Pair of salt or pepper boxes
Object type: Salt or Pepper boxes
Department: European Sculpture and Decorative Arts
Culture: French, Paris
Artist: Edme-Pierre Balzac
Artist bio: 1705–ca. 1786, master 1739, recorded 1781
Artist role: Maker
Date: 1754–55
Medium: Silver
Dimensions: Overall (each): 1 3/4 × 2 3/4 × 3 1/4 in. (4.4 × 7 × 8.3 cm)
Classification: Metalwork-Silver
Credit line: Bequest of Edward C. Post, 1915
Accession year: 1930