About the Artwork
Footed Salt Cellar
1715 or 1716
Edward Robinson II (Artist) English Thomas Phipps (Artist) English
Silver, gilt, and tortoiseshell
Overall: 3 1/8 × 2 5/8 × 2 inches (7.9 × 6.7 × 5.1 cm)
Silver
European Sculpture and Dec Arts
Gift of Jacob Douglas Houghton
53.342
This work is in the public domain.
Markings
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Marked, engraved with script initals: HPH [for Sir Henry Philip Hoghton, 7th Baronet De Hoghton of Hoghton Tower, County Landcaster, who died in 1835 and the crest of a bull for the De Hoghton family of Lancashire] Marked, makers and date marks.
Provenance
Sir Henry Philip Houghton [died 1935], 7th Baronet De Houghton of Houghton Tower, County Landcaster
Fisher M. Rice, Esq.
Jacob Houghton [1777-1861] (Fredoma, New York, USA)
Douglass Houghton [1809-1845] (Detroit, Michigan, USA)
Jacob Houghton [Superintendent at detroit Water works from 1853 to 1861] (Detroit, Michigan, USA)
Jacob Douglass Houghton
1953-present, gift to the Detroit Institute of Arts (Detroit, Michigan, USA)
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Thomas Phipps; Edward Robinson II, Footed Salt Cellar, 1715 or 1716, silver, gilt, and tortoiseshell. Detroit Institute of Arts, Gift of Jacob Douglas Houghton, 53.342.
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