SALTCELLAR AND SPOON

Currently in storage

About this object

Slightly tapered upwards salt cellar is resting on a plain ring foot. Geometric ornamental border is around the lip of the bowl. Small octagonal panels reserved for a monogram and left plain. The rest of the surface is occupied by folklore saying printed in large prominent letters. Spoon is plain, with a bowl of a spoon shaped as a scoop.

Object name:: SALTCELLAR AND SPOON
Made from:: Silver
Made in:: Saint Petersburg, Russia
Date made:: ca. 1890
Size:: Bowl: 1 5/8 in. (4.1 cm) Spoon: 2 1/4 in. (5.7 cm)

Detailed information for this item

Catalog number:: 12.371.7-8
Class:: SILVER
Signature marks:: MARK cellar: 84; crossed anchors; H.L. in Latin letters for Henric Lassas (active 1869-1890); spoon: 84; crossed anchor; AL in Cyrillic for Lyubavin Alexander (active 1893-1917) or Lokin Alexander (active 1882-1898) inscription .7 in Cyrillic "Sol' na stole / Peresol na spine" ("Salt is on the table / Too much salt is the back" meaning "Insufficient salting is better than excess of salt")
Credit line:: Bequest of Marjorie Merriweather Post, 1973