Collections: Decorative Arts: Salt Cellar with Liner

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Salt Cellar with Liner

• Designer: George Washington Maher, American, 1864-1926
• Maker: Gorham Manufacturing Company, 1865-present
• Medium: Silver, glass
• Place Made: Providence, Rhode Island, USA
• Dates: ca. 1912
• Dimensions: 1 3/16 x 3 7/16 x 3 7/16 in. (3 x 8.7 x 8.7 cm)
• Markings: Impressed on bottom of base at one end: "Martelé / [row of three hallmarks containing lion passant, anchor in shield surmounted by eagle, "G" in Gothic print] / 9584" Impressed at the opposite end: "SPAULDING & CO. CHICAGO / ZCB" Hand-etched nearby: "141"
• Collections: Decorative Arts
• Museum Location: This item is on view in Luce Visible Storage and Study Center, 5th Floor
• Accession Number: 1993.78.1a-b
• Credit Line: Marie Bernice Bitzer Fund
• Image: Overall, 1993.78.1a-b.jpg. Brooklyn Museum photograph, 2004
George Washington Maher (American, 1864-1926). Salt Cellar with Liner, ca. 1912. Silver, glass, 1 3/16 x 3 7/16 x 3 7/16 in. (3 x 8.7 x 8.7 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Marie Bernice Bitzer Fund, 1993.78.1a-b (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, 1993.78.1a-b.jpg)
• Catalogue Description: Silver salt cellar (a) with colorless glass liner (b); en suite with pepper caster (1993.78.2). Salt cellar (a): low circular form with canted sides and no bottom. Narrow dentil band at top, plain band at bottom. Broad central band with entwined initials "EGK" on opposing sides. (b) Liner: undecorated; low fitted, cylindrical form rests on narrow interior ledge. CONDITION: Very good, light overall scratching.