English triangular pewter salt

An image of Salt. Unknown production, England. Triangular pewter salt, with wrigglework. Incised with the initials 'EHC'. Marked SO in a dotted circle, and struck twice. Pewter, incised, engraved, height, 2.5, cm, circa 1650. Declared fake by the Pewter Society, October 1953. Style of mid 17th century. Collection: Antonio de Navarro Collection.

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Salt. Unknown production, England. Triangular pewter salt, with wrigglework. Incised with the initials 'EHC'. Marked SO in a dotted circle, and struck twice. Pewter, incised, engraved, height, 2.5, cm, circa 1650. Declared fake by the Pewter Society, October 1953. Style of mid 17th century. Collection: Antonio de Navarro Collection.

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Accession Number: NAV.52-1933
Photograph copyright © The Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge.
Aperture: f/22.0
Focal length: 85
Camera: NIKON D800
Photographer name: Amy Jugg
Image height: 761 pixels
Image width: 1024 pixels
Processed with: Adobe Photoshop Lightroom 5.0 (Windows)
Filesize: 72.60kB
Exposure time: 1/100
ISO Speed: 100
Fnumber: 22/1
Captured: 2014:02:10 17:42:57

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17th Century _WF_Navarro English engraved engraving Fitz_AA incised initial initialled initials metalwork pewter salt service ware serving piece tableware triangle triangular wrigglework

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