1830-50 William Adams Coin Silver Matched Master Salt Cellars of New York

On December 30, 1841 William Adams of New York was paid $400 to create the large silver mace for the United States House of Representatives. The spectacular mace is an eagle surmounting a globe on a large staff. In the intervening years, he made these stunning master salt cellars. Their condition is sublime and near mint, as if each time they hit the covered dining table they were placed with care, and when the meal had ended they were wiped clean with a soft cotton cloth with no delay.

They are decorated in peak Rococo style, exuberant floral swags on two sides and a symmetric decorated reserve bearing the initials of its owner, of course in a period script. Whose may they have been with their rich parcel gilt interiors and palm flanked lion's feet? Those beaded rims. Those balanced proportions. Recently purchased from a talented Massachusetts expert.

1.5" in diameter and 2.75" in height.
134 grams

Collected by the City Museum of New York, The US House of Representatives, probably others.

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