Title: Dinner pail with cover (porte-dîner)
Object type: Dinner pail with cover
Date: mid-18th century
Artist:  P. A. Salmon 
Artist bio: working ca. 1750
Artist role: Maker
Medium: Pewter
Dimensions: Overall (with handle erect): 11 3/4 × 10 3/8 × 9 1/4 in. (29.8 × 26.4 × 23.5 cm)
Classification: Metalwork-Pewter
Credit line: Gift of Stephen Benjamin, 1990
Department: European Sculpture and Decorative Arts
Repository: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY