Collections: Decorative Arts: Salt Shaker

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Salt Shaker

• Designer: Elsa Tennhardt, American, born Germany, 1899-1980
• Manufacturer: E. & J. Bass Company, ca. 1890-1930
• Medium: Silverplate
• Place Manufactured: New York, New York, USA
• Dates: Patented 1928
• Dimensions: 4 5/8 x 2 5/8 x 2 3/8 in. (11.7 x 6.7 x 6 cm)
• Markings: Stamped on bottom: "E. & J. B."; lightly incised "A O [possibly ampersand] L / M"
• Collections: Decorative Arts
• Museum Location: This item is on view in Luce Visible Storage and Study Center, 5th floor
• Accession Number: 1999.102.1
• Credit Line: H. Randolph Lever Fund
• Image: Group, 1999.102.1_1999.102.2.jpg. Brooklyn Museum photograph, 2005
Elsa Tennhardt (American, born Germany, 1899-1980). Salt Shaker, Patented 1928. Silverplate, 4 5/8 x 2 5/8 x 2 3/8 in. (11.7 x 6.7 x 6 cm). Brooklyn Museum, 1999.102.1 (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, 1999.102.1_1999.102.2.jpg)
• Catalogue Description: Art Deco style salt shaker of silver-plated metal, en suite with pepper shaker (1999.102.2). Tall, narrow pyramid form raised on three feet of V-shaped strip of metal at each corner. Applied decoration of low triangular band that slopes down from left to right applied to each face of pyramid along bottom edge. Holes pierced on each face at top. Round opening with screw cap in center of base. CONDITION: Good; light scratching overall and a few tiny pockmarks; one spot of discoloration on one side.