Accession Number

2024.007.003.002

Alternate Name

salt cellar; salt

Description

One small early 20th Century three-footed silver-plated salt cellar matching the mustard pot numbered 2024.007.003.002, making the two a deliberate set. There are stamped markings on its bottom: “TRIPLE DEPOSIT MAPPIN & WEBB PRINCE’S PLATE LONDON SHEFFIELD W25983” and the stylized marked “kr” inside a shield. There is significant loss of silver inside the bowl of this salt cellar.

Narrative

This salt cellar has a long history of use by the descendants of Robert and Joan Olive Dunsmuir. 

History of Use

This early 20th Century salt cellar is believed by the donor to have been used by her grandfather John William Bryden (1869-1953), known to his family as “Poppy”, at his Gartley Beach house near Royston, Vancouver Island (near Cumberland and Courtenay). It was next inherited by the donor’s father, Gerald Robert Bryden (1913-1992), and then by his daughter, the donor, from whom it was acquired by The Castle Society in 2024.

Date

circa 1904

Dimensions

2.9 x 5 cm

Material

Metal, alloy; Metal, silver

Technique

Cast; Tooled; Electroplated

Country of Origin

England