Artist/Maker David Hennell (1712 - 1785)

Salt

1748–1749

Place madeLondon, England, Europe

Silver

Overall: 1 1/2 in. × 3 in. (3.8 × 7.6 cm)

Bequest of Catharine Augusta De Peyster

1911.55a

This saltcellar probably came from the Rutgers family. Catharine De Peyster married Hendrick Rutgers in the 1740's.

DescriptionOne of a pair of wrought silver salts; shallow, bowl-shaped bodies curved to applied, flared gadrooned lips; three cabriole legs applied to each with molded pad junctures and molded pad feet; engraved on the base of each, "R/ I * A" in block letters; maker's marks stamped on the bases.

Markingsengraved: on the base of each: "R/ I * A" in block letters stamped: on the base of each: a lion passant, a crowned leopard's head, "n" in a cartouche, "D. H" below a fleur-di-lis

ClassificationsSILVER