Title: Triton with shell serving as saltcellar
Object type: Statuette
Date: third quarter 17th century
Artist: Follower of Gian Lorenzo Bernini 
Artist bio: Italian, Naples 1598–1680 Rome
Artist nationality: Italian
Artist role: Artist
Medium: Copper, parcel gilt and silver-gilt
Dimensions: Overall (confirmed): 5 1/16 × 4 7/8 × 4 7/16 in. (12.9 × 12.4 × 11.3 cm)
Classification: Sculpture-Bronze
Credit line: Gift of Irwin Untermyer, 1964
Department: European Sculpture and Decorative Arts
Repository: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Tags: term: Triton, term: Shells