Cruet stand
Category
Silver
Date
1774
Materials
Silver
Measurements
257 mm (Height); 158 mm (Diameter)
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Saltram, Devon
NT 872328.1
Summary
Cruet stand - Late 18th century silver 5-hole cruet, pierced, chased or moulded with festoons, paterae and beading in the Adam manner. Standing on short legs and claw and ball feet. Fitted with five cut glass bottles, three having pierced and chased removable tops or lids, two plain but with a beaded edge and finial.
Provenance
At Saltram by 1951 and accepted by HM Treasury in lieu of full payment of Estate Duty from the Executors of Edmund Robert Parker (1877-1951), 4th Earl of Morley and transferred to NT in 1957.