 1/2 × 2 3/4 × 2 3/4 in. (3.8 × 7 × 7 cm)
Credit LineThe Bayou Bend Collection, museum purchase funded by Robert D. Jameson
Object numberB.89.12
Not on view

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Department
Bayou Bend
Object Type
DescriptionThis small dish for serving salt features lion’s masks at the attachment point of the legs, which terminate in paw feet.
Provenance[W. M. Schwind, Jr. Antiques and Fine Art, Yarmouth, Maine]; purchased by MFAH, 1989.

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