Salt liner
Frances Waysmith
Category
Silver
Date
1700 - 1757
Materials
glass
Measurements
125 mm (Height); 95 mm (Diameter)
Order this imageCollection
Kedleston Hall, Derbyshire
NT 108972.4.2
Summary
A glass salt liner, one of a set of 4 silver-gilt Rococo style salts with glass dish insert. Decoration consisting of silver entwined leaves and stems made by Frances Waysmith and purchased by the 1st Lord Scaradale through the London dealer Philips Garden in 1757. Broad base tapering into a narrow trunk and broad silver basin supported on three leaves with insects and lizards mounted on the foliage. Introduced to Kedleston in the 1990's as part of the restoration of the Dining Room.
Provenance
Purchased, date uncertain.
Marks and inscriptions
F. W. B [rampant lion] [smiling king with crown] (maker's marks, stamped, underside of base, text and heraldic symbols)
Makers and roles
Frances Waysmith, silversmith