Salt Dish
date: label: date made
content: 1848-1852
notes: label: Description
content: Circular salt with a molded rim, gilt-washed hemispherical bowl, and four cast legs with quadruple-padded knees and triple-padded feet. Underside of rounded bottom is overstruck (in reverse directions) "TIFFANY, YOUNG & ELLIS" and struck once "J.C.M.", both in incuse serif letters placed above and below centerpoint. One of two salts, DL*300503A-B.
label: Description
content: Made by the John C. Moore Co. for Tiffany, Young & Ellis, both of New York, NY, 1848-1852.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United States: New York, New York City
label: place retailed
content: United States: New York, New York City
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content: Home and Community Life: Domestic Life
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content: Domestic Furnishings
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Gift of Charlotte Ellis Danforth in memory of J. Lewis Ellis and Olive M. Ellis
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: DL.300503A
label: catalog number
content: 300503A
label: accession number
content: 61510
objectType: label: Object Name
content: dish, salt
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: silver (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: gold (gilt wash material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 1 1/4 in x 2 3/4 in; 3.175 cm x 6.985 cm