Double Salt Box

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Gallery 360, European Art 1500-1850, third floor

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Double Salt Box

1755-1756

Antoine-Sébastien Durand (French, active 1740–c. 1785)

This box was part of a dinner service assembled by the Duke of Penthièvre (1725-1793) that descended to his daughter, the Duchess of Orléans (1753-1821), and then to her son, Louis-Philippe (1773-1850, king of France from 1830 to 1848). The coat of arms that appear at each end of the base are Louis-Philippe's, from the time when he held the title Duke of Orléans.

Gallery 360, European Art 1500-1850, third floor

Object Details

Title:

Double Salt Box

Date:

1755-1756

Artist:

Antoine-Sébastien Durand (French, active 1740–c. 1785)

Medium:

Silver

Dimensions:

4 3/16 × 8 5/16 × 4 inches, 39 ounces 15 7/8 dwt (10.6 × 21.1 × 10.2 cm, 1.28 kg) Weight: 39 oz 14 dwt 11 gr

Classification:

Containers

Credit Line:

Purchased with Museum funds, 1946

Accession Number:

1946-26-1

Geography:

Made in Paris, France, Europe

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