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Gorham Sterling Silver Novelty Salt Cellar
Gorham Sterling Silver Novelty Salt Cellar
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Description
Gorham Sterling Silver Novelty Salt Cellar

Model #1136, introduced in 1871, this example with date mark of 1872, in the form of a realistic camp cauldron with swing handle and four peg feet, decorated with wrigglework banding and monogrammed "W".
h. 1-3/4", dia. 2-3/8"; 1.95 t. oz.

Literature: George and Carolyn Tompkins, The Handbook of Gorham Open Salt Dishes (Rockport, ME: Archimedes Press, 1987), p. 65, pl. 153.

Notes: Tompkins notes that this model was originally accompanied by a silver "branch" tripod (lacking in the present lot) which suspended the salt.
Condition
**Some interior scratches from use, with some wear to the engraving on the exterior, but otherwise no condition issues noted; no dents, breaks or repairs.
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Gorham Sterling Silver Novelty Salt Cellar

Estimate $150 - $300
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Starting Price $70
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