Salt shaker and pepper grinder

About this artwork

Status

Currently Off View

Department

Arts of the Americas

Artist

Frederick Anson Miller (Maker)

Title

Salt shaker and pepper grinder

Place

Cleveland (Object made in)

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1959

Medium

Silver, gold, and enamel

Inscriptions

Base of salt bears incised stamped letters in capitals without serifs "HANDWROUGHT" and "STERLING" with central mark of letters for the craftsman's cypher "FAM" within a shaped rectangle; name, "India" engraved above mark in capitals without serifs; pepper grinder bears craftman's mark and sterling mark. 1959

Dimensions

7.3 × 3.2 cm (2 7/8 × 1 1/4 in.)

Credit Line

Raymond W. Garbe Fund in honor of Carl A. Erikson

Reference Number

1987.173a-b

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