Title: Salt
Object type: Salt
Date: 1765–85
Culture: American
Artist:  Thomas Shields 
Artist bio: 1742–1819
Artist nationality: American
Artist role: Maker
Medium: Silver
Dimensions: 1 3/8 x 2 3/4 in. (3.5 x 7 cm); 2 oz. 11 dwt. (79 g)
Credit line: Bequest of Charles Allen Munn, 1924
Geography: Made in Philadelphia Pennsylvania  United States Mid-Atlantic     
Department: The American Wing
Repository: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY