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Silver Salt Cellars Part III

April 16, 2010 Silver Salt Cellars

In general silver salt cellars may be classified as follows, commencing with the Standing Salt, with its …

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Silver Salt Cellars Part I

September 14, 2009 Silver Salt Cellars

To him who loves to quicken the dry bones of collecting into something pulsating with life, the salt cellar provides a delight which is not easily equaled. It was an honoured guest at every feast. It was the social thermometer which marked the exact degree of rank of the sitters. Persons of distinction sat above the salt, and between it and the head of the table.

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London Silver HallMarks – The Leopard’s Head

September 12, 2009 English Silver

This mark used to be called sometimes the Liberdes Hede, sometimes the Liberd Heed, and sometimes the Catte’s Face. The stamp itself was known as the punson, and it was most zealously guarded.

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