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Salt
Attributed to: Paul de Lamerie (Dutch (active in England) 1688–1751)
English
marked 1745–46, with later additions
Object Place: Europe, London, England
Medium/Technique
Silver
Dimensions
9.9 cm (3 7/8 in.)
Weight: 343 gm (11 oz)
Weight: 343 gm (11 oz)
Credit Line
Theodora Wilbour Fund in memory of Charlotte Beebe Wilbour
Accession Number63.485
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CollectionsEurope
ClassificationsSilver
DescriptionEach salt is in the form of a heavily cast and chased leopard's paw emerging from a crenelated turret and surmounted by a raised hemispherical bowl.
Marks
On side of each, maker's mark PL (Grimwade 2204); lion passant; leopard's head crowned; date letter k
InscriptionsARMORIALS: engraved on side of each, the arms of Clyton impaling East for Sir Harold Clayton fourth Baronet of Marden Park Godstone, co Surrey, and Harleyford, co. Buckinghamshire, (1762-1834), and Mary, only daugther of Sir William East, Baronet of Hall Place, co Berkshire.
ProvenanceBy descent to Sir Harold Dudley Clayton, tenth baronet of Marden. 1953, sold by S.J. Shrubsole. The Antique Procelain Co., Inc., New York and London; 1963, purchased by the MFA. (Accession Date: May 8, 1963)