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one of a pair of salt cellars
Designer:
Spencer, Edward (designer)
Silversmith:
Artificers' Guild Ltd.
Silver, low circular bowl with thread-edged border; standing on a fluted knop above a slightly domed circular foot with milled edge (a pair with M/P.2-1941)
Given by the Contemporary Arts Society
Height: 5 cm
Height: 2 in
Weight: 85 g
Weight: 2:14 oz: dwt
Width: 7 cm
Width: 2 3/4 in
Relative size of this object is displayed using code inspired by Good Form and Spectacle's work on the British Museum's Waddeson Bequest website and their dimension drawer. They chose a tennis ball to represent a universally sized object, from which you could envisage the size of an object.
Method of acquisition: Given (1941-11-20) by Contemporary Art Society
Second quarter of 20th century
George V
1934
-
1935
Bowl And Foot
Inscription present: gothic lower case
Accession number: M/P.3-1941
Primary reference Number: 157577
Stable URI
Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Applied Arts
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Accession Number: MAR.M.34A-1912
Accession Number: M/P.2-1941
Accession Number: C.538B-1928
Accession Number: C.2060A-1928
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