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Salt Shaker

Maker: Gorham Manufacturing Company, 1865-present
Medium: Copper, silver
Place Manufactured: Providence, Rhode Island, USA
Dates: ca. 1880
Dimensions: 2 x 1 3/4 x 1 3/4 in. (5.1 x 4.4 x 4.4 cm)
Markings: Impressed around bottom: "[anchor in shield] / GORHAM & CO / 184[?]N"
Collections: Decorative Arts
Museum Location: This item is on view in Luce Visible Storage and Study Center, 5th Floor
Accession Number: 1998.3.1
Credit Line: H. Randolph Lever Fund
Image: Overall, 1998.3.1_1998.3.2a-b.jpg. Brooklyn Museum photograph, 2004

Catalogue Description: Copper and silver salt shaker with copper stopper. Patinated copper alloy body realistically modeled as a pepper, vertically oriented with small holes at top. Concave copper stopper at bottom and two applied silver leaves and stems. Condition: Wear and discoloration to patination. Dent on one lobe of pepper near base, opposite leaves. Copper stopper somewhat mangled at edges. See Conservation Report of December 11, 1997.

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