salt cellar and spoon

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Description
salt cellar
silver and gilt salt cellar with spoon, the salt cellar is in the shape of a fig with entwined vines as stand and the spoon is a twig and leaf that extends from one side, green enamel leaf on one side as decoration
Place
Japan
Accession Number
1932.233
Accession Date
1932
Other Id
750 (1885 Mackelvie Catalogue)
17733 (ethnology)
M316 (miscellaneous)
316 (miscellaneous)
Z58 (temporary accession number)
Department
Applied Arts and Design
Display Room
Mackelvie and Asian Ceramics East & West

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Display location
Mackelvie and Asian Ceramics East & West
Credit Line
collection of the Mackelvie Trust Board, Auckland, 1885 (750) on loan to Auckland War Memorial Museum Tamaki Paenga Hira, 1932.233, 17733, M316
Collection
Mackelvie Trust Board
Primary Maker
unknown (Silversmith)
Place
Japan
Date
1603-1912
Pre 1885
Period
Edo, (Tokugawa), 1603-1868/Japan, art period
Meiji (1868-1912)/Japan, art period
Media
silver/nonferrous metal/metal/inorganic material
gold/nonferrous metal/metal/inorganic material
enamel/coating (material)
Measurement Reading
60mm
70mm
70mm
82mm
15mm
Classification
Saltcellar
Dish, Salt
Vessel, Condiment
Serving Vessels
Food Service T&E
04 Tools & Equipment for Materials
Last Update
16 Oct 2023

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