Historic silver of the Colonies and its makers (1917)
Bigelow, Francis Hill, 1859-1933 · New York, The Macmillan Company · leaf 284
and Saltcellars 253 Mr. Jackson dwells at some length on the erro-neous tradition of the salt having been used todivide the lord and his noble guests from theinferior guests and menials. The salt wasplaced in the middle of the high table where thehost was seated with his guests on his rightand left… … 156. London, 1629 ? H. 3I in. 254 Historic Silver of the Colonies some resemblance in outline to the hour-glasssalt of the fifteenth and of the early sixteenth cen-tury. The diameter of the base is 6^ inches, andof the top 6 inches. The only ornamentationis in the volutes of the three brackets…
Silverwork -- United States
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