salt cellar with cover, Boston & Sandwich Glass Company

Artwork Overview

active 1825–1888
salt cellar with cover, circa 1835–1845
Where object was made: Sandwich, Massachusetts, United States
Material/technique: pressed glass
Dimensions:
Object Height/Width/Length (Height x Width x Length): 4.8 x 3 x 5 cm
Object Height/Width/Length (Height x Width x Length): 1 7/8 x 1 3/16 x 1 15/16 in
Credit line: William Bridges Thayer Memorial
Accession number: 1928.6041.a,b
On display: Stewart Gallery

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Salt is vital to survival and the scarcity of naturally occurring salt deposits led to it becoming a popular trade commodity. Some of the earliest and most prominent salt trade routes traversed inhospitable landscapes from Morocco, through the Sahara Desert, and on to Timbuktu. Others linked Egypt, the Aegean, and the Mediterranean with the Libyan Desert. Salt was so valuable it was used as currency, traded ounce for ounce with gold in parts of Africa.

Intersections

Salt is vital to survival and the scarcity of naturally occurring salt deposits led to it becoming a popular trade commodity. Some of the earliest and most prominent salt trade routes traversed inhospitable landscapes from Morocco, through the Sahara Desert, and on to Timbuktu. Others linked Egypt, the Aegean, and the Mediterranean with the Libyan Desert. Salt was so valuable it was used as currency, traded ounce for ounce with gold in parts of Africa.

Exhibitions

Stephanie Fox, curator
1999
James O. Smith, curator
John Wilson, curator
1990–1991
Cassandra Mesick Braun, curator
2022–2027
Cassandra Mesick Braun, curator
2022–2027